A soggy adventure in western NY

[Matt L]

I'd been invited to a friend's 50th birthday party last weekend (man,. we are getting old!) so I decided to incorporate a couple of days trackside into the mix. One thing I didn't anticipate was rain. It fell in buckets from Thursday of last week to mid-day Saturday, except for a couple of brief breaks. Where some photographers might treat like the black plague itself, I accepted the challenge.

Now it didn't hurt that I caught one of those breaks when I started at Tifft Street in Buffalo.

NS 310 parked on the former NKP mainline:



NS C88 working on the other side of the Tifft Street bridge in buffalo:



the B&P local was also working in the Buffalo Creek Yard at Tifft Street, powered by a pair of forrner N&W Geeps:



NS has trackage rights on the Buffalo Southern, which it uses when the former NKP main is in use. On this occasion, NS 145 headed west on BSOR to bypass NS C88 and 310:




A slide show of the action at Tifft Street in buffalo:

http://s857.photobucket.com/user/Erielackawanna/slideshow/2017/Mar%202017/0331%20Buffalo%20NY%20Tifft%20Street

I also chased NS local C88 down to Hamburg and then back to Blasdell.

In the rain and fog on the approach to CP Blasdell:



Light engine move on the siding near Bayview Road in Hamburg, while an MOW crew worked on/near the switch:



Heading east at GB Diamond/Lake Avenue in Blasdell with a single empty  center beam flat car:



A complete look at NS local C88, including the going away shots:

http://s857.photobucket.com/user/Erielackawanna/slideshow/2017/Mar%202017/0331%20C88

All photos in this post and each link were taken by me Friday 3/3/1 in Erie County, NY.

[Matt L]

i spent much of the afternoon in Dunkirk.

NS intermodal 26R heading east at AK Diamond:



A former UP SD90MAC leads NS 316 at Temple Road:



A slide show of both locations, which also includes CSX at Temple Road:

http://s857.photobucket.com/user/Erielackawanna/slideshow/2017/Mar%202017/0331%20Dunkirk%20NY

my firned's birthday party was in Mayville. it's a cute little town with a formerr Pennsy depot next to Chatauqua Lake:







A slide show of the depot and lake shore in Mayville:

http://s857.photobucket.com/user/Erielackawanna/slideshow/2017/Mar%202017/0331%20Mayville%20NY

All photos in this post and both links were taken by me Friday 3/31/2017 in Chatauqua County, NY. 
 

[Matt L]

I spent the night in Mayville, and visited a rail park in nearby Westfield. Although NS does pass by the park, all of the action I saw there was CSX. Indeed, CSX would dominate the action that day.

Heading eastward, I did catch NS manifest freight 316 at Alleghany Road in Sunset Bay:



A look at the 5 trains I saw in Sunset Bay, including going away of shots of NS 316:

http://s857.photobucket.com/user/Erielackawanna/slideshow/2017/Apr%202017/0401%20PM1%20Sunset%20Bay%20NY

Returning to Hamburg, I shot 15 trains. Most of them again were CSX, but I did catch a couple of NS intermodals heading east.

I was on the other side of a CSX intermodal when I caught NS 206 at Bayview Road:



NS 22K with a single widecab for power approaching Bayview Road:



This slide show is a complete look at the action at Lakeview and Bayview Roads in Hamburg:

http://s857.photobucket.com/user/Erielackawanna/slideshow/2017/Apr%202017/0401%20PM2%20Hamburg%20NY

No trip to greater Buffalo is complete without a sunset at Lake Erie, which I enjoyed on the town beach in Hamburg:



All photos in this post and the links were taken by me Saturday 4/1/2017 in western NY. Although it started wet, last weekend turned out very well.

[thpbears]

Very nice. I getting close to your age. I remember when I use to think 23 was old.LOL

[dschlegel]

I think the weather made for some great dramatic shots!
Dan

[Bill Richardson]

Very nice sunset!

[Matt L]

Thanx, gents! I agree about the rain- it was a nuisance but created an effective misty backdrop.