Trackside in western NY

[Matt L]

I have found that May in Buffalo is rather pleasant- no more cold breezes and the leaves are finally on the trees. I went out there for a day last weekend to psend a day by the tracks.

Although NS was absent from Tifft Street in Buffalo during the morning, both CSX and B&P were busy there. The B&P local was powered by 2 end cab switchers, including a blue ex-Reading/Conrail SW1001:



For a complete look at the morning action at Tifft Street, please visit this slide show:

http://s857.photobucket.com/user/Erielackawanna/slideshow/2017/May%202017/0512%20AM%20Buffalo%20NY%20Tifft%20Street

The NS Lake Erie district was quiet in the morning because an MOW truck has track authority from Blasdell to Dunkirk, os there was no point in sitting at GB Diamond. I have been interested of late in the Black Rock connection. It is in the northwestern corner of Buffalo. CSX, CN, CP and NS use this line to go to and from Canada. However, they were quiet, too.

Looking east:



Looking west:



I did headed back over to the NS Lake Erie District in the afternoon and caught 2 NS trains at Lake Avenue in Blasdell:

The SD40-2 leading lcoal C88 passes the clearance detector on the west side of crossing:



NS I06 (an extra section of NS 206) heading east:



A slide show of both trains, including GB Diamond:

http://s857.photobucket.com/user/Erielackawanna/slideshow/2017/May%202017/0512%20Lake%20Ave%20Blasdell%20NY

All photos in this post and each link were taken by me Friday 5/12/2017 in Erie County, NY.
 

[Matt L]

I also returned to Tifft Street in the afternoon, whgich was even bsuier than it had been earlier in the day.

The B&P local was still shuffling cars in the Buffalo Creek Yard:







NS local C88 returning to Tifft Street after swapping a few cars in Hamburg:



As C88 stopped to work in Tifft Terminal, NS auto rack freight 287 arrived:



Westbound NS auto rack freight 287 at Tifft StreetL



A slideshow of the B&P, CSX and NS during the afternoon at Tifft Street in Buffalo:

http://s857.photobucket.com/user/Erielackawanna/slideshow/2017/May%202017/0512%20PM%20Buffalo%20NY%20TIfft%20Street

After a quick dunner break, I ended the day at Bayview Road, where CSX (ex-NYC) and NS (ex-NKP) run sided by side

Eastbound NS intermodal 206: 



Eastbound NS intermodal 22K:



A westbound CSX auto rack freight on the left, while NS 22K headed east on my right:



My final sighting was eastbound NS work train 937, powered by a lone SD40-2:







A slideshow of the action at Bayview Road, including going away shots:

http://s857.photobucket.com/user/Erielackawanna/slideshow/2017/May%202017/0512%20PM%20Hamburg%20NY%20Bayview%20Road

All photos in this post and the links were taken bby me Friday 5/12/2017 in Erie County, NY. 

[thpbears]

Nice catches

[Matt L]

Thanx! A day later, I caught two of new DC to AC units further east. Numbers 4002 and 4044 were leading NS 23K on the Southern Tier Mainline:






Bothp otos in this post were taken by me Saturday 5/13/2017 at Silver Road in Bethany, NY. I learned something new- only a few of NS's DC to AC units (like #4002) have special paint schemes. the rest (like #4044) have standard paint schemes.