I headed out to the greater Buffalo area last weekend, and spent much of my time there with 2 great RRs- Norfolk Southern and the Buffalo Southern.
NS 309 heading westbound @ GB Diamond:
(http://i857.photobucket.com/albums/ab139/Erielackawanna/2016/Apr%202016/0429%20PM1%20%20Blasdell%20NY/DSCN1506.jpg) (http://s857.photobucket.com/user/Erielackawanna/media/2016/Apr%202016/0429%20PM1%20%20Blasdell%20NY/DSCN1506.jpg.html)
(http://i857.photobucket.com/albums/ab139/Erielackawanna/2016/Apr%202016/0429%20PM1%20%20Blasdell%20NY/DSCN1521.jpg) (http://s857.photobucket.com/user/Erielackawanna/media/2016/Apr%202016/0429%20PM1%20%20Blasdell%20NY/DSCN1521.jpg.html)
Buffalo Southern's RS 11 #5001 and train at GB Diamond:
(http://i857.photobucket.com/albums/ab139/Erielackawanna/2016/Apr%202016/0429%20PM1%20%20Blasdell%20NY/DSCN1545.jpg) (http://s857.photobucket.com/user/Erielackawanna/media/2016/Apr%202016/0429%20PM1%20%20Blasdell%20NY/DSCN1545.jpg.html)
(http://i857.photobucket.com/albums/ab139/Erielackawanna/2016/Apr%202016/0429%20PM1%20%20Blasdell%20NY/DSCN1559.jpg) (http://s857.photobucket.com/user/Erielackawanna/media/2016/Apr%202016/0429%20PM1%20%20Blasdell%20NY/DSCN1559.jpg.html)
A complete set of both trains:
http://s857.photobucket.com/user/Erielackawanna/slideshow/2016/Apr%202016/0429%20PM1%20%20Blasdell%20NY
All photos in this post and the link were taken by me Friday 4/29/2016 in Blasdell, NY.
I chased the Buffalo Southern RR for about 13 miles. i finally stopped at BSOR's HQ in Eden, which is in an old Erie RR/EL station:
(http://i857.photobucket.com/albums/ab139/Erielackawanna/2016/Apr%202016/0429%20PM2%20BSOR/DSCN1607.jpg) (http://s857.photobucket.com/user/Erielackawanna/media/2016/Apr%202016/0429%20PM2%20BSOR/DSCN1607.jpg.html)
This spur on the side of Depot Street in Eden looked active:
(http://i857.photobucket.com/albums/ab139/Erielackawanna/2016/Apr%202016/0429%20PM2%20BSOR/DSCN1616.jpg) (http://s857.photobucket.com/user/Erielackawanna/media/2016/Apr%202016/0429%20PM2%20BSOR/DSCN1616.jpg.html)
BSOR #5010 and a couple hoppers pass the semaphore behind the depot in Eden:
(http://i857.photobucket.com/albums/ab139/Erielackawanna/2016/Apr%202016/0429%20PM2%20BSOR/DSCN1626.jpg) (http://s857.photobucket.com/user/Erielackawanna/media/2016/Apr%202016/0429%20PM2%20BSOR/DSCN1626.jpg.html)
Lo and behold, BSOR did put the hoppers on the spur. I'd never seen them switch here before.
(http://i857.photobucket.com/albums/ab139/Erielackawanna/2016/Apr%202016/0429%20PM2%20BSOR/DSCN1667.jpg) (http://s857.photobucket.com/user/Erielackawanna/media/2016/Apr%202016/0429%20PM2%20BSOR/DSCN1667.jpg.html)
The rest of the BSOR chase south of Buffalo:
http://s857.photobucket.com/user/Erielackawanna/slideshow/2016/Apr%202016/0429%20PM2%20BSOR
All photos in this post and the link were taken by me Friday 4/29/2016 in Erie County, NY.
Later in the afternoon, I caught 4 trains on the former NKP ay Bayview Road:
NS intermodal 23K heading westbound:
(http://i857.photobucket.com/albums/ab139/Erielackawanna/2016/Apr%202016/0429%20PM4%20Hamburg%20NY/DSC07651.jpg) (http://s857.photobucket.com/user/Erielackawanna/media/2016/Apr%202016/0429%20PM4%20Hamburg%20NY/DSC07651.jpg.html)
NS auto rack freight 28N heading eastbound:
(http://i857.photobucket.com/albums/ab139/Erielackawanna/2016/Apr%202016/0429%20PM4%20Hamburg%20NY/DSC07692.jpg) (http://s857.photobucket.com/user/Erielackawanna/media/2016/Apr%202016/0429%20PM4%20Hamburg%20NY/DSC07692.jpg.html)
NS mixed freight 14m heading eastbound:
(http://i857.photobucket.com/albums/ab139/Erielackawanna/2016/Apr%202016/0429%20PM4%20Hamburg%20NY/DSC07707.jpg) (http://s857.photobucket.com/user/Erielackawanna/media/2016/Apr%202016/0429%20PM4%20Hamburg%20NY/DSC07707.jpg.html)
NS intermodal 206 heading eastbound:
(http://i857.photobucket.com/albums/ab139/Erielackawanna/2016/Apr%202016/0429%20PM4%20Hamburg%20NY/DSC07740.jpg) (http://s857.photobucket.com/user/Erielackawanna/media/2016/Apr%202016/0429%20PM4%20Hamburg%20NY/DSC07740.jpg.html)
A complete look at all 4 NS trains at Bayview Road, plus 2 CSX trains:
http://s857.photobucket.com/user/Erielackawanna/slideshow/2016/Apr%202016/0429%20PM4%20Hamburg%20NY
i wrapped up the day the town beach, and enjoyed looking north at Buffalo's skyline at sunset:
(http://i857.photobucket.com/albums/ab139/Erielackawanna/2016/Apr%202016/DSCN1709.jpg) (http://s857.photobucket.com/user/Erielackawanna/media/2016/Apr%202016/DSCN1709.jpg.html)
All photos in this post and link were taken by me Friday 4/29/2016 in Hamburg, NY. A big thanks goes out to the crew of Buffalo Southern for their professionalism and friendliness while I chased their Alco.
I also caught a couple of NS freights descending Attica Hill the next day.
Mixed freight 37T heading westbound:
(http://i857.photobucket.com/albums/ab139/Erielackawanna/2016/Apr%202016/0430%20Attica%20NY/DSC07822.jpg) (http://s857.photobucket.com/user/Erielackawanna/media/2016/Apr%202016/0430%20Attica%20NY/DSC07822.jpg.html)
(http://i857.photobucket.com/albums/ab139/Erielackawanna/2016/Apr%202016/0430%20Attica%20NY/DSC07837.jpg) (http://s857.photobucket.com/user/Erielackawanna/media/2016/Apr%202016/0430%20Attica%20NY/DSC07837.jpg.html)
Intermodal 206 heading westbound:
(http://i857.photobucket.com/albums/ab139/Erielackawanna/2016/Apr%202016/0430%20Attica%20NY/DSC07841.jpg) (http://s857.photobucket.com/user/Erielackawanna/media/2016/Apr%202016/0430%20Attica%20NY/DSC07841.jpg.html)
(http://i857.photobucket.com/albums/ab139/Erielackawanna/2016/Apr%202016/0430%20Attica%20NY/DSC07855.jpg) (http://s857.photobucket.com/user/Erielackawanna/media/2016/Apr%202016/0430%20Attica%20NY/DSC07855.jpg.html)
Slideshow of both trains:
http://s857.photobucket.com/user/Erielackawanna/slideshow/2016/Apr%202016/0430%20Attica%20NY
All photos in this post were taken by me Saturday 4/30/2016 at East Main Street Road in Attica, NY.