The weather was rather pleasant at the end of last week- perfect for heading out to the Buffalo area.
Somebody asked me recently what my favorite RR hot spto is, and I answered Tifft Street without skipping a beat. NS lcoal H42 was there, powered by venerable SD40-2 #3561. NS has trackage rights on the eastern end of the Buffalo Southern, and NS wasn't afraid to use it.
(http://i857.photobucket.com/albums/ab139/Erielackawanna/2016/Sept%202016/0916%20AM1%20Buffalo%20NY/DSC09857.jpg) (http://s857.photobucket.com/user/Erielackawanna/media/2016/Sept%202016/0916%20AM1%20Buffalo%20NY/DSC09857.jpg.html)
Shifting over to the former NKP mailine:
(http://i857.photobucket.com/albums/ab139/Erielackawanna/2016/Sept%202016/0916%20AM1%20Buffalo%20NY/DSC09879.jpg) (http://s857.photobucket.com/user/Erielackawanna/media/2016/Sept%202016/0916%20AM1%20Buffalo%20NY/DSC09879.jpg.html)
Switching ther yard:
(http://i857.photobucket.com/albums/ab139/Erielackawanna/2016/Sept%202016/0916%20AM1%20Buffalo%20NY/DSC09894.jpg) (http://s857.photobucket.com/user/Erielackawanna/media/2016/Sept%202016/0916%20AM1%20Buffalo%20NY/DSC09894.jpg.html)
Meanwhile, Amtrak and CSX were busy over the former NYC aminline:
(http://i857.photobucket.com/albums/ab139/Erielackawanna/2016/Sept%202016/0916%20AM1%20Buffalo%20NY/DSC09822.jpg) (http://s857.photobucket.com/user/Erielackawanna/media/2016/Sept%202016/0916%20AM1%20Buffalo%20NY/DSC09822.jpg.html)
Complete slide of round #1 at Tifft Street:
http://s857.photobucket.com/user/Erielackawanna/slideshow/2016/Sept%202016/0916%20AM1%20Buffalo%20NY
All photos in this post and the link were taken by me Friday 9/16/2016 in Buffalo, NY.
L headed over GB Diamond around mid-morning and was treated to a pair of westbound freights.
NS intermodal 23K with a pair of BNSF units and an NS widecab:
(http://i857.photobucket.com/albums/ab139/Erielackawanna/2016/Sept%202016/0916%20AM2%20Blasdell%20NY/DSCN1276.jpg) (http://s857.photobucket.com/user/Erielackawanna/media/2016/Sept%202016/0916%20AM2%20Blasdell%20NY/DSCN1276.jpg.html)
NS mixed freight 309:
(http://i857.photobucket.com/albums/ab139/Erielackawanna/2016/Sept%202016/0916%20AM2%20Blasdell%20NY/DSCN1310.jpg) (http://s857.photobucket.com/user/Erielackawanna/media/2016/Sept%202016/0916%20AM2%20Blasdell%20NY/DSCN1310.jpg.html)
A slide show of both trains:
http://s857.photobucket.com/user/Erielackawanna/slideshow/2016/Sept%202016/0916%20AM2%20Blasdell%20NY
All photos in this post and the link were taken by me Friday 9/16/2016 in Blasdell, NY.
An NS local (possible H41) parked at SK yard:
(http://i857.photobucket.com/albums/ab139/Erielackawanna/2016/Sept%202016/0916%20PM1%20Buffalo%20NY/DSCN1341.jpg) (http://s857.photobucket.com/user/Erielackawanna/media/2016/Sept%202016/0916%20PM1%20Buffalo%20NY/DSCN1341.jpg.html)
(http://i857.photobucket.com/albums/ab139/Erielackawanna/2016/Sept%202016/0916%20PM1%20Buffalo%20NY/DSCN1348.jpg) (http://s857.photobucket.com/user/Erielackawanna/media/2016/Sept%202016/0916%20PM1%20Buffalo%20NY/DSCN1348.jpg.html)
I returned to Tifft Street in the afternoon. The Buffalo & Pittsburgh local was working in Buffalo Creek Yard, while NS #3561 returned as a light engine mive:
(http://i857.photobucket.com/albums/ab139/Erielackawanna/2016/Sept%202016/0916%20PM2%20Tifft%20Street/DSC09898.jpg) (http://s857.photobucket.com/user/Erielackawanna/media/2016/Sept%202016/0916%20PM2%20Tifft%20Street/DSC09898.jpg.html)
(http://i857.photobucket.com/albums/ab139/Erielackawanna/2016/Sept%202016/0916%20PM2%20Tifft%20Street/DSC09928.jpg) (http://s857.photobucket.com/user/Erielackawanna/media/2016/Sept%202016/0916%20PM2%20Tifft%20Street/DSC09928.jpg.html)
(http://i857.photobucket.com/albums/ab139/Erielackawanna/2016/Sept%202016/0916%20PM2%20Tifft%20Street/DSC09930.jpg) (http://s857.photobucket.com/user/Erielackawanna/media/2016/Sept%202016/0916%20PM2%20Tifft%20Street/DSC09930.jpg.html)
(http://i857.photobucket.com/albums/ab139/Erielackawanna/2016/Sept%202016/0916%20PM2%20Tifft%20Street/DSC09948.jpg) (http://s857.photobucket.com/user/Erielackawanna/media/2016/Sept%202016/0916%20PM2%20Tifft%20Street/DSC09948.jpg.html)
For a complete look at Round #2 Tifft (which also includes CSX), please visit this slide show:
http://s857.photobucket.com/user/Erielackawanna/slideshow/2016/Sept%202016/0916%20PM2%20Tifft%20Street
All photos in this post and the link were taken by me Friday 9/16/2016 in Buffalo, NY.
Tifft Street is my favorite hot spot, but Bayview Road isn't far behind it. That's where I wrapped up the trackside shoot for the day.
Eastbound NS intermodal 206:
(http://i857.photobucket.com/albums/ab139/Erielackawanna/2016/Sept%202016/0916%20PM3%20Hamburg%20NY/DSCN1400.jpg) (http://s857.photobucket.com/user/Erielackawanna/media/2016/Sept%202016/0916%20PM3%20Hamburg%20NY/DSCN1400.jpg.html)
Eastbound NS mixed freight 14M:
(http://i857.photobucket.com/albums/ab139/Erielackawanna/2016/Sept%202016/0916%20PM3%20Hamburg%20NY/DSCN1429.jpg) (http://s857.photobucket.com/user/Erielackawanna/media/2016/Sept%202016/0916%20PM3%20Hamburg%20NY/DSCN1429.jpg.html)
Slide show of the NS and CSX action at Bayview Road:
http://s857.photobucket.com/user/Erielackawanna/slideshow/2016/Sept%202016/0916%20PM3%20Hamburg%20NY
Sunset at the nearby Town Beach Park:
(http://i857.photobucket.com/albums/ab139/Erielackawanna/2016/Sept%202016/DSCN1495.jpg) (http://s857.photobucket.com/user/Erielackawanna/media/2016/Sept%202016/DSCN1495.jpg.html)
All photos in this post and the link were taken by me Friday 9/16/2016 in Hamburg, NY. Like a hotshot NS freight, summer came and went in a flash. I hope all of you had just as much fun with your summer as I did.