As the result of a last minute decision, I went out to Buffalo for a concert last weekend. I did, however, manage to get an afternoon by the tracks before the show.
The first stop was Bison Yard, where I caught some switching action... including a familiar Geep, #5666.
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Both of the preceding photos taken by me Saturday 4/28/2012 in Cheektowaga, NY.
Bison Yard was not very busy, so I decided to check out Bison Runner... where eastbound coal train #8888 was idling. Local railfans refer to this job as Crazy 8s. The train got under way not long after my arrival.
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Both of the preceding photos taken by me Saturday 4/28/2012 in Buffalo, NY.
After dinner, I spent the evening at Bayview Road crossing, where NS (ex-NKP) and CSX (ex-NYC) run side by side. Eastbound 22K was my first NS sighting.
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This was followed about an hour later by eastbound 14J:
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I don't often post pictures of CSX here, but when I do... it's because there was something fun like this meet under the ex-NYC signal bridge just west of Bayview Road.
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All of the preceding photos in the post were taken by me Saturday 4/28/2012 in Hamburg, NY.
And to top it all off. there was a great sunset at Lake Erie... which is just a few miles away from the crossing.
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Photo taken by me Saturday 4/28/2012 in Athol Springs, NY. Oh BTW, the band I saw later the evening was really, really good, too. it was an almost perfect day.