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.
(https://www.jreb.org/ns/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi857.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fab139%2FErielackawanna%2F2016%2FSept%25202016%2F0916%2520AM1%2520Buffalo%2520NY%2FDSC09857.jpg&hash=8ca21edcc4c28e3e3e44defe0376ba43c25e4aac) (http://s857.photobucket.com/user/Erielackawanna/media/2016/Sept%202016/0916%20AM1%20Buffalo%20NY/DSC09857.jpg.html)
Shifting over to the former NKP mailine:
(https://www.jreb.org/ns/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi857.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fab139%2FErielackawanna%2F2016%2FSept%25202016%2F0916%2520AM1%2520Buffalo%2520NY%2FDSC09879.jpg&hash=bdf0af9d058644d9b6e3093ee8a5c638f0819141) (http://s857.photobucket.com/user/Erielackawanna/media/2016/Sept%202016/0916%20AM1%20Buffalo%20NY/DSC09879.jpg.html)
Switching ther yard:
(https://www.jreb.org/ns/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi857.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fab139%2FErielackawanna%2F2016%2FSept%25202016%2F0916%2520AM1%2520Buffalo%2520NY%2FDSC09894.jpg&hash=b1bffc8dfca61d7d3b7ed96595cd6c1889d219d5) (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:
(https://www.jreb.org/ns/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi857.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fab139%2FErielackawanna%2F2016%2FSept%25202016%2F0916%2520AM1%2520Buffalo%2520NY%2FDSC09822.jpg&hash=c7b3a10690dc5d37e0fd63cd27d1ba5aa8fff3d0) (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:
(https://www.jreb.org/ns/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi857.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fab139%2FErielackawanna%2F2016%2FSept%25202016%2F0916%2520AM2%2520Blasdell%2520NY%2FDSCN1276.jpg&hash=8a96ea41e9c7db5228e5d9b6d83dcbc57cc79211) (http://s857.photobucket.com/user/Erielackawanna/media/2016/Sept%202016/0916%20AM2%20Blasdell%20NY/DSCN1276.jpg.html)
NS mixed freight 309:
(https://www.jreb.org/ns/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi857.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fab139%2FErielackawanna%2F2016%2FSept%25202016%2F0916%2520AM2%2520Blasdell%2520NY%2FDSCN1310.jpg&hash=a297431ab418bc6d985fdbe8339e817114660e97) (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:
(https://www.jreb.org/ns/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi857.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fab139%2FErielackawanna%2F2016%2FSept%25202016%2F0916%2520PM1%2520Buffalo%2520NY%2FDSCN1341.jpg&hash=e3653fdc92ca9544b80993350a95b773934c9e19) (http://s857.photobucket.com/user/Erielackawanna/media/2016/Sept%202016/0916%20PM1%20Buffalo%20NY/DSCN1341.jpg.html)
(https://www.jreb.org/ns/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi857.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fab139%2FErielackawanna%2F2016%2FSept%25202016%2F0916%2520PM1%2520Buffalo%2520NY%2FDSCN1348.jpg&hash=34d26b539767681aa7e8df5d057ca09d23d994d4) (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:
(https://www.jreb.org/ns/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi857.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fab139%2FErielackawanna%2F2016%2FSept%25202016%2F0916%2520PM2%2520Tifft%2520Street%2FDSC09898.jpg&hash=2fa243a371d923d8ee2c0b753a8aa8e528b91304) (http://s857.photobucket.com/user/Erielackawanna/media/2016/Sept%202016/0916%20PM2%20Tifft%20Street/DSC09898.jpg.html)
(https://www.jreb.org/ns/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi857.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fab139%2FErielackawanna%2F2016%2FSept%25202016%2F0916%2520PM2%2520Tifft%2520Street%2FDSC09928.jpg&hash=406f0b1dfdaf136c7da63ba45b906c8a4bb2bb8b) (http://s857.photobucket.com/user/Erielackawanna/media/2016/Sept%202016/0916%20PM2%20Tifft%20Street/DSC09928.jpg.html)
(https://www.jreb.org/ns/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi857.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fab139%2FErielackawanna%2F2016%2FSept%25202016%2F0916%2520PM2%2520Tifft%2520Street%2FDSC09930.jpg&hash=82d3e124101b2f397511f4daa2ac58dc65867c66) (http://s857.photobucket.com/user/Erielackawanna/media/2016/Sept%202016/0916%20PM2%20Tifft%20Street/DSC09930.jpg.html)
(https://www.jreb.org/ns/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi857.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fab139%2FErielackawanna%2F2016%2FSept%25202016%2F0916%2520PM2%2520Tifft%2520Street%2FDSC09948.jpg&hash=7435f2e993a1cdc7216a36f9adb1d286b6ab24e2) (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:
(https://www.jreb.org/ns/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi857.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fab139%2FErielackawanna%2F2016%2FSept%25202016%2F0916%2520PM3%2520Hamburg%2520NY%2FDSCN1400.jpg&hash=c0b70e3e63ddf40053d99076077b165e61acc296) (http://s857.photobucket.com/user/Erielackawanna/media/2016/Sept%202016/0916%20PM3%20Hamburg%20NY/DSCN1400.jpg.html)
Eastbound NS mixed freight 14M:
(https://www.jreb.org/ns/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi857.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fab139%2FErielackawanna%2F2016%2FSept%25202016%2F0916%2520PM3%2520Hamburg%2520NY%2FDSCN1429.jpg&hash=8193f53808eca9c6ea78f4179a8543c4b1ce8179) (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:
(https://www.jreb.org/ns/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi857.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fab139%2FErielackawanna%2F2016%2FSept%25202016%2FDSCN1495.jpg&hash=909f61cba6220e02af05377d55b2c2105686b67b) (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.