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The first week of spring was downright balmy up here in the Northeast. It was sunny with temps ranging from the low 70s to almost 80 degrees. That is not a joke or a misprint! it felt like summer actually came early this year. As luck would have it, I had already chosen the final day of nice weather to head out to Buffalo.

My day started at the Tifft Street bridge. A high nose GP38-2 had brought local H0A to Buffalo Creek Junction.



Photo taken by me Friday 3/23/2012 in Buffalo, NY.   

The crew of H0A has pulled up the train to the interchange track and is preparing to shove it back onto the Buffalo & Pittsburgh RR.



Photo taken by me Friday 3/23/2012 in Buffalo, NY.   

H0A backs up from the former NKP mainline onto the former B&O 4th Sub.



Photo taken by me Friday 3/23/2012 in Buffalo, NY. 

High nose Geep #5113 is a former Southern unit. It was nice to see the old beast up in the Northeast.



Photo taken by me Friday 3/23/2012 in Buffalo, NY. 

NS #5113 shuffles cars in the B&P's Buffalo Creek Yard.



Photo taken by me Friday 3/23/2012 in Buffalo, NY. 

As an added bonus, a B&P local was also working in the yard.



Photo taken by me Friday 3/23/2012 in Buffalo, NY.  

Number 5113 returns the NS yard via a light engine move.



Photo taken by me Friday 3/23/2012 in Buffalo, NY. 

The B&P local performed switching moves while #5113 headed up the ex-NKP.



Photo taken by me Friday 3/23/2012 in Buffalo, NY.  

The Geep was heading up to a small cut of cars.



Photo taken by me Friday 3/23/2012 in Buffalo, NY. 

H0A departs Buffalo Creek Junction with a 3 car consist.



Photo taken by me Friday 3/23/2012 in Buffalo, NY. 

As H0A departed, another train appeared in the distance on the Buffalo Southern RR.



Photo taken by me Friday 3/23/2012 in Buffalo, NY. 

I'm pretty sure the inbound train was NS 14M.



Photo taken by me Friday 3/23/2012 in Buffalo, NY.

At the same time, Amtrak's eastbound Lake Shore Limited (on CSX rails) passed 14M.



Photo taken by me Friday 3/23/2012 in Buffalo, NY.

14M heads up the BSOR (an ex-Erie/EL branchline) slowly, while Amtrak passes by. According to a fellow railfan, the CP unit was brand new and would be dropped off in nearby SK Yard.



Photo taken by me Friday 3/23/2012 in Buffalo, NY.

14M also had coil cars in the consist- something I don't see very often.



Photo taken by me Friday 3/23/2012 in Buffalo, NY.

The tail end of 14M heads eastward the Buffalo Southern. NS uses this end of BSOR as a bypass when the ex-NKP main is in use.



Photo taken by me Friday 3/23/2012 in Buffalo, NY.

This Norfolk Southern hi-rail MOW truck also passed through Buffalo Creek Junction.



Photo taken by me Friday 3/23/2012 in Buffalo, NY.

The NS MOW truck got off the rails and left the yard via an access road.



Photo taken by me Friday 3/23/2012 in Buffalo, NY.

Number 5113 returned alone after dropping off the consist of H0A a few miles way in Hamburg.



Photo taken by me Friday 3/23/2012 in Buffalo, NY.

At the same time, NS 287 made its daily appearance.



Photo taken by me Friday 3/23/2012 in Buffalo, NY.

Number 5113 has passed under Tifft Street and is about to pick-up a few more cars.



Photo taken by me Friday 3/23/2012 in Buffalo, NY.

Norfolk Southern 287 passes H0A at Buffalo Creek Junction.



Photo taken by me Friday 3/23/2012 in Buffalo, NY.

As Ed Fury recently observed, Norfolk Southern apparently isn't shy about using standard cabs as leading power on auto rack trains.



Photo taken by me Friday 3/23/2012 in Buffalo, NY.

After picking up a few cars, H0A runs along side 287 as the latter departs Buffalo Creek Junction heading westbound.



Photo taken by me Friday 3/23/2012 in Buffalo, NY.

Now y'all can see why Tifft Street is one of my favorite destinations- it's a great spot to see several trains working at once.



Photo taken by me Friday 3/23/2012 in Buffalo, NY.