BPRR 462 South train BFSI, MP 27, near Holland, New York_
A long way from Donner is this former Southern Pacific SD45. This is Buffalo & Pittsburgh's train out of its namesake terminal of Buffalo. They are climbing out of the low lands surrounding Lake Erie on the old Pennsy Buffalo Line to Machias where they will get onto the former B&O to head south for a crew change at Salamanca. At this time the CTC was still used but rarely worked like it should. A few years later the signal system was removed in favor of track warrant control. If I recall a few of these PPL signals were donated to nearby museums.
BPRR 462 South train BFSI, MP 27, near Holland, New York_
A long way from Donner is this former Southern Pacific SD45. This is Buffalo & Pittsburgh's train out of its namesake terminal of Buffalo. They are climbing out of the low lands surrounding Lake Erie on the old Pennsy Buffalo Line to Machias where they will get onto the former B&O to head south for a crew change at Salamanca. At this time the CTC was still used but rarely worked like it should. A few years later the signal system was removed in favor of track warrant control. If I recall a few of these PPL signals were donated to nearby museums.