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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.
While the Big MLWs were the main event on Saturday, I did make a quick run over to the Buffalo & Pittsburgh at East Salamanca, New York to grab a shot of the BFSI parked at the former BR&P station. Thanks to Sir James for letting me know that WCOR 301 was the leader, as I sure do love the former QNS&L paint and the bathtub fuel tanks. A few quick shots and it was back over to Olean for fuel, a pit stop and then it was off to Weston Mills for the first shot of an absolutely epic day trackside with Big MLWs and good friends.
BPRR symbol BFSI at MP 28, Machias Sub. The signal system here has since been retired. I believe a few of these former Pennsy signals were donated to local museums.
A pair of SD45s, spliced together with a former KCS tunnel motor, lead the Buffalo to Salamanca freight through the junction between the former Pennsy and B&O.
Due to trackwork south of Salamanca, the normally nocturnal SIBF ran in daylight for one full week in May of 2021. One of these trains was lead by WCOR 301, the sole remaining ex QSNL painted locomotive on the B&P after 307 and 309 were shipped off to the CF&E. The train is seen here just south of Machias notching up.
Buffalo and Pittsburgh train BFSI (Buffalo, NY - Salamanca, NY) works its way south as it emerges from the truss bridge over the Great Valley Creek in Great Valley, NY. Normally a nocturnal job, SIBF / BFSI is running in daylight this week due to trackwork south of Salamanca.
Buffalo and Pittsburgh train BFSI arrives in Salamanca, NY after making a daylight trip from Salamanca to Buffalo and back. WCOR 301 is the only QSNL painted locomotive left on the BPRR, after 307 and 309 left earlier in the year.
Hard to believe it's been almost 4 years since shooting this, but here is X-COAL/X-BFSI (not that it matters) crossing into PA from New York with BPRR 2001 in the lead. The 2001 would be dropped in Bradford and 458 would lead the rest of the way south.
A pair of Canadian Pacific Gevos haul 101 cars of frac sand south on the Western New & Pennsylvania as they pass the WNYP sign at South Machias, NY. With the sand cars billed for Turtlepoint, this is the first time a unit sand train with run through power came to the WNYP. The train came out of Conway on Thursday night, and traversed the NS LED on Friday morning. The usual routing for these cars is NS droping the cars in B&P's Buffalo Creek yard, and the normal road freight (BFSI) then takes them to Salamanca where they are dropped for the WNYP. This train hopped on the B&P at CP-Draw, and continued south on the B&P to Machias Jct. The next morning, a WNYP crew took the train from Machias to North Olean.
An extra BFSI with a solid string of new BLE Ore Hoppers heads south through the site of former CP Gravity.
The extra southbound slows to make a quick stop near Gernat Stone above Salamanca NY. Silent in the siding is the old BPRR 203 which is now owned by the quarry.
Buffalo & Pittsburgh's Buffalo to Salamanca freight train heads south down the Buffalo line past the mill at Delevan, NY.
A troubled BFSI with one unit down and the tunnel motor being an alarm bell special slowly climbs out of Buffalo. The train would stall 5 miles later
Buffalo and Pittsburgh train BFSI takes the connection from the ex PRR to the ex B&O in Machias, as evident by the out of service position light signals.
Buffalo & Pittsburgh BFSI struggles uphill at Holland. The train wouldn't make it much farther as it stalled just behind me.
Buffalo & Pittsburgh train X-BFSI (Buffalo, NY - Salmanca, NY) has a pair of EMD SD60s for power as it passes through Ashford Jct.