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 3892 lays over for the night in Salamanca.

An extra BFSI takes the connection from the PRR to the B&O at Machias.

BFSI passes the PRR Position lights at Wales.

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.

887 leads an extra BFSI into Salamanca.

An extra BFSI passes the B&O tower at Ashford Junction on its way south to Salamanca.

X-BFSI heads south through Ashford Jct. with an ex-KCS SD50 in the lead.

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.

An extra BFSI heads south by Blue Seal in Arcade with a GP9 leading a trio of SD60s.

5 SD60s lead empty coal south into the siding at Boyer.

An extra coal train running as a BFSI heads south on the Buffalo Line at Gardenville Junction.

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.

B&Ps Buffalo-Salamanca freight passes the BR&P tower at Ashford.

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.

Buffalo & Pittsburgh BFSI arrives in Salamanca on the former BR&P main.

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.

BFSI heads south down the Ebenezer Runner.

A daylight move south to Salamanca passes by the old AD tower in Ashford Junction, New York.

BP BFSI heads south down the Buffalo Line at CP Wales.

BPRR 3892 leads X-BFSI through MP 8.8

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.

Buffalo & Pittsburgh BFSI passes AD tower in Ashford on its way to Salamanca.

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.

An extra BFSI with a solid string of new BLE Ore Hoppers heads south through the site of former CP Gravity.

Under a brewing thunderstorm B&P BFSI heads south past the former CP-Wales.

Buffalo & Pittsburgh's Buffalo to Salamanca freight train heads south down the Buffalo line past the mill at Delevan, NY.

2 nights in a row for a weekend daylight train out of Buffalo. Ill takeit.

A rare daylight run of BFSI heads through Wales with 301 leading an AVR, WLE, and B&P consist.

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 & Pittsburgh BFSI passes the former B&O tower at Ashford Jct.

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.

A former QNSL SD40-2 leads Buffalo & Pittsburgh BFSI south at Wales.

Buffalo & Pittsburgh train X-BFSI (Buffalo, NY - Salmanca, NY) has a pair of EMD SD60s for power as it passes through Ashford Jct.

Waiting the recrew to take it south, BFSI sits in front of the former B&O station at Salamanca.

Buffalo & Pittsburgh BFSI struggles uphill at Holland. The train wouldn't make it much farther as it stalled just behind me.

Buffalo and Pittsburgh train BFSI works hard upgrade with a quartet of EMD SD40s as it approaches the South Protection Road overpass just north of Arcade, NY. Leading the train is the last ex QNSL SD40 on the B&P, with the other two, 307 and 309 now on the Chicago, Ft Wayne and Eastern.

Buffalo & Pittsburgh EMD SD60M number 3889 leads train X-BFSI (Buffalo, NY - Salamanca, NY) south through Chaffee, NY on a rare weekend daylight run on this section of the B&P.

After picking up a cut of cars in BPRR's Buffalo Creek yard, EMD SD60s 3889 and 3885 work their way east (railroad south) on the NS Ebenezer runner as they approach the Babcock Street overpass with the Buffalo skyline in the background.

B&P 887 pulls X-BFSI south through Bailey, Ave

An extra BFSI heads south down the Buffalo Line through some severe snow storms at Wales.