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    New York & Lake Erie Depot at South Dayton, NY. This station is "famous" as it was used in 2 major Hollywood movies, the first was "Planes, Trains and Automobiles" using the name Stubbsville and the second time was in the movie "The Natural".
    Picture was taken 10-5-97.

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    Eastbound New York & Lake Erie Alco C-425 #1013 (with the South Dayton Flyer) approaches New York & Lake Erie Alco FPA-4 6764 "in the hole" at DM Junction, Dayton NY on 10/5/97, on the old Erie Railroad Buffalo and Southwestern Division.
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    New York & Lake Erie Alco C-425 #1013 at MP 38.1 (Eastbound) with the South Dayton Flyer on 10-5-97 on the old Erie Railroad's Buffalo & Southwestern Division.
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    New York & Lake Erie Alco C-425 #1013's "wrong side" control stand. Being a former NW unit, it still has control stands on BOTH sides. The NYLE runs the unit from this side (short hood=wrong) for operational reasons. Picture was taken 10-5-97.
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    Another shot of the New York & Lake Erie Alco C-425's control stand, showing the 26-L Brake and other controls. Picture taken on 10-5-97.
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    A shot of the electrical "firewall" controls on New York & Lake Erie Alco C-425 #1013, the 8.5x11 sheet in the pic is the ORIGINAL NW instructions for draining the water from the unit, picture was taken 10/5/97.
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    Main Air Gauges on New York & Lake Erie Alco C-425 #1013 with adjusting valves below each. Picture was taken 10-5-97.
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    New York & Lake Erie Alco C-425 heading west to the engine house having just crossed Commercial Street in Gowanda, NY. Picture was taken 10-5-97 after an excursion on the old Erie's Buffalo & Southwestern Division.
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    Shot taken thru the "brakeman's side" window of the long hood of New York & Lake Erie Alco C-425 1013 at MP 38.5 (eastbound) during the South Dayton Flyer excursion returning from South Dayton, NY to Gowanda, NY, 10-5-97 on the old Erie's Buffalo & South
    western Division.
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    Plate on the cab wall inside New York & Lake Erie Alco C-425 that was made by long time (now retired) Engineer Charles Harrington of Hamburg, NY. Picture taken on 10-5-97 during an excursion on the old Erie Railroad's Buffalo & Southwestern Division.
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    New York & Lake Erie Alco C-425 #1013 preparing to leave South Dayton, NY to head east for Gowanda, NY during the South Dayton Flyer excursion. Picture was taken on 10-5-97.
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    Picture of New York & Lake Erie Alco C-425 #1013's headlight and numberboard, taken inside the Dayton Tunnel. Train is eastbound for Gowanda, NY on 10-5-97 on the old Erie's Buffalo & Southwestern Division.
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    Alco C-425 5067 - the New York & Lake Erie parts engine in the Gowanda, NY yard on 10-5-97.
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    New York & Lake Erie Alco FPA-4 6764 "in the hole" at DM Junction (Dayton, NY) with the Blue Diamond Dinner Train waiting for the South Dayton Flyer Excursion to clear Eastbound for it's run to Cherry Creek, NY on 10-5-97 on the old Erie Railroads's Buff
    alo & Southwestern Division.
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    Railfan.net's own Alcoman, coming out the cab door on New York & Lake Erie Alco C-425 1013 on the South Dayton Flyer Excursion on 10-5-97 on the old Erie Railroad's Buffalo & Southwestern Division.
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    Railfan.net's own Alcoman "closing the irons" at the East end of the South Dayton, NY yard so the engine to couple on to the end of the train for the return trip to Gowanda, NY on 10-5-97 on the old Erie Railroad's Buffalo & Southwestern Division.
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    Railfan.net's own Alcoman preparing to cross the tracks to "line the irons" for the reverse move back to the South Dayton Flyer train for the Eastbound trip back to Gowanda, NY. Picture is at the East end of the South Dayton, NY yard, 10-5-97 on the old
    Erie Railroad's Buffalo & Southwestern Division.
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    Picture shows the open cab door on New York & Lake Erie Alco C-425 #1013 (and Railfan.net's own Alcoman) on the South Dayton Flyer excursion returning to Gowanda, NY from South Dayton, NY, 10-5-97 on the old Erie's Buffalo & Southwestern Division.
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    New York & Lake Erie Alco C-425 #1013 just West of the Pine Street crossing in South Dayton, NY. The engine has just uncoupled from the Westbound train and is preparing to "run around" the train on the passing siding for the return trip to Gowanda, NY
    on 10-5-97. The brakeman in the pic is Railfan.net's own Alcoman and the MP between him and the crossing protection is B-43, meaning this point is 43 miles from Buffalo NY on the old Erie Railroad's Buffalo & Southwestern Division.
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    This picture shows the Barco Speed Recorder Speedometer in the cab of New York & Lake Erie Alco C-425 #1013 on 10-5-97.
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    New York & Lake Erie Alco C-425 #1013 on the main, West of the South Dayton, NY depot about to do it's run around to return to Gowanda, NY. The "trespasser" on the front of the engine is a Railfan.net staff, on 10-5-97 on the old Erie's Buffalo & Southwe
    stern Division.
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    Railfan.net staff member on the "rear" end of New York & Lake Erie Alco C-425 #1013 at South Dayton, NY, on 10-5-97 on the old Erie Railroad's Buffalo & Southwestern Division.
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    One of the Railfan.net's staff at the controls of New York & Lake Erie Alco C-425 #1013 during switching after the excursion from Gowanda, NY to South Dayton, NY, on 10-5-97 on the old Erie's Buffalo & Southwestern Division.
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    The Cattaraugus Creek Bridge which not only marks the "east" limits of the New York & Lake Erie Railroad but also marks the boundry line between Erie and Cattaraugus counties. Picture was taken from NYLE C-425 #1013 on 10-5-97.
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    New York & Lake Erie Engineer C.A. Dingman on the South Dayton Flyer excursion from Gowanda, NY to South Dayton, NY, 10-5-97 on the old Erie's Buffalo & Southwestern Division.
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    Picture shows New York & Lake Erie Alco C-425 #1013 exiting the Dayton Tunnel Eastbound and the start of the Dayton Hill down to Gowanda, NY on the South Dayton Flyer excursion on 10-5-97.
    The Tunnel and the Hill have the distinction of being the shortest and steepest (respectively) on the old Erie Railroad.
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    Shot was taken just as "the pins dropped" between New York & Lake Erie Alco C-425 #1013 and the open observation car on the South Dayton Flyer excursion from Gowanda, NY to South Dayton, NY, 10-5-97 on the old Erie's Buffalo & Southwestern Division.
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    A young railfan waves to the camera on the New York & Lake Erie South Dayton Flyer excursion from Gowanda, NY to South Dayton, NY, 10-5-97 on the old Erie's Buffalo & Southwestern Division.
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    Evillisa from #railfan on irc.railfan.net gives the steely look of death to the noisy generator on the New York and Lake Erie's flatcar during the South Dayton Flyer excursion on 10/5/97.
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    Evillisa from #railran on irc.railfan.net smiles at her opportunity to see the inside of working locomotive on the South Dayton Flyer at South Dayton, NY, on 10/5/97.
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    New York & Lake Erie Alco C-425 #1013 crossing Hill Street as it arrives back in Gowanda, NY at the end of the South Dayton Flyer excursion from Gowanda, NY to South Dayton, NY, 10-5-97. Diverging track is the Gowanda passing siding and the West end of
    the Gowanda yard.
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    New York & Lake Erie South Dayton Flyer pulled by Alco C-425 #1013 passes the old Erie Gowanda Home Signal at MP 34.0 Eastbound, 10-5-97 on the old Buffalo & Southwestern Division.
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    New York & Lake Erie South Dayton Flyer approaches James Rd and MP 37.0 heading east on the excursion from Gowanda, NY to South Dayton, NY, 10-5-97 on the old Erie Railroad's Buffalo & Southwestern Division.
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    New York & Lake Erie South Dayton Flyer excursion from Gowanda, NY to South Dayton, NY, approaches Jolls Road heading eastbound returning to Gowanda, NY on 10-5-97 on the old Erie's Buffalo & Southwestern Division.
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    Railfan.net staff and family members on the South Dayton Flyer on the New York & Lake Erie Railroad from Gowanda, NY to South Dayton, NY, on 10-5-97 on the old Erie's Buffalo & Southwestern Division.
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    New York & Lake Erie bottom dump ballast car, former PC in an unused siding at Dayton, NY while the South Dayton Flyer passes on the main going from Gowanda, NY to South Dayton, NY, 10-5-97 on the old Erie's Buffalo & Southwestern Division.
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    New York & Lake Erie Alco C-425 #1013 prepares to shove a string of boxcars loaded with lead into the passing siding in Gowanda yard to make room for the passenger equipment on 10-5-97 on the old Erie's Buffalo & Southwestern Division.
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    New York & Lake Erie Alco C-425 shoves a string of loaded boxcars thru the crossovers at the East end of the Gowanda, NY yard on 10-5-97 on the old Erie's Buffalo & Southwestern Division.
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    Another shot of the string of loaded boxcars taken from the rear of New York and Lake Erie #1013 just before they are shoved into the passing siding on 10/5/97.
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    New York & Lake Erie Railroad Conductor JT Campbell watching over the passengers on the open air observation car on the South Dayton Flyer excursion from Gowanda, NY to South Dayton, NY, 10-5-97 on the old Erie's Buffalo & Southwestern Division.
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    New York & Lake Erie's FPA-4 6764 amd FPA-2u 6758 outside the engine house in Gowanda, NY on 10-5-97.
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    New York & Lake Erie South Dayton Flyer excursion from Gowanda, NY to South Dayton, NY, on 10-5-97 as it just starts to climb the Dayton Hill which has the distinction of being the steepest grade on the old Erie railroad.
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    New York & Lake Erie Railroad MP 35.0 on the Dayton Hill taken during the South Dayton Flyer excursion from Gowanda, NY to South Dayton, NY, 10-5-97.
    If you look closely at the bottom of the MP you will see SEC 18 which would appear to show that it was also a section point.
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    The West end of the South Dayton, NY yard shot from #1013 as she is in the process of making her runaround. The building on the right is the now closed Carnation condensed milk plant.
    Picture taken on 10-5-97 on the old Erie's Buffalo & Southwestern Division.
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    Picture of the New York & Lake Erie Railroad's South Dayton Depot during the South Dayton Flyer excursion from Gowanda, NY to South Dayton, NY, 10-5-97 on the old Erie's Buffalo & Southwestern Division.
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    The New York and Lake Erie Depot at Gowanda, NY and the sign shows the railroad logo on it. Picture taken 10/5/97.
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    The Dayton Tunnel at the top of the Dayton Hill in Dayton, NY as shot from the New York & Lake Erie excursion from Gowanda, NY to South Dayton, NY, 10-5-97 on the old Erie's Buffalo & Southwestern Division.
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    Approaching the Dayton Tunnel from the West on the New York & Lake Erie excursion from Gowanda, NY to South Dayton, NY, 10-5-97 on the old Erie Railroad's Buffalo & Southwestern Division.
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    The "ostrich farm" at Markhams, NY. The farm raises ostriches for sale to markets and restaurants around the Western New York area. Picture was taken 10/5/97.
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    The South Dayton Flyer approaches the crossing at US Route 62 and MP 39 in Markhams, NY while returning East to Gowanda, NY from South Dayton, NY on 10-5-97 on the old Erie Railroad's Buffalo & Southwestern Division.
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    New York & Lake Erie Alco C-425 #1013 crosses Pine Street on the passing siding in South Dayton, NY during it's runaround on 10-5-97 on the old Erie's Buffalo & Southwestern Division.
    In the left background is the Harry Austin Milling Company which appreared in the movie "The Natural"
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    New York & Lake Erie Alco C-425 #1013 starts her runaround on the West end of the passing siding at South Dayton, NY.
    The building on the left is the old Red Wing canning factory which is now closed. Picture was taken on 10-5-97 on the old Erie's Buffalo & Southwestern Division.
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