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    Fantrip runby at Yager near Welland with Bullet Nose Betty, CN 4-8-2 6060, in the mid 70's from Niagara Falls, Ontario to Hamilton, Ontario
    Shot as a teenager with a cheap Petri SLR, Kodak Tri-X 400 speed B&W and processed in my attic bathroom
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    Fantrip runby at Yager near Welland with Bullet Nose Betty, CN 4-8-2 6060, in the mid 70's from Niagara Falls, Ontario to Hamilton, Ontario
    Shot as a teenager with a cheap Petri SLR, Kodak Tri-X 400 speed B&W and processed in my attic bathroom
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    Fantrip runby at Yager near Welland with Bullet Nose Betty, CN 4-8-2 6060, in the mid 70's from Niagara Falls, Ontario to Hamilton, Ontario
    Shot as a teenager with a cheap Petri SLR, Kodak Tri-X 400 speed B&W and processed in my attic bathroom
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    Fantrip runby at Yager near Welland with Bullet Nose Betty, CN 4-8-2 6060, in the mid 70's from Niagara Falls, Ontario to Hamilton, Ontario
    Shot as a teenager with a cheap Petri SLR, Kodak Tri-X 400 speed B&W and processed in my attic bathroom
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    Fantrip on Bullet Nose Betty, CN 4-8-2 6060, in the mid 70's from Niagara Falls, Ontario to Hamilton, Ontario
    Shot as a teenager with a cheap Petri SLR, Kodak Tri-X 400 speed B&W and processed in my attic bathroom
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    Fantrip on Bullet Nose Betty, CN 4-8-2 6060, in the mid 70's from Niagara Falls, Ontario to Hamilton, Ontario
    Shot as a teenager with a cheap Petri SLR, Kodak Tri-X 400 speed B&W and processed in my attic bathroom
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    Fantrip on Bullet Nose Betty, CN 4-8-2 6060, in the mid 70's from Niagara Falls, Ontario to Hamilton, Ontario
    Shot as a teenager with a cheap Petri SLR, Kodak Tri-X 400 speed B&W and processed in my attic bathroom
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    Fantrip on Bullet Nose Betty, CN 4-8-2 6060, in the mid 70's from Niagara Falls, Ontario to Hamilton, Ontario
    Shot as a teenager with a cheap Petri SLR, Kodak Tri-X 400 speed B&W and processed in my attic bathroom
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    Fantrip on Bullet Nose Betty, CN 4-8-2 6060, in the mid 70's from Niagara Falls, Ontario to Hamilton, Ontario
    Shot as a teenager with a cheap Petri SLR, Kodak Tri-X 400 speed B&W and processed in my attic bathroom
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    Fantrip on Bullet Nose Betty, CN 4-8-2 6060, in the mid 70's from Niagara Falls, Ontario to Hamilton, Ontario
    Shot as a teenager with a cheap Petri SLR, Kodak Tri-X 400 speed B&W and processed in my attic bathroom
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    Fantrip on Bullet Nose Betty, CN 4-8-2 6060, in the mid 70's from Niagara Falls, Ontario to Hamilton, Ontario
    Shot as a teenager with a cheap Petri SLR, Kodak Tri-X 400 speed B&W and processed in my attic bathroom
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    Fantrip on Bullet Nose Betty, CN 4-8-2 6060, in the mid 70's from Niagara Falls, Ontario to Hamilton, Ontario
    Shot as a teenager with a cheap Petri SLR, Kodak Tri-X 400 speed B&W and processed in my attic bathroom
    The boy in the plaid shirt is my cousin Jonathan and the man in the dark jacket is my father, Henry Sr. Both passed away many years ago. The boy in the striped shirt is cousin Chris, Jono's brother.
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    Conrail/Penn Central Burro CB3087 in the process of ripping up the connection from EL's Black Rock Yard to the NYC/PC Niagara Branch in 1976 or 1977.
    Shot as a teenager with a cheap Petri SLR, Kodak Tri-X 400 speed B&W and processed in my attic bathroom
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    Conrail/Penn Central Burro CB3087 in the process of ripping up the connection from EL's Black Rock Yard to the NYC/PC Niagara Branch in 1976 or 1977.
    Shot as a teenager with a cheap Petri SLR, Kodak Tri-X 400 speed B&W and processed in my attic bathroom
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    CN yard goat 7023 working Black Rock Yard in Buffalo, NY the summer of '76. CN and EL alternated responsibilities for yard transfers to Fort Erie, across the International Bridge. I lived (still do) near the NYC's Buffalo belt line and a mile walk westbo
    und down that line took me to the PC Niagara Branch and EL's Black Rock Yard.
    Taken with an old Petri SLR, Kodak 400 speed Tri-X and processed in my attic bathroom.
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    CN yard goat 7025 coming off the American side of the International Bridge from Canada at Black Rock Yard in Buffalo, NY the summer of '76. CN and EL alternated responsibilities for the yard transfers to CN's yard in Fort Erie. The angle is looking west-
    southwest in front of the Wabash freight office/customs house.
    Taken with an old Petri SLR, Kodak 400 speed Tri-X and processed in my attic bathroom.
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    CN RDC-1 6120 at CN's Niagara Falls, Ontario station. In the background is CN 4-8-2 Bullet Nose Betty waiting to haul railfans on a mid-70's fantrip
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    CN yard goat 7025 has just come off the American side of the International Bridge from Candada at Black Rock Yard in Buffalo, NY the summer of4 '76. The angle is looking south in front of the Wabash freight office
    Taken with an old Petri SLR, Kodak 400 speed Tri-X and processed in my attic bathroom. Many of the old negatives were badly spotted, I wasn't much of an archivist back when I was 15 years old
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    Westbound CR train with 3 PC U33C's on the head end on the old NYC just west of Exchange St.
    The third bridge in the distance is the ex-EL, Ex DL&W passenger main to the yet to be ripped down DL&W Buffalo passenger terminal.
    Of course the bridge is now gone and this section is now CSX' 3 Main or "Compromise" as the double track main is now the ex-Buffalo Creek through what used to be FW interlocking and the CP DRAW bottleneck over the Buffalo river.
    Grab shot on bicycle as a teenager with a beat up old Petri, Tri-X and processed at home
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    CP's daily Budd car train from Toronto to Buffalo has just come off the International Bridge onto Bird Island near 1 PM in the summer of 1975
    I would frequently hop on my bicycle and pedal the mile and a half to the bridge from my summer job in the hopes of catching the Budds and Amtrak's Empire State Express from Detroit
    Shot as a teenager with a cheap Petri SLR, Kodak Tri-X 400 speed B&W and processed in my attic bathroom
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    CP's daily Budd car train from Toronto to Buffalo has just come off the International Bridge onto Bird Island near 1 PM in the summer of 1975
    I would frequently hop on my bicycle and pedal the mile and a half to the bridge from my summer job in the hopes of catching the Budds and Amtrak's Empire State Express from Detroit
    Shot as a teenager with a cheap Petri SLR, Kodak Tri-X 400 speed B&W and processed in my attic bathroom
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    Looking TT west at Tower 48 and Central Terminal in Buffalo in 1976 or '77
    Tower 48 is of course long gone and Central Terminal is a disaster in the year 2000.
    Terrible exposure with an old Petri and Kodak Tri-X
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    NYC/PC/CR Tower 48 just east of Central Terminal in Buffalo in 1976 or '77
    The substantial Tower 48 controlled the east end trackage at Central Terminal where the main line, belt line, Frontier Yard leads and Stock Yard leads joined together.
    Tower 48 is of course long gone and Central Terminal is a disaster in the year 2000.
    A teenager shot done with an old Petri and Kodak Tri-X
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    Southbound (TT east) CR/PC U33B 2912 passed CR/LV RS-3 216 on the ex-PC, ex-NYC Niagara Branch in Buffalo, NY in the summer of 1976
    In the background ex-PC Burro crane CB3087 is dismantling the connection from the EL's Black Rock Yard to the PC's Wonalancet Runner near Kenmore Yard and Tower H / CP 8.
    Shot as a teenager with a cheap Petri SLR, Kodak Tri-X 400 speed B&W and processed in my attic bathroom
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    Southbound (TT east) CR/PC U33B 2912 passed CR/LV RS-3 216 on the ex-PC, ex-NYC Niagara Branch in Buffalo, NY in the summer of 1976
    In the background ex-PC Burro crane CB3087 is dismantling the connection from the EL's Black Rock Yard to the PC's Wonalancet Runner to Kenmore Yard
    Shot as a teenager with a cheap Petri SLR, Kodak Tri-X 400 speed B&W and processed in my attic bathroom
    The damage to this negative just breaks my heart ;-(
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    The sun popped out briefly for this grab shot of an ex-PRR N8 cabin passing under the I-190 in the summer of 1976. Note the fresh paint job
    This cabin was trailing the train seen in this photo on the ex-NYC main Compromise Track.
    Shot as a teenager with a cheap Petri SLR, Kodak Tri-X 400 speed B&W and processed in my attic bathroom
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    The east end trackage at Central Terminal was prodigious in this shot from 1976 or '77
    The negative had terrible contrast so scanning didn't work well. Same old mechanical Petri with Tri-X
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    Another shot of the east end at aging Central Terminal from 1976 or '77
    The negative had terrible contrast so scanning didn't work well. Same old mechanical Petri with Tri-X
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    Conrail "EL" GP7's 1209 and 1223 switching Black Rock Yard in Buffalo, NY in the summer of 1976
    Note the PC style numbers applied to the 1209 shortly after the creation of Conrail. The last of Black Rock Yard's rails were ripped up in the summer of '99
    Shot as a teenager with a cheap Petri SLR, Kodak Tri-X 400 speed B&W and processed in my attic bathroom
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    CR/EL "torpedo tube" passenger GP7 1408 switches Black Rock Yard in the summer of 1976
    That's the American Standard plant in the background on the other side of Hertel Ave. Just visible to the far left is the Erie RR Riverside spur which crossed the DL&W to reach the A.S. plant and other area industries. Although short, the grade far excee
    ded the Southern's famous Saluda grade and no doubt caused problems on rainy days!
    Shot as a teenager with a cheap Petri SLR, Kodak Tri-X 400 speed B&W and processed in my attic bathroom
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    Full frame of CR/EL "torpedo tube" passenger GP7 1408 switching Black Rock Yard in the summer of 1976
    It is approaching the north ladder of the west end of the yard. The Hertel Ave. overpass necked the yard down to 4 tracks, effectively cutting it into two halves
    Shot as a teenager with a cheap Petri SLR, Kodak Tri-X 400 speed B&W and processed in my attic bathroom
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    Broadside of CR/EL "torpedo tube" passenger GP7 1408 switching Black Rock Yard near Hertel Ave. in the summer of 1976
    Note that the steam generator passenger equipment appears to be intact under the short hood in this first year of Conrail operation
    Shot as a teenager with a cheap Petri SLR, Kodak Tri-X 400 speed B&W and processed in my attic bathroom
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    CR ex-EL, ex-Erie NW2 426 switching in Buffalo, NY in Conrail's first summer. CR lettering has not yet "polluted" this classic EL yard goat
    Shot as a teenager with a cheap Petri SLR, Kodak Tri-X 400 speed B&W and processed in my attic bathroom
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    Amtrak's Empire State Express from Detroit led by an E8 comes off the International Bridge in the Black Rock section of Buffalo in 1976
    Another badly damaged negative
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    Amtrak's Empire State Express from Detroit led by an E8 comes off the International Bridge in the Black Rock section of Buffalo in 1976
    Another badly damaged negative
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    Amtrak's Empire State Express from Detroit led by an E8 crosses Black Rock Canal coming off the International Bridge from Canada in Buffalo in 1976
    Another heartbreakingly damaged teenager's negative
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    Amtrak's Empire State Express from Detroit led by an E8 crosses Black Rock Canal coming off the International Bridge from Canada in Buffalo in 1976
    Another heartbreakingly damaged teenager's negative
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    E8 and baggage car of Amtrak's Empire State Express from Detroit passes the Wabash's Black Rock freight house coming off the International Bridge from Canada in Buffalo in 1976
    Another scratchy old negative shot as a teenager on a dull day
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    EMD bicentennial SW1001 at Frontier Yard in 1976
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    CR/LV RS-3 216 is shoving north on Conrail's ex-PC, ex-NYC Niagara Branch under the ex-DL&W Black Rock Branch overpass in Buffalo, NY in the summer of 1976
    Directly in front of the 216 is an ex-PRR N5 cabin
    Shot as a teenager with a cheap Petri SLR, Kodak Tri-X 400 speed B&W and processed in my attic bathroom
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    Head on shot of CR/LV RS-3 216 in the summer of 1976
    Shot as a teenager with a cheap Petri SLR, Kodak Tri-X 400 speed B&W and processed in my attic bathroom
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    CR/PC U25B 2614 heads a TV train eastbound from Niagara Falls near "the white house" on Conrail's ex-NYC/PC Niagara Branch
    Shot from in front of CR/LV RS-3 216 which was standing on the Wonalancet Runner
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    A trio of CR/PC U33C's leads a westbound freight through the crossovers to the Chicago main at CP49A in Buffalo.
    Central Terminal is in the left background. The tail end of the train is just clearing the west end terminal interlocking and the Buffalo Creek connection at mile post 437.
    This scene is mostly gone today. Two tracks, one to Chicago and one to downtown Buffalo and the north, are all that remain.
    The line running off to the right is the ex-PRR Harrisburg line through FW, DM and Ebenezer. All of the switches visible here and the signal bridge from which this was shot are gone. The tower is gone without even a trace of its existence left.
    I worked hard to bring the contrast in when scanning, but the negative just didn't want to cooperate.
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    CR/PC U33C 6548 leads a westbound freight through the crossovers and under the signal bridge between CP49A and CP50 on the Buffalo Main to Chicago
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    A westbound CR freight at what used to be Tower 50 on the ex nyc/PC Buffalo Main shot from the signal bridge
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    CR/PC GP9 7307 out on a local in the summer of 1976. This unit was based in Buffalo
    Another damaged negative from sitting in an envelope too close to some hypo in my 70's darkroom as a teenager. Further evidence of the value of photographic discipline
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    The other end of CR/PC GP9 7307 out on a Buffalo area local in the summer of 1976
    Mercifully, this negative escaped damage
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    CR/PC SW1500's 9567 and 9576 bring open top tri-level auto racks into the US from Canada over the International Bridge at Black Rock in 1976
    PC and early on CR used the NYC/MC/CSOR route through Canada from Windsor to Fort Erie for most of the finished auto traffic to the northeast
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    A trio of CR/PC U33C's crosses over a westbound freight at CP49A on the Buffalo Main
    This scene is mostly gone today. Two tracks, one to Chicago and one to downtown Buffalo and the north, are all that remain. The line running off the right is the ex-PRR Harrisburg line through FW, DM and Ebeneezer.
    All of the switches visible here and the signal bridge from which this was shot are gone. The tower is gone without even a trace of its existence left.
    Worked hard to bring the contrast in when scanning, but the negative just didn't want to cooperate. The only reason I leave this shot in the collection is because precious few views of CP49A in the late PC and early CR days exist.
    Judging by the placement of the tower north of the tracks it is a safe bet there were many more tracks at this location. In the near foreground you can still count 7 of them and it appears as if there was room for as many as 9 tracks (maybe even 10) back
    in the days of steam. This must have been an awesome spot to railfan!
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    On May 5th, 1977 the ex-NYC Buffalo belt line was still a pretty interesting place to watch trains
    While the ubiquitous PC black still dominated, TH&B geeps, EL and LV power had begin to infiltrate this double track connection from Frontier Yard and the Main Line to the Niagara Branch and Canada
    Here CR/PC GP9 7429, GP38 2377 and an ex-Pennsy GP9B bring a train timetable east from Niagara Yard
    As a foolhardy 15 year old I jumped on this train after the power passed by and shot a number of photos on the way to Frontier Yard. For the rest of the pics Check here
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    CR/PC SW9 8924 works Exchange St. downtown freight trackage in the summer of 1976
    Note the ex-NYC transfer caboose behind the switcher
    The old NYC Carroll St. freight house was still standing at the time of this photo. Very little trackage remains in this area today
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    CR/PC/P&E SW9 8910 on the Niagara Branch in Buffalo, NY in 1976
    Note the removed EMD builder's plate below the cab
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    Amtrak's Niagara Rainbow approaching Lafayette Ave eastbound on the ex-NYC Niagara Branch in the summer of 1976
    Note the 'GR-55' advert on the side of the building depicting the Buffalo Sabres' famed 'French Connection' line of Perreault, Martin and Robert who led the team to the '75 Stanley Cup in the team's 5th season of existence, WGR radio carried all of the S
    abres games for many years
    I used to sit on the ruin of an old concrete block wall at the foot of Breckenridge St. during my summer lunch hours in the hopes of seeing either the TH&B/CP Budd cars from Toronro or the Niagara Rainbow pass by
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    Amtrak's Niagara Rainbow passing Lafayette Ave eastbound on the ex-NYC Niagara Branch in the summer of 1976
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    Amtrak's Empire State Express from Detroit led by an E8 crosses Niagara St. after coming off the International Bridge from Canada in the Black Rock section of Buffalo in 1976
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