Ray Roberts shot quite a few pictures in the Buffalo area in the 70's and 80's.
At our urging he has been scanning some of them for us all.
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Canadian Pacific Budd cars at Buffalo Central Terminal in the mid 70s.
These cars held down the TH&B's Buffalo to Toronto service via the International Bridge, replacing locomotive hauled passenger trains File="CPRDC.jpg" Size=99588 |
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Conrail GP35 3692 in EL Colors near Frontier Yard in the late 70's
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Retired Ex-Niagara Junction electric CR 4752 at Niagara Yard in June of 1980
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Retired Ex-Niagara Junction electric CR 4754 at Niagara Yard in June of 1980
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Conrail GP7 5948 still in EL colors on the LV near the Williamsville depot in May of 1980. This might be one of the last trains on that line!
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CR SW9 8928 at Niagara Yard
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Erie RR coal dock in East Buffalo in June of 1980
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D&H C420 404 (ex-LV 404) at Bison Yard in August of 1980. LV 404 is pictured above.
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D&H U23B 2309 at Bison Yard in June of 1980 before the D&H moved their operations about a mile west to the ex-Erie SK yard
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DM Tower stood at the junction of the PRR Buffalo Line and the DL&W City Branch until it was destroyed by fire shortly after being removed from service in the 80's
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1902 Erie RR excursion ticket from Hamburgh (later changed to "Hamburg") NY to Buffalo on their Buffalo & Southwestern line.
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LV C420 units 404 and 401 with GP9 300, a GP18 and another C420 are westbound near Tifft Junction in Cheektowaga. NY in the mid 70s.
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N&W RS11 2571 at Bison Yard with Nickle Plate colors showing though sometime around 1973. From a grainy 110 negative!
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Norfolk & Western (ex-NKP) ALCo RS11 2573 at EL's Bison Yard in June of 1973.
This yard was completely pulled up in the 1980s and has since been partially rebuilt by Norfolk Southern for intermodal and automobile traffic. File="NW2573.jpg" Size=125188 |
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N&W C36-7 8080 at Bison Yard in the early 80's in the experimental maroon color which never caught on
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NYC Freight House in North Tonawanda, NY
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PC ALCo RS3's 5340 and 5282 by the Railway Express building at Central Terminal in Buffalo in August of 1973
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Amtrak E8 PC 262 awaits a call to service at Buffalo Central Terminal in the early 70's.
Amtrak abandoned this terminal in 1979 in favor of an "Amshack" on Dick Road in Depew, NY. File="PCE8262.jpg" Size=137258 |
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Penn Central F7's 1748 and 1747 with an unidentified GP40 on the NYC Buffalo main by Broadway. From a 110 print!
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PC ALCo S2 switcher 9839 in Buffalo, NY in June of 1980
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PC ALCo S2 switcher 9839 in Buffalo, NY in June of 1980
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CR "Dewitt Geep" RS3m 9989 at Bison yard in August of 1980
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South Buffalo Railway's ALCo S2's 104 and 106 on April 24, 1980
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South Buffalo Railway's ALCo S2's 77 and a sister on April 24, 1980
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SF SD40 5077 with D&H and N&W units at Bison Yard in June of 1980
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TH&B GP7 74 and sister 402 by William St. in the late 70's or early 80;s
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LV C420 400 and an LV RS11 and two other C420's at Tifft Junction around 1973. Also 110 film scans!
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Ontario Midland high nose RS32 40 at Sodus, NY in 1980 with some passenger equipment
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Ontario Midland high nose RS32 40 at Sodus, NY in 1980 with some passenger equipment
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