Toward the end of a good afternoon of railfanning we swung by Buffalo's SK
Yard at the western end of the ex-Erie Southern Tier line to see if there was
any interesting power around. Turned out there was!
The train was just starting to pull west through FW to CP Draw and the
connection to NS' NKP main to Chicago so there wasn't a lot of time to waste
on the chase. After shooting it from New Babcock St. ajacent to CP's SK Yard
we hightailed it down old Babcock St. to Elk St. and the overpass above the
ex-Buffalo Creek/CR main and NS yard for some overhead shots. As the train
passed under the bridge we noticed a freshly painted EMD 1200 HP switcher and
center cuploa caboose on a siding by Buffalo Color toward CP Draw. After
shooting that we hopped back into the "Railfan Cobra" and made tracks for
CP Draw which was about a mile away by road. At the foot of Smith St. the
pavement goes away and the last several hundred yards is a rutted dirt road.
There wasn't time to tiptoe through to the drawbridges so we bottomed out a
few times during the impromptu off-road gymkhana! As it turned out we had time
to spare so we hid the car out of sight from the main (it was sort of light
tresspassing there) and set up for the shot of the head end passing under the
old DL&W passeneger main bridge and then caught them broadside.
The 90MACs were offline so we didn't get to hear the H engines work at all,
but we think the chase was worth the pics :)
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UP SD90MAC Phase II units en-route to the UP via NS through Buffalo
90MACs 8545, 8547 and 8547 trail CP, NS and CN units west at Old Babcock St. at 5:50 PM on the western end of the Tier File="90mac-1.jpg" Size=60135 |
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UP SD90MAC Phase II units en-route to the UP via NS through Buffalo
90MACs 8545, 8547 and 8547 trail CP, NS and CN units west at Old Babcock St. at 5:50 PM on the western end of the Tier File="90mac-2.jpg" Size=57253 |
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UP SD90MAC Phase II units en-route to the UP via NS through Buffalo
90MACs 8545, 8547 and 8547 trail CP, NS and CN units west at Old Babcock St. at 5:50 PM on the western end of the Tier File="90mac-3.jpg" Size=51634 |
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UP SD90MAC Phase II units en-route to the UP via NS through Buffalo
90MACs 8545, 8547 and 8547 trail CP, NS and CN units west at Old Babcock St. at 5:50 PM on the western end of the Tier File="90mac-4.jpg" Size=55643 |
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UP SD90MAC Phase II units en-route to the UP via NS through Buffalo
90MACs 8545, 8547 and 8547 trail CP, NS and CN units west at Old Babcock St. at 5:50 PM on the western end of the Tier File="90mac-5.jpg" Size=52764 |
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UP SD90MAC Phase II units en-route to the UP via NS through Buffalo
90MACs 8545, 8547 and 8547 trail CP, NS and CN units west at Old Babcock St. at 5:50 PM on the western end of the Tier File="90mac-6.jpg" Size=48049 |
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UP SD90MAC Phase II units en-route to the UP via NS through Buffalo
90MACs 8545, 8547 and 8547 trail CP, NS and CN units west at Old Babcock St. at 5:50 PM on the western end of the Tier File="90mac-7.jpg" Size=44271 |
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UP SD90MAC Phase II units en-route to the UP via NS through Buffalo
90MACs 8545, 8547 and 8547 trail CP, NS and CN units west at Old Babcock St. at 5:50 PM on the western end of the Tier File="90mac-8.jpg" Size=51609 |
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UP SD90MAC Phase II units en-route to the UP via NS through Buffalo
At the Elk St. overpass above the ex-Buffalo Creek/CR main next to the NS yard File="90mac-9.jpg" Size=68348 |
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UP SD90MAC Phase II units en-route to the UP via NS through Buffalo
At the Elk St. overpass above the ex-Buffalo Creek/CR main next to the NS yard File="90mac-10.jpg" Size=60855 |
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UP SD90MAC Phase II units en-route to the UP via NS through Buffalo
At the Elk St. overpass above the ex-Buffalo Creek/CR main next to the NS yard File="90mac-11.jpg" Size=56044 |
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UP SD90MAC Phase II units en-route to the UP via NS through Buffalo
At the Elk St. overpass above the ex-Buffalo Creek/CR main next to the NS yard File="90mac-12.jpg" Size=60941 |
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UP SD90MAC Phase II units en-route to the UP via NS through Buffalo
At the Elk St. overpass above the ex-Buffalo Creek/CR main next to the NS yard File="90mac-13.jpg" Size=53443 |
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UP SD90MAC Phase II units en-route to the UP via NS through Buffalo
At the Elk St. overpass above the ex-Buffalo Creek/CR main next to the NS yard File="90mac-14.jpg" Size=68647 |
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UP SD90MAC Phase II units en-route to the UP via NS through Buffalo
At the Elk St. overpass above the ex-Buffalo Creek/CR main next to the NS yard Note the 1200 HP EMD switcher in a paint scheme reminiscent of the old Burlington with the center cupola caboose File="90mac-15.jpg" Size=75116 |
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UP SD90MAC Phase II units en-route to the UP via NS through Buffalo
At the Elk St. overpass above the ex-Buffalo Creek/CR main next to the NS yard Note the 1200 HP EMD switcher in a paint scheme reminiscent of the old Burlington with the center cupola caboose File="90mac-16.jpg" Size=69324 |
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UP SD90MAC Phase II units en-route to the UP via NS through Buffalo
Pulling under the old DL&W passnger main (long abandoned) at CP Draw File="90mac-17.jpg" Size=65869 |
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UP SD90MAC Phase II units en-route to the UP via NS through Buffalo
Pulling under the old DL&W passnger main (long abandoned) at CP Draw File="90mac-18.jpg" Size=65556 |
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UP SD90MAC Phase II units en-route to the UP via NS through Buffalo
Pulling under the old DL&W passnger main (long abandoned) at CP Draw File="90mac-19.jpg" Size=47845 |
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UP SD90MAC Phase II units en-route to the UP via NS through Buffalo
Broadside of 90MAC 8545 at CP Draw. Those are the South Park Ave. lift bridge towers in the background. This area was once a maze of movable bridges for both rail and auto traffic File="90mac-20.jpg" Size=59943 |
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UP SD90MAC Phase II units en-route to the UP via NS through Buffalo
Broadside of 90MAC 8545 at CP Draw. Those are the South Park Ave. lift bridge towers in the background. This area was once a maze of movable bridges for both rail and auto traffic File="90mac-21.jpg" Size=55894 |
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UP SD90MAC Phase II units en-route to the UP via NS through Buffalo
Broadside of 90MAC 8545 at CP Draw. The shadow in the foreground is from the double track NKP bascule bridge which has been welded in the up postion for over a decade. Rumors ae flying that it will be rehabilitated for CSX' use. File="90mac-22.jpg" Size=32190 |
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UP SD90MAC Phase II units en-route to the UP via NS through Buffalo
Broadside of 90MAC 8546 at CP Draw. The shadow in the right foreground is from the double track NKP bascule bridge which has been welded in the up postion for over a decade. Rumors ae flying that it will be rehabilitated for CSX' use. File="90mac-23.jpg" Size=28047 |
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UP SD90MAC Phase II units en-route to the UP via NS through Buffalo
The 90MACs are in the shadow of the ex-NKP bridge as they start to pass through the ex-Buffalo Creek/CR CSX bascule bridge at CP Draw. If the rumors come to fruition this span will become part of NS' Buffalo main File="90mac-24.jpg" Size=37903 |
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UP SD90MAC Phase II units en-route to the UP via NS through Buffalo
The 90MACs are in the shadow of the ex-NKP bridge as they pass through the ex-Buffalo Creek/CR CSX bascule bridge at CP Draw. If the rumors come to fruition this span will become part of NS' Buffalo main File="90mac-25.jpg" Size=40830 |