Re: (erielack) Erie in Upstate New York

["Brian J Carlson" <brian_@_net.bluemoon.net>]

I can answer the Buffalo questions, The yard on the West side of the Thruway
is the rebuilt NS Bison Yard, Former EL(DL&W), C&O, N&W (Wabash). The open
drawbridge that you saw in the distance is the ex NKP bridge over the
Buffalo River. The adjacent Buffalo Creek Bridge is still used by NS, CSX
and the B&P.
- ----- Original Message -----
From: "Ken" <lackawanna_@_iname.com>
To: "erielack" <erielack_@_lists.railfan.net>
Sent: Sunday, July 08, 2001 9:16 PM
Subject: (erielack) Erie in Upstate New York


> Just got back from a trip to Cooperstown, NY.  I stayed in Little Falls,
> which is east of Utica.  Having taken the Thruway from Buffalo, I passed
> Utica.  Is the Erie Utica Branch still around in the Thruway area?  Or
does
> the Thruway cross its right-of-way?
>
> While driving in Buffalo, I spotted a yard to the right of the Thruway
> (west or south).  Far in the distance was an open drawbridge.  I recall a
> Trains article about Buffalo some years ago which, I recall, said that the
> bridge was, I think, the old Lackawanna main.  Did I remember correctly?
>
> Thanks.
>
> Ken B.
>
>

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