Just looked at Virtual Earth image of the site and wish I hadn't. So much lost. Excellent photos Henry, thank you for sharing. Its too bad the station itself didn't survive. When was the last train again? Joshua http://www.joshuakblay.com - ------------------------------------------------- - -----Original Message----- From: erielack-owner_@_lists.elhts.org [mailto:erielack-owner@lists.elhts.org] On Behalf Of J. Henry Priebe Jr. Sent: Monday, February 05, 2007 3:04 PM To: Erie Lackawanna Mail List Subject: (erielack) EL working the Buffalo DL&W Terminal area in 1971 NOTE: This message had contained at least one image attachment. To view or download the image(s), click on or cut and paste the following URL into your web browser: http://lists.elhts.org/listthumb.cgi?erielack-02-05-07 DLW_Terminal_Aerial_1971.jpg (image/jpeg, 1400x927 338381 bytes, BF: 3.84 ppb) BuffTerminal1925-51-Sanborn.gif (image/gif, 1200x1260+0+0 110346 bytes, BF: 13.70 ppb) I was browsing the Library of Congress Historic American Engineering Record (let's just say it was a Monday morning detour, again!) and took the time to download some of the 20 MB TIFF files of Buffalo's DL&W Terminal for closer examination. I have attached an interesting crop of one of those photos, it is and aerial photo from 1971. This aerial photo is interesting for several reasons: It shows DL&W Terminal still intact with the Bush trainsheds It shows the interesting street level trackage arrangement It shows the end of the elevated line next to the terminal It shows the track ramp down from the elevated RoW It shows an EL transfer caboose and train parked under the elevated line It shows an EL GP7 on the spur to the old DL&W freight house It shows a Buffalo Creek yard across the Buffalo River with a BCK S2 I have also attached a 1925 Sanborn map of this area showing the DL&W freight house and track arrangement, which is supposedly updated to 1951. It looks like this would make a great switching layout for someone with limited space. On an adjacent Sanborn page, I found a spur to Buffalo Memorial Auditorium. It terminates under an area labeled "TRANSFER VAULTS" adjacent to the sub-basement boiler room. It's logical that the Aud would have gotten coal through the DL&W, but it had never occured to me before. Does anyone know when rail service to this immediate area was discontinued? Did it happen at all under Conrail? Does anyone know when the elevated City Branch rails and bridges from the old "passenger main" were all ripped out from Abbott Rd Yard to the Terminal? I think it was in the early to mid-80's, but I don't have any documentation for that. The LOC HAER Terminal photos are available at http://www.railfan.net/short/?507 (like a tiny URL shortener because the LOC site has ridiculously long URLs which don't work unless you know how to to remove the temp session ID part) Henry J. Henry Priebe Jr. Blue Moon Internet Corp Network Administrator www.bluemoon.net Internet Access & Web Hosting www.railfan.net Railfan Network Services The Erie Lackawanna Mailing List Sponsored by the ELH&TS http://www.elhts.org To Unsubscribe: http://lists.elhts.org/erielackunsub.html The Erie Lackawanna Mailing List Sponsored by the ELH&TS http://www.elhts.org To Unsubscribe: http://lists.elhts.org/erielackunsub.html ------------------------------
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