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Re: (erielack) EL working the Buffalo DL&W Terminal area in 1971
Looks like a very well detailed model railroad.
Steve
> From: "J. Henry Priebe Jr." <root_@_bluemoon.net>
> Reply-To: "J. Henry Priebe Jr." <root_@_bluemoon.net>
> Date: Mon, 05 Feb 2007 15:04:10 -0500 (EST)
> To: Erie Lackawanna Mail List <erielack_@_lists.elhts.org>
> Subject: (erielack) EL working the Buffalo DL&W Terminal area in 1971
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> 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:
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> 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
>
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