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RE: (erielack) EL working the Buffalo DL&W Terminal area in 1971



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Passenger service on the former DL&W between Buffalo Main Street Terminal and Gibson last operated on 30 June 1962.  The last eastbound was #10 (the New York Mail) and the last westbound was #31, the Elmira-Buffalo section of the Erie-Lackawanna Limited (generally operating on the former Phoebe Snow schedule--the Phoebe Snow name was not reinstated until Mr. White came to the EL in 1963).  IIRC the Buffalo Terminal closed at this time and the Buffalo passenger station was shifted to a former yard office on Old Babcock Street in SK Yard, Buffalo.   Through freights had been shifted off the DL&W in December 1961 and the Buffalo sections of the "Lake Cities" had been shifted to operate via Hornell earlier in 1962 so that the Gibson-East Buffalo portion of the line saw no third trick traffic.
Michael J. Connor



> From: wjclvrhs_@_hotmail.com> To: root@bluemoon.net; erielack@lists.elhts.org> Subject: RE: (erielack) EL working the Buffalo DL&W Terminal area in 1971> Date: Mon, 5 Feb 2007 21:16:59 -0500> > I rode the New York Mail from Buffalo DL&W Terminal to Scranton just before > Christmas 1961, and returned on the Erie- Lackawanna Limited (arriving in > deep snow trackside) in early January 1962. Later in 1962 and 1963 my trips > used a new, small station built in the Erie Freight Yards.> > I cannot recall the the exact date of the closing, but I believe it was > spring 1962.> > ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++> > > > > >From: "J. Henry Priebe Jr." <root@bluemoon.net>> >Reply-To: "J. Henry Priebe Jr." <root@bluemoon.net>> >To: "'Erie Lackawanna Mail List'" <erielack@lists.elhts.org>> >Subject: RE: (erielack) EL working the Buffalo DL&W Terminal area in 1971> >Date: Mon, 5 Feb 2007 20:47:36 -0500 (EST)> >> >On Mon, 5 Feb 2007, Joshua wrote:> >> > > 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,> >> >I believe it was 1961, but I am not sure. I think the EL formally abandoned > >it> >in 1962.> >> >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> > _________________________________________________________________> Check out all that glitters with the MSN Entertainment Guide to the Academy > Awards® http://movies.msn.com/movies/oscars2007/?icid=ncoscartagline2> > > The Erie Lackawanna Mailing List> Sponsored by the ELH&TS> http://www.elhts.org> To Unsubscribe:!
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