Re: (erielack) Buffalo

["J. Henry Priebe Jr." <root_@_bluemoon.net>]

On Wed, 7 Feb 2007, Dale Madison wrote:

> 
> Can anyone offer any ideas on how the EL (and NKP) could have moved into 
> Central Terminal?  Would the tracks have permitted that?
> 
> The NKP from the west could switch over from (or to) NYC tracks at numerous 
> places.
> 
> I just don't know how the EL tracks would mesh with the NYC on the east 
> side of Buffalo.

They could have built a simple connector from the Erie WB to the Buffalo Creek
WB at FW or done a half-mile backup move at P&B Jct from there to BCT over the 
BCK. The connection at FW was in fact eventually built and exists today. It
connects the NS Bison and Howard St runners (ex-Erie right by the SK yard
throat) to the CSX main (ex-BCK). The Pennsy used to do a backup move at BCT 
of equivalent length for their Buffalo/Washington trains. The BCK to NKP was a
nearly straight shot at P&B Jct. Any way you slice it, they would have had to
do a significant backup move one way regardless of whether they used FW/P&B or
the Lackawanna/NYC connector near FO (NYC SS designation). Probably the best
solution would have been to run through FW onto the NKP connector, then back
through P&B Jct onto the BCK and into BCT. Reverse the procedure for
eastbounds. I'm not sure it was possible to crossover from the BCK/NYC (CP
437) connection to any BCT platform tracks, which would queer that routing
idea...

Henry

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