Re: (rshsdepot) Buffalo, NY

["Paul Luchter" <luckyshow_@_mindspring.com>]

OK, time for a refresher course on Buffalo stations; where did Nickel Plate
go? PRR? B&O?  interesting that Erie was stub and not through station..or is
it?

Paul
- ----- Original Message -----
From: "James Kelling" <james.kelling_@_nara.gov>
To: <rshsdepot_@_lists.railfan.net>
Sent: Thursday, April 17, 2003 3:29 PM
Subject: Re: (rshsdepot) Buffalo, NY


> Don't forget the huge New York Central terminal, which opened in 1929 and
> is still standing, though derelict and devoid of trains.
>
> >>> root_@_net.bluemoon.net 04/17/03 02:31PM >>>
> On Thu, 17 Apr 2003 Don Dorflinger related:
>
> >
> > If my recollection serves me correctly, the DL&W Passenger station is
> > long gone, and only a portion of the trainsheds remain. Are we talking
> > about the freight house???
> >
>
> The headhouse is long gone and what remains was the trainshed above and
> the
> baggage/express/freight area below. In the photo Jim attached the
> headhouse
> was in the foreground and attached to the trainshed where the mirrored
> windows
> are.
>
> I am fortunate to have had the opportunity to explore the abandoned ruins
> of
> the terminal area in the mid 70's as a teenager when I used to go on
> frequent
> day trip safaris around the Buffalo area on my bicycle. It was quite a
> place
> in its day and it's a shame (like so many others) that it was demolished.
>
> Buffalo had three good sized stub end passenger terminals downtown at one
> point, DL&W, Erie and LV. The Erie's was the first to go, in the 30's I
> think,
> then the LV in the middle 50's and finally DL&W's, a couple decades after
> the
> 1962 abandonment.
>
> There are some good photos and data pages at the LOC website:
>
>
http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/ampage?collId=3Dhhphoto&fileName=3Dny/ny0100/
> ny0199/photos/browse.db&action=3Dbrowse
>
> That's the shortest functional URL to get right to the pages (LOC's URL
> scheme
> is an abomination) so beware of wrapping lines when doing a copy and paste
> to
> a browser.
>
> Henry
>
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> railroad structures at: http://www.rrshs.org
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