What I have posted here was found back in 1999 buried among the ruins of my
teenage darkroom at Mother's house. I did what I could to make them viewable when
scanning, but some of the negatives were just too far gone to revive even
digitally. Oh for the chance to go back to 1975 and beat some sense into
myself......
I used to ride my bicycle around town to some of the interesting railfan spots
and occasionally I would take my camera along with me. More often than not I
would leave it at home as riding with the Petri slung around my neck wasn't
very comfortable and I was always worried the strap would break and send my
prized SLR tumbling on the street at 25mph. Those fears were justified as
that's exactly how that old warrior met its demise in 1977! I wish I had had
the money to replace it back then, I'd have a lot more of the early days of
Conrail on film today and probably better quality shots than most of those
shown here.
I dedicate this site to my father, Henry Sr, my railfan partner from the
time I was born until he dropped his fire in July of '97.
For what it's worth, enjoy :)
- Henry
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CR/LV RS-3 216 is shoving north on Conrail's ex-PC, ex-NYC Niagara Branch under the ex-DL&W Black Rock Branch overpass in Buffalo, NY in the summer of 1976 Directly in front of the 216 is an ex-PRR N5 cabin Shot as a teenager with a cheap Petri SLR, Kodak Tri-X 400 speed B&W and processed in my attic bathroom image/jpeg, 760x508 (256c) lv216-01.jpg 95451 bytes |
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Amtrak's Empire State Express from Detroit led by an E8 crosses Niagara St. after coming off the International Bridge from Canada in the Black Rock section of Buffalo in 1976 image/jpeg, 800x446 (256c) ese-3.jpg 72181 bytes |
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Fantrip runby at Yager near Welland with Bullet Nose Betty, CN 4-8-2 6060, in the mid 70's from Niagara Falls, Ontario to Hamilton, Ontario Shot as a teenager with a cheap Petri SLR, Kodak Tri-X 400 speed B&W and processed in my attic bathroom image/jpeg, 800x422 (256c) bnb01.jpg 63658 bytes |
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Fantrip runby at Yager near Welland with Bullet Nose Betty, CN 4-8-2 6060, in the mid 70's from Niagara Falls, Ontario to Hamilton, Ontario Shot as a teenager with a cheap Petri SLR, Kodak Tri-X 400 speed B&W and processed in my attic bathroom image/jpeg, 800x655 (256c) bnb02.jpg 113188 bytes |
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Fantrip runby at Yager near Welland with Bullet Nose Betty, CN 4-8-2 6060, in the mid 70's from Niagara Falls, Ontario to Hamilton, Ontario Shot as a teenager with a cheap Petri SLR, Kodak Tri-X 400 speed B&W and processed in my attic bathroom image/jpeg, 800x708 (256c) bnb03.jpg 125523 bytes |
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Fantrip runby at Yager near Welland with Bullet Nose Betty, CN 4-8-2 6060, in the mid 70's from Niagara Falls, Ontario to Hamilton, Ontario Shot as a teenager with a cheap Petri SLR, Kodak Tri-X 400 speed B&W and processed in my attic bathroom image/jpeg, 800x528 (256c) bnb04.jpg 95593 bytes |
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Fantrip on Bullet Nose Betty, CN 4-8-2 6060, in the mid 70's from Niagara Falls, Ontario to Hamilton, Ontario Shot as a teenager with a cheap Petri SLR, Kodak Tri-X 400 speed B&W and processed in my attic bathroom image/jpeg, 800x528 (256c) bnb05.jpg 73154 bytes |
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Fantrip on Bullet Nose Betty, CN 4-8-2 6060, in the mid 70's from Niagara Falls, Ontario to Hamilton, Ontario Shot as a teenager with a cheap Petri SLR, Kodak Tri-X 400 speed B&W and processed in my attic bathroom image/jpeg, 800x533 (256c) bnb06.jpg 79921 bytes |
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Fantrip on Bullet Nose Betty, CN 4-8-2 6060, in the mid 70's from Niagara Falls, Ontario to Hamilton, Ontario Shot as a teenager with a cheap Petri SLR, Kodak Tri-X 400 speed B&W and processed in my attic bathroom image/jpeg, 800x533 (256c) bnb07.jpg 57756 bytes |
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Fantrip on Bullet Nose Betty, CN 4-8-2 6060, in the mid 70's from Niagara Falls, Ontario to Hamilton, Ontario Shot as a teenager with a cheap Petri SLR, Kodak Tri-X 400 speed B&W and processed in my attic bathroom image/jpeg, 800x533 (256c) bnb08.jpg 80594 bytes |
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Fantrip on Bullet Nose Betty, CN 4-8-2 6060, in the mid 70's from Niagara Falls, Ontario to Hamilton, Ontario Shot as a teenager with a cheap Petri SLR, Kodak Tri-X 400 speed B&W and processed in my attic bathroom image/jpeg, 800x533 (256c) bnb09.jpg 80757 bytes |
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Fantrip on Bullet Nose Betty, CN 4-8-2 6060, in the mid 70's from Niagara Falls, Ontario to Hamilton, Ontario Shot as a teenager with a cheap Petri SLR, Kodak Tri-X 400 speed B&W and processed in my attic bathroom image/jpeg, 800x625 (256c) bnb10.jpg 88721 bytes |
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Fantrip on Bullet Nose Betty, CN 4-8-2 6060, in the mid 70's from Niagara Falls, Ontario to Hamilton, Ontario Shot as a teenager with a cheap Petri SLR, Kodak Tri-X 400 speed B&W and processed in my attic bathroom image/jpeg, 800x535 (256c) bnb11.jpg 82110 bytes |
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Fantrip on Bullet Nose Betty, CN 4-8-2 6060, in the mid 70's from Niagara Falls, Ontario to Hamilton, Ontario Shot as a teenager with a cheap Petri SLR, Kodak Tri-X 400 speed B&W and processed in my attic bathroom The boy in the plaid shirt is my cousin Jonathan and the man in the dark jacket is my father, Henry Sr. Both passed away many years ago. The boy in the striped shirt is cousin Chris, Jono's brother. image/jpeg, 800x535 (256c) bnb12.jpg 81040 bytes |
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Conrail/Penn Central Burro CB3087 in the process of ripping up the connection from EL's Black Rock Yard to the NYC/PC Niagara Branch in 1976 or 1977. Shot as a teenager with a cheap Petri SLR, Kodak Tri-X 400 speed B&W and processed in my attic bathroom image/jpeg, 800x993 (256c) cb3087-1.jpg 125900 bytes |
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Conrail/Penn Central Burro CB3087 in the process of ripping up the connection from EL's Black Rock Yard to the NYC/PC Niagara Branch in 1976 or 1977. Shot as a teenager with a cheap Petri SLR, Kodak Tri-X 400 speed B&W and processed in my attic bathroom image/jpeg, 800x527 (256c) cb3087-2.jpg 99836 bytes |
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CN yard goat 7023 working Black Rock Yard in Buffalo, NY the summer of '76. CN and EL alternated responsibilities for yard transfers to Fort Erie, across the International Bridge. I lived (still do) near the NYC's Buffalo belt line and a mile walk westbound down that line took me to the PC Niagara Branch and EL's Black Rock Yard. Taken with an old Petri SLR, Kodak 400 speed Tri-X and processed in my attic bathroom. image/jpeg, 800x533 (256c) cn01.jpg 103883 bytes |
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CN yard goat 7025 coming off the American side of the International Bridge from Canada at Black Rock Yard in Buffalo, NY the summer of '76. CN and EL alternated responsibilities for the yard transfers to CN's yard in Fort Erie. The angle is looking west-southwest in front of the Wabash freight office/customs house. Taken with an old Petri SLR, Kodak 400 speed Tri-X and processed in my attic bathroom. image/jpeg, 767x507 (256c) cn02.jpg 91164 bytes |
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CN RDC-1 6120 at CN's Niagara Falls, Ontario station. In the background is CN 4-8-2 Bullet Nose Betty waiting to haul railfans on a mid-70's fantrip image/jpeg, 800x462 (256c) cn6120rdc.jpg 70113 bytes |
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CN yard goat 7025 has just come off the American side of the International Bridge from Candada at Black Rock Yard in Buffalo, NY the summer of4 '76. The angle is looking south in front of the Wabash freight office Taken with an old Petri SLR, Kodak 400 speed Tri-X and processed in my attic bathroom. Many of the old negatives were badly spotted, I wasn't much of an archivist back when I was 15 years old image/jpeg, 800x533 (256c) cn7025.jpg 66339 bytes |
