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From: "Dan Syrcher" sst703 -AT- verizon -DOT- net
Date: Sun Aug 20 16:24:26 2006
Subject: This photo was taken in early May. Not much overgrowth at all. The building on the right was formerly the Peter J. Schmidt Company that served Bells Grocery Stores. They also received RR service from the WS.
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34-siding.jpg 395538 bytes

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From: "Dan Syrcher" sst703 -AT- verizon -DOT- net
Date: Sun Aug 20 16:11:16 2006
Subject: Upper deck of the same wooden trestle. There use to be a smaller wooden trestle further Northeast, maybe 1000 feet, but I believe it has been removed. This is where the Genesee St crossing at Holtz Rd use to be before the new road work was begun.
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From: "Dan Syrcher" sst703 -AT- verizon -DOT- net
Date: Sat Aug 19 15:03:01 2006
Subject: MP417. The Depew/Rt78 exit from the NYS Thruway is also near mile marker 417 give or take a few feet. This marker was solidly in the ground before the ripping. They either tried to pull it out or hit it. It's still standing but damaged at it's base.
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22-MP417.jpg 364104 bytes

4/43	From: "Dan Syrcher" sst703 -AT- verizon -DOT- net Date: Sun Aug 20 16:15:35 2006 Subject: Another view of the wooden trestle. Looking Southwest. image/jpeg, 1280x960 (24bit) 33.trestle.jpg 354070 bytes

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From: "Dan Syrcher" sst703 -AT- verizon -DOT- net
Date: Sun Aug 20 17:03:03 2006
Subject: This is the last section of the WS just after Galleria drive bends left. This also ends at Harlem Rd and Walden Ave. Lots of overgrowth at this point but does open up further in.
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40-last_stretch.jpg 347603 bytes

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From: "Dan Syrcher" sst703 -AT- verizon -DOT- net
Date: Sun Aug 20 15:59:31 2006
Subject: These are the rails that continue from/to the left set of rails in the above photo. This is where the western wye connects to the WS main. Most of the visible portion of the wye track will be ripped up and probably a little more. CSX only uses a portion of this wye. The main tracks on the left will be ripped up as well. The view is to the Northeast.
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30-Wye.jpg 329832 bytes

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From: "Dan Syrcher" sst703 -AT- verizon -DOT- net
Date: Sat Aug 19 14:48:20 2006
Subject: In the foreground use to be a switch. This is where the east wye began to head to either NYC mainline or long ago the Gardenville line. This section of track was untouched for a long time until last year someone paved over the tracks at Sonwil Dr. I've never seen a CSX train come up any further than Sonwil Dr.
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20-wye_switch.jpg 323274 bytes

8/43	From: "Dan Syrcher" sst703 -AT- verizon -DOT- net Date: Sat Aug 19 15:08:11 2006 Subject: Just short of Sonwil Dr. Wye on the left to Gardenville Yard and mainline on the right to the Frontier Yard. image/jpeg, 1280x960 (24bit) 23.wye.jpg 318331 bytes

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From: "Dan Syrcher" sst703 -AT- verizon -DOT- net
Date: Sat Aug 19 14:14:19 2006
Subject: The following photo's were taken August 7th, 2006. This is the rubber mat they pulled out of Genesee St. We're looking SW towards Sonwil Dr. We are near MP417. The signals are all attached to the tower which is sitting across the ditch. The pulling of this mat is what prompted me to start photographing everything.
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16-Rubber_mat-signals.jpg 317227 bytes

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From: "Dan Syrcher" sst703 -AT- verizon -DOT- net
Date: Fri Aug 18 23:47:47 2006
Subject: Half-way between Harris Hill and the I-90. This shows the rails have been torn loose but not yet "dejointed." Also in the forground you can see where a switch was located. An extra piece of hardware is attached to the left rail.
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03-Harris_Hill_Rd.jpg 316347 bytes

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From: "Dan Syrcher" sst703 -AT- verizon -DOT- net
Date: Sat Aug 19 14:53:06 2006
Subject: This photo shows a better view of where the tracks seperated. The WS mainline on the right and the wye on the left.
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21-ripped_wye.jpg 309270 bytes

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From: "Dan Syrcher" sst703 -AT- verizon -DOT- net
Date: Sun Aug 20 15:50:09 2006
Subject: This is the beginning of the wye on the industrial track looking north. Take the left track and you head towards the Frontier Yard. Take the right track and you could have gone to New York. 417 miles away.
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29-CSXwye.jpg 298637 bytes

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From: "Dan Syrcher" sst703 -AT- verizon -DOT- net
Date: Sun Aug 20 16:39:00 2006
Subject: This is the Tops parking lot on Union Rd in Cheektowga,NY. Cayuga rd is behind be about 1 mile.
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37-Tops@Union_rd.jpg 298515 bytes

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From: "Dan Syrcher" sst703 -AT- verizon -DOT- net
Date: Sat Aug 19 00:09:50 2006
Subject: In this photo the NYS Thruway is about 1/2 mile behind me. The photo was taken in between Maple St and Transit Rd [Rt78]. The view is Southwest looking at Transit Road in the distance. RJ Corman cleared the rail from Transit to this point at the time this photo was taken. You can see my bike along the road. It has seen many miles of ROW's.
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06-Maple_Stw.jpg 294105 bytes

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From: "Dan Syrcher" sst703 -AT- verizon -DOT- net
Date: Fri Aug 18 14:48:26 2006
Subject: This photo was taken at the crossing at Harris Hill Rd in Clarence. The remains of a junction box. Buffalo Crushed Stone was to be served by this line and stands behind me.
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01-Harris_Hill_Rd.jpg 289841 bytes

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From: "Dan Syrcher" sst703 -AT- verizon -DOT- net
Date: Sun Aug 20 15:41:47 2006
Subject: This is the end of the eastern wye from the industrial track along Sonwil Dr.
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28-CSXwye.jpg 281406 bytes

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From: "Dan Syrcher" sst703 -AT- verizon -DOT- net
Date: Sat Aug 19 14:22:39 2006
Subject: Basically the same position but just standing on the edge of the mat looking SW.
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17-Rubber_mat@genesee.jpg 279659 bytes

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From: "Dan Syrcher" sst703 -AT- verizon -DOT- net
Date: Sat Aug 19 15:45:28 2006
Subject: This photo is on the mainline looking SW. It's just before the access road to the Calspan test track which is about mid point of the photo. As of this photo, the rails still exist on the other side of the access road.
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27-MainlineW.jpg 279501 bytes

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From: "Dan Syrcher" sst703 -AT- verizon -DOT- net
Date: Sat Aug 19 14:33:24 2006
Subject: Further up towards Sonwil Dr. I find it interesting that if you kick a rail, it won't move and you've probably stubbed your toe. But the rail bends quite a bit.
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18-ripped_rail.jpg 277683 bytes

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From: "Dan Syrcher" sst703 -AT- verizon -DOT- net
Date: Sun Aug 20 16:29:06 2006
Subject: Would you believe that this is the same location? See what happens in nearly 4 months? Overgrowth. If you look to the right you can see my bike. It is sitting on the beginning of where the siding went to service P.J. Schmidt. Only a small amount of ballast remain.

The rails on the left out of view under the growth have been pulled loose but not yet removed.
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35-siding.jpg 269150 bytes

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From: "Dan Syrcher" sst703 -AT- verizon -DOT- net
Date: Sun Aug 20 17:31:45 2006
Subject: After completing the journey down the WS, I took a quick run up the Harlem Rd bridge and snapped this picture of CSX during humping ops. To the far left and above center is Central Terminal.
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43-Frontier_Yard-hump.jpg 265005 bytes

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From: "Dan Syrcher" sst703 -AT- verizon -DOT- net
Date: Sat Aug 19 15:28:29 2006
Subject: This is the current view of what's happening at Sonwil. NYSDOT is putting in a new intersection and therefore significantly modifying the crossing. I'm standing on the Wye and in the forground the rails are still in place and go under Sonwil. They've been ripped up on the other side for a while. Beyond the piles of stone in the background is the remains and active track for CSX's Sonwil warehouse deliveries.
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24-wye_at_Sonwil.jpg 258579 bytes

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From: "Dan Syrcher" sst703 -AT- verizon -DOT- net
Date: Sun Aug 20 16:05:41 2006
Subject: This is about 500 feet SW of the previous photo still looking Northeast. The rails on the right were not directly connected to the set of rails for the wye. When you zoom in, you can see that this set of tracks merged with the main on the left and then split for the wye further down.

Also, on the far left is an old wooden trestle from probably WWII when the Curtiss Wright plant and Westinghouse plant was served by the RR's. This is the entrance to the west side of the plant. Not the east side near Holtz Rd.
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31.wood_trestile.jpg 246258 bytes

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From: "Dan Syrcher" sst703 -AT- verizon -DOT- net
Date: Sun Aug 20 17:08:45 2006
Subject: "The end of the line." We are at the intersection of Walden Ave and Harlem Rd. This intersection has been built up and over the WSRR. The yard is just past the intersection and about 50 feet below.
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41-Harlem_rd.jpg 238553 bytes

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From: "Dan Syrcher" sst703 -AT- verizon -DOT- net
Date: Fri Aug 18 23:36:24 2006
Subject: Standing at Harris Hill Rd [Clarence]looking Southwest. The New York State Thruway is in the background along with the ROW in the distance. As of this photo the rails approaching Harris Hill Rd are still spiked in place and go underneath the road. There is about 3 feet of exposed rail across the street behind me.
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02-Harris_Hill_Rd.jpg 224439 bytes

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