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TH&B GP7 #4031 viewsTH&B torpedo GP7 #403 leads Conrail's BUCP past Frontier Yard's Bailey Avenue tower. It will then head west via the Belt Line to CP-I, where it will veer onto Conrail's Niagara Branch en route to the Suspension Bridge to Canada where it will regain home rails.
Photo Copyright 2008 Tim BaldwinBLW 1946
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CR C40-8W #6103 Canaseraga NY5 viewsThe miles and road grime are already beginnning to add up for Conrail C40-8W #6103 and her C40-8 cousin as they lead Buffalo NY to Oak Island NJ freight BUOI beneath the highway overpass at Canaseraga NY, north of Hornell. Conrail dispatchers invariably lined the home road's freights for the fast iron on track one, while tenant D&H's eastbound movements frequently used the 10 MPH jointed rail of track two between Portage and Hornell.
Photo Copyright © 2008 Tim BaldwinBLW 1946
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Conrail eastbound in winter1 viewsA trio of ubiquitous SD40-2s leads an eastbound Conrail merchandise freight under a rural bridge midway between Dunkirk and Silver Creek, NY.
Photo Copyright 2008 Tim BaldwinBLW 1946
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CR C30-7 #6620 CP EL-3 Tonawanda NY5 viewsToronto to Buffalo freight CPBU, led by a pair of six-axle GEs, crosses the Erie Canal and passes CP EL-3 in the City of Tonawanda NY on Conrail's Niagara Branch. The diverging single track in the foreground is the former Lehigh Valley connection, which now serves as an industrial spur.
Photo Copyright 2008 Tim BaldwinBLW 1946
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D&H Sea-Land stack train at Dale NY10 viewsAn ex-D&H GP39-2 in fresh Guilford paint is sandwiched by a pair of blue B&M GP40-2s on a sunny October day as they hustle east through bucolic Dale NY after climbing the torturous hill at Attica. The arrival of double-stack container trains to both D&H and host Conrail's operating scheme more than doubled the number of daily trains on the ex-EL Southern Tier Line for a period of several years while Conrail tackled clearance problems on the Water Level Route.
Photo Copyright 2008 Tim BaldwinBLW 1946
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CR SD50 #6787 OIBU Lanesboro PA4 viewsYou would never know it, but Conrail's Oak Island to Buffalo freight is crossing famed Starucca Viaduct in Lanesboro PA. While our attentions were riveted on the dramatic D&H detour operations down below, OIBU slipped up on us unawares, led by brand new SD50 #6787. The big locos became instant favorites, with a sleek look and awesome pulling power.
Photo Copyright 2008 Tim BaldwinBLW 1946
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a pleasant surprise1 viewsAn unexpected B&O GP30 in classic blue paint is bracketed by a pair of ubiquitous Conrail SD40-2s, with CR #6398 in the lead as the westbound nears the PA-OH state line.
Photo Copyright 2008 Tim BaldwinBLW 1946
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CR TV-501 Seneca St Buffalo NY1 viewsConrail's APL doublestack TV-501, behind a pair of GP40-2s sandwiching a B36-7, swings off the Bison runner onto the westbound main at the former site of FW tower, as viewed from the Seneca St overpass in Buffalo NY.
Photo Copyright 2008 Tim BaldwinBLW 1946
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No Defects7 viewsOne of many daily Westbound TV trains passes the dragging equipment detector at Milepost 427 in Lancaster NY. A pair of Conrail B36-7s sandwich a GP40-2, with #5009 in the lead.
Photo Copyright © 2008 Tim BaldwinBLW 1946
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A face only a railfan could love2 viewsA pair of ungainly looking C40-8s, with CR #6036 as the leader and an EMD SD50 as the third unit, race through rural Dalton NY with TV-501. The train is westbound, en route to Buffalo NY where it will access Conrail's ex-NYC Water Level Route mainline.
Photo Copyright © 2008 Tim BaldwinBLW 1946
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Smoke gets in your eyes4 viewsCW40-8 #6103 and cousin C40-8 #6031 smoke it up through CP Rock Glen on the Southern Tier Line between Warsaw and Silver Springs NY as they lead Conrail freight BUOI east. The train will stop at the Morrison_Knudsen facility in Hornell to pick up a string of flats loaded with refurbished commuter rail cars before entering the scenic Canisteo River Valley.
Photo Copyright © 2008 Tim BaldwinBLW 1946
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CR NW2 #9233 North Tonawanda NY2 viewsConrail NW2 switcher #9233 negotiates industrial trackage on former PC rails in North Tonawanda NY before returning to Kenmore Yard.
Photo Copyright © 2008 Tim BaldwinBLW 1946
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Hill and Dale3 viewsA loaded Conrail coal train bound for Johnson City NY passes through scenic Dale NY behind a pair of CW40-8s and a single SD50. With Attica Hill behind them, the three big locomotives will have no trouble maintaining track speed as they make their way east on the ex-EL Southern Tier Line.
Photo Copyright © 2008 Tim BaldwinBLW 1946
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CR SD60 #6840 East Hornell NY3 viewsOne a hub of activity in its Erie Lackawanna heyday, Hornell Yard in the Conrail era saw use mostly as a car storage facility. The former EL shop complex at this date was being used by Morrison-Knudsen to refurbish commuter rail cars. Eastbound BUOI, behind CR SD60 #6840, an SD40-2, and a GE CW40-8 are seen leaving East Hornell NY. The scenic Canisteo River Valley lies ahead.
Photo Copyright © 2008 Tim BaldwinBLW 1946
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