A very late Salamanca to Buffalo Turn job works back to Salamanca and points south. This is normally a night time operations, but heavy delays in Buffalo has the train running in the morning light... (more)
A daylight trip on a normal night time run is what we got lucky on my vacation. The crew overnight on the SIBF died, so the daylight SIRI crew had to fetch the train near Buffalo and head south wi... (more)
The inbound SIBF was very late coming back from Buffalo overnight to Salamanca. So the outbound SIRI crew had to taxi to the south side of Buffalo this morning to get the train to head south for R... (more)
The inbound SIBF was very late coming back from Buffalo overnight. So the outbound SIRI crew had to taxi to the south side of Buffalo this morning to get the train to head south for Riker Yard. He... (more)
Rebuilt SD45 462 idles in front of the B&O station at East Salamanca, NY. The crew is called to head south on the SIJB. The 455 has also been rebuilt with a 16-cylinder prime mover, but the 460,... (more)
Rebuilt SD45 462 idles in front of the B&O station at East Salamanca, NY. The crew is called to head south on the SIJB.
After running the almost mile hike-in to get to the shot on time, I was still out of breath as SIJB glides through the Ketner Cut at 1212. It was worth the jaunt, as the hogger had the train pret... (more)
Bright orange Buffalo & Pittsburgh engines make up for the lackluster fall foliage as they skirt the edge of a swamp north of the NY-PA state line.
Freshly rebuilt and repainted 462 heads north on the "northbound" as they usually call the RIJB. 462 was previously a Southern Pacific SD45 that ran around in dingy SP paint for quite a long time.
