The snowpack at the Holiday Valley ski resort in Ellicottville, New York is melting off in the April sunshine as a Buffalo & Pittsburgh coal train heads northbound through the valley. While it loo... (more)

After putting BPRR GP38-2 number 2030 on the point of the train in Retsof, NY, the locomotives back down the mainline to recouple to their train.

Rochester & Southern train GW-1 passes the passenger station in Scottsville, NY with BPRR 3063, an ex SP SD45, leading the trio of six axle EMDs.

A trio of six axle EMD locomotives leads a 47 car Rochester & Southern GW-1 over the concrete bridge that spans the Black Creek in Chili, NY. Tree clearing in the fall due to power line installati... (more)

Former Southern Pacific SD45T-2 GEXR 3054 brings up the rear of a set of power returning south after bringing coal to Buffalo. The track pass along the eastern shore of Lime Lake, New York and thr... (more)

Rochester & Southern train BL-1 passes through the yard in Greigsville, NY with BPRR 2030 leading RSR 879.

With freshly painted SD60I 3884 on the point, Buffalo & Pittsburgh X-STONE pulls out of the siding at Mount Jewett after shoving in their train of loaded stone hoppers. Mount Jewett is one of the ... (more)

Rochester & Southern train BL-1 rounds the curve north of Scottsville, NY as it passes a concrete whistle post for the Sheffer Road crossing.

After shoving its train of stone cars into the south end of the siding, former SP tunnel motor GEXR leads a six locomotive consist back north on the main through CP Mount Jewett. At the other end ... (more)

After dropping ballast on the northbound trip, Buffalo & Pittsburgh WAER charges south across Norcross Road in Erie, Pennsylvania behind a trio of EMD GP's.

As four EMD's were giving their all pulling a loaded stone train up the grade in Lewis Run, Pennsylvania, the train came to a slow halt right in front of me as it stalled on the grade. The crew sh... (more)

Rochester & Southern train BL-1 with BPRR 2030 and RSR 879 pass under the route 63 overpass in Retsof, NY with two tank cars in tow.

The Buffalo & Pittsburgh's WAER is beginning it's journey out of Erie, Pennsylvania with a GP35 Road Slug in the lead. The train is swinging around a horseshoe bend as it climbs the grade out of t... (more)

Allegheny Reminders- The whine of dynamic brakes fills the air as WAJO makes its way down the eastern slope of Kane Hill. Originally surmounted by the Philadelphia & Erie, trains have bee... (more)

Buffalo & Pittsburgh X-COAL heads north towards Buffalo behind six EMD's, including a former SP Tunnel Motor in the lead. The sun is shining as the train crosses through the Bird Swamp on a fill a... (more)