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VI Yard, boxcar P&LE #36374 in view
The photographer was still perched on DL&W property for this undertaking. NYC mains 2,1,3, and 4 are in the foreground, across Broadway. Beyond are the west throat of VI yard - the cut of cars is on track 1 - and the West Shore connecting tracks.…
Looking from Central Terminal Tower at train XN-2
The sixteen-story tower rising from Central Terminal affords an excellent view of the trackage of this vital section of the Buffalo Division. Here is the scene looking east. To identify the locality in relation to those previously shown, we can pick…
Looking from Central Terminal Tower at departing train no. 351
No. 351, the Detroit section of the 'Empire', has just left the terminal - its westward progress is faintly discernible in the upper right corner - and the befogged atmosphere testifies to the combustion of its J-1 engine. Immersed in the murk is the…
View south towards FO Yard, DL&W truss bridge in background
Looking west from Elk Street, we see the west end of Buffalo yard (eleven stub tracks here), bounded by the fill and bridge of the Lackawanna, whose double track runs to the depot down by the waterfront. The drawbridge in raised position carries the…
View east includes several parallel railroads
Tifft Street viaduct crosses the aforementioned marsh area at about its midpoint, and makes a fine vantage point from which to observe the varied railroad activities below. Those are the NYC mains in the foreground, and this is the stretch between BC…
Train ON-2 in background
The marshes have been filled in almost completely here to support Seneca yard. This view of the main line, the yard, and the Maintenance of Way Department facilities in the foreground was taken looking west from Ridge Road overpass. On the eastbound…
View west from Loffen Rd. bridge, dead steam locomotives in view
Here is the promised view of the eastbound advance yard from Lossen Road. To first identify other trackage which borders this yard, the lengthy cuts of cars extending out of the picture at the left are in the westbound receiving yard. The…
Hump view from Loffen Rd., train A/LS-1
The view west from Lossen Road includes the most vital components of Gardenville yard. Here we can see the westbound receiving yard, the hump, the three retarder towers, the two-story general yard office, and, behind it, the thoroughfares. In the…
Diesels at old enginehouse
Before the diesel servicing facilities at Gardenville were completed in 1952, layover road diesels were spotted on these tracks adjacent to the roundhouse. The latter is now torn down, and diesels have their own open-air 'roundhouse' on the north…
New diesel facility
These are the present diesel facilities at Gardenville, photographed from the hump. This is not a maintenance point, and the diesels receive only light running repairs, in addition to being fueled, watered, and sanded. A new YMCA lodge has since been…
View of rip, etc. from Union Rd. bridge
The track layout at Gardenville is crossed at several key places by highway overpasses, a situation which makes the yard an easy one to photograph. This is the view from Union Road bridge, looking east. The location here is a little over a mile west…
West Shore Yard
For the second time, the scene shifts from one section of the Buffalo Division to another. We are now back in East Buffalo near the eastern limits of the division, but this time the westward picture journey resumes along the West Shore tracks. From…
Looking east along West Shore DL&W highline
This is the west end of West Shore yard, with the eleven tracks north of the mains fanning out behind the pole in the left center. The picture was taken from the DL&W belt line right-of-way which served as a vantage point for three photographs shown…
West Shore roundhouse looking southeast
This is the West Shore roundhouse, the last bastion of steam in the Buffalo area. When this picture was taken, all freight and switching operations had been dieselized, and steam power was limited to TH&B trains, several passenger runs on the…
West Shore roundhouse looking due east
The seldom-seen array of steam power provoked another picture at the same place. Like the one preceding it, this shot was taken from Bailey Avenue bridge (it may be remembered that two pictures of the main line, previously shown, were also taken from…