My Dad & his Dad operated some of those old ALCO S-2's now owned by the BSOR on the South Buffalo Railway. When I was a young boy my Dad would take me to work with him & show me how to operate those locomotives, even pulling big heavy long trains using a couple ALCO S-2's, S-4's, S-6's etc.. Those were some of the most fondest days of my life & I always wanted to grow up & be an engineer on the SBRR just like my Dad :-). Thanks for sharing, brought back a lot of great memories growing up in W.N.Y..
My family and I have taken a ride on the train three times,we live in Hamburg ,we,re very fortunate to have a train shop and excursion s in this area. I drive through here all the time just to enjoy the steam engines and the diesels
I wonder when they started that. I've been down there a ton in the past. Looks like they did a ton of remodeling. I never had much use for O scale but is was nice to look around. That rotary snowplow used to be sitting down closer to the bowling ally. Been there for almost 30 years. I wonder what it takes to get something like that to roll after sitting in one spot so long.
You are wrong my friend. It was NKP long before it became N&W. That merger happened in 1964, when the N&W also leased the Wabash long term. Today all are a part of NS. But for the majority of their lives, those tracks belonged to the late great NKP.
Oh, I'm very sorry, I was thinking that you meant that the Nickel Plate Road was around all during Norfolk and Western, which was not right because Nickel Plate Road was merged into Norfolk and Western I, thought you had said that they would never have merged and that it was still around in to the Norfolk Southern's early days, sorry for the misunderstanding.
My Dad & his Dad operated some of those old ALCO S-2's now owned by the BSOR on the South Buffalo Railway. When I was a young boy my Dad would take me to work with him & show me how to operate those locomotives, even pulling big heavy long trains using a couple ALCO S-2's, S-4's, S-6's etc.. Those were some of the most fondest days of my life & I always wanted to grow up & be an engineer on the SBRR just like my Dad :-). Thanks for sharing, brought back a lot of great memories growing up in W.N.Y..
My family and I have taken a ride on the train three times,we live in Hamburg ,we,re very fortunate to have a train shop and excursion s in this area. I drive through here all the time just to enjoy the steam engines and the diesels
Learned about these guys today in April's Trains magazine
Wow! That was a great trip! Nicely done!
It surprised me too. I highly recommend it.
I wonder when they started that. I've been down there a ton in the past. Looks like they did a ton of remodeling. I never had much use for O scale but is was nice to look around. That rotary snowplow used to be sitting down closer to the bowling ally. Been there for almost 30 years. I wonder what it takes to get something like that to roll after sitting in one spot so long.
sbryans123 hi im tyler I work for the excursion railway. We started in 2016 and offer this trip to buffalo every September for the public
what river ? canal does this run by? lovely paint scheme for the loco.
is that Mr.Conductor Jim from the Western Maryland Scenic Railroad?,23:04
Also, the B&O Was not the track that connected to the BSOR, it was another connection to the N&W, The B&O Was on the other side of the yard.
Lookit all those old Alco switchers especially the HH. Kewl.
I was not the NKP, They had trackage rights on the N&W, but the did not own it, you can see the N&W plates on many bridges on the NS.
You are wrong my friend. It was NKP long before it became N&W. That merger happened in 1964, when the N&W also leased the Wabash long term. Today all are a part of NS. But for the majority of their lives, those tracks belonged to the late great NKP.
Oh, I'm very sorry, I was thinking that you meant that the Nickel Plate Road was around all during Norfolk and Western, which was not right because Nickel Plate Road was merged into Norfolk and Western I, thought you had said that they would never have merged and that it was still around in to the Norfolk Southern's early days, sorry for the misunderstanding.