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Until Amtrak lifts their mask mandate I won’t be traveling with them. I’m not going to risk passing out or suffocating from wearing one or TWO (🙄) pieces of fabric for 2+ hours that provide just about zero protection for/from me or anyone else. I was afraid to death of COVID-19 in the beginning. I ...

Yes, the engine and coaches are backed up to the old station for cleaning and replenishment after the passengers depart at the new station.

I was through that area yesterday. They have put a lot of time and money into completing the bike trail from the Falls to Lewiston. It passes the site of the old RM Pkwy bridge at ground level. Many trees have been planted and this area is going to be nice! Whirlpool St is repaved and nice to drive ...

Everyone: Good to know about the fully completed status of the Genesee Arch Bridge. The picture by John Kucko of the NS Office Car train on the bridge shows off the structure well... Has there been any trespasser problems concerning the GAB this year now that we are more than half way through Summe...

[quote="SST"]In Buffalo, Billy Ogdens on William St. Sits at the entrance/exit on the west side of the Bison yard. Billy's is closed. There is a Greek restaurant on Walden Ave in Depew. It sits almost opposite of Amtrak. I think the name of it is Skaro's. It is now the Campfire Grille, exc...

No longer partake in the finer beverages, but at the risk of being outside the subject confines of this thread here are a few old watering holes that used to be extant: In addition, there was a bar in East Syracuse, name long ago forgotten, just west of the East Syracuse Amtrak station that sat rig...

lakeshoredave wrote:Shoutout to Wanakah Grille off Pleasant Ave in Hamburg next to CSX and NS.

my understanding is that it has been opened again, sometime in Dec or Nov... You're right! I see on their website (http://www.macgregorsgrillandtaproom.net/default.asp" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;) that Coldwater Rd. location is indeed open. Thanks for the heads-up! ;-) ...

I believe that the Warsaw Depot at the top or Rochester St is still owned and used by R&S. Just recently the old wooden freight ramp was removed from het SW side of the building. That building has great memories for me, as my Grandfather worked out of that station from 1912 to 1953. He lived hal...

Tickets are now available (as of 9AM on June 1). The ticket-buying process was effortless - good job on the part of the Fort Wayne Railroad organization! As always, thanks to the other members of this board who provided such useful information. Agreed. I purchased coach seats shortly after 9am yest...

Sign me up! We were just at Portageville Saturday and the topic of a railfan trip across the trestle before its demise was discussed.

My grandfather was a track foreman on the BR&P from Warsaw south a number of miles from 1920 - 1953. As such I am interested in riding the old ROW south of the Silver Springs flyover through to Machias Jct. I know that part of the ROW is a snowmobile trail, and I have checked the most recent sat...

wurlitzer153 wrote:NKP 8100 leading eastbound on 310. I caught it in Painesville, OH at 2:30. Last report is by Westfield, NY.

I visited Letchworth Park on 4/7/12 and stopped by the east end of the Portageville bridge and took several pictures. The links are to my Flickr page. Test wells immediately SW of the bridge which went in about a year ago http://www.flickr.com/photos/31454043@N05/7065195735/in/set-72157629785893503 ...

The overpass is open to just beyond the tracks, so while there is no access to the gardens, you can still railfan from the foot bridge.