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Last I knew, it was "behind the fence". My last visit was as a Kodak employee. While it is visible from a distance, I don't think that anybody can just walk up to it, unfortunately.

JR

I'll defer to Mr. BR&P on the steel ends, and stand corrected., My recollection of the sides was that they're smooth (apparently welded sheet) construction, with "modern" sealed windows, enclosed by rubber gasket. I did not actually take a magnet to the sides. On the other hand, there ...

It was "stuffed and mounted" on a short piece of track, just off of Eastman Ave., about 10 years ago. It was still in rather good shape, when I last visited, about 5 years ago. Satellite imagery of the area still shows a white "blob" in that location, so I believe it still reside...

Olean Wholesale Grocery Food Co-op had a large "modern" (1960s) warehouse with rail service from PRR / PC / CR. At one time, they got approx. ten cars a week. Towards the end, it was down to one or two per week. The (inside) sidings were filled in, and paved for additional warehouse space,...

Allen,

The NY&LE has an operating(?) copy of each of the upgraded (CN) FPA2 and FPA4.

http://www.rrpicturearchives.net/showPi ... id=1777961

Photo attached provides some external spotting information. Perhaps they might have some further details on internals, measurements, etc.?


JR

There are numerous places inside Kodak Park, where tracks run in the street. However, they are not generally accessible to the public, and I don't know how much of the trackage is still active.

MP366 is correct on the NYLE excursions. I rode a couple of them out of Salamanca. One of these, was to the County Fairgrounds in Little Valley, in either 1981 or 1982. I believe there were several excursions that were run in conjunction with the Salamanca RR Museum. My notes show Salamanca to Catta...

Thanks to several friends, we have developed some more definite dates for the Tile Plant / Shawmut trackage in the earlier posts. The new Tile Plant siding, at MP 72.1 on the mainline, went into service on September 1, 1977. (ref. Conrail General Order 115) The Shawmut trackage to the back side of t...

Yes, that's the "new" shed.

JR

My info has it abandoned in 1990. Don't have the date of removal.

JR

This track was primarily used to serve the Tile Plant for raw materials supply. They put in an unloading shed on the mainline, circa 1980, with a pneumatic pipe running under E. State Street to the Plant.

The remains of the Shawmut were abandoned and torn up shortly thereafter.

JR

The caboose that went to Canaseraga did not have a cupola at the time. It was added by that owner circa late 80s / early 90s. He was a prominent member of the PS&N group, as I recall. My (vague) recollection was that the car had been in or near OMID territory, prior to Canaseraga. It had been ow...

I've had occasion to handle both a PRR TrucTrain sign, and an NYC Flexi Van sign. The difference was quite remarkable. As previously posted, the PRR sign was built like a tank - steel, with enamel paint. Very heavy. The Flexi Van sign was aluminum, physically smaller, and much lighter. Probably coul...

My earlier post for DL&W 3 was, in fact, timing from New York. Includes 20 minutes for the ride to Hoboken.

I also first saw the light of this world in '61. I did some snooping in my rapidly decaying July 1939 Official Guide, and found the following: (all times are Westbound, NY to Buffalo; presumably Eastbound times are roughly similar) NYC train 25 - 7hrs 20 min - This was the 20th Century. However, you...