Aa3rt wrote:PRRGuy wrote:I'm not sure on the area of the Buffalo Creek Railroad, but the "South Shore" was in northwest Indiana and the Columbus and Greenville I believe is in Mississippi. Rumor has it the sw1 was at a location callight High Point, MS?
The Buffalo Creek Railroad was a switching line, jointly owned by the Erie (later Erie Lackawanna) and the Lehigh Valley south of the Buffalo River, serving many flour mills.
More information at:
http://www.buffalonian.com/history/indu ... oads1.html The C&G was a Mississippi operation.
Here's abit more on the BUFFALO CREEK RAILROAD:
The BUFFALO CREEK RAILROAD was a terminal and switching line in at the edge of the Buffalo River and around an area called SOUTH BUFFALO. The BUFFALO CREEK RAILROAD served ADM, General Mills, ConAgra, Pilsbury Flour and a cement plant on the waterfront of LAKE ERIE at one time it connected with the SOUTH BUFFALO RAILWAY.The BUFFALO CREEK RAILROAD was all ALCO it never owned EMDs, It eventually ended up as a CONRAIL property some time in the 1980's it's now part of CSX .
My best friends dad worked for the BCK RR,I grew up during the N&W -NKP, WABASHmerger "the ALPHABET ROUTE merger", including the most famous ill-fated merger PENN CENTRAL!
I hope this helps a bit .
Tom S.
Formerly of HAMBURG , NY