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1916 BR&P Postcard
Title:  1916 BR&P Postcard
Description:  This is the Buffalo, Rochester, & Pittsburgh Station in downtown Salamanca, NY, as it appeared 4 yrs after being built for passenger service.
Photo Date:  7/13/2012  Upload Date: 8/6/2012 7:13:15 AM
Location:  Salamanca, NY
Author:  Gary Everhart
Categories:  Scenic,Station,Passenger
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Views:  173   Comments: 0
Buffalo, Rochester & Pittsburgh Station - now Salamanca Rail Museum
Title:  Buffalo, Rochester & Pittsburgh Station - now Salamanca Rail Museum
Description:  100 years later, the BR&P station still stands as it did in 1912. Under the careful preservation efforts of the local railroad historical society who maintains it, it houses a rich collection of items from the days when Salamanca was a hub of several lines.
Photo Date:  7/13/2012  Upload Date: 8/6/2012 7:13:24 AM
Location:  Salamanca, NY
Author:  Gary Everhart
Categories:  Scenic,Station,Passenger
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Views:  182   Comments: 2
Buffalo, Rochester & Pittsburgh Station - now Salamanca Rail Museum
Title:  Buffalo, Rochester & Pittsburgh Station - now Salamanca Rail Museum
Description:  Built in 1912, abandoned in 1960's and restored in 1980 to its present day beauty, the BR&P station, now the RR Historical Museum, bears witness to past rr glories.
Photo Date:  7/13/2012  Upload Date: 8/6/2012 7:13:37 AM
Location:  Salamanca, NY
Author:  Gary Everhart
Categories:  Scenic,Station,Passenger
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Views:  103   Comments: 0
Buffalo, Rochester & Pittsburgh Station - now Salamanca Rail Museum
Title:  Buffalo, Rochester & Pittsburgh Station - now Salamanca Rail Museum
Description:  Although the builder's date plate is a little faded, the building under the care of the local rr historical society, has lasted 100 years and is built to last another 100 yrs - a far cry from the Amtrak glass/plastic enclosures now used!
Photo Date:  7/13/2012  Upload Date: 8/6/2012 7:13:52 AM
Location:  Salamanca, NY
Author:  Gary Everhart
Categories:  Scenic,Station,Passenger
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Views:  136   Comments: 0
Buffalo, Rochester & Pittsburgh Station - now Salamanca Rail Museum
Title:  Buffalo, Rochester & Pittsburgh Station - now Salamanca Rail Museum
Description:  Looking at the southeast corner of the station/museum, a concrete rr telephone booth stands at that corner, once a common sight along rr corridors.
Photo Date:  7/13/2012  Upload Date: 8/6/2012 7:14:08 AM
Location:  Salamanca, NY
Author:  Gary Everhart
Categories:  Scenic,Station,Passenger
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Views:  88   Comments: 0
RR Telephone Booth - Salamanca Rail Museum
Title:  RR Telephone Booth - Salamanca Rail Museum
Description:  The hexagonal rr telephone booth was a common shape used by B&O in its heyday. Not sure if this is an Erie, B&O, or BR&P booth. Anyone know for sure?
Photo Date:  7/13/2012  Upload Date: 8/6/2012 7:14:23 AM
Location:  Salamanca, NY
Author:  Gary Everhart
Categories:  Scenic,Station,Passenger
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Views:  150   Comments: 1
RR Telephone Booth - Salamanca Rail Museum
Title:  RR Telephone Booth - Salamanca Rail Museum
Description:  A similar rr telephone booth to the one by the BR&P station but with windows now rests at the corner of the former Buffalo, Rochester & Pittsburgh freight house.
Photo Date:  7/13/2012  Upload Date: 8/6/2012 7:14:51 AM
Location:  Salamanca, NY
Author:  Gary Everhart
Categories:  Scenic,Station,Passenger
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Views:  99   Comments: 0
WNYP 4228 - Western New York & Pennsylvania
Title:  WNYP 4228 - Western New York & Pennsylvania
Description:  Where are the tree trimmers when you need them? Just caught a glimpse of this Alco as she chuffed past the former Buffalo, Rochester & Pittsburgh station (now the Salamanca Historical Museum).
Photo Date:  7/13/2012  Upload Date: 7/25/2012 10:36:18 AM
Location:  Salamanca, NY
Author:  Gary Everhart
Categories:  Roster,RollingStock,Track
Locomotives:  WNYP 4228(C424)
Views:  140   Comments: 0
WNYP 4228 - Western New York & Pennsylvania
Title:  WNYP 4228 - Western New York & Pennsylvania
Description:  Did get another fleeting shot of it as it cleared the tree line before disappearing east with its tanker line.
Photo Date:  7/13/2012  Upload Date: 7/25/2012 10:36:33 AM
Location:  Salamanca, NY
Author:  Gary Everhart
Categories:  Roster,RollingStock,Track
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Views:  105   Comments: 0
WNYP 630 - Western New York & Pennsylvania
Title:  WNYP 630 - Western New York & Pennsylvania
Description:  The 2nd unit was another Alco in its slefk purple and blue stripe paint scheme, also chuffing as it past by. Definitely a sound I'm not used to back in Indiana!
Photo Date:  7/13/2012  Upload Date: 7/25/2012 10:36:46 AM
Location:  Salamanca, NY
Author:  Gary Everhart
Categories:  Roster,RollingStock,Track
Locomotives:  WNYP 630(C630M)
Views:  175   Comments: 1
CSXT 260974 - CSX
Title:  CSXT 260974 - CSX
Description:  This CSX hopper looks like it's serving as an idler, spacer car in front of the line of tanker cars on the Western New Yokr & Pennsylvania train.
Photo Date:  7/13/2012  Upload Date: 7/25/2012 10:37:17 AM
Location:  Salamanca, NY
Author:  Gary Everhart
Categories:  Roster,RollingStock,Track
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Views:  91   Comments: 0
GATX 53733 - General American Marks
Title:  GATX 53733 - General American Marks
Description:  One of the tankers in the Western New York & Pennsylvania train behind the two Alcos.
Photo Date:  7/13/2012  Upload Date: 7/25/2012 10:37:28 AM
Location:  Salamanca, NY
Author:  Gary Everhart
Categories:  Roster,RollingStock,Track
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Views:  119   Comments: 0
GATX 53733 - General"American Marks
Title:  GATX 53733 - General"American Marks
Description:  One of the tankers in the Western New York & Pennsylvania train behind the two Alcos.
Photo Date:  7/13/2012  Upload Date: 7/25/2012 10:37:39 AM
Location:  Salamanca, NY
Author:  Gary Everhart
Categories:  Roster,RollingStock,Track
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Views:  107   Comments: 0
GLNX 86247 - GLNX Corp
Title:  GLNX 86247 - GLNX Corp
Description:  One of the tankers in the Western New York & Pennsylvania train behind the two Alcos.
Photo Date:  7/13/2012  Upload Date: 7/25/2012 10:37:50 AM
Location:  Salamanca, NY
Author:  Gary Everhart
Categories:  Roster,RollingStock,Track
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Views:  106   Comments: 0
MBLX 28674 - Exxon Mobil Corp
Title:  MBLX 28674 - Exxon Mobil Corp
Description:  One of the tankers in the Western New York & Pennsylvania train behind the two Alcos.
Photo Date:  7/13/2012  Upload Date: 7/25/2012 10:38:02 AM
Location:  Salamanca, NY
Author:  Gary Everhart
Categories:  Roster,RollingStock,Track
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Views:  79   Comments: 0
MWCX 300154 - Midwest Railcar Corp
Title:  MWCX 300154 - Midwest Railcar Corp
Description:  The "last dog wbgging" car on the tanker line headed by the two Western New York & Pennsylvania Alcos.
Photo Date:  7/13/2012  Upload Date: 7/25/2012 10:38:12 AM
Location:  Salamanca, NY
Author:  Gary Everhart
Categories:  Roster,RollingStock,Track
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Views:  120   Comments: 1
1909 Erie Station, Salamanca, New York
Title:  1909 Erie Station, Salamanca, New York
Description:  Only 4 years after being built, this 1909 postcard shows a station literally out in the open with a passenger car alongside in the distance. The yards and shops are farther north behind the station.
Photo Date:  7/15/2012  Upload Date: 7/25/2012 7:18:02 AM
Location:  Salamanca, NY
Author:  Gary Everhart
Categories:  Scenic,Yard,Station,Track
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Views:  112   Comments: 0
Erie Station, Shops and Yards, Salamanca, NY - undated, circa 1920's
Title:  Erie Station, Shops and Yards, Salamanca, NY - undated, circa 1920's
Description:  Evidently 15-20 years later, the Erie station now sports sidewalks, street lamps, and a bustling yard and shops in the background. In the foreground, it appears to be additional sidings for freight cars.
Photo Date:  7/15/2012  Upload Date: 7/25/2012 7:18:25 AM
Location:  Salamanca, NY
Author:  Gary Everhart
Categories:  Scenic,Yard,Station,Track
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Views:  511   Comments: 0
Erie Station, Salamanca, NY - 2012
Title:  Erie Station, Salamanca, NY - 2012
Description:  One hundred years later, the Erie station shows major signs of decay and neglect. Now under the Seneca Tribe ownership (on the reservation), there seems to be no evidence of preserving this historical treasure.
Photo Date:  7/15/2012  Upload Date: 7/25/2012 7:28:40 AM
Location:  Salamanca, NY
Author:  Gary Everhart
Categories:  Yard,Station,Passenger,Track
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Views:  136   Comments: 0
Erie Station, Salamanca, NY - 2012
Title:  Erie Station, Salamanca, NY - 2012
Description:  Broken windows are also"apparent on the east end of the station, again accelerating the decay inside.
Photo Date:  7/15/2012  Upload Date: 7/25/2012 7:29:07 AM
Location:  Salamanca, NY
Author:  Gary Everhart
Categories:  Yard,Station,Passenger,Track
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Views:  84   Comments: 0
Erie Station, Salamanca, NY - 2012
Title:  Erie Station, Salamanca, NY - 2012
Description:  The north trackside view along the building would have been the dispatcher's dominion in the hectic Erie system days.
Photo Date:  7/15/2012  Upload Date: 7/25/2012 7:29:18 AM
Location:  Salamanca, NY
Author:  Gary Everhart
Categories:  Yard,Station,Passenger,Track
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Views:  93   Comments: 0
Erie Station, Salamanba, NY - 2012
Title:  Erie Station, Salamanba, NY - 2012
Description:  Looking east past the trackside of the Erie station shows the plants sprouting out of the gutters on the 2nd floor and more broken windows above the dispatcher's bumpout.
Photo Date:  7/15/2012  Upload Date: 7/25/2012 7:29:38 AM
Location:  Salamanca, NY
Author:  Gary Everhart
Categories:  Yard,Station,Passenger,Track
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Views:  118   Comments: 0
Erie Station ROW west, Salamanca, NY - 2012
Title:  Erie Station ROW west, Salamanca, NY - 2012
Description:  Now being used by the Western New York & Pennsylvania RR, the west right of way curves gradually out of sight. The shops, roundhous and yards would have been to the right of the tracks, now mostly overgrown.
Photo Date:  7/15/2012  Upload Date: 7/25/2012 7:29:54 AM
Location:  Salamanca, NY
Author:  Gary Everhart
Categories:  Yard,Station,Passenger,Track
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Views:  84   Comments: 0
Erie Station ROW east, Salamanca, NY - 2012
Title:  Erie Station ROW east, Salamanca, NY - 2012
Description:  Looking south along the Erie right of way, presently used by Western New York & Pennsylvania RR, the track curves gradually to head toward East Salamanca and the former B&O station there.
Photo Date:  7/15/2012  Upload Date: 7/25/2012 7:30:06 AM
Location:  Salamanca, NY
Author:  Gary Everhart
Categories:  Yard,Station,Passenger,Track
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Views:  99   Comments: 0
Erie Girder Bridges, Salamanca, NY - 2012
Title:  Erie Girder Bridges, Salamanca, NY - 2012
Description:  The masqive concrete Erie coaling tower is visible in the distance beyond the bridges that span North Main Street in Salamanca, NY.
Photo Date:  7/15/2012  Upload Date: 7/25/2012 7:32:45 AM
Location:  Salamanca, NY
Author:  Gary Everhart
Categories:  Bridge,Track
Locomotives:  CP 5872(SD40-2) ICE 6420(SD40-2) DME 6366(SD40-2)
Views:  184   Comments: 1
Erie Coaling Tower, Salamanca, New York - 2012
Title:  Erie Coaling Tower, Salamanca, New York - 2012
Description:  Massive concrete coaling tower is the only remaining standing structure left in the Erie shops and yards.
Photo Date:  7/15/2012  Upload Date: 7/25/2012 7:30:18 AM
Location:  Salamanca, NY
Author:  Gary Everhart
Categories:  Yard,Station,Passenger,Track
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Views:  300   Comments: 0
"No Trespassing!- By Order of the Seneca Nation of Indians"
Title:  "No Trespassing!- By Order of the Seneca Nation of Indians"
Description:  Only by getting near the freight door on the decaying Erie station at Salamanca, NY, can one read the no trespassing sign. Shame that the Seneca Nation couldn't restore this station as a historical treasure and tourist attraction. It could bring more business to their casinos!
Photo Date:  7/15/2012  Upload Date: 7/25/2012 7:30:45 AM
Location:  Salamanca, NY
Author:  Gary Everhart
Categories:  Yard,Station,Passenger,Track
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Views:  162   Comments: 1
BPRR 452
Title:  BPRR 452
Description: 
Photo Date:  7/22/2012  Upload Date: 1/15/2014 3:05:19 PM
Location:  Salamanca, NY
Author:  James Gardiner
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BPRR 452(SD45-2)
Views:  189   Comments: 0
BPRR 3302
Title:  BPRR 3302
Description: 
Photo Date:  7/22/2012  Upload Date: 1/15/2014 3:07:43 PM
Location:  Salamanca, NY
Author:  James Gardiner
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BPRR 3302(SD40T-2)
Views:  249   Comments: 0
WNYP 431
Title:  WNYP 431
Description:  WNYP OL-3 just west of Salamanca.
Photo Date:  11/15/2012  Upload Date: 11/18/2012 8:35:09 PM
Location:  Salamanca, NY
Author:  Robert Smith
Categories: 
Locomotives:  WNYP 431(C430) WNYP 4228(C424)
Views:  299   Comments: 4
OL-2 has left #4228 and a flat car in front of the depot as #431 is used to pick up interchange cars off the "North Wye" track
Title:  OL-2 has left #4228 and a flat car in front of the depot as #431 is used to pick up interchange cars off the "North Wye" track
Description: 
Photo Date:  6/3/2013  Upload Date: 6/10/2013 3:40:09 PM
Location:  Salamanca, NY
Author:  Dave Seitzer
Categories: 
Locomotives:  WNYP 431(C430) WNYP 4228(C424)
Views:  336   Comments: 0
 Coming arond the curve at Salamanca.
Title:  Coming arond the curve at Salamanca.
Description: 
Photo Date:  6/4/2013  Upload Date: 1/3/2014 7:11:55 PM
Location:  Salamanca, NY
Author:  Jay Epstein
Categories: 
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Views:  143   Comments: 0
Smoke show!
Title:  Smoke show!
Description:  As 431 and its train came around the curve at Salamanca the engineer opened up the throttle producing some classic alco smoke!
Photo Date:  6/4/2013  Upload Date: 1/3/2014 7:11:55 PM
Location:  Salamanca, NY
Author:  Jay Epstein
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  WNYP 431(C430)
Views:  204   Comments: 0
WNYP 431 and its train curving through Salamanca.
Title:  WNYP 431 and its train curving through Salamanca.
Description: 
Photo Date:  6/4/2013  Upload Date: 1/3/2014 7:11:56 PM
Location:  Salamanca, NY
Author:  Jay Epstein
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  WNYP 431(C430)
Views:  176   Comments: 0
Curving away towards Falconer.
Title:  Curving away towards Falconer.
Description: 
Photo Date:  6/4/2013  Upload Date: 1/3/2014 7:11:57 PM
Location:  Salamanca, NY
Author:  Jay Epstein
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  WNYP 431(C430) WNYP 4228(C424)
Views:  201   Comments: 0
RRPX 85
Title:  RRPX 85
Description:  WNYP 432 & RRPX 85 working at East Salamanca, NY; setting out tank cars for the BPRR
Photo Date:  10/3/2013  Upload Date: 11/1/2013 12:47:20 AM
Location:  Salamanca, NY
Author:  Scott Wheeler
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  RRPX 85(M636)
Views:  311   Comments: 1
Setting out cars for the BPRR
Title:  Setting out cars for the BPRR
Description:  WNYP 432 & RRPX 85 working at East Salamanca, NY; setting out tank cars for the BPRR
Photo Date:  10/3/2013  Upload Date: 11/1/2013 12:00:17 AM
Location:  Salamanca, NY
Author:  Scott Wheeler
Categories:  Roster,Action
Locomotives:  WNYP 432(C430) RRPX 85(M636)
Views:  400   Comments: 0
WNYP 432
Title:  WNYP 432
Description:  WNYP 432 & RRPX 85 working at East Salamanca, NY; setting out tank cars for the BPRR
Photo Date:  10/3/2013  Upload Date: 11/1/2013 12:49:03 AM
Location:  Salamanca, NY
Author:  Scott Wheeler
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  WNYP 432(C430)
Views:  308   Comments: 0
WYNP 431
Title:  WYNP 431
Description: 
Photo Date:  11/14/2013  Upload Date: 4/16/2014 10:40:49 AM
Location:  Salamanca, NY
Author:  Jeffrey Pfeiffer
Categories: 
Locomotives:  WNYP 431(C430)
Views:  312   Comments: 1
BPRR 203
Title:  BPRR 203
Description: 
Photo Date:  7/21/2014  Upload Date: 1/20/2015 5:06:38 PM
Location:  Salamanca, NY
Author:  James Gardiner
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BPRR 203(GP9)
Views:  569   Comments: 0
BPRR SIBF
Title:  BPRR SIBF
Description:  BPRR 458 - BPRR 459 - BPRR 457 with 37 cars
Photo Date:  7/21/2014  Upload Date: 1/20/2015 5:24:20 PM
Location:  Salamanca, NY
Author:  James Gardiner
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BPRR 458(SD45-2) BPRR 459(SD45-2) BPRR 457(SD40-2)
Views:  517   Comments: 1
BPRR 459
Title:  BPRR 459
Description: 
Photo Date:  7/21/2014  Upload Date: 1/20/2015 5:25:14 PM
Location:  Salamanca, NY
Author:  James Gardiner
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BPRR 459(SD45-2)
Views:  198   Comments: 0
BPRR 457
Title:  BPRR 457
Description: 
Photo Date:  7/21/2014  Upload Date: 1/20/2015 5:25:48 PM
Location:  Salamanca, NY
Author:  James Gardiner
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BPRR 457(SD40-2)
Views:  262   Comments: 0
Erie station
Title:  Erie station
Description:  After the fire on July 29,2014.
Photo Date:  7/31/2014  Upload Date: 8/2/2014 2:09:55 PM
Location:  Salamanca, NY
Author:  Dave Eagen
Categories:  Station
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Views:  71   Comments: 0
Erie station
Title:  Erie station
Description:  After the fire on July 29, 2014.
Photo Date:  7/31/2014  Upload Date: 8/2/2014 2:11:04 PM
Location:  Salamanca, NY
Author:  Dave Eagen
Categories:  Station
Locomotives: 
Views:  55   Comments: 0
Erie station
Title:  Erie station
Description:  After the fire on July 29, 2014.
Photo Date:  7/31/2014  Upload Date: 8/2/2014 2:11:58 PM
Location:  Salamanca, NY
Author:  Dave Eagen
Categories:  Station
Locomotives: 
Views:  63   Comments: 0
Erie station
Title:  Erie station
Description:  After the fire on July 29, 2014.
Photo Date:  7/31/2014  Upload Date: 8/2/2014 2:12:56 PM
Location:  Salamanca, NY
Author:  Dave Eagen
Categories:  Station
Locomotives: 
Views:  73   Comments: 1
Alsthom 6072
Title:  Alsthom 6072
Description:  SIBF
Photo Date:  8/14/2016  Upload Date: 4/18/2017 10:43:02 PM
Location:  Salamanca, NY
Author:  Kyle best
Categories:  Winter,Station,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  WCOR 6072(SD40-3)
Views:  189   Comments: 0
BPRR 45 on SIBF
Title:  BPRR 45 on SIBF
Description: 
Photo Date:  8/14/2016  Upload Date: 4/18/2017 10:31:55 PM
Location:  Salamanca, NY
Author:  Kyle best
Categories:  Winter,Station,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  BPRR 458(SD45-2)
Views:  59   Comments: 1
BPRR 6072
Title:  BPRR 6072
Description: 
Photo Date:  8/14/2016  Upload Date: 4/18/2017 10:32:31 PM
Location:  Salamanca, NY
Author:  Kyle best
Categories:  Winter,Station,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  WCOR 6072(SD40-3)
Views:  189   Comments: 0


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