A northbound B&P freight waits for a crew near their depot at Salamanca, NY.

BPRR SIRI's new crew is on board and the train is slowly pulling past the station in East Salamanca. They will set off three cars for the WNYP at South Salamanca before continuing south to Foster ... (more)

BFSI ties down in Elma,NY after the crew outlaws and as the train sits the fog rolls in...

A very late Salamanca to Buffalo Turn job works back to Salamanca and points south. This is normally a night time operations, but heavy delays in Buffalo has the train running in the morning light... (more)

The Salamanca, NY to Riker Yard, PA, freight train is outbound to take off for the trip south. This train will meet the northbound RISI at Johnsonburg today, which is normally the normal meeting s... (more)

The Salamanca to Riker Yard freight rolls south pass these retired ex-B&O CPL signals at Limestone. This is an old B&O mainline, and lots of the signals have been turned and removed from service o... (more)

The inbound SIBF was very late coming back from Buffalo overnight to Salamanca. So the outbound SIRI crew had to taxi to the south side of Buffalo this morning to get the train to head south for R... (more)

The inbound SIBF was very late coming back from Buffalo overnight. So the outbound SIRI crew had to taxi to the south side of Buffalo this morning to get the train to head south for Riker Yard. He... (more)

Early morning fog blankets the yard at East Salamanca as the daily road train conducts a few switching moves before getting under way. Viewed from the original Buffalo, Rochester & Pittsburgh RR S... (more)

Rebuilt SD45 462 idles in front of the B&O station at East Salamanca, NY. The crew is called to head south on the SIJB.

B&P train 'BFSI' rolls south out of Buffalo with a heavy manifest. The train made a rare day light appearance on this portion of the railroad due to the large amount of snow in Buffalo hampering o... (more)

The Southbound B&P freight casts a reflection in a puddle as it works at Salamanca.

SD45's #459, 457, 452 & SW1500 #1513 have made the overnight run down from Buffalo and await a re-crew.

What I envision when I think of Salamanca: orange SD45s and vintage BR&P depot.

Remains of a mighty yard complex still lay embedded in the ground as the B&P's SIJB (Salamanca-Johnsonburg) train sits crewless in the early hours of the morning at the former BR&P/B&O station. It... (more)