u18b404: C430 #431 puts on a show as it leads the ME-1 east toward the New York state line.
u18b404: ME-1 passes under the old second main as it heads East toward Falconer, NY.
u18b404: ME-1's pair of ALCO centurys put on a show as they head East toward Jamestown.
u18b404: A pair of M636's head a lengthy train of interchange traffic from the BPRR as they return from Salamanca, NY to the yard in Olean, NY.
u18b404: WNYP M636 #636 crosses Olean Creek as it returns to the yard in Olean with a single refer from Cuba Cheese.
u18b404: WNYP M636 #636 shoves its interchange traffic for the BPRR back over Great Valley Creek. BFSI is waiting just North of town for the WNYP to depart.
u18b404: Headed East out of Falconer on an old bridge, but a new alignment. The bridge to the left was found to not be able to handle heavier modern cars so the WNYP shifted the track over to the other old main.
u18b404: WNYP C430 #431 leads ME-1 East.
u18b404: OL-1 heads South across Sinnemahoning Creek with empty stone hoppers for interchange to the NS at Driftwood.
u18b404: A trio of WNYP six axle MLW products with empty stone cars has taken a pause just outside Emporium, PA before continuing South to Driftwood.
u18b404: OL-2 heads East on the way back towards Olean after swapping trains in Falconer.
u18b404: Old school WNYP. M630 #631 and a pair of Ex-Cartier M636's leads a Northbound DFT-7 passed some PRR position light signals.
u18b404: OL-1's MLWs smoke it up as they roll South through a bucolic scene in Sterling Run, PA
u18b404: OL-1 passes under the BPRR as it heads for the interchange with a pair of Ex-Cartier M636s and 42 cars.
u18b404: Odd Man Out. WNYP's only C630m still wears its A&M paint as it leads train OL-2 under the BPRR returning from Salamanca, NY to Olean, NY. As coincidence would have it, the C630m's replacement will soon be en route from the A&M as well.
u18b404: Under The Bridge. OL-2 passes under the BPRR on its way to Salamanca with 26 cars for interchange to the BPRR.
u18b404: OL-2 rolls by the old BR&P depot in Salamanca, NY with 26 cars for interchange to the BPRR.
u18b404: Drone Over Water, Smoke In The Sky! OL-2 returns from the BPRR interchange in Salamanca with 26 loads and a pair of venerable M636's on the point.
u18b404: Changes and a different perspective on "South Driftwood".
u18b404: OL-1 is almost ready to depart North out of Emporium with five ALCOs and 10 empty covered hoppers. The two trailing four axle ALCOs were used in RCO service on site. The units are being returned to Olean, NY and the remote control job is being abolished.
u18b404: OL-2 heads North on the Buffalo Line to retrieve a car from storage at North Olean.
u18b404: OL-2 digs a single covered hopper out from amidst a plethora of boxcars being stored in the siding at North Olean. M636's #685 and #643 do the honors and sandwich the hopper between the 2 beasts.
u18b404: OL-2 takes a pair of M636's to retreive a stored covered hopper from the siding at North Olean. The former PRR roundhouse, now part of Dresser Rand, can be seen in the background as the power rounds the North West Connector to head North.
u18b404: The End Is Near! Everybody showed up on a perfect Saturday to watch the crew of OL-3 put on a smoke show as its quartet of big 6 axle MLW's pass under the old Position Light signals at "North Eldred".
u18b404: OL-3 drifts downgrade toward Driftwood with 21 empty hoppers for the NS interchange.
u18b404: Above the crowd! OL-2 heads South under the old PRR position light signals while a multitude of railfans take their images just out of view from below.
u18b404: This could be the last time. Two all big six axle MLW consists meet on the Buffalo Line, as OL-1 passes OL-2 at Emporium.
u18b404: OL-2 heads into Port Allegany with a good size train of empty hoppers and sand cars from Turtle point. The job also head one car to spot at a local industry.
u18b404: OL-1's big MLW's put on a smoke show as they head North across the Sinnemahoning Creek with 20 loads of stone.
u18b404: Everything Must Change. OL-1 pulls passed South Driftwood after shoving its empty stone cars into the siding. The old position light signals have been replaced by a "Darth Vadar" slide protector and soon the big six axle MLW's will be replaced by GE's.