October 8, 2011
Friday: Between Medina, NY and Lockport, NY
On the Falls Road Railroad
From Medina, NY to Lockport, NY, then home!
I spent the previous night at the Motel 6 in Buffalo. I figured I would spend a quiet morning in Buffalo, hang out for a few hours at the Depew Amtrak station watching the CSX and then catch my plane. But, that Falls Road Railroad (FRR) 1802 would be leading the Erie Canal Corridor passenger train my plans changed. Still, I did not rush this morning. I knew I had a very long day ahead. I slept in a bit and met the excursion equipment in Medina, NY later in the morning.
Please click on the following links to see photos taken of the FRR:
- Starting life as Nickel Plate Road 863, (ex-Winchester & Western 863, exx-Norfolk & Western 2863, exxx-Nickel Plate Road 863) Falls Road Railroad 1802 is in Medina, NY on October 8, 2011.
Nikon D300s Digital Image: 2011100901.203 - Normally the passenger train ride through the Historic Erie Canal Corridor is led by Delaware-Lackawanna Railroad ALCo RS32 2035 for power (shades of the SP commutes) but since that unit was tied up east of medina, Falls Road Railroad RS11 1802 powered the train in Medina, NY on Saturday October 8, 2011. I could only chase the train back to Lockport as I had a plane to California to catch that day.
Nikon D300s Digital Image: 2011100901.205 - Falls Road Railroad 1802 is in Medina, NY on October 8, 2011.
Nikon D300s Digital Image: 2011100901.207 - Falls Road Railroad 1802 in Medina, NY on the Saturday Historic Erie Canal Corridor excursion train, October 8, 2011.
Nikon D300s Digital Image: 2011100901.209 - Falls Road Railroad RS11 1802 in Medina, NY leading the Saturday Historic Erie Canal Corridor excursion train as it leaves, October 8, 2011.
Nikon D300s Digital Image: 2011100901.229 - Smoking it up, Falls Road Railroad RS11 1802 in Medina, NY leading the Saturday Historic Erie Canal Corridor excursion train, October 8, 2011.
Nikon D300s Digital Image: 2011100901.234 - At 11:45 a.m. on Saturday, October 8, 2011 Falls Road Railroad RS11 1802 leads the weekend Historic Erie Canal Corridor excursion train over the Erie Canal on the upside down bridge in Lockport, NY.
Nikon D300s Digital Image: 2011100901.247 - At 11:00 am the Sat. Oct. 8, 2011 Historic Erie Canal Corridor excursion train on the FRR pulled by RS11 1802 approaches Niagara St., in Lockport, NY.
Nikon D300s Digital Image: 2011100901.255 - At noon on Saturday, October 8, 2011 Falls Road Railroad RS11 1802 runs around the Historic Erie Canal Corridor excursion train in Lockport, NY.
Nikon D300s Digital Image: 2011100901.263 - At noon on Saturday, October 8, 2011 Falls Road Railroad RS11 1802 backs onto the Historic Erie Canal Corridor excursion train in Lockport, NY.
Nikon D300s Digital Image: 2011100901.264 - At 12:11 p.m. on Saturday, October 8, 2011 Falls Road Railroad RS11 1802 leads the Historic Erie Canal Corridor excursion train east in Lockport, NY.
Nikon D300s Digital Image: 2011100901.274 - Deploy Vipers! On Sat. Oct. 8, 2011 FRR 1802 heads out of Lockport, NY behind my 2012 Ford Explorer Rental, Battlestar Galactica.
Nikon D300s Digital Image: 2011100901.283
Related Links
Click on the following links to see other posts related to this:
- Genesee Valley Transportation Company
- The Genesee Valley Transportation Company is the parent company of the Falls Road Railroad.
- The Western New York and Pennsylvania Railroad (WNYP)
- The Western New York and Pennsylvania Railroad makes extensive use of equipment from RRPX.
- Livonia Avon and Lakeville Railroad (rail operations)
- The LAL is the parent company of the WNYP as well as a rail operation out of Lakeville, NY.
- RR Power Leasing LLC (RRPX)
- Railroad equipment owned by RRPX is leased to WNYP.
- Trip to New York and Pennsylvania, October 2011
- This is the trip chasing ALCos and MLWs in Western New York and Pennsylvania in October 2011.
- Trip to New York and Pennsylvania, June 2010
- This is the trip chasing ALCos and MLWs in New York and Pennsylvania in June 2010.
- New York and More, 2010 Vol 1 on Facebook
- These are from my trip to western New York and elsewhere chasing trains and being a tourist.
Special Thanks
All the great folks who helped me out with information for these Web pages!