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Viewing Album:  Growing up in Western NY
 
By:Darrell Krueger
Dates:1/1/1985 - 1/1/1986
Album Info:Shots that my Dad took from around WNY when he'd take me railfanning. Shots are from 1985-1986
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Untitled
Title:  Untitled
Description:  Another concrete arch that allowed the Buffalo and Susquehenna RR to cross the many creeks that fed into 18-mile creek at the bottom of Boston Valley. See the other arch photo for more info on the Buff. & Susq.
Photo Date:  1/1/1985  Upload Date: 8/8/2006 6:13:02 PM
Location:  Boston, NY
Author:  Darrell Krueger
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Views:  160   Comments: 0
Bankruptcy Blue
Title:  Bankruptcy Blue
Description:  My brother and I stand on a Conrail caboose parked in Hamburg, NY.
Photo Date:  1/1/1985  Upload Date: 8/8/2006 6:13:04 PM
Location:  Hamburg, NY
Author:  Darrell Krueger
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Views:  181   Comments: 0
Wooden Caboose
Title:  Wooden Caboose
Description:  My brother and I again, stand on a caboose in Hamburg, NY. The heritage of this one is unknown.
Photo Date:  1/1/1985  Upload Date: 8/8/2006 6:13:04 PM
Location:  Hamburg, NY
Author:  Darrell Krueger
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Views:  162   Comments: 1
Chessie Caboose #1
Title:  Chessie Caboose #1
Description:  Unsure of location, but I'm pretty sure it's in Orchard Park.
Photo Date:  1/1/1985  Upload Date: 8/8/2006 6:13:05 PM
Location:  Orchard Park, NY
Author:  Darrell Krueger
Categories:  RollingStock
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Views:  204   Comments: 0
Chessie Caboose #2
Title:  Chessie Caboose #2
Description:  Again, still unsure of location, but I believe it's Orchard Park.
Photo Date:  1/1/1985  Upload Date: 8/8/2006 6:13:05 PM
Location:  Orchard Park, NY
Author:  Darrell Krueger
Categories:  RollingStock
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Views:  230   Comments: 0
Chessie Caboose #3
Title:  Chessie Caboose #3
Description:  Winding into the trees under the summer haze.
Photo Date:  1/1/1985  Upload Date: 8/8/2006 6:13:07 PM
Location:  Orchard Park, NY
Author:  Darrell Krueger
Categories:  RollingStock
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Views:  258   Comments: 1
Wreck in Colden
Title:  Wreck in Colden
Description:  Remains of a fatal wreck in Colden, NY. I believe it was in Feb 86 or 87, but the accident report states a head on around a curve at 30mph.
Photo Date:  1/1/1985  Upload Date: 8/8/2006 6:13:08 PM
Location:  Colden, NY
Author:  Darrell Krueger
Categories:  RollingStock
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Views:  2549   Comments: 0
Wreck in Colden
Title:  Wreck in Colden
Description:  Remains of a fatal wreck in Colden, NY. Head on @ 30 mph around a curve.
Photo Date:  1/1/1985  Upload Date: 8/8/2006 6:13:10 PM
Location:  Colden, NY
Author:  Darrell Krueger
Categories:  RollingStock
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Views:  1889   Comments: 0
Conrail Multiplicity
Title:  Conrail Multiplicity
Description:  A string of CR cabooses hang out in Hamburg, NY. Note my Dad's sweet '82 Toyota Celica, bought a few weeks after I was born.
Photo Date:  1/1/1985  Upload Date: 8/8/2006 6:13:11 PM
Location:  Hamburg, NY
Author:  Darrell Krueger
Categories:  RollingStock
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Views:  531   Comments: 1
Lonely Switcher
Title:  Lonely Switcher
Description:  All alone in Frontier Yard.
Photo Date:  1/1/1985  Upload Date: 8/8/2006 6:13:12 PM
Location:  Buffalo, NY
Author:  Darrell Krueger
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Views:  434   Comments: 1
CR 9581
Title:  CR 9581
Description:  A SW1500 hangs out in the hard with a little burro crane. Also note the Conrail branded snow removal equipment on the far left.
Photo Date:  1/1/1985  Upload Date: 8/8/2006 6:13:12 PM
Location:  Buffalo, NY
Author:  Darrell Krueger
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Locomotives:  CR 9581(SW1500)
Views:  507   Comments: 0
CR 9581
Title:  CR 9581
Description:  9581 Looks toward a barren Frontier Yard.
Photo Date:  1/1/1985  Upload Date: 8/8/2006 6:13:13 PM
Location:  Buffalo, NY
Author:  Darrell Krueger
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Locomotives:  CR 9581(SW1500)
Views:  415   Comments: 1
CR 9549
Title:  CR 9549
Description:  9549 shows its Buffalo spirit with a banner that reads "Frontier Diesel, Buffalo"
Photo Date:  1/1/1985  Upload Date: 8/8/2006 6:13:13 PM
Location:  Buffalo, NY
Author:  Darrell Krueger
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Locomotives:  CR 9549(SW1500)
Views:  397   Comments: 1
CR 9541
Title:  CR 9541
Description:  How about this?? CLEAN Conrail equipment! Also note the lack of guardrails on both units.
Photo Date:  1/1/1985  Upload Date: 8/8/2006 6:13:14 PM
Location:  Buffalo, NY
Author:  Darrell Krueger
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Locomotives:  CR 9541(SW1500) CR 9570(SW1500)
Views:  889   Comments: 1
Conrail Love
Title:  Conrail Love
Description:  Frontier yard gets some love in the form of a coal train and some boxcars in the foreground.
Photo Date:  1/1/1985  Upload Date: 8/8/2006 6:13:15 PM
Location:  Buffalo, NY
Author:  Darrell Krueger
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Locomotives:  CR 7531(GP10) CR 7533(GP10) CR 9541(SW1500)
Views:  906   Comments: 0
CR 7533
Title:  CR 7533
Description:  Some rare GP10's hang out in Frontier Yard. Note the lone Southern boxcar in the upper right!
Photo Date:  1/1/1985  Upload Date: 8/8/2006 6:13:16 PM
Location:  Buffalo, NY
Author:  Darrell Krueger
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Locomotives:  CR 7533(GP10) CR 7531(GP10)
Views:  866   Comments: 0
Got Coal?
Title:  Got Coal?
Description:  The Frontier switcher crews sure do!
Photo Date:  1/1/1985  Upload Date: 8/8/2006 6:13:16 PM
Location:  Buffalo, NY
Author:  Darrell Krueger
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Views:  219   Comments: 0
BSOR 5010
Title:  BSOR 5010
Description:  BSOR 5010 idles at Hamburg, NY, while a sister unit gets by from the background. I believe they're bringing the county fair train into town.
Photo Date:  1/1/1985  Upload Date: 8/8/2006 6:13:17 PM
Location:  Hamburg, NY
Author:  Darrell Krueger
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Locomotives:  BSOR 5010(RS11)
Views:  970   Comments: 0
NKP 765
Title:  NKP 765
Description:  Nickel Plate 765 gathers up speed during it's excursion in Buffalo, NY. I believe this is in 1987?
Photo Date:  1/1/1985  Upload Date: 8/8/2006 6:13:17 PM
Location:  Buffalo, NY
Author:  Darrell Krueger
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Locomotives:  NKP 765(2-8-4)
Views:  647   Comments: 1
NKP 765
Title:  NKP 765
Description:  Buffalo excursion with NKP 765, I believe in 1987?
Photo Date:  1/1/1985  Upload Date: 8/8/2006 6:12:57 PM
Location:  Buffalo, NY
Author:  Darrell Krueger
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Locomotives:  NKP 765(2-8-4)
Views:  1626   Comments: 0
NKP 765
Title:  NKP 765
Description:  Nickel Plate 765 excursion streams under the Buffalo skyline. City Hall is there on the left, and the M&T building is covered up by the smoke.
Photo Date:  1/1/1985  Upload Date: 8/8/2006 6:12:58 PM
Location:  Buffalo, NY
Author:  Darrell Krueger
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Locomotives:  NKP 765(2-8-4)
Views:  703   Comments: 0
Untitled
Title:  Untitled
Description: 
Photo Date:  1/1/1985  Upload Date: 8/8/2006 6:12:59 PM
Location:  Buffalo, NY
Author:  Darrell Krueger
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Views:  218   Comments: 1
RSR 104
Title:  RSR 104
Description:  Rochester Southern 104 leads a freight past The Pizza Glenn (awesome pizza there) with all 5 units online!
Photo Date:  1/1/1985  Upload Date: 8/8/2006 6:13:00 PM
Location:  Colden, NY
Author:  Darrell Krueger
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Locomotives:  RSR 104(GP40)
Views:  824   Comments: 1
RSR 104
Title:  RSR 104
Description:  The engineer of RSR 104 reads the paper while their train is stopped at Orchard Park, NY. Again, as with this whole album, dates are unsure, except that they're between '85 and '87.
Photo Date:  1/1/1985  Upload Date: 8/8/2006 6:13:01 PM
Location:  Orchard Park, NY
Author:  Darrell Krueger
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Locomotives:  RSR 104(GP40)
Views:  625   Comments: 0
CO 8371
Title:  CO 8371
Description:  Right about now is when Seaboard power started showing up, as indicated by being on the point of this train in what I believe is Orchard Park.
Photo Date:  1/1/1985  Upload Date: 8/8/2006 6:13:02 PM
Location:  Orchard Park, NY
Author:  Darrell Krueger
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Locomotives:  CSX 8371(SD40-2)
Views:  821   Comments: 2
Buffalo and Susquehenna viaduct
Title:  Buffalo and Susquehenna viaduct
Description:  The B&S ran through Boston NY in the early 1900's. When it ultimately went under, it was scrapped and the steel sent to Europe. Too bad it never made it there; a German U-Boat sunk the ship that the B&S was on.
Photo Date:  1/1/1986  Upload Date: 8/8/2006 6:13:03 PM
Location:  Boston, NY
Author:  Darrell Krueger
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Views:  207   Comments: 0

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