Here's a look at some of the action in Buffalo,
NY on Monday, May 31, 1999. Conrail's final day before the
take-over by CSX and Norfolk Southern took effect.
CR B23-7 #
2806 has CSX letters punched into the side plates beneath
the walkway.
One of
only two units seen this day with post-merger
renumbering.
Another
unit with post-merger renumbering applied.
CR #5070
leads NS 9343 on an eastbound heading into Buffalo at
Bayview Ave.
CR
5618-6102 eastbound at Bayview Ave.
A Cotton
Belt unit splices two Conrails.
CR 6178-SSW 7271-CR 6512
CSX GE's
9018-9016 back onto a train on the Bailey side of
Frontier Yard.
A 15-unit
light engine move which later headed west from Buffalo.
A local
job returns to Frontier Yard with the caboose leading.
Two shiny
new BNSF GE's back onto their train at Frontier Yard.
Two South
Buffalo RR units work in Lackawanna, NY.