ROCHESTER & SOUTHERN
The Buffalo, Rochester & Pittsburgh RR was a profitable coal hauling regional railroad that was bought by the B&O in 1932. In the 1980's the Chessie System began selling off surplus lines and in July 1986 the Rochester branch became the Rochester & Southern RR owned by Genesee & Wyoming, Inc. (and which connected with it's Genesee & Wyoming RR at P&L Junction). In July 1988 the GWI would purchase the rest of the old BR&P which would be run as the Buffalo & Pittsburgh RR. In the late 1990's, the middle portion of the R&S was taken out of service, and traffic out of Rochester is now handed off to the CP/D&H at Silver Springs and hauled to Buffalo, where it is turned back over to the B&P for the trip south.
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Five of the R&S' six GP40's are lined up in the East Salamanca, NY yard of CSX, where interchange was made, on April 8, 1988. |
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Some of the GP40's were pressed into service before they could be repainted orange. #102 is at the Brooks Ave Yard in Rochester, NY on August 10, 1986 about 3 weeks after start-up. The units heritage as ex Conrail (originally NYC) is evident. |
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GP40's #106 and 101 are switching at the Buffalo Creek Yard of the B&P on August 1, 1999. View is from the Tifft St. bridge in Buffalo, NY, with the NS visible just beyond. |
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All six of the GP40's #101-106, are slowly pulling RS-2 out of the East Salamanca Yard of CSX on September 13, 1987. |
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RS-2 continues north on CSX rails at Great Valley, NY. The R&S owned the Rochester branch from Rochester south to Ashford Jct. then utilized trackage rights on CSX for 7 miles into the yard at East Salamanca for interchange. |
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All six GP40's were needed on this train, heavy with Kodak coal for the Rochester plant on the head end. Ellicottville, NY, 9/13/87. |
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GP40 #102 is on a ballast train at P&L Jct, NY on May 14, 1988. This is the connection with the original Genesee & Wyoming line where before Conrail, 5 railroads converged here (B&O, E-L, G&W, LV, PC). |
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GP40 #101 leads BNZ southbound on the B&P at Orchard Park, NY on May 14, 1994. After the B&P took over the rest of the old BR&P, the R&S units now roam the combined system. |
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The train continues south at Colden, NY. Behind the lead unit are a B&P GP9 and three GP40's (ex L&N and ex Kyle RR). |
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The train crosses route 240 and then ducks under an old wooden bridge under a side road at Glenwood, NY just north of Holiday Valley ski resort. |
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GP40 #104 leads B&P GP38's #2000 & 2002 on BTBF at East Salamanca, NY on August 19, 2000. |
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GP40 #106 has B&P GP38 #2000, GP40 #6673 and Allegheny RR GP40 #301 on WAER (Warren-Erie) westbound on the Allegheny & Eastern at Spring Creek, PA on June 10, 2000. |
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The train continues through downtown Corry, PA and passes the New York & Lake Erie FPA-4's laying over here on the old Erie mainline. The Erie line from Meadville, PA to Hornell, NY is now run by the Western NY & PA, a unit of the Livonia, Avon & Lakeville. |
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The train passes the depot in Corry, PA. In 1992 GWI bought out the Allegheny RR, and renamed it the Allegheny & Eastern. As it connects with the B&P in Johnsonburg, PA, the R&S GP40's can also be found here now. |
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SW1200 #107 is at the Brooks Avenue Yard in Rochester, NY on May 6, 1989. The headlights give this away as an ex-SP unit. This unit and sister #108 were later transferred to other G&WI properties. |