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Look at that satellite view -Acme mapper - posted by Pumpers. You will see what we hiked running north and south east of that pond and west of the road to Freedom. This is well below the scout camp down near the bridge over the BR&P/B&O. We think it is either the TV&C or an early route o...

I don't think we were on anything that connected to the BR&P when we hiked that old r-o-w. The r-o-w we were on now ends at a driveway. We followed it north for at least half a mile. It is close to the road that runs up toward Freedom on the east side of that valley. I suppose it is possible tha...

When I went to Colgate University in Hamilton as a freshman in September of 1959 there was a lot of the O&W to be seen. It was easy to hike the r-o-w in both directions from Hamilton. The train order signal was still standing at the depot. We used to go to the hotel in Randallsville which was ne...

The B&S r-o-w really is easy to follow but only if you do it before the trees and bushes leaf out which means do it right about now. Down south of the scout camp where the road to Rushford goes over the BR&P/B&O there is yet another railroad grade that runs along the east side of the cre...

Only one of the abutments for the B&S bridge over Clear Creek immediately south/east of Sandusky is still standing. This is the south or east abutment. The north or west abutment was removed several years ago when Route 98 was rebuilt. The B&S crossed both 98 and the creek at an angle. The B...

Michigan Central/Canada Southern bridge still stands but is out of service. CN bridge stands and is used by Amtrak 63 and 64. A good friend of mine works for an engineering company. He and other structural engineers recently inspected the CN bridge pursuant to drafting reconstruction plans. They con...

I think the bridge in the background is Louisiana Street but I stand ready to be corrected. HTG

NYC yards at old Exchange Street passenger station - before Central Terminal built.

Rochester Branch pics are not common, as Charles says quite correctly. I have managed to acquire only four depot postcards from the branch - Sonyea, Cuba, Rossburg and Caneadea. The only book I know of with Rochester Branch pics is Triumph VII by Roberts and Messer. Pages 285-292 are devoted to the ...

One would think that the wizards who run New York State might want to take a look at what Pennsylvania did with the remains of the Kinzua Bridge. The bridge at Portageville actually overlooks a far more scenic environment that the bridge at Kinzua plus the bridge at Kinzua does not span the valley. ...

I have taken a table at both of the WNYRHS shows every year and have done so ever since the show was founded. I think the first show was in 1981. I know it was at the Marriott in Amherst. Then it moved to the Buffalo Convention Center and eventually to the Hamburg Fairgrounds. I did very well at bot...

The purpose of the fairgrounds shows is to raise much-needed cash for the WNYRHS so it is entirely appropriate for them to do whatever it takes to draw the maximum number of people to the event. Sure, a pure train show would be great, but the net receipts after expenses would be only a fraction of t...

OK, try this. Divide 1910145 by 5280. You have to take out the "+" sign. 1910145 divided by 5280 = 361.76988. It is really simple but until you figure it out the numbers make no sense. An engineer's chain(civil engineer) is 100 feet long. So 52.8 chains equal one mile. Railroads use chaini...

Charles - you purchased the Genesee Junction pics. I figured out that you were the winner. So look on the pic cards for the chaining numbers. Genesee Junction chaining should begin with 1910+ - - -. Divide that number by 5280 and you will have the exact milepost location of the structure. For exampl...

I have purchased some of the val pics being offered on eBay. I did not buy the Genesee Junction pics though. However, the exact location of the structures photographed is easy to determine. One each pic card is a number that records the chaining which is the method of measuring distance. Take that n...