Eastern Railroad Discussion > A Chase on the Arcade & Attica

In late August, PittsburghMike and I made a foray up into Western New York to see what we could see of the various shortlines outside of Buffalo and Rochester. We quickly learned that one could spend an entire week exploring, as there's quite a lot we didn't do! Anyway, for the first installment, please enjoy our Thursday chase of the ARA from Arcade out to Java, NY.

1 thru 3. Arcade & Attica 114 (RS3u/MK TE56-4A, ex D&H 506) starts out the day leaving the enginehouse in Arcade and heads over to the other side to switch out some cars then run to the BPRR Buffalo Line interchange.
 



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4. Arcade & Attica 114 (RS3u/MK TE56-4A, ex D&H 506) switches out some cars in Arcade before a quick run to the BPRR Buffalo Line interchange.
5. Arcade & Attica 114 (RS3u/MK TE56-4A, ex D&H 506) runs light from Arcade out tothe BPRR Buffalo Line interchange.
6. Arcade & Attica 114 (RS3u/MK TE56-4A, ex D&H 506) switches out cars at the BPRR Buffalo Line interchange on the west side of Arcade.

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7, 8, 9. Arcade & Attica 114 (RS3u/MK TE56-4A, ex D&H 506) takes a few loads from Arcade out to the end of the line in North Java, NY.
 



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10. Passing the old plow/flanger east of Arcade
11. Curriers Station on the way out to Java
12. The famous "lake" shot near Java



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13. Clouds moved in for the drone shot from the lake. And that's it for the ARA this day. Stay tuned for another thread.



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Finally the A&A gets some love on Trainorders. Hidden jewel. Well done!

Posted from Android

Fascinating! Wonderful drone shots.
Bob

Any idea how many industries the ARA now serves?   ALso are any of the GE 44t's still active?

tia

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> Any idea how many industries the ARA now serves? 
>  ALso are any of the GE 44t's still active?
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> tia

All of the 44T's were accounted for, one was on display "in town" and the rest were in the shop. It seems that at least 1 in serviceable but the train crew told us that the 116 gets things done. Very rarely they've needed to dig out a 44T to pair up (which takes two engineers due to no MU).

Industry wise, maybe PittsburghMike can weigh in on that. It seemed like maybe only 2-3 but admittedly we didn't explore the end of the line around Java to see what was what as we left the Java lake scene to try to catch the LA&L.

Very cool!

You’re right about there being too much to see in one trip in that area of New stork State!

Dan

Posted from iPhone

Really like photo # 6!

A&A's customers seem to be agricultural based. Blue Seal Feed in Arcade and Resiedorf Feed in Java are 2 large customers that I am aware of

Posted from Android

Interesting shots...