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GREATER ROCHESTER SHORTLINE RAILROADS

NEW YORK & LAKE ERIE RAILROAD

ADDRESS & PHONE: 50 Commercial Street, Gowanda, NY 14070 - 716-532-5242

CORPORATE WEBSITE: http://www.nylerr.com/

OWNERSHIP: Shortline Services

REPORTING MARK: NYLE

RADIO FREQUENCIES: 160.365, 161.355, 161.400

PRIMARY BUSINESS

Grain

Scrap Metal

Fertilizer

Particleboard

Paper

Passenger and dinner excursions

ANNUAL TRAFFIC: 750 cars

INFRASTRUCTURE: 35 miles of track, 100-131 lb rail

ONLINE CUSTOMERS:

Austin Milling Feed Mill, South Dayton

Cherry Creek Woodcrafters, South Dayton

Frost Lumber, Cherry Creek

Gier's Farm Service, Cherry Creek, NY

Keywell Corporation Scrap Metal, NYLE Transfer

L.B. Foster Company, Cattaraugus

Setterstix Paper Converter, Cattaraugus

TODCO Laminator, Cattaraugus

SCHEDULE OF OPERATIONS:

TRAINSPOTTING LOCATIONS:

INTERCHANGE POINT & RAILROAD: Gowanda with CSX and other Buffalo lines via the Buffalo Southern, Waterboro with the WNYP.

LOCOMOTIVE ROSTER: Enginehouse located in Gowanda

#

TYPE

YEAR
BUILDER'S #
HERITAGE / NOTES

62 ALCO S-2 76572 ex Falls Creek 62, exx Mercersberg RR 2, exx LIRR 452 - parts unit

76 ALCO S-2 ex South Buffalo exx Donner Hanna Coke 4 - stored

85 ALCO S-2 1950 77060

1013 ALCO C425 1965 3400-07 ex N&W 1013 - high-nose - featured in the Steve Martin movie - Planes, Trains and Automobiles (listen for who Del's friend is)

1700 GE 132 Ton ex WAG, exx Ford - stored unserviceable

6101 ALCO C425 1966 3403-02

6758 ALCO FPA-2u used for excursion train

6764 ALCO FPA-4 used for excursion train

9078 ALCO S-4 ex Donner Hanna Coke 78, exx B&O 9078 - parts engine

For more information, check out the official NYLE web page at Shortline Services website: http://www.shortlineservices.com/nyle.html

Here you can find maps, rules, customers and other information.

HISTORY: The Cattaraugus-Dayon line opened in 1851 as part of the Erie's original route from Jersey City to Dunkirk. Most of the line was not included in Conrail, and the property was sold to a local development authority. NYLE began operations in October 1978 on 14 miles of former Erie-Lackawanna track from Salamanca to Cattaraugus, NY. Later expansions increased the line to its current configuration in 1982. In 1990, all traffic was switched to interchange via Gowanda and Buffalo, and the Salamanca to Cattaraugus line was been abandoned.

CREDITS: John Stewart's railroad.net, Shortline Services, and the American Shortline Railway Guide, 5th ed. by Edward A. Lewis

#	TYPE	YEAR	BUILDER'S #	HERITAGE / NOTES
62	ALCO S-2		76572	ex Falls Creek 62, exx Mercersberg RR 2, exx LIRR 452 - parts unit
76	ALCO S-2			ex South Buffalo exx Donner Hanna Coke 4 - stored
85	ALCO S-2	1950	77060
1013	ALCO C425	1965	3400-07	ex N&W 1013 - high-nose - featured in the Steve Martin movie - Planes, Trains and Automobiles (listen for who Del's friend is)
1700	GE 132 Ton			ex WAG, exx Ford - stored unserviceable
6101	ALCO C425	1966	3403-02
6758	ALCO FPA-2u			used for excursion train
6764	ALCO FPA-4			used for excursion train
9078	ALCO S-4			ex Donner Hanna Coke 78, exx B&O 9078 - parts engine

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