Harbor Country: Railroad Museum and New Buffalo
A visit to the New Buffalo Railroad Museum and a stroll through town with Harbor Country Chamber of Commerce Executive Director Viki Gudas.
Homer to New Buffalo Driving Road Trip+Redamax Restaurant, New Buffalo, Michigan, USA
Summer Road Trip from Homer to New Buffalo, Michigan, USA
Road Trip Summer 2018
History of New Buffalo - City of New Buffalo
cityofnewbuffalo.org/history.asp
Dec 19, 2013 - The City of New Buffalo is the Gateway of Michigan. It was established in 1836, and incorporated in 1837. But it was back in the fall of 1834 when Captain Wessel Whittaker decided to be the first pioneer to settle the area after a storm ran his ship the Post Boy aground.
New Buffalo is a city in Berrien County in the U.S. state of Michigan.
County: Berrien ZIP code: 49117
Area code(s): 269 Elevation: 640 ft (195 m)
Berrien County, Michigan
Berrien County is a county on the south line of Michigan, at the southwestern corner of the state.
The county seat is St. Joseph. Wikipedia
Area: 1,581 mi²
Population: 154,636 (2015)
County seat: St. Joseph
Points of interest: Warren Dunes State Park, Silver Beach, MORE
Rivers: Paw Paw River, Saint Joseph River, Brandywine Creek, MORE
Destinations
View 10+ more
St. Joseph
St. Joseph
New Buffalo
New Buffalo
Benton Harbor
Benton Harbor
Niles
Niles
Please Hit the LIKE Button and Subscribe to our Channel!
Click the Bell Notification Below for newly uploaded videos!
Amtrak 60 mph in New Buffalo,Mi
while at the museum Amtrak comes through around 10 at about 60 mph
Amtrak 7 at New Buffalo (30AUG2013)
American Track National Railroad Passenger Corporation AMTK 7 westbound Superliner passing
under the coal tower.
New Buffalo, Michigan
I Love Toys and Trains - ABC News 57 New Buffalo
Plans derail for New Buffalo commuter train hub - By Ryan Klund - rklund@abc57.com
Story Created: Jun 22, 2012 at 2:39 PM EST
NEW BUFFALO, Mich. - The city of new buffalo won't be the Michigan's commuter train hub, at least not yet.
City leaders found out Friday morning they lost the federal TIGER Grant that would lay the foundation for commuter trains from Detroit and Grand Rapids to stop in downtown New Buffalo.
Obviously anything that brings people into the area would help us businesswise, said R.J. Walpole, owner of 'I Love Toys and Trains' a store that sells model trains.
The more train services you have, the more people you have to stop by town, said New Buffalo Assistant City Manager Ryan Fellows.
It was a close call for the $70 million dollar proposal; New Buffalo's hub came in the top %10 of applications.
If you go on a train from Chicago to anywhere in Michigan you need to go to New Buffalo first, said Fellows.
Both the Pier Marquette Line from Grand Rapids to Chicago and the Wolverine Line from Detroit to Chicago intersect in New Buffalo Township. The city has access on the Wolverine Line only and the proposal would have connected the two lines.
Fellows said it would have allowed for train service between Grand Rapids and Detroit without passing through Chicago or using buses, and would provide high speed service to Pier Marquette riders between New Buffalo and Chicago.
The grant application estimated 3000 more people would have stopped in New Buffalo each year with a hub.
We have a lot of people that come to just watch trains so if we had a train hub here maybe people would come to watch and stop in our store, said Walpole.
New Buffalo plans to apply for another TIGER Grant when federal funds again become available.
See the story here:
Amtrak's Train station in New Buffalo Michigan on Monday, August 20th, 2012
PLEASE SUBSCRIBE!!!!!
A little tour of the HO-Scale layout at the small rail museum in New Buffalo Michigan
New Buffalo, MI - Action - November 14, 2011
1) N903-13
BNSF - ES44AC - 6192
BNSF - SD70MAC - 9988
- Gets passed by Amtrak at track speed -
2) P370-14
AMTK - P42DC - 170
GR Rail Productions (c)
Lake Country Inn New Buffalo Michigan
- Watch our interview with CBS affiliate WWMT channel 3 in Kalamazoo Michigan. The Road Trippin segment focused on our lovely Inn in New Buffalo.
The Lake Country Inn boasts distinctive, extremely comfortable nesting places for the weekend getaway or the business traveler. Our award winning Inn has everything you need for a perfect weekend vacation or business meeting in the heart of Harbor Country.
Railfanning Buffalo + A Chase on the Tier in Mid May 2016
Buffalo Denver Amtrak 2016
Travel diary of Lake Shore Limited / San Francisco Zephyr Amtrak trip in April 2016 from Buffalo, NY to Denver CO - sleeping car service.
Buffalo Central Terminal
The New York Central Terminal in Buffalo, New York, USA, was a key railroad station from 1929 to 1979. The 17-story Art Deco style station was designed by architects Fellheimer & Wagner for the New York Central Railroad. After years of abandonment, it is in derelict condition, but is now owned by the non-profit preservation group Central Terminal Restoration Corporation. The Central Terminal is located in what is called the Broadway/Fillmore district (Polonia District) of Buffalo. The terminal is located about 2.5 miles (4.0 km) from downtown Buffalo, and consists of several structures, some of which are or were interconnected. The complex was designed for 3200 passengers per hour.
During the late 19th Century, Buffalo had several railroad stations, and there were calls for a single union station. In 1889, a Union Station was proposed to be built on the site of the future Central Terminal, but it never happened.
The New York Central (NYC) had two stations in Buffalo in the early 20th Century: the Exchange Street Station and the Terrace Station. Both of these downtown stations were old—Exchange Street dated to before the American Civil War—and were plagued with downtown congestion.
The New York Central decided to build the new Buffalo Central Terminal 2.5 miles (4.0 km) to the east, in order to relieve both rail and grade crossing congestion and to be more conveniently located for trains not terminating in Buffalo. A roomier area would also ease the transfer of sleeping cars between trains. Furthermore, Buffalo was a quickly growing city at the time, and it was believed that before long Central Terminal's area would become closer to the center of a sprawing metropolis of 1.5 million people. The City was not so sure, but planning was well underway in 1924, despite the lack of an agreement at the time.
The New York Central finalized its decision to build the terminal in 1925, and site preparation began the following year. New York Central President Patrick Crowley hired Alfred T. Fellheimer and Steward Wagner to build the actual station in 1927. The total cost of the project was 14 million USD. Prior to the building of the station, the site was bounded to the south by the New York Central main line, to the northwest by the NYC's West Shore Railroad, and to the east by the NYC's Junction Railroad. When the station was built, the West Shore was abandoned between the NYC main line and the Junction Railroad, being rerouted via the other two lines and the new station. The former West Shore right-of-way is now Memorial Drive.
A grand celebration attended by 2,200 invited guests on June 22, 1929 opened the station. Speakers included Henry Thornton and Frank X. Schwab. Although an eastbound Empire State Express departed the station at 2:10 PM, the train was not a regular one, and was really just ceremonial. The station did not open until the celebration ended at 3:30, and scheduled service began on June 23. (wikipedia)
Buffalo Central Terminal
Footage of Buffalo Central Terminal taken on a recent tour hosted by the Central Terminal Restoration Corporation. Please visit for more information.
From the Central Terminal Restoration Corporation website:
[Buffalo Central Terminal is an Art Deco masterpiece] built to handle over 200 trains and 10,000 passengers daily, as well as 1,500 New York Central employees. It included shops, a restaurant, soda fountain, parking garage and all other services required for daily passenger operations. Although the Central Terminal had the misfortune to open mere months before the onset of the Great Depression, the building was extremely busy during its first two decades of operation, with no period busier than during World War II. Following the War, passenger rail travel fell precipitously as automobiles and air travel began to dominate. In 1955, the New York Central Railroad put the Buffalo Central Terminal on the market, though there was little demand to purchase such a large building. With the decline of passenger rail service, the New York Central mothballed much of the sprawling Buffalo Central Terminal and created a small station within a station to service the remaining passengers.
In 1968, the Terminal complex was absorbed into the Penn Central Railroad following the merger of the Pennsylvania and New York Central Railroads. Penn Central continued to operate passenger trains from Buffalo Central Terminal until 1971, when Amtrak took over operations of the majority of intercity passenger rail service in the country. The final passenger train departed the Buffalo Central Terminal in October 1979.
Haunted Buffalo Train Terminal
Was assigned to do a project about a space I found interesting around Buffalo, and this is the spot I chose!
No Copyright, I do not own the rights of the song,
Piano Score
or the clips from the show,
Ghosthunters
Summer of Steam - Lehigh Valley Coal Co. 126
It's the first ever Trains & Tractors event hosted by the Steam Railroading Institute in Owosso, Michigan. Taking place on Saturday July 8th, 2018 there was nearly 30 vintage tractors on display part of the Heart of Michigan Antique Tractor Club. This was all while Lehigh Valley Coal Company 0-6-0T #126 gave rides up and down the mainline. LVC 126 is currently owned and maintained by the Gramling Locomotive Works founded by father and son duo John and Barney Gramling as part of their fleet of vintage tank engines. LVC 126 was built in 1931 by Vulcan Iron Works. It now travels across the United States with the Gramlings giving rides to people at various tourist railroads.
In this video you will see the SRI's GE 25 tonner spin on the turntable from New Buffalo, ride in a former MARC commuter coach on the first 126 train, see 126 being prepped for another train and then finally see the tank engine bouncing up and down the line with its train. On the sidelines in the machine shop is Pere Marquette 1225 being readied for it's first firing this year. It's first excursion will take place in August for the Howell Melon Festival. I would definitely recommend giving the Steam Railroading Institute a visit, especially when there is locomotive activity. Thank you to everyone who made this event possible and fantastic and thank you for watching this video!
Links:
Flickr:
Twitter:
My Site:
Railfanning In The New 110 MPH Zone In Newington, CT 6-10-18
After a long hiatus due to my laptop getting heavily repaired, I'm finally back. I got my laptop back yesterday, and after playing TS18 for a while, I made some time to work on a new video. Anyways, on June 9th, a new Amtrak schedule went into effect for the Springfield Line. Also starting on June 9th, new speed limits went into effect between West Hartford and North Haven. The highest speed section would be through Newington, where Amtrak trains would be able to get up to 110 MPH. I wasn't able to go to Newington on June 9th since I was volunteering at the Railroad Museum of New England, but I was able to go the next day.
Train 1: Our 1st train is CTrail Train 6459 (Hartford, CT - New Haven, CT) with a Shoreline East consist. P40DC 843 leads the way with Cab Car 1703 trailing. Note: CTrail trains were running a whole week before opening so they could test the schedules to see if they're compatible with Amtrak train and more.
Train 2: Cab Car 1520 leads CTrail Train 6458 (New Haven, CT - Hartford, CT) past us. GP40-2H 6696 pushes the train.
Train 3: Amtrak Shuttle 465 (Springfield, MA - New Haven, CT) blows past at 110 MPH with Cab Car 9645 leading. P42DC 108 shoves hard.
Train 4: Following 465 was CTrail Train 6461 (Hartford, CT - New Haven, CT), which had the same consist as 6458.
Train 5: Cab Car 9640 leads Amtrak Shuttle 488 (New Haven, CT - Springfield, MA) past us at 108 MPH. P42DC 113 shoves the train.
Train 6: P42DC 105 leads Amtrak Northeast Regional 140 (Washington, DC - Springfield, MA) past us at 80 MPH. CT Rail Videos joined me for this train and the next one.
Train 7: Our final train of the day was CTrail Train 6402 (New Haven, CT - Springfield, MA) ,which had the same consist as the earlier 6458 and 6461.
Abandoned Bridge & R.R. Signs - New York Central R.R.
Its all about abandoned you know. Operations ceased in the 1980s.
Buffalo Southern excursion with viscose steamer
La Plata, Missouri USA - Virtual Railfan LIVE
This is a live stream of La Plata, Missouri, USA, for people who enjoy watching trains.
Actual start date: May 19, 2017
The 360º camera is sponsored by Duane & Curt Lundgren in memory of their hometown Great Northern Railroad
Want to take a trip to La Plata? Stay at the Depot Inn & Suites:
Check out Bob & Amy Cox's business, Train Party:
Radio Feed:
Informational Map: (Courtesy of Curt Lundgren, thanks Curt!)
You are welcome to join our family friendly chat, but keep in mind that there’s a community with rules already established. Please check them out below.
La Plata East:
La Plata West:
La Plata 360:
Help us raise funds for the displays at the American Passenger Rail Heritage Foundation:
APRHF homepage:
Duplication or distribution of our videos is STRICTLY prohibited without permission. Official policy here:
CHAT RULES:
• Be polite and respectful
• Use English, we need a single language to be able to understand each other. If you’re not fluent, please use a translator such as Google Translate:
• Don’t post in ALL CAPS or use excessive emojis, letters or characters.
• Don’t discuss politics, religion, race, sex, violence, disturbing details about train or vehicle accidents, or anything like that. We try to be mindful of any children who may be watching.
• Don't use the terms foamer or foaming in your comments or your username. Many railfans find them derogatory and offensive.
• The conversation here is trains, and please remember that it needs to come first. Off topic conversation such as music, sports, jokes, etc. is fine, but it must be kept in balance with on topic.
• Please keep conversations of personal issues (medical, domestic, legal, etc.) out of the chat; take it to messaging or email. Remember, you are sharing information with hundreds of people, not just those directly involved in the chat.
• Don’t ask to become a moderator. It’s earned. If we’re interested in your assistance, we will contact you.
• Please don’t use our chats to seek attention, stand on your soapbox, or criticize other people’s presences or contributions. This is not an exclusive club, we try hard to ensure that our chats feel welcoming to anyone who drops by.
• Just be nice, it’s amazing what happens when we’re all nice to each other.
THINGS THAT WILL GET YOU BANNED:
• Inappropriate usernames
• Profanity
• Asking for subscriptions (subs)
• Being intentionally disruptive, creating arguments or any other jerk-like behavior
• Not following the moderators’ instructions
ABOUT THIS FEED:
La Plata, MO, in Northern Missouri, is located on BNSF Railway's Marceline Subdivision at milepost 312.7, part of their Southern Transcon, the former Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway (AT&SF) mainline between Chicago and Los Angeles.
Amtrak’s Southwest Chief passenger train stops here twice a day; the eastbound train #4 in the morning and the westbound train #3 in the evening.
The typical BNSF freight train volume is between 50 and 70 trains per 24 hours. There are 2 cameras available.
There is an ATCS layout available, as well as a radio feed for the western part of the BNSF Marceline Sub, listening to AAR road channel 30, 160.560 (also includes Norfolk Southern's Kansas City District, on road channel 22, 160.440):
You will see lots of Amish and Mennonite folks at the station. Please be respectful of these communities in chat.
When’s the next train? Yeah, we get this a lot. You can figure out the next Amtrak passenger train with this handy link:
There’s no schedule for freight trains, but some of our more knowledgeable members will provide real-time information when it’s available. Please refrain from asking.
ABOUT VIRTUAL RAILFAN:
Virtual Railfan currently has 77 cams at 47 locations in 22 states and 4 countries. Visit our website for memberships, more free cams, and our own live chat. Thanks for stopping by, we’re glad you’re here!
Website:
Facebook:
Twitter:
Know a good location for a camera? We’d love to hear! Please email us at sales@virtualrailfan.com. If you have any contacts in the area, please let us know.
Buffalo NY Underground Railroad
Vandalism