Old Signals & Railcars on the Buffalo & Pittsburgh Railroad 

All the "dislike" button means is RU-vid will stop recommending videos from that creator the next time around.

@@CentralPennRailProductions Wow, then I really do have my own pet internet troll.. Someone out there down votes practically every one of my videos.. If they're not getting recommended then they have to be stalking me.. How cool is that!

@@Trains21 Sounds like that person is a miserable malcontent.

@@rj4590 Very much agreed.

@@Trains21 Yea, there are a few people who just go around RU-vid disliking every video they can find. I'm guessing they're trying to troll, but it honestly seems rather pointless.

Thanks Mike!

I agree, as much as I like to hear them under a heavy load, I could listen to those idle sounds all day.

Thanks for checking out the video! Glad you liked it.

@@CentralPennRailProductions No problem. I enjoy watching what other people catch.

@@loganinnes-holmes7462 I also catch it pretty frequently in Butler Pennsylvania

Cool, always nice hearing from people who had a connection to the railroad. And thanks for watching!

I'm here now. My grandfather worked for B&O here in town, and my father was a foreman for the B&P until he went on disability. I have fond memories of visiting what was left of the B&O shops when I was a kid. They've since been destroyey.

Thanks Michael, I appreciate it!

Thanks for the answer. "Parts is parts" as MOW or sausage makers are apt to say. Maybe the daily bulletin offers a timesaver and authorizes crews when entering CP Dubois to take DP switch in hand for desired route. In other cases, the train shunts the switch to a default position. A CTC dispatcher can override that, but, as you pointed out, only if the switch is powered. Also, stray voltage due to wet ground or failing power cables can effect the switches and track lights. My guess, if track signals and daily traffic aren't presently compromised, the 'parts order' is likely deferred and the conductor will continue to enjoy a nice stroll. Seems like a good spot for a spring switch if the yard sees infrequent action. Then again, what do I know? Cheers.

They do some pretty heavy pulls up and down appalachia. Bprr runs through my backyard and I frequentlu see 6-7 engine lineups.

brickman wow that’s a lotta locomotives

They buy heavily used locomotives cheap, then restore them, beautifully, in the Brookville shop.

I catch the B&P in Butler and have seen some insane lashups

Thanks!

Thanks, glad you like it. Not sure when my next trip there will be, but I try to go at least once a year.

Thanks Jacob!

Thanks! Glad you liked it.

Thanks Zach!

@@CentralPennRailProductions You're welcome!

Thanks a lot, glad you enjoy all the detail!

Thanks, I appreciate it, but I learn from the best, like Distant Signal, Joe Fusco, Blue Comet and several others.

That's really cool! Do you have a video of it in action?

@@CentralPennRailProductions I just acquired it not long ago. So it's in my outbuilding right now. It's sitting next to a PRR position signal that I received a while back. I worked for NS out of Enola yard down along the Port Rd branch and just loved those old position signals. There all but taken down now and becoming lost to history. When I get them put up next year I will do a video and post it for you. Keep those videos coming. Awesome stuff man.

Try lunchtime on Sundays. Always one heading westbound.

Thanks!

Appreciate the kind feedback, as always!

Thanks Drew!

Thank you, Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to you too!

Glad you enjoyed, thanks as always for watching and commenting!

Thanks for checking out these videos!

A lot of people collect signals, but, you almost need to rent or own a big trailer to haul them around because they are tall and heavy.

It's an SD70M-2. There are two and they used to be in Providence & Worcester paint. For some reason G&W decided to paint them (with P&W logos) and send them to the B&P. Not sure how long they will last, they've broken down multiple times.

Thanks AC, I appreciate it!

Thanks! And yes, this would have been four pages of reading lol. Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays to you too!

Thanks! I never realized how common doll arm signals were until I did a little research on them. If I recall, there was once one somewhere in Birmingham that had 3 (yes, THREE) blue lights, which obviously indicated three tracks intervening between the governing signal. There seem to be a lot more survivors in the south.

@@CentralPennRailProductions My very first time I ever recall saw a "doll arm" (equipped with a blue light) was in North Walpole, NH, on the (former) B&M's "Connecticut River Mainline." This was way back then (early 1980's)! Here I am railfanning a northbound freight train that was stopped at the northern end of an uncontrolled siding (requiring a Restricted Speed aspect so to enter this siding, to the south of me, at "Chapins"), waiting for this train to "continue" going north as I am seeing that signal with a Clear aspect (to which was for the following Amtrak (then) "Montrealer." Here I am wondering why was this northbound freight train stopped at a Clear signal? I would later learn that a low two head searchlight color signal would govern any train movement coming out of that siding back out onto the main track. (A similar action to that dwarf CPL light, here in your video, that one changing from red to lunar white).

I know what signal you are talking about, I drove by there earlier this year on my way to Bellows Falls. It's still there, but they are scheduled to replace those signals soon.

@@CentralPennRailProductions Apparently must've missed this comment, lol. But I could believe that, suspect it must've been somewhere around downtown Birmingham based on that description. Florida I know has a good few from the SAL left on the FGAR Tallahassee Sub (along with some other SAL classics, such as a pair of SAL side-by-side signals in Lee), but I've heard they're planning on decommissioning them before too long.

You're welcome!

Thanks, finally getting Part 2 up this Friday!

Sweet! Can’t wait!

Thanks!

Thanks. Western PA is full of cool trains, I just wish I had more time to visit!

It's an SD70M-2, but I agree, it doesn't look bad.

Hey, thanks! Yeah those P&W SD70M-2's look snazzy, but they are a mechanical nightmare (constantly breaking down).

@@CentralPennRailProductions A NS engineer once told me a SD70M-2 broke twice in one trip. Wasnt the leader so they just kept going.

@@freebrickproductions thanks for correcting me idk that railroad well lol

Thanks, and will do, Johnsonburg has a lot of neat locations.

no, its theres a road running next to the railway. Railway was there first

Thanks for watching!

Thanks! It's a Velbon DV-7000 with a PH-368 head. I believe it's since discontinued and a newer version has taken its place, but the PH-368 head is still around. It was the default for this tripod.

Oh that's cool, then you always get to see the trains!

Yes, north and south bound every day, and if I am lucky the coal train out of Penfield pa, they only been running it at night when they move it,

good

nice

I have not been there, but I would like to visit that branch because there are some really neat spots and bridges along there.

It's a former CN unit, so I'm also curious where the P5 came from!

The horn on 3341 was transplanted from shop stock. It gave it's horn up to another which had been busted by a tree.

I don't know exactly why, but all locomotives cleared to run on Amtrak have their horns mounted lower, either on the side of the cab or long hood.

Yes but I think it's 6 days a week so I wouldn't go on a Saturday. Their trains typically leave Riker and Salamanca around the same time of morning; however, their timing en route can vary wildly based on train size and work at yards along the way.

Central Penn Rail Productions Excellent, thank you. I’m in the area so I’ll be going for RISI in the morning.

I believe there is a local job from DuBois (either DB-1 or DB-2) that sometimes heads that way, but I do not know much about the customers out that way.

They've been departing around that time for years, so until something changes, it's fairly predictable.

Forgot to mention that...I believe all 4 of the orange locos are online. The CN units are just along for the ride. CN's Bessember Subdivision does not connect to any other CN route, so they take the B&P up to Buffalo for pickup by CSX.

It means they need extra room to perform switching duties beyond the signals, so dispatcher has to line them up for the move.

Lol it's been like that for awhile. A Leslie RS5T in need of much repair.

It came from one of the old N&W GP9s they had. It screeches, a lot, and may not have full volume account the air line.

Ok thx @ Michael Zollitsch

Former SP SD45.

Its an SD40-2T. An old Tunnel motor off of the Donner Pass would be my guess.

@@Ottos_ScLm_Race_videos_2009_on thank you