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Arcade & Attica Railroad Rare Mileage Trip 5/19/2010 2010 Part 2



by Chris Guenzler



The revesrse move for the photo runby.









The photo runby, after which everyone reboarded.





More New York scenery.





Views looking back.





Down at the end of the road!





The crossing.





A curve on our route.





Views from the train.





Another curve we passed through.





Cattaraugus Creek.





Another curve.





View from the train.





Views looking back.





A hill with a forest on it.











Looking back to where we had just travelled.





The view ahead.





Looking back down the straight track.





Another forward-facing view on this beautiful day.







Views looking back.





A farm along our route to Curriers.





Approaching Curriers.





Another farm before we reached our destination.





We had arrived in Curriers at the 1886 depot, a typical wood frame country station. Here, the engine would run around the train and there was also a railroad display.







Arcade & Attica 0-4-0F 22 "I Think I Can!", ex. Dunlop Tire and Rubber Corporation 10 at Tonawanda, New York, nee Management and Engineering Corporation built by H.K. Porter in 1930. It was donated to the Arcade and Attica in 1972 and then leased to the Western New York Railway Historical Society.





An unidentified box car.





New York, Ontario and Western business car 30 built by Jackson and Sharp in 1886 and reportedly used by President Grover Cleveland on his honeymoon.





Our train in Curriers.





View from the station.







Arcade & Attica 111 ran around the train via the siding on the other side of the station.





The locomotive crossing the road.







Our train at Curriers Station. We all reboarded for the quick trip back to Arcade then it was announced we would do a photo runby at the Cattaraugus Creek bridge. Since the car was parked there, Randy and I would leave from there after the runby and not reboard for a one-block trip back to the Arcade station.





Arcade & Attica 44 and 65 ton switchers before I set up for the photo runby and chose a spot down along Cattaraugus Creek.









The reverse move, after which I moved closer to the creek.















The last photo runby of the Arcade & Attica trip. It had been a fantastic ride aboard the Arcade & Attica Railroad. I met Randy and we departed for points west.



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