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Viewing Album: Erie Station, Salamance New York
By:
Gary Everhart
Dates:
7/13/2012 - 7/15/2012
Album Info:
One of the destinations on our short trip to New York Finger Lakes area was to revisit the railroad sites in Salamanca, New York, after a brief visit there 6 years ago. The beautiful Erie station, built in 1904, has suffered even more during the last 6 years. Once an extremely busy hub on the Erie system with accompanying shops and yards, now all that is left is a decaying station, remains of a concrete coaling tower, a few girder bridges and the ROW now used by the Western New York and Pennsylvania. Officially on the Seneca Indian Nation reservation, the station is under their ownership as a No Trespassing sign reminds visitors. With no effort being made to save this historical building by the tribe, it will be gone in a few short years. A historical loss that can and should be prevented.
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Title:
Erie Station, Salamanca, NY - 2012
Description:
The west end of the station shows broken windows which will accelerate the decay inside. Once a proud symbol of the Erie system, now it is a forgotten jewel that could bring visitors if restored.
Photo Date:
7/12/2012
Upload Date:
7/25/2012 7:28:56 AM
Location:
Salamanca, NY
Author:
Gary Everhart
Categories:
Yard,Station,Passenger,Track
Locomotives:
Views:
92
Comments:
0
Title:
1909 Erie Station, Salamanca, New York
Description:
Only 4 years after being built, this 1909 postcard shows a station literally out in the open with a passenger car alongside in the distance. The yards and shops are farther north behind the station.
Photo Date:
7/15/2012
Upload Date:
7/25/2012 7:18:02 AM
Location:
Salamanca, NY
Author:
Gary Everhart
Categories:
Scenic,Yard,Station,Track
Locomotives:
Views:
108
Comments:
0
Title:
Erie Station, Shops and Yards, Salamanca, NY - undated, circa 1920's
Description:
Evidently 15-20 years later, the Erie station now sports sidewalks, street lamps, and a bustling yard and shops in the background. In the foreground, it appears to be additional sidings for freight cars.
Photo Date:
7/15/2012
Upload Date:
7/25/2012 7:18:25 AM
Location:
Salamanca, NY
Author:
Gary Everhart
Categories:
Scenic,Yard,Station,Track
Locomotives:
Views:
507
Comments:
0
Title:
Erie Station, Salamanca, NY - 2012
Description:
One hundred years later, the Erie station shows major signs of decay and neglect. Now under the Seneca Tribe ownership (on the reservation), there seems to be no evidence of preserving this historical treasure.
Photo Date:
7/15/2012
Upload Date:
7/25/2012 7:28:40 AM
Location:
Salamanca, NY
Author:
Gary Everhart
Categories:
Yard,Station,Passenger,Track
Locomotives:
Views:
130
Comments:
0
Title:
Erie Station, Salamanca, NY - 2012
Description:
Broken windows are also"apparent on the east end of the station, again accelerating the decay inside.
Photo Date:
7/15/2012
Upload Date:
7/25/2012 7:29:07 AM
Location:
Salamanca, NY
Author:
Gary Everhart
Categories:
Yard,Station,Passenger,Track
Locomotives:
Views:
81
Comments:
0
Title:
Erie Station, Salamanca, NY - 2012
Description:
The north trackside view along the building would have been the dispatcher's dominion in the hectic Erie system days.
Photo Date:
7/15/2012
Upload Date:
7/25/2012 7:29:18 AM
Location:
Salamanca, NY
Author:
Gary Everhart
Categories:
Yard,Station,Passenger,Track
Locomotives:
Views:
89
Comments:
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Title:
Erie Station, Salamanba, NY - 2012
Description:
Looking east past the trackside of the Erie station shows the plants sprouting out of the gutters on the 2nd floor and more broken windows above the dispatcher's bumpout.
Photo Date:
7/15/2012
Upload Date:
7/25/2012 7:29:38 AM
Location:
Salamanca, NY
Author:
Gary Everhart
Categories:
Yard,Station,Passenger,Track
Locomotives:
Views:
113
Comments:
0
Title:
Erie Station ROW west, Salamanca, NY - 2012
Description:
Now being used by the Western New York & Pennsylvania RR, the west right of way curves gradually out of sight. The shops, roundhous and yards would have been to the right of the tracks, now mostly overgrown.
Photo Date:
7/15/2012
Upload Date:
7/25/2012 7:29:54 AM
Location:
Salamanca, NY
Author:
Gary Everhart
Categories:
Yard,Station,Passenger,Track
Locomotives:
Views:
80
Comments:
0
Title:
Erie Station ROW east, Salamanca, NY - 2012
Description:
Looking south along the Erie right of way, presently used by Western New York & Pennsylvania RR, the track curves gradually to head toward East Salamanca and the former B&O station there.
Photo Date:
7/15/2012
Upload Date:
7/25/2012 7:30:06 AM
Location:
Salamanca, NY
Author:
Gary Everhart
Categories:
Yard,Station,Passenger,Track
Locomotives:
Views:
97
Comments:
0
Title:
Erie Girder Bridges, Salamanca, NY - 2012
Description:
The masqive concrete Erie coaling tower is visible in the distance beyond the bridges that span North Main Street in Salamanca, NY.
Photo Date:
7/15/2012
Upload Date:
7/25/2012 7:32:45 AM
Location:
Salamanca, NY
Author:
Gary Everhart
Categories:
Bridge,Track
Locomotives:
CP 5872(SD40-2)
ICE 6420(SD40-2)
DME 6366(SD40-2)
Views:
152
Comments:
1
Title:
Erie Coaling Tower, Salamanca, New York - 2012
Description:
Massive concrete coaling tower is the only remaining standing structure left in the Erie shops and yards.
Photo Date:
7/15/2012
Upload Date:
7/25/2012 7:30:18 AM
Location:
Salamanca, NY
Author:
Gary Everhart
Categories:
Yard,Station,Passenger,Track
Locomotives:
Views:
297
Comments:
0
Title:
"No Trespassing!- By Order of the Seneca Nation of Indians"
Description:
Only by getting near the freight door on the decaying Erie station at Salamanca, NY, can one read the no trespassing sign. Shame that the Seneca Nation couldn't restore this station as a historical treasure and tourist attraction. It could bring more business to their casinos!
Photo Date:
7/15/2012
Upload Date:
7/25/2012 7:30:45 AM
Location:
Salamanca, NY
Author:
Gary Everhart
Categories:
Yard,Station,Passenger,Track
Locomotives:
Views:
157
Comments:
1
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