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Re: (erielack) Terminal / shared ownership RR's (e.g. Buffalo Creek, South Buffalo) (slightly off topic)
Is it possible this is a railfan's vehicle, with a big scanner antenna on
top, and a decal stuck on the doors? It could even be a used railroad
vehicle; someone locally had a hi-rail truck for a while (though they had to
add the gear themself to a used CR truck).
CR sport-utes were limited mainly to yard jitneys although I saw a couple of
them hi-rail equipped and used for inspections by the division "brass" (one
of them bare of any logo at all). Most newer work trucks were General
Motors pickups with a utility box, in either a gumball fleet yellow or a
flourescent safety yellow/green. The "sport ute's" were fullsize Chevy
Suburbans... I don't believe anything smaller was practical for them to
own.
Bill K.
- ----- Original Message -----
From: "Chris Thurner" <CThurner_@_adelphia.net>
To: "Will" <alcoman_@_net.bluemoon.net>
Cc: "Mailgroup" <erielack_@_lists.railfan.net>
Sent: Wednesday, May 09, 2001 1:06 PM
Subject: RE: (erielack) Terminal / shared ownership RR's (e.g. Buffalo
Creek, South Buffalo) (slightly off topic)
> Will Semanchuk-Enser wrote:
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Will [mailto:alcoman_@_net.bluemoon.net]
> Sent: Wednesday, May 09, 2001 12:17 PM
> To: Chris Thurner
> Cc: Mailgroup
> Subject: Re: (erielack) Terminal / shared ownership RR's (e.g. Buffalo
> Creek, South Buffalo) (slightly off topic)
>
>
>
> Chris and the List
>
> BCK was transferred to Conrail on C-Day and ceased to exist at that point.
> It's tracks are now under CSX control.
>
>
> On Tue, 8 May 2001, Chris Thurner wrote:
>
> >Listers:
> >
> >I was travelling to Rochester about a week ago and sighted a SUV at a
rest
> >stop with a Buffalo Creek RR (BCRR) logo on its front doors.
> >
>
> He wrote this in response to my question above. If it ceased to exist on
> 4/1/76, then why would I have seen a vehicle with its corporate logo on
its
> doors in the year 2001? Again, it was an SUV, with interestingly enough,
> with both a cell phone antenna and one for 2 way radio.
>
> A couple of thoughts arise. CR may have just operated the trackage and
> served the customers of BC through CR or another CR owned entity and left
BC
> as an inactive corp. with no or minimal assets.
>
> Is it possible, that although BC was not operating post LV/EL, that its
> corporate existence was never terminated (i.e. dissolved) and that it now
> again active in some, but I'm not sure what, manner. It may be active now
> through CSX or by another individual / business entity that purchased the
> corp (or maybe the name / logo rights) from either CSX post takeover or
from
> CR pre-takeover.
>
> Regards,
>
> Chris
>
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