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10 Years of the Buffalo Area Railfans Assoc.
Buffalo Creek Boxcar #2010  The Buffalo Creek Railroad was chartered in 1869 in Buffalo, NY as a subsidiary of the Lehigh Valley Railroad. Later the Railroad was co-owned by the LV and Erie Railroad. The small railroad, with barely six route miles, served the grain mills on the waterfront and quickly allowed them to grow, making Buffalo the grain milling capital of the world for several decades. In the 1950s there was a national boxcar shortage so the railroad placed a large order for 1000 boxcars in 1952 and then again in 1956. The orders were split between Pullman Standard ACF evenly. Soon the boxcars began to deliver milled flour all over North America, sometimes singly, somtimes in unit trains, putting the railroad on the map. The cars went to work for Conrail in 1977 when the BCK was absorbed in to the railroad after being a subsidiary for more than a year. The last one was retired in 1986. This car is offered as an extremely limited run by the Buffalo Area Railfans Association with support from the Buffalo and West Shore Railroad Company. The price per car is $49.95. Postpaid in the U.S. $5.90 S&H Priority Mail (non-US orders $12.95). NY residents must add 8.75% tax Make checks payable to:
Stephan M Koenig |
351 Rogue River Parkway • P.O. Box 1200, Talent, OR 97540-1200 USA • Phone: 541.535.1755 • Fax: 541.535.1932 ©2010 Micro-Trains Line Co., Inc. All rights reserved |