Английская Википедия:Buffalo Creek Railroad
The Buffalo Creek Railroad was a terminal and switching railroad that operated on the waterfront area of Buffalo, New York. The company was in existence from 1869[1] to 1976, operating on 5.66 miles with a total trackage of 34.22 miles.[2][3] It was formed by the Lehigh Valley Railroad and New York, Lake Erie and Western Railroad Company (Erie Lackawanna Railway) which each owned 50% of the company.[1]
The railroad primarily served the grain elevators in present-day 'Silo City'[4] and adjacent area of Buffalo, including that of General Mills. The site was advantageous due to its location on the Buffalo River and the eastern coast of Lake Erie.[5] Before the re-dredging of the Welland Canal in the 1950s, access to Lake Ontario and points further east were limited to large ships coming from in the Midwestern United States. As a consequence Buffalo hosted at one time the world's largest cereal packaging plants,[2] and offloaded, milled, and shipped grain across the eastern United States.
The 'Crik', as it was nicknamed,[3] switched for the grain elevators. The railroad connected with seven major railroads.[2] In addition, the railroad owned a fleet of over 1,700 40-foot boxcars for transporting flour.
The railroad was taken over by Conrail in 1976.[3]
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