Western New York and Pennsylvania

Company History: The WNYP operates a system centered on Olean, NY. The Southern Tier Extension heads east to the Norfolk Southern Railway's (NS' Southern Tier Line at Hornell and West to NS at Meadville, with a branch continuing to the Oil City area). Since 2007, the WNYP also operates the former Norfolk Southern Buffalo line from Driftwood, PA to Machias, NY.

This operation started up in 2001 and has grown to 330 miles of former Erie and Pennsylvania Railroad trackage in its namesake region. The former Erie line runs from Cornell, New York west to Corry, Meadville and Oil City, Pennsylvania. The PRR line is part of their Buffalo Line between Machias and Driftwood. The WNYP all time roster include two dozen locomotives – all from Alco or their Canadian counterpart Montreal Locomotive Works. The company is owned by the much smaller Livonia Avon & Lakeville Railroad (another Alco/MLW bastion.) The black and yellow paint scheme worn by 421 and 430 is the official paint scheme for the WNYP. These are outnumbered by the black diesels with orange cab and nose (former Cartier Railway.) The 427 is not a former Milwaukee Road unit. Built for SP&S, it received its orange and black paint while working for the Mass Central. Number 630 is a carefully patched former Arkansas & Missouri unit.

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