The Remains of the Somerset Railroad | CSX L035 Serves Van De Mark Chemical 7-2-24

[@MitchsModelRailroad]

Nice quality video!! keep them coming!

[@DieselElevators]

@@MitchsModelRailroad Thank you, I appreciate it!

[@handfuloftrains4781]

Nice shots of the switching operation at Van De Mark. I've never seen it close up before.

[@DieselElevators]

@@handfuloftrains4781 Thank you! Yeah, I haven't either. I saw they had a tank car with them that they left short of the yard so I had to assume it would be for Van De Mark

[@timothyglaserr8791]

Just a side note the track on Niagara street was originally the row for the buffalo lockport and olcott trolley and the Erie Lackawanna lower town branch to originally serve Vandemark

[@DieselElevators]

Yes indeed! I always liked how they revived several miles of a long forgotten trolley line when they built the Somerset RR, as well as a stretch of the Hojack. There is still a truss bridge in the woods on the opposite side of Van De Mark where the New York Central came in off of the Falls Road branch before the EL/Somerset access was constructed.

[@timothyglaser2458]

Right at the switch up near the tressel is a old distant signal mast, sadly no signal head on it but nice artifact

[@DieselElevators]

@@timothyglaser2458 That's interesting. It makes me curious how long the signals from Lockport to Tuscarora have been out of service.