Buffalo Central Station photographed from passing Amtrak train's window

a track leading to Buffalo Central Station from the main railway

Buffalo Central Station in Buffalo, New York, USA was a key railroad station from the 1920s to the 1970s. It was built by the New York Central Railroad from 1927-1929 by Fellheimer & Wagner, also serving trains of the Pennsylvania Railroad and Toronto, Hamilton and Buffalo Railway. The 20 storey Art Deco station was later served by Amtrak, but it was closed and abandoned in 1979 and much of the building is in ruin and flooded. The station replaced the older Exchange Street Station, which is now once again used by Amtrak trains north from Buffalo, while trains going south only stop at Depew east of Buffalo. Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (1024x768, 196 KB)Buffalo Central Station photographed from Amtrak Trains window - horizontal view File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (1024x768, 196 KB)Buffalo Central Station photographed from Amtrak Trains window - horizontal view File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (768x1024, 194 KB)Buffalo Central Station photographed from Amtrak Trains window File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (768x1024, 194 KB)Buffalo Central Station photographed from Amtrak Trains window File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Nickname: City of Good Neighbors Motto: {{{motto}}} Official website: Buffalo, NY Location Location of Buffalo in New York State Government County Erie County Mayor Byron Brown Geographical characteristics Area 136. ... This is the top-level page of WikiProject trains Rail tracks Rail transport refers to the land transport of passengers and goods along railways or railroads. ... Sometimes referred to as the Jazz Age or primarily in North America and in Australia as the Roaring Twenties . In Europe it is sometimes refered to as the Golden Twenties. ... The 1970s decade refers to the years from 1970 to 1979, inclusive. ... 1918 map The New York Central Railroad (AAR reporting mark NYC), known simply as the New York Central in its publicity, was a railroad operating in the North-Eastern United States. ... 1927 (MCMXXVII) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar). ... -1... 1911 map The Pennsylvania Railroad (AAR reporting mark PRR) was an American railroad existing 1846–1968, after which it merged into Penn Central Transportation. ... The Toronto, Hamilton and Buffalo Railway (TH&B; AAR reporting mark THB) was a railway that ran in Southern Ontario. ... Amtrak, is the brand name of the intercity passenger train system created on May 1, 1971 in the United States. ... This page refers to the year 1979. ...

When the New York Central operated the 20th Century Limited, trains in opposite directions met at Central Station without stopping. The 20th Century Limited was a passenger train operated by the New York Central (NYC) railroad. ...

Prior to the building of the station, the site was bounded to the south by the New York Central main line, to the northwest by the NYC's West Shore Railroad, and to the east by the NYC's Junction Railroad. When the station was built, the West Shore was abandoned between the NYC main line and the Junction Railroad, being rerouted via the other two lines and the new station. The former West Shore right-of-way is now Memorial Drive. The West Shore Railroad was the final name of a railroad from Weehawken, New Jersey, across the Hudson River from New York City, north along the west shore of the river to Albany, New York and then west to Buffalo. ... Right-of-way is a legal term which may have any of several meanings: priority at a crossing, or in traffic. ...

References

• J. Henry Priebe Jr., Re: (rshsdepot) Buffalo, NY
• Central Terminal

External Links

• Central Terminal Restoration Corporation
• Central Terminal Page on "Buffalo as an Architectural Museum"