Buffalo & Pittsburgh Railroad, Inc.
Buffalo & Pittsburgh Railroad, Inc.
200 Meridian Centre, Suite 300
Rochester, NY 14618
www.gwrr.com
The BPRR is a Class II regional shortline operated by Genesee & Wyoming. Its main line runs between Buffalo, New York, and Eidenau, Pennsylvania, north of Pittsburgh. Here, connections are made to the city center via the Allegheny Valley Railroad. The system runs largely on former Baltimore & Ohio (B&O) lines. The entire BPRR system is 728 miles.
The Buffalo-Eidenau main line passes through Salamanca, NY, Bradford, PA, Johnsonburg, PA, DuBois, PA, Punxsutawney, PA, and Butler, PA.
Principal rail yards are located at Butler and Punxsutawney (Riker), and New Castle, PA.
BPRR operates two key secondary lines. One runs between Erie and Johnsonburg along the former Allegheny & Eastern Railroad. Another is made up of former Pittsburg & Shawmut Railroad tracks, running from the Armstrong Power Plant in Reesedale, Pennsylvania to Freeport, Pennsylvania. The B&P also operates on the Low Grade between DuBois and Driftwood that was formerly used by the Pennsylvania Railroad, then Conrail. A portion of the former B&O Northern Subdivision is used to provide access to Petrolia, PA.
Interchanges: Canadian National Railway has interchanges at Butler, PA & Buffalo, NY. Canadian Pacific Kansas City has an interchange at Buffalo, NY. CSX Transportation has interchanges at Buffalo, Erie, PA and New Castle, PA. Norfolk Southern Railway has interchanges in Buffalo, Erie, Driftwood, PA, Freeport, PA, and Pittsburgh.
Rochester & Southern Railroad and Buffalo Southern Railroad also each have one interchange at Buffalo, NY. Western New York & Pennsylvania Railroad have one at East Salamanca, NY. Allegheny Valley Railroad also has one, located in Allison Park, PA, and Wheeling and Lake Erie Railway has one in Bruceton, PA.
Other operated branch lines travel to Homer City, St. Marys, and Brookville, PA. The P&W Subdivision runs between Allison Park and New Castle Yard in West Pittsburg
Commodities include: sand, petroleum products, aggregates, chemicals, coal, and steel.
