I see 2 clear strobes on top of the cab in this pic
I should have said strobes?
I know where that shot was taken, I was just there this week - the Depew, NY Amtrak station and beyond that is CP431 on the former NYC Water Level Route. Back in the day... the Conrail Buffalo Dispatching offices used to be in the building in the background left of the train. The Buffalo dispatching offices were relocated to Selkirk (Albany) New York prior to the split of Conrail (which is where they still reside today under CSX) . Here is a shot of one of those dispatcher screens taken back in the early 90s. Norfolk Southern Wabash 146 train is backing through CP Draw to double onto the remainder of its train sitting on the old NKP eastbound main before heading to Detroit across southern Ontario, CA with mostly auto parts in tow - many originating from the Ford Motor Co. Woodlawn Stamping plant located only few miles from CP Draw.
Here is a ground shot taken at CP Draw around the same time period as the shot above. The Buffalo Central Terminal tower is visible in the background. Here we have a westbound NS manifest train departing NS Buffalo Junction Yard headed to Bellevue, OH while an eastbound NS stack train heads across CP Draw and up the Bison Runner (the second white line up from the bottom right in the shot above) to hand off to the D&H at their Buffalo SK Yard. The D&H will then take this stack train to Binghamton, NY on the Conrail (former Erie RR) Southern Tier route via trackage rights where it will then be handed over to the NYS&W for the final leg into Elizabeth, New Jersey for unloading. CP Draw was - and still is - a very busy place .
Scott K.
(heading back to) Austin, TX