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Buffalo and Pittsburgh Railroad

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Class II railroad operating in New York and Pennsylvania

The Buffalo and Pittsburgh Railroad (reporting mark BPRR) is a Class II railroad operating in New York and Pennsylvania. The BPRR is owned by Genesee & Wyoming. Its main line runs between Buffalo, New York, and Eidenau, Pennsylvania, north of Pittsburgh.2 It is headquartered in Rochester.1 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 20, 2026.

Overview

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The Buffalo and Pittsburgh Railroad (reporting mark BPRR) is a Class II railroad operating in New York and Pennsylvania.2

The story

Operations began in 1988 over mostly former Baltimore & Ohio Railroad (formerly Buffalo, Rochester and Pittsburgh Railway) lines. In the early 2000s, the BPRR merged other GWI railroads into it. These lines include the Allegheny & Eastern Railroad (ALY), Pittsburg & Shawmut Railroad (PSR), and the Bradford Industrial Railroad (BR).

Around 2005 the Indiana Subdivision, which had been out of use, was rehabilitated to serve the Homer City Generating Station. Shortly after this, the Ridge Subdivision, which had seen a Norfolk Southern coal train run-through to Shelocta was sold off to NS. In 2006, the railroad was honored as the Regional Railroad of the Year by Railway Age magazine.

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Products and brands

The BPRR fleet, as of April 2024, consists of the following. Almost all locomotives were manufactured by EMD between the late 1950s and early 1970s.

Active Roster

Historic Roster

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Subsidiaries and ownership

Owners

From Wikidata.1

Acquisitions

  1. Succeeded Allegheny and Eastern Railroad1
  2. Succeeded Pittsburg and Shawmut Railroad1

Sources

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