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Miscellaneous - "B"

B&LS Contracting

Badger Mining Comp

BAER

Baldwin Loco Works

Baltimore & Annapolis (BLA)

Barrie & Chelsia

Bartlett Grain

Basic, Inc

Bath & Hammondsport

Battenkill (BKRR)

Bay Colony Railroad {BCLR}

Bay Colony is a shortline that operates several ex-NH branchlines in Massachusetts, most notably on Cape Cod.

Bay Line Railroad (BAYL)

Beaufort & Morehead (BHM)

Beaver Wood Fibre Co Ltd

Becker Sand & Gravel

BEDT

BEFO

Belden Brick

Belfast & Moosehead (BML)

Bellfonte Central

Bellefield Boiler Plant

Belvidere & Delaware ( BDRV )

Bentley Coal Co

Berkshire Scenic

Bermuda Railways

Berlin Mills (BMS)

Berman Bros

Berman Bros. Iron & Metal Co. #9 and it was a 45-Ton. Their scrapyard was just on the south side of the tracks from the ACIPCO plant you photographed. The Berman yard is all gone now. - Thomas Lawson

Bethlehem Steel

BDL Corp (BDLX)

BHS

Bigelow Sanford

Bighorn Divide & Wyoming

"Bad Water Line"

Big Rock Stone & Material

Stone operation in Little Rock AR. The operation load stone for many uses, including ballast for the MP.

Big Tree & Pacific

Bigalow & Sanford

Scott Hartley sent this slide to me many years ago.

Birmingham & Southeastern

Black Hills Central

Black River & Western (BRW)

BLOOMER

Bluegrass

Blue Ridge Stone

BMLP

BMP Nevada RR (BMP)

BH&S

Board of Water and Light

Bombardier Capital Leasing

BOSC

Boston Naval Yard

Boston & Prouduce

Boyne City

Once a 70+ mile logging line in northern Michigan, the Boyne City was down to 7 miles by the time of this photo. It was since abandoned and all equipment sold at auction. - Kam Miller

Bradford Industrial (BR)

Brandon (BRAN)

Brandywine Valley Railway (BVRY)

Brandywine Scenic Railway

Branson Scency Railway

Brillion & Forest Jct

Brimstone

British Columbia Electric

It's actually BCER #400, a "Birney" streetcar built by Brill in 1921, and when those photos were taken it was at the Provincial Museum of British Columbia. Today it's preserved in Nelson, BC. - Frank Hicks

British Columbia Hydro & Power

Brooklyn Terminal RR (BTRR)

Brooks-Scanlon Corp

Brookville Locomotive Co

BSV

Buckeye Central Scenic Railroad

Buckingham Branch RR (BB)

The Buckingham Branch Railroad is a small, family-owned shortline railroad in Central Virginia. It operates two separate lines, one being the Buckingham Division (owned by the Bryant Family) which is 17.3 miles long and runs between Dillywn and Bremo, Virginia and the other being the Shenandoah Division (owned by the Greater Shenandoah Valley Development Corp.) which is 20.2 miles long and runs between Staunton and Harrisonburg, Virginia. Interchange on the Buckingham Division is at Bremo, VA with CSX. On the Shenendoah Division with CSX at Staunton, and NS at Pleasant Valley.

Main carloads on the Buckingham Division include Kyanite ore, pulpwood, untreated railroad ties, slate, and crushed stone. On the Shenandoah Division, its liquified petroleum gas, feed ingredients, fertilizer, and lumber.

Tom Warshaw 

                     Buckingham Branch Operations Summary
                              (Revised 8/1/05)

The Buckingham Branch RR of Dillwyn, VA assumed operations of CSX's ex C&O 
Piedmont, North Mountain, and Washington Subdivisions on December 21, 2004
at 0001 hours.  This was an addition of over 200 miles to the Virginia
shortline's system, which previously totaled 16 miles from Dillwyn to Bremo Bluff, VA.

Operations on the line have settled in to a relatively stable schedule,
though as with any shortline, times can vary due to shipper needs.  There
are 3 bases of operations for local trains: Doswell, Staunton, and Charlottesville.

                               Approximate schedule is as follows:
Doswell:        Z626 0700 (?) yard job, may work east to Bear Island if needed.

                Z628 0600 (?) east turn, usually to Bear Island Paper, sometimes further east.

                Z629 0400 west turn to Louisa, swaps blocks with Z799.

                Z789 as needed, empty rock to Clifton Forge, uses CSX power.
                     * Call times still uncertain on 626 and 628, estimations/previously
                       known times only.

Staunton:       Z631 0300 west turn to Clifton Forge.

                Z630 1500 east turn to Charlottesville.

Charlottesville: Z799 0900 east turn to Louisa.

Clifton Forge:   Z790 as needed, loaded rock to Doswell (Verdon quarry),
                 uses CSX power.

All operations are Monday through Friday at this time with very occasional
weekend extras if there is left over work from the week. Z789/790 rock trains
can run at any time, including weekends.  These are BB crews on CSX locomotives,
and consists can be anything from newer six axle power to older GE C30-7s.

Operations of the Dillwyn to Bremo Bluff original trackage remain unchanged,
M-W-F at 0800 out of Dillwyn.  Train shoves for the entire trip from Bremo
back to Dillwyn, with a caboose/shove platform equipped with lights and horn.

Locomotive leading photographs will are best obtained on the trip up from Dillwyn.
CSX retains overhead rights on the trackage leased to the BB, and continues its
same pattern of running empty westbound coal and grain trains over the route,
sometimes as many as 4 a day.  Amtrak's Cardinal continues to use the BB between
Orange and Clifton Forge, as well.

The Buckingham Branch is aggressively pursuing new business along the line,
and hopes to convince several shippers to return to rail service.  An expanded
Westvaco operation on the original trackage will reportedly warrant M-F service
at a future date.
Tom Warshaw

Bucyrus-Erie Company

Budd

Buffalo Creek (BCK)

Buffalo Creek & Gauley

Buffalo Slag

Buffalo Southern (BSOR)

Unit in question is Buffalo Southern RR., former South Buffalo 81. D. Henrici

Buick City RR

Buncher Rail Car

Burlington Junction (BJRY)

Burlington Muscatine & Northwestern

Burlington River Loading, Inc

BURN Bailing

BUSH

Buster

Butte, Anaconda & Pacific

B&W Corp

Last Updated - 19 Nov 2008