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The train consisted of 61 rail cars and 34 truck, until 2019 when the show began to only operate by trucking. [4] Rail transportation returned once again in 2024 to commemorate the 100 year partnership with the Erie County Fair. The train has now been retired as of August 2024. [5]
The Erie County Fair is a fair held in Hamburg in Erie County, New York, every August.Based on 2018 attendance statistics, The Erie County Fair is the second largest fair in New York and the fourth largest county fair in North America, [1] often drawing over one million in attendance.
Following a dispute with CSX, Strates was unable to resume operating its train in its usual format, as a unit train traveling in one piece. A farewell train was arranged for the 2024 Erie County Fair, a longtime Strates customer, with the carnival train cars transported alongside other freight by CSX. [19]
Fair season starts in earnest the first weekend of August with the Venango County Fair and extends into September with the popular Albion Area Fair. These county and community fairs start soon in ...
The Fair is situated on a 275-acre (111 ha) plot of land near the village of Hamburg. The fair is produced by the Erie County Agricultural Society, and runs for twelve days in August. Since 1924, Strates Shows has operated the midway at the Fair. The Erie County fair is the third-largest county fair in the United States. [18]
The Pennsylvania Railroad's Buffalo Day Express was another route serving Western New York, traveling south to Baltimore via Olean and Harrisburg; this train was discontinued in 1967, but an unnamed Penn Central (PC) successor lasted through April 30, 1971, when AMTRAK assumed most of the remaining U.S. rail passenger service but declined to ...
The sound of drums, strings and Vinny Cormier's voice could be heard from the gates of the fair. This wasn't just any night at the Grant County Fair — Crazy Train, the Ozzy Osbourne Tribute Band ...
The victim, identified by the Erie County Coroner's Office as a 34-year-old man, was hit by a westbound CSX train, authorities reported. The man was pronounced dead at the scene at 7:52 a.m. Thursday.