title: South Buffalo Railway
text: # South Buffalo Railway
  
  The South Buffalo Railway (reporting mark SBRR) operates more than fifty miles of railway lines along the southeast shore of Lake Erie, in the United States. South Buffalo connects to CSX, Norfolk Southern, Canadian Pacific, and Canadian National Railway.
  
  ## Historical connections
  
  At one time the connections were with New York Central Railroad, Pennsylvania Railroad, Lehigh Valley Railroad, Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, Norfolk and Western Railway, Chesapeake and Ohio Railway, Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad, and New York, Chicago and St. Louis Railroad.
  
  ## Ownership
  
  The South Buffalo Railway was sold by a private family in 2001 for $36.4 million to the Genesee and Wyoming Railroad. The main office is in Rochester, New York.
  
  ## Major industries served
  
  * Mittal Steel (formerly Bethlehem Steel)
  * Republic Steel Corporation
  * Ford Motor Company
  
  ## Short Line Railroad of the Year
  
  | Preceded byArkansas Midland Railroad | Short Line Railroad of the Year 2001 | Succeeded byWinchester and Western Railroad |
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