Westfield Railfan Park — Attraction in Town of Westfield

I was visiting the North East/Erie, PA area for only my second time.

Railfanning was the primary objective and a friend of mine informed me of the Westfield Railfan Park nearby in NY so I decided to visit.

The park is situated on land between the CSX and Norfolk Southern mainlines.

The park has a parking area along with picnic tables, benches, grills among the amenities.

There were no restroom facilities at the park at the time of my visit.

Up to 50 or more trains pass the park per 24 hours total combined between the two railroads.

During a few hour visit, I saw some Parents as well as Grandparents bringing children to the park and having lunch at the picnic tables while trains passed.

The grounds were well maintained with the grass mowed.

There are two railroad crossings adjacent to the park. One for CSX and the other for Norfolk Southern.

Common sense should be used by visitors in keeping the park clean (taking your trash back out with you)and staying off nearby residents properties as I did notice some no trespassing signs on at least one property adjacent to the park.

All in all, I enjoyed my visit and will return again...

If you see another railfanner , you're screwed for a good shot without them in it , really only two good places to get a good shot without other railfaners getting in your way , the other spot is the only spot with shade but still you'll have the old folks in the scene , in Summer it's a sweltering hot mess . When we went, this railfan kid just kept getting in our shots no matter how hard I tried . He kept moving out the way of a phone pole that kept him hidden . To wrap up my review , you gotta be the lucky number one to be there and it's going to be when after school starts, so the railfan tripod kid that hogs the scene isn't going to be there. Now , if you love trains without filming , have a great time laughing at the railfaners that try so hard to film lol... Lots of...

This is really just property between two mainlines, however, it is well maintained by a local group of train enthusiasts. There are everal picnic tables with enough parking for maybe 20 cars. There are no barriers between the RR tracks and the picnic area. So, well this is a great place to for railroad enthusiasts to take photos and video, it is not a place to let young children, or pets, run around unsupervised. There are warnings posted about staying away from the tracks. However, good judgement needs to be exercised when it comes to who should use this park. There is also a notification display board with railroad and model railroad...