by nyandw
Folks: Was this on a timetable, brouchure, year, any other info? What was/is the 'Hamptons Reserve'?
Thank you.
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by ConstanceR46
Steve. Your site is amazing and i don't mean this as any ill will. but googling and finding the Hamptons Reserve service is incredibly easy. It's a reserved-seat service on the first 3 cars of the Cannon Ball during the summer, and includes bar and snack cart service. The image is an online promotion from the late 2000s - if you'd like to find an image that was posted before online, you can use Google Images to find it in the future
by nyandw
ConstanceR46 wrote: ↑Fri Dec 06, 2019 12:16 pm Steve. Your site is amazing and i don't mean this as any ill will. but googling and finding the Hamptons Reserve service is incredibly easy. It's a reserved-seat service on the first 3 cars of the Cannon Ball during the summer, and includes bar and snack cart service. The image is an online promotion from the late 2000s - if you'd like to find an image that was posted before online, you can use Google Images to find it in the futureGood point. Thank you for the date as I couldn't locate that via images.
by Kelly&Kelly
Steve, the image and question brought back lots of memories, just as your posts are conversation starters for us. Keep 'em coming!
After the real parlor cars were all gone, all the Railroad had left to sell the Hamptons crowd were reserved seats, single serving gin bottles and crackers. The "Hamptons Reserve" program was an effort to market that minimal accommodation to a crowd that was more accustomed to the luxury of traditional parlor car service.
You won't find that on Google.
After the real parlor cars were all gone, all the Railroad had left to sell the Hamptons crowd were reserved seats, single serving gin bottles and crackers. The "Hamptons Reserve" program was an effort to market that minimal accommodation to a crowd that was more accustomed to the luxury of traditional parlor car service.
You won't find that on Google.
by nyandw
Jamaica - HALL Tower Train #12 Advance Cannonball 7/20/1975 Photo/Archive: Richard Makse
PRR #120, owned then by George Pins, plus two other private cars bring up the rear of Train #12, The Advance Cannonball, on July 20, 1975. #12
was Mr. Mac's train and personally greeted George and the other PV owners when the train was loading at Hunterspoint Avenue. Back then, in the decades before 9/11,
Jamaica's roof was accessible by staff. Not so much today. And the landscape, in a much more crowded New York City, has lost the simplicity of the LIRR's. Richard Maske
It ran in advance of the Cannonball to carry the overflow of parlor car riders that didn't all fit on the Cannonball. 15 cars on the Cannonball,
all sleepers used in parlor service, and still not enough seats during the summer months! Info: Dave Keller
by nyandw
Advance Cannonball: 
Advance Cannonball eastbound at Floral Park 1969 Photo/Archive: Jim Mardiguian
More Cannonball: http://www.trainsarefun.com/lirr/Cannon ... onball.htm
Non-stop express service direct from Penn Station to Westhampton Beach 4/18/2013
It appears they change the color scheme from time to time!
Advance Cannonball eastbound at Floral Park 1969 Photo/Archive: Jim Mardiguian
More Cannonball: http://www.trainsarefun.com/lirr/Cannon ... onball.htm
Non-stop express service direct from Penn Station to Westhampton Beach 4/18/2013
It appears they change the color scheme from time to time!
by nyandw
Kelly&Kelly wrote: ↑Sun Dec 08, 2019 1:01 pm Steve, the image and question brought back lots of memories, just as your posts are conversation starters for us. Keep 'em coming! After the real parlor cars were all gone, all the Railroad had left to sell the Hamptons crowd were reserved seats, single serving gin bottles and crackers. The "Hamptons Reserve" program was an effort to market that minimal accommodation to a crowd that was more accustomed to the luxury of traditional parlor car service. You won't find that on Google.Thank you as you have grasped my original intent.
by ConstanceR46
Apparently a variation of the orange and blue HR sticker is used to ID seats on the HR railcars... makes sense
by Teutobergerwald
Only one L-2 pulling that Cannonball.....I thought that always had double-headed power?
Searching for the eagles of the XVII,XVIII & XIX Legions in Germania.
by newkirk
When was that gas storage tank removed ?
Bill Mangahas (AKA Newkirk Images LLC)
What did the French conductor say after his train derailed ?
Too Loose La Track.
What did the French conductor say after his train derailed ?
Too Loose La Track.
by jhdeasy
nyandw wrote: ↑Sun Dec 08, 2019 3:01 pmThe 3 PV’s at the rear of the train are EUGENE FIELD, SHENANDOAH and PRR 120.
Jamaica - HALL Tower Train #12 Advance Cannonball 7/20/1975 Photo/Archive: Richard Makse
PRR #120, owned then by George Pins, plus two other private cars bring up the rear of Train #12, The Advance Cannonball, on July 20, 1975. #12
was Mr. Mac's train and personally greeted George and the other PV owners when the train was loading at Hunterspoint Avenue.
by jhdeasy
by nyandw
Teutobergerwald wrote: ↑Wed Dec 11, 2019 5:00 pm Only one L-2 pulling that Cannonball.....I thought that always had double-headed power?The two photos are Advance Cannonball; thus the single C420 motive power?