NYAR Train Sighting Thread

UncleCheapo:

Its a symptom of starvation of quality freight railroading east of the Hudson. There's so little going on that we actually pay attention to garbage moves.

Personally I enjoy the finer nuances to the trash transportation business. Custom made containers are on the right.

The NS hoppers and Southern Hopper's are being loaded with crushed glass to be recycled . They are being loaded by conveyor belt/chute at the team yard on lefferts blvd in Richmond Hill.

Are there any Pic's of the operation!!!!!!!!!!

GP38-2 #270 was leading RS41 past Queens Village this morning at 11:42 AM with #261 trailing and empty red lumber cars from Kleet.

At 12:16 PM this afternoon GP38-2 #270 was running solo westbound back to Fresh Pound, the stops it went were to picked up a BNSF box car from Belmont Park, Kleet and picked up a Southern Pacific car from Deer Park.

The Pine-Aire crew head GP38-2 #270 and #271 as it went by Queens Village this morning westbound at 10:16/10:17 AM with a mix of Box cars, Lumber Cars and Tankers too. For the return trip eastbound it went by the LIRR Hillside shop at 2:45 PM this afternoon with a few box cars.

Have the carload numbers for 2015 come out yet?

2 crews went out today and both were seen in Queens Village, the Pine-Aire crew had MP15AC #151 and GP38-2 #261 and RS41 had GP38-2 #270 and #271. The Pine crew went by westbound at 11:22 AM bound for Fresh Pound with some Gondola cars, Lumber and the rest were Box cars, at 11:46 AM RS41 stopped at the station as it was waited to head to Belmont Park. The RS41 crew came back on the Main Line from Belmont this afternoon at 1:02 PM to head back to Fresh Pound, the Pine crew went back east at 2:28 PM.

The power for RS40/RS41 for today was MP15AC #151 and #156, the eastbound run went by Queens Village this morning at 10:29 AM and the trip back west was at 1:45/1:46 PM. The customers which it got served today were Coastal and the team yard on lefferts blvd in Richmond Hill with 2 Hopper cars NS and Southern.

157 leading 156 and 14 cars of mixed freight eastbound on the Central past S Main St in Farmingdale at 12:05

Crabman1130 wrote:157 leading 156 and 14 cars of mixed freight eastbound on the Central past S Main St in Farmingdale at 12:05

#157 is a LIRR MP15AC, NYA MP15AC #s are, 151, 155,#156 and #159.

Then it was probably 151.

The 159 is OOS; the 151 lacks a nose logo which makes it easier to spot from a distance.

Spotted westbound through Deer Park last night a MP15ac and leased CiT GP38-2 moving quick with a freight. Did not know the NY&A had a leased engine.

Been out of the loop for a while. Roughly when does freight run into Suffolk County these days? Are Port Jeff and Montauk Freight ops basically dead? What times would we catch movements on Main? Also, is there action into Calverton branch?