• Power at Northport this morning

  • Discussion related to NYAR operations on Long Island. Official web site can be found here: www.anacostia.com/nyar/nyar.html. Also includes discussion related to NYNJ Rail, the carfloat operation successor to New York Cross Harbor that connects with NYAR.
Discussion related to NYAR operations on Long Island. Official web site can be found here: www.anacostia.com/nyar/nyar.html. Also includes discussion related to NYNJ Rail, the carfloat operation successor to New York Cross Harbor that connects with NYAR.
  by Teutobergerwald
 
Saw a westbound NYA train at Northport this morning, right after the 10:44am LIRR departure. Four engines- 270, 159 on the west end, 271 and 261 on the east, with 4 boxcars and 3 loaded centerbeam flatcars in between. How did this train happen to be so over-powered ???