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So NYC did run a "mixed" that late in the game? Obviously Flexi-Vans couldn't come out of GCT, so did they originate from the freight terminals on Manhattan's West Side? The Flexi-Vans were picked up at High Bridge, Bronx, N.Y., about the third stop on the Hudson River line from Grand Cen...

This line has specific problems because it wasn't used for daytime rail traffic before Brightline started operations, and now the passenger trains running through during the day are much faster than the freight trains that run at night. And? Grade crossing signals are grade crossing signals, whethe...

One mustn't forget the New York, Susquehanna & Western's Butler Day Express which ran four days a year one-way from Susquehanna Transfer to Butler, N.J. It had quite a railfan following, which may have well made up the bulk of its passengers. One RS-1 and two ex-NYC Pressed Steel coaches.

1.RE having an NYC Hudson meet the presidential train at New Rochelle, I have my doubts that a Hudson could run under the low wire in the Mount Vernon cut. A New York Central Hudson was no taller than the Pullman cars it normally pulled, the same type cars that routinely ran through the cut. Normal...

Breakfast (or lunch?) in the diner passing through Newark, N.J. heading westward, liquid refreshment in the observation tavern lounge car out of Scranton, Pa. returning eastward. The only way to travel.

Cranes D-100 to D 102 weighed more than an I-5 4-6-4 Shoreliner. In working order with coal and water they weighed 379,000 lbs. vs 365,300 lbs for an I-5 in working order without a tender. The weight on each I-5 driver was 64,300 lbs.only slightly more than the 63,400 lbs on each axle of the front c...

Don't think FDR's pvt car would traverse yard trackage due to the car's weight(Armor plating) The weight was immaterial. The New Haven kept a 230-ton steam-powered wrecking crane stationed at Oak Point Yard, and it occasionally entered and departed the yard through the east end, which meant running...

Well, coming off of the New York Connecting Railroad the train would first pass by S.S. 3, Bungay tower and over the Port Morris Branch, continuing on to S.S. 4, Oak Point tower at the other end of Oak Point yard. It would then have to be hauled in reverse through the yard to the New York Central's ...

I wonder how many people here, other than myself, actually experienced riding over the Lackawanna Cutoff via the Phoebe Snow or Lake Cities.

For FDR's trains between Washington, D.C. (on the PRR) and Hyde Park, N.Y. (on the NYC) there were two ways of accomplishing this. The first has already been mentioned in the preceding post (PRR to Penn. Sta., NH to New Rochelle, N.Y.'s Old Yard, trailing NH engine pulling train in reverse to Mott H...

The consequences are already on the trespasser, generally with a thud or a splat. It's surprising how far a body can fly through the air when hit at speed.

The original (built circa 1893?) Cherry Tree depot is shown here, circa 1905 ( http://west2k.com/papix/cherrytreeold.jpg ). Looks like black or red on a white background, subsequently changed to the standard PRR gold on tuscan red background. So, you've got one color scheme early on, followed by a l...

A follow-up to the follow-up. Here's the flag stop at Pine Flats, located between Manver (connection with the Cambria & Indiana) and Wandin, connecting the Possum Glory Branch with the Cherry Tree & Dixonville main line. http://www.west2k.com/papix/pineflats.jpg PRR-style signage, no keystone.

As a follow-up to the preceding, here's a shot of the second Cherry Tree passenger station (the first one burned down): http://www.west2k.com/papix/cherrytree.jpg Note the station sign, standard PRR design but without the keystone. This station was situated on the Susquehanna Extension Branch of the...

http://www.west2k.com/papix/heilwood.jpg Heilwood, formerly Possum Glory, would have had a standard PRR station sign, but without the keystone. The passenger station was outside and down the hill from the town. Story has it that a train made three stops in town before getting to the passenger stati...