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Andy: 1-These multilevel MU cars should be able to serve BOTH high and low level platforms in electrified territory. They are supposedly identical to the previous multilevel coaches... 2-The former EL electrified routes DO have SOME high-level platforms - NEWARK BROAD STREET, SUMMIT and DOVER are ex...

Steve: Post or link this FL9 fan trip topic at the Metro-North Forum for more exposure and feedback... This was a fantrip from MNCR to the LIRR run by either NRHS chapters or other rail enthusiast groups from the Hudson Valley and/or Connecticut - and there seems to be date conflicts and possibly a ...

Everyone: Three words - IT'S ABOUT TIME...From reading the Inquirer article (remember the paywall) SEPTA is NOT out $50 million just yet - there are legal procedures under way to cancel the CRRC contract and recoup the $50 million dollars from the initial procurement from this problem-plagued multil...

Steve - This location baffles me...I will at least narrow it down somewhat taking note to the steam train and third rail present it is the Montauk Branch somewhere east of Freeport and west of Babylon - or it could be the Main Line in the New Hyde Park area making the most sense to me being electrif...

Everyone: The April 8, 2024 Solar Eclipse was going to be an interesting day for Amtrak with travel to the areas that were In the "total" zone in demand...My first thought after the mention of about one million visitors at Niagara Falls was "Any idea about the percentage that took Amt...

Everyone: Title this the "April 5, 2024 Northeast Earthquake" The epicenter was reported to be in Hunterdon County, NJ about four miles north of White House Station and Lebanon, NJ about three miles underground by USGS...Closest passenger rail line is the western end of NJT's Raritan Valle...

Everyone: Let's title this "The April 5, 2024 Northeast Earthquake" In case anyone is still (surprising to me at the time of my reply) unaware the reported epicenter of this morning's earthquake (10:23 AM EDT) was in Hunterdon County, NJ about four miles north of Lebanon and White House St...

Everyone: For the record this morning's (10:23 AM EDT) earthquake was 4.8 on the Richter scale with the epicenter reported to be in Hunterdon County about four miles north of White House Station and Lebanon, NJ... This was about three miles deep underground in that general area as reported by USGS t...

Everyone: After looking at Burlingame Station - which is a vintage Southern Pacific depot - Was there previous living quarters provided for the SP Agent that were illegally renovated at that location? I will second TD and mention that railroad depots - primarily in suburban or rural towns - have bee...

A lengthy opinion piece on Amtrak to Long Island: PedestrianObservations.com What does the author get right? Or do you disagree with the conclusion? Intercity Trains and Long Island Amtrak wants to extend three daily Northeast Corridor trains to Long Island. It’s a bad idea – for one, if the timeta...

Jeff Smith wrote: ↑Tue Apr 02, 2024 9:15 am A lengthy opinion piece on Amtrak to Long Island: PedestrianObservations.com

See my post below...and delete this one...
Somehow my post "broke apart" - I was able to correct the error...MACTRAXX

What should be planned for is eventual restoration of train(s) to Montgomery. That will require in the future a crossover at the other end of station track for trains to continue east - north, WP: This reply turns out to be Railroad.Net's 1,500,000th Post - April 1, 2024 - NO April Fool's Joke here...

Everyone - With what I believe to be Railroad.Net's 1,500,000 post I wanted to bring up this topic about Railroad.Net's 20th Anniversary three weeks ago - and mention a problem that I found placing my original post three weeks ago that should be noted: "General Discussion: About RAILROAD.NET&qu...

Everyone: Has anybody noticed the significant Railroad.Net milestone we have reached today? 1,500,000 Posts as of this evening April 1, 2024...NO April Fools Joke here!!! This topic remembering Railroad.Net's reaching one million posts is the appropriate place to place this post marking this signifi...

Everyone: I will again salute Conrail on its 48th Birthday (April 1, 1976)... 23 years as a Class One Railroad and today as CRSA are the ongoing CR legacy... Another prime reason that I am making this post is that Railroad.Net will reach 1,500,000 posts TODAY!!! This should be noted only three weeks...