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When did Tower SS 75 in New Haven close? Was it 2005? 2006? I seem to remember under the old system it was District G, but could someone refresh my memory? Thank you!

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Re: Saratoga & North Creek (S&NC) Discussion

 by Otto Vondrak ¦  Mon Mar 07, 2022 12:58 pm ¦  Forum: New York State Railfan ¦  Topic: Saratoga & North Creek (S&NC) Discussion ¦  Replies: 482 ¦  Views: 188920

Sorry to be Debbie Downer but this isn't a financially viable project. By the way the LLC is filed off a dirt road in nowheresville New Mexico. Does this look like the HQ for a railroad? The above post was edited to remove personal information about the new owners. Please keep this discussion civil...

Re: Rochester & Genesee Valley Railroad Museum Discussion

 by Otto Vondrak ¦  Mon Aug 16, 2021 6:14 pm ¦  Forum: New York State Railfan ¦  Topic: Rochester & Genesee Valley Railroad Museum Discussion ¦  Replies: 154 ¦  Views: 85638

The caboose we worked so hard to save in 2011 is nearly complete and fully restored as Lehigh Valley 95100. See the full photo album here: https://www.flickr.com/photos/rgvrrm/albums/72157634209876369 We're raising $1500 to complete the lettering on LV 95100. Help us bring this project over the fini...

Re: Save caboose LV 95100

 by Otto Vondrak ¦  Mon Aug 16, 2021 6:10 pm ¦  Forum: Lehigh Valley Railroad ¦  Topic: Save caboose LV 95100 ¦  Replies: 10 ¦  Views: 11775

So much has happened since 2013! The caboose we worked so hard to save is nearly complete and fully restored. See the full photo album here: https://www.flickr.com/photos/rgvrrm/albums/72157634209876369 We're raising $1500 to complete the lettering on LV 95100. Help us bring this project over the fi...

Eastern Massachusetts Street Railway

 by Otto Vondrak ¦  Wed Dec 02, 2020 3:58 pm ¦  Forum: Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) ¦  Topic: Eastern Massachusetts Street Railway ¦  Replies: 10 ¦  Views: 3022

Trying to fill in gaps in my Boston transit history knowledge, I was surprised to learn that ESRM wasn't acquired by MBTA until 1968. For some reason, I had always assumed Boston MTA had acquired both ESRM and BERy at the same time, but clearly I was wrong. I've searched and found not much about the...

Re: Identify Newton Location for MTA era photos?

 by Otto Vondrak ¦  Wed Dec 02, 2020 3:55 pm ¦  Forum: Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) ¦  Topic: Identify Newton Location for MTA era photos? ¦  Replies: 24 ¦  Views: 4009

Thank you all.

Re: Identify Newton Location for MTA era photos?

 by Otto Vondrak ¦  Sat Nov 28, 2020 12:50 am ¦  Forum: Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) ¦  Topic: Identify Newton Location for MTA era photos? ¦  Replies: 24 ¦  Views: 4009

MBTA3247 wrote: Wed Nov 25, 2020 5:53 pm All of these photos are in and around Central Square in Cambridge with trolleys on Route 70
Thank you very much!

Here's two more...

https://www.flickr.com/photos/ottomatic77/50634744058

https://www.flickr.com/photos/ottomatic77/50643320003

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Re: Identify Newton Location for MTA era photos?

 by Otto Vondrak ¦  Wed Nov 25, 2020 2:04 pm ¦  Forum: Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) ¦  Topic: Identify Newton Location for MTA era photos? ¦  Replies: 24 ¦  Views: 4009

I have uploaded more photos from the Watertown Branch, starting here...

https://www.flickr.com/photos/ottomatic77/50644157587

Re: Identify Newton Location for MTA era photos?

 by Otto Vondrak ¦  Mon Nov 23, 2020 6:04 pm ¦  Forum: Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) ¦  Topic: Identify Newton Location for MTA era photos? ¦  Replies: 24 ¦  Views: 4009

The cars signed WATERTOWN should have been my first clue, duh. Thank you!


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Re: Identify Newton Location for MTA era photos?

 by Otto Vondrak ¦  Mon Nov 23, 2020 1:01 pm ¦  Forum: Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) ¦  Topic: Identify Newton Location for MTA era photos? ¦  Replies: 24 ¦  Views: 4009

Wow, the intersection has completely changed with all new buildings, it seems. Thanks for the location confirmation. Which line was this?

B&M Snow Train Photos

 by Otto Vondrak ¦  Mon Nov 23, 2020 12:21 pm ¦  Forum: Boston & Maine (B&M) | Maine Central (MEC) ¦  Topic: B&M Snow Train Photos ¦  Replies: 10 ¦  Views: 2803

I have recently acquired some photos taken by Phillipe H. Bonnet, and they include some scenes from a B&M Snow Train excursion. I have managed to identify all but one of the locations on the Conway Branch: https://www.flickr.com/photos/ottomatic77/50636438122/ Here's a photo at Intervale: https:...

Identify Newton Location for MTA era photos?

 by Otto Vondrak ¦  Mon Nov 23, 2020 12:19 pm ¦  Forum: Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) ¦  Topic: Identify Newton Location for MTA era photos? ¦  Replies: 24 ¦  Views: 4009

I have recently acquired some photos that were taken by Phillipe H. Bonnet in the 1960s. I have narrowed down the location to Newton near Washington Street, but I can't quite find this location under construction. Can you help? https://www.flickr.com/photos/ottomatic77/50637469963/ https://www.flick...

Re: BR&P Yard Office - Rochester

 by Otto Vondrak ¦  Tue Sep 22, 2020 9:02 am ¦  Forum: New York State Railfan ¦  Topic: BR&P Yard Office - Rochester ¦  Replies: 7 ¦  Views: 1400

My July 1930 BR&P passenger timetable lists "Brooks Avenue" as a station stop. I would assume the structure we call the yard office also served as the passenger station in those days. For some reason, the structure does not show up on this 1924 plat map: http://photo.libraryweb.org/roc...

Re: Disposition of MARC RDCs

 by Otto Vondrak ¦  Mon Jul 27, 2020 10:35 pm ¦  Forum: DC - Maryland - Virginia Area Passenger Rail: MTA(MARC), VRE, WMATA(Metro) ¦  Topic: Disposition of MARC RDCs ¦  Replies: 4 ¦  Views: 1331

What happened to... MARC 9 - B&O 1902, 9912 MARC 11 - B&O 1905, 9915 - saw a photo of it coupled to another car at Brunswick in 2009, awaiting shipment to B&O Museum? MARC 12 - B&O 1906, 9916 MARC 13 - B&O 1907, 9917 These are the only four cars I can't track down. Thanks! -otto-

Re: Disposition of Metro-North RDCs

 by Otto Vondrak ¦  Wed Jul 15, 2020 9:05 pm ¦  Forum: MTA Metro-North Railroad and CtRail Passenger Rail (SLE, Hartford, Extensions) ¦  Topic: Disposition of Metro-North RDCs ¦  Replies: 6 ¦  Views: 2911

Backshophoss wrote: Mon Jul 13, 2020 10:14 pm Many of the RDC's spent time on the garden tracks at Harmon,as part supplies for the remaining running fleet.
Yes, I know, all RDCs were retired by 1991, trying to find out which ones have been scrapped.

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