This is the receiving yard, immediately next to the car wash along the wall looking northeast. It makes sense- the steam would supply the heat for cleaning the fleet back in the day when the RR cared wow it looked.
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This is the receiving yard, immediately next to the car wash along the wall looking northeast. It makes sense- the steam would supply the heat for cleaning the fleet back in the day when the RR cared wow it looked.
Its a dead issue. Phil Eng had his day in the sun at OB (duh) and now its over. RIP to a quest of bleeding money for nothing. Thank our lucky stars the engineers got it right this time.
That shot makes it easy. In the background is the westward position light signal that governs the approach to DB over the bridge. Higher up is the signal bridge controlling the westward approach to M Cabin on the Montauk Cutoff. The view is looking west at the west end of Blissville Yard. Has to be ...
Blissville Yard was east of Dutch Kills. Unless there was a clone in LIC, that structure would not be there. I would wager it to be next to Greenpoint Avenue, near the street to allow access. And, its twin would be Bliss Tower (Ha Ha).
E6s #230 complete with PRR pilot cover and Pennsy tender. 1/2 of the famed 460!
Not from you, Rich. There just are not any other responses that apply. Waste of a topic here. This event actually occurred, he died in the Argonne Offensive 5 October 1918.
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Inadequate response.
Rich,
Is there a train leaving Penn Sta at 155 pm in your TT? (1355 military time)
I retract Jamesport. A review of the Emery maps leads me to think Southold.
Jamesport
On October 11, 1921 my cousin Lewis Swezey was returned to his hometown of Patchogue after being disenterred from France, shipped to the USA on the steamer "Wheaton", and moved from Hoboken to NYC, then via the LIRR. The info I received from the national archives have documents stating tha...
"Stop making sense, stop making sense!"
I believe that is signal bridge 5 in the background and Hendricksons in the foreground at Babylon, east of the tower looking east.
Maxes lunchounette- great at 2am when I was working last trick at MP, but later on during the daytime on thursday for the chicken special I watched the roaches run amok.
After all the years, the sticks of rail are still there. I knew it was BK but let the chase go on.