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Or better yet, let's rebuild a Budd RDC like they used to run in shuttle service on the Danbury and Upper Harlem. :wink: I read somewhere the Colorado Rail Car DMU was not reliable. Perhaps some of our resident insiders can speak to this? I heard they were very noisy (the DMU's, not the insiders :-D...

And on that note I bow to the two with the correct knowledge :-D Thanks for the info :P No need to bow, but I appreciate it! :-D It's nice to be right once in a while, because Lord knows, I'm never right at home! :wink: Rule 1: The Wife is Always Right Rule 2: When the wife is wrong, refer to rule ...

Proof? I'll take the credibility of National Geographic unless someone has a credible source. I enjoyed the NG special, too. Lots of great footage and background. I don't remember ownership being discussed, but I suggest a little "scholarship" before asserting a position: http://en.wikipe...

I don't think that we'll see PENN access from MNRR anytime soon. There are too many hurdles to cross and Penn is JAMMED. Not to mention, there isn't much of a need for MNRR service to Penn. Grand Central is just as conveniant for city office works, if not more conveniant. There is far more commerci...

http://www.trainweb.org/ct/mnpenn.htm This is all I could find - the MTA site had something on it, but the link off the cap constr page is gone now. I'm not sure what the URL was, I may have it stored somewhere, if so, I'll post. Penn access would run over the Hell's Gate or West Side Lines, and no...

Let's see, Albany - Tarrytown via Amtrak and Metro-North about 2 hours and 10 minutes on average and an additional 20 minutes via express bus on I-287 to downtown White Plains for a total of about 2 hours and 40 minutes. This running time could be shortened somewhat by doing away with the Croton-Ha...

Albany <> White Plains via Brewster/Beacon. The tracks are there. Not quite - the old NH main-line was ripped up between Hopewell Junction and PKeepsie, and besides rebuilding those tracks (if the ROW is intact), you'd need a connection above PKeepsie since they would probably not use the burnt bri...

I think the main topic was some type of alternative to the Hudson, ala the NYC, from upstate/Albany into the city. That's why I was suggesting a link via Poughkeepsie over the Maybrook to the Harlem, and if Amtrak could run it into WP and the NEC over a wye at Port Morris. See my earlier post. The p...

I went by years ago - I think the main difference is there were two additional tracks. If you look at some of the gantrys, there was an extension piece that handled the catenary for the outside NYW&B track, and the other NYW&B track ran inside the gantry support. I'm sure it varied up and do...

I can't answer specifics, but don't they call in extra crews and run diesel consists up and down the line?

I'll probably have my own experiences to report, having joined the local volunteer fire dept..Mike I know this is off-topic, but which house? Mamaro? Columbia? H&L? Volunteers? Halstead? Man, it's been a long time. Just heard Pop Watson, a hero of WWII at Guadalcanal and other places, died. He ...

The chance of rails being relaid north of Wassaic in the next decade is nil. It would take a massive growth in population in that fairly rural area plus significant public demand to make a further rail restoration on that route a rational spending priority for the state of New York. The upper Harle...

Under Hugh Carey, the Harlem was in such deplorable condition in the middle and late 70's that there was talk about abandoning the line and tearing it up. The problem was naturally, COST. What didn't make any sense at that Mad Hatter's Tea Party was that this news was being proliferated aboard trai...

Such to the Southern Ry was known as Peachtree St station; if you are in the area nowadays, Mr. Sarge, then it is evident where that name came from. While not that convenient to Downtown, it certainly is to Buckhead - the most "tony' section of Atlanta I know. Thanks again for the info. Yeah, ...

Thanks for that info Gilbert! The jpg, too. I work a block from the Amtrak station in the Brookwood neighborhood, all they have now is an old, small Southern Railway station. Haven't been in it, but for a gateway city to the South, it's pretty embarassing. After Katrina, the Crescent was annulled he...