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Wolsztyn is about 40 miles southwest of Poznan.

Thank you, Jeff! I forgot that the catenary is gone.
Joe

Thanks immensely for clarifying the dates!
Joe

The Journal News of Westchester County reports the complete closure and replacement of the Third Avenue bridge in Mount Vernon over the four tracks of the former New Haven RR. It was constructed 120 years ago! Five questions: 1) If the cut there dates to 1900, how far towards Grand Central did stea...

Does anyone have a photo of the RPK PTC signal or sign at Hampton Bays that honors him? Thanks.

Yes, to benefit the real estate developers along Manhattan's Third Avenue, passengers on seven tracks (Lex + 3rd) were crammed into the four on the Lex. sixty years ago. Bad choice, to eliminate a path when the new one has not been placed in service. Later, in 1973, the cessation of the el in The B...

Thank you for the explanation of the four kinds of rack and pinion systems. It is understandable that no system should allow the train to slip backward. My Swiss experience is limited to four days traveling out of Lausanne in 1983. My wife and I were on an economy bus tour from Vienna to Utrecht whe...

What is the Abt system? Thanks.

The Sunday New York Times includes a Travel section, often delivered to residences on Saturday. Sometimes, these articles have an earlier date on the web. A friend tipped me off to "Ukrainian Railroad Ladies," a beautiful photo essay of women guarding the road crossings of Ukraine. It see...

Dad's photo taken from Marble Hill has gone missing, but it wasn't a sharp photo anyhow. I must claim that no steam engine pulled the funeral train alongside the Harlem River Ship Canal. My memory is of the photo in an album, though I was with him when he took it. In that era, before the Electric Di...

Dad and I stood alongside West 225th Street, Marble Hill, overlooking the tracks, to view the train. At some time, I was told that the route was through the tunnel under St. Mary's Park, which required no reverse move, just a swap to a third-rail locomotive. Off the Hell Gate Bridge, into Port Morri...

I have been glancing at the bus substitution today, February 29th. The passenger count is low, from what I saw in Wantagh. Several times, I saw an auto drop travelers off and wait. Yellow tape closes the stairways up to the platform. At least half the hopeful riders got back in the cars. The fleet o...

Yes, yes, yes, please do not discard photos of good quality. In the 1940's, Dad could not invest in a new camera, so he purchased used ones. Other railfans used better cameras, and I realized Dad's collection overall did not match up. My rule is, toss crappy photos, photos that are fuzzy, dark, unre...

Karl, Please test the response by posting one or two photos. A New Yorker, I love my memories of trips exploring Boston. Some photos will be at easily identified locations and era, others will be more difficult. If you post a dozen, we'll be confused which photo we are identifying. I find that true ...

Below is a link to the February 29 and March 1 bus substitution between Rockville Centre and Babylon. http://web.mta.info/supplemental/lirr/february-29-march-1-babylon-busing.htm --- The buses marked R appear to be bunched so a bus will pick up at two or three stations, then run express to Rockville...