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SouthernRailway wrote:
the People's Republic of Obamastan (f/k/a the USA)

Doesn't everything depend, then, on the definitions of "luxury" and "necessity"? Too bad we can't channel the founding fathers to find out what they meant by "provide for the general welfare."

Makes sense to me:

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New to this discussion - I had never heard of dome cars sufficiently powered to provide HEP to a consist. Doesn't S&NC own ex-AT&SF domes? Were they powered in AT&SF use or did S&NC modify them in some way?

Great pictures of the nearest thing to "mountain railroading" on Long Island!

I vote yes.

I can't resist posting this, mostly because I'm old enough to remember it:

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Ridgefielder must be testing us to see if we are reading his posts. He posted a list of the ten largest US cities, and unaccountably gave us 11, the outlier being Santa Fe.

Perhaps this city of around 70,000 has a special place in his heart. Well played!

Agree with the above poster. I made two trips to the Spa by rail from Florida, and both times I used Albany as my destination station, and rented a car at Albany for the few days I was up there. A bus from Albany would certainly be the way to go for day trippers from NYC.

For what it's worth, and you probably already know this, but you can do the Hempstead Branch and the West Hempstead Branch more or less in a loop on a weekday, as the terminal stations are only a mile and a half apart. NYP to West Hempstead E/B, then over to Hempstead for the W/B return (or vice ver...

I suppose the RDC's could be "dragged" or run under power in regular consists without damaging the prime mover transmission. The LIRR ran into trouble using them to "tow" mail and express cars, which was a no-no.

Don't know how far back "back in the day" means, but from a June, 1933 MEC timetable, it appears that there were about three trains a day, none of them named. Took about 2:45 to ply the 84 miles between Portland and Rockland, making many stops.

Utilizing RDC's in that manner undoubtedly voided the factory warranty. I know the LIRR ran into problems with this back in the day with their Budd stuff.

I'm sure this has been discussed elsewhere, but wasn't there a plan to electrify the Central Branch and build a new station or two with ample parking to take some pressure off Babylon/Hicksville?