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I have a copy of the January 2005 Railpace. The photos appear on page 35. The caption mentions that the city fathers were told of the historical importance of this tender. And it was suddenly scrapped anyway. That was a big mistake. Maybe the folks at the Valley RR or Naugatuck should have been noti...

David Telesha,

Thanks for the link to the NHRR map. Very interesting to see how vast the NH system was at one time.

Dutch,

So this branch was electrified at one time ? It seems as though passenger trains connected to the NH at Bridgeport. Am I right ?

Back in the late 70's, I was photographing the abandoned NHRR Bridgeport Station which was low level. If you remember, this station was on a curve. By the westbound platform, there was a single track branching off and heading north east. There were catenary poles minus the wire which showed one time...

Anyone have any updated info on those C-1 Bi-level cars that the LIRR sold to Ken Bitten and were stored on the property of the Naugatuck Railroad ?

"I'd suggest that somebody get over there and forage through the remains. "

By now, nothing should remain. There was a pile of bricks at 12 noon, so I guess the site is all swept clean.

What caused the Bellmore station fire in the 60's ?

I was there today (12/11) at 12:00PM and all that remains is a small pile of bricks. Workmen were there cleaning up what's left. A temporary waiting room/ticket office trailer wait nearby.

This was an unusual train that ran several years ago. It originated at NY Penn and left about 4:44PM on weekends terminating at Hicksville. It was comprised of M-1/3's and had limited stops. If my memory serves me correct, after leaving Penn, it stopped at Jamaica, Mineola (or Westbury) and Hicksvil...

I saw these two cars today, about 4:00PM after leaving Penn on the LIRR. An Amtrak AEM-7 was hauling the two cars towards Penn Station just by Sunnyside yard

Now that ticket sales have gone the automated route, what became of all those ticket daters and dater dies ? Did the LIRR toss them ?

Saw two of them parked on a track outside Hillside Facility. Both cars were M-1's, One car had a blue stripe, the other has no stripe. There are vents where the operating cab once was.

Do both cars travel in the same consist or separate consists ?
Also, anyone know what their old numbers were ?

I know I brought this subject up before in the past, but how about those Ping-Pongs out in Boonton, NJ ? I spoke to the owner of the restaurant and he would give them away just to get them off his property. He has to spend money painting over the graffiti. Originally I heard that even if they were ...

A good friend of mine is a LIRR engineer. On Wednesday, he called to tell me he spotted some Metro North M-7s at Hillside Facility. He described the blue front with the white chevron stripes, so it's definitely Metro North. Anyone know anything about this ? P.S. We're not foamers starting a bogus st...

"This is a bit off topic. If all of the shoes in a car are live when one third rail shoe touches the third rail, how did passengers avoid injury or electrocution when boarding an electric MU car on a low platform? Were people just more careful then or were injuries underreported?" If you l...

"Jaap, I'll say the M7's are really nice. The interior is the same as LIRR's"

Neil,

The seats on the M-1/3's (MNRR) have those extra cushions opposite the headrest that the LIRR doesn't have. Are they on the MNRR M-7's ? :D