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Everyone - With what I believe to be Railroad.Net's 1,500,000 post I wanted to bring up this topic about Railroad.Net's 20th Anniversary three weeks ago - and mention a problem that I found placing my original post three weeks ago that should be noted: "General Discussion: About RAILROAD.NET&qu...

Everyone: Has anybody noticed the significant Railroad.Net milestone we have reached today? 1,500,000 Posts as of this evening April 1, 2024...NO April Fools Joke here!!! This topic remembering Railroad.Net's reaching one million posts is the appropriate place to place this post marking this signifi...

Everyone: I will again salute Conrail on its 48th Birthday (April 1, 1976)... 23 years as a Class One Railroad and today as CRSA are the ongoing CR legacy... Another prime reason that I am making this post is that Railroad.Net will reach 1,500,000 posts TODAY!!! This should be noted only three weeks...

RCT and Everyone: The Atlantic City Line is suspended indefinitely between 30th Street Station and Cherry Hill in both directions with alternate bus service being provided after the overhead rail bridge at the Betsy Ross Bridge Exit 27 northbound was struck and damaged...For a further Google Earth v...

BSB, EC90 and Everyone: This chronicle of visiting every SEPTA Regional Rail station is interesting... Over time I have ridden all of SEPTA's RRD and as example learned about destinations that one can visit on the various routes such as Ambler Borough - which is one of the best RDG side towns for am...

Steve - Your monthly updates are always a good read about all things LIRR...
I found the GP38-2 listings interesting seeing that a good portion of the ex-LIRR fleet is still in service today...
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CE: Good remembrance of NYC Tug #24...After watching the "Funny Girl" clip posted by BR&P there is no doubt about the jade green color scheme and the 1960s era cigar band logo on the smokestack... Since you have the DVD you can stop and view scenes pertinent to your Grandfather operati...

The Main Line east of KO still stick rail, or CWR installed a long time ago? It is CWR all the way to Greenport. I do believe some of it may have been former stick rail as it dates back to the Forties through Yaphank. I dont know much about KO to Yaphank, but east of Yaphank, it is still stick rail...

JS-Good advance notice about a upcoming NYCT Nostalgia Special to Yankee Stadium on Opening Day... Why they did NOT use the term SUBWAY CARS to describe the vintage equipment is beyond me... I have grown to strongly dislike the awkward term "Train Cars" that is being unfortunately used mor...

JS - The first map that you posted is the first effort 1974 MTA Commuter Rail Map... This is an abstract design map only using a few primary colors to describe the routes listed: Medium Blue for the Long Island Rail Road Red for the New Haven Line(s) Light Blue for the Harlem Line Green for the Huds...

Everyone: This Forum looks like the appropriate place to start a discussion about 20 years of Railroad.net. First and foremost memories of membership in this full site or at the Forums that we participate in - with members who have been here since Day One 20 years ago along with the two previous RR....

Everyone: With Railroad.Net reaching its 20th Anniversary of this incarnation it seems appropriate to bring this topic back after reading these posts from some members who were active at the previous site along with those such as myself who joined after the beginning dates of March 11-12, 2004... I ...

WE: Thank You for the reply...I think you mean 2030-2035 for future upgrades of the Main Line into Riverhead... I agree with you again about your observations... With the mention of the close proximity of the Main Line and the Montauk Branch in the Yaphank and South Haven (Park) vicinity I checked t...

Remark-- the article says the oldest cars in revenue service date to the 1980s. So (i) NYCTA seems to be working with a 35-40 year expected life span for its cars and (ii) (personal) NO car I rode when I last lived in New York City is still in service: hard to believe! Welcome to Railroad.net and t...

WE - Agree with all your observations about a relocated East Yaphank Station... From referring to my Hagstrom's Suffolk County Atlas I noticed that Mastic-Shirley Station is exactly 3 miles south on William Floyd Parkway (CR 46) from the proposed East Yaphank Station site... As we know there is avai...