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Everyone: How did NJT make out with service to the President's Day weekend NHL Stadium Series games? The total MetLife Stadium attendance for the two games was 150,018 - or about 75,000 for each game. Saturday February 17: New Jersey Devils 6, Philadelphia Flyers 3 Sunday February 18: New York Range...

From Hilton Suites Boca Raton-- Let's see, how long do airlines go between "re-imagings"? But it seems like about once every fifteen years for airlines. Amtrak started with Phase V during '96 with delivery of the P'42's; so using the major airlines as a "measuring stick", "...

Re: LIRR Request of Interest for Lease of Passenger Coaches

 by MACTRAXX ¦  Tue Feb 20, 2024 2:28 am ¦  Forum: Long Island Rail Road (LIRR) ¦  Topic: Request For Expression Interest for Lease of Passenger Car Coach ¦  Replies: 23 ¦  Views: 2621

Rehabbing cars and procurement of any equipment (new or used) will most likely require "consultants" to inform management on how to proceed. This of course, will take money and time. Perhaps MACTRAXX can start his own consulting company. More than a decade ago there were funds in the budg...

Re: Bridge over long-abandoned line causes problems

 by MACTRAXX ¦  Tue Feb 20, 2024 1:40 am ¦  Forum: New York State Railfan ¦  Topic: Bridge over long-abandoned line causes problems ¦  Replies: 18 ¦  Views: 2435

Everyone: Interesting WHAM report about this bridge over an abandoned CSX route... There was just ONE photograph showing the condition of the bridge structure underneath on a placard being held up by Senator Schumer which shows damage most likely from corrosives such as road salt... This bridge is a...

Re: Event Trains (Barclay and MSG/Penn)

 by MACTRAXX ¦  Mon Feb 19, 2024 3:20 pm ¦  Forum: Long Island Rail Road (LIRR) ¦  Topic: Event Trains (Barclay and MSG/Penn) ¦  Replies: 42 ¦  Views: 5773

Everyone - What happened to me just now is a FRUSTRATING problem that I can have with Railroad.Net - I was compiling and writing a reply about train service after MSG events and was asking if there was going to be flexibility enough that the LIRR would be able to hold trains after overtime games and...

Re: R1 airport train

 by MACTRAXX ¦  Mon Feb 19, 2024 12:43 am ¦  Forum: SEPTA (and PATCO) ¦  Topic: R1 airport train ¦  Replies: 6 ¦  Views: 1185

SD - Interesting note and photo of the No Trespassing sign mentioning the RF&P instead of CSX... (off topic but intriguing...) A thought: Could RF&P actually still exist as a "Paper" railroad in legal terms? Makes me wonder about VRE riders that use Fredericksburg Station: Would it...

Re: New "East" Yaphank Station

 by MACTRAXX ¦  Sun Feb 18, 2024 10:59 pm ¦  Forum: Long Island Rail Road (LIRR) ¦  Topic: New "East" Yaphank Station ¦  Replies: 23 ¦  Views: 2264

TL: I figured that no SCPD Officers or staff used the LIRR with the limited Ronkonkoma-Greenport Scoot service... The service option is available for those without a vehicle that may have a need to visit SCPD HQ or other SC facilities in the Yaphank Station vicinity located both north and south alon...

RW: 1-What surprised me is that there were two PRR/PC electrified track segments that were very close to one another (The Washington Terminal trackage to the line past Virginia Tower to Potomac Yard) without being connected to one another despite only being a short distance apart through the First S...

Re: LIRR Request of Interest for Lease of Passenger Coaches

 by MACTRAXX ¦  Sun Feb 18, 2024 9:50 am ¦  Forum: Long Island Rail Road (LIRR) ¦  Topic: Request For Expression Interest for Lease of Passenger Car Coach ¦  Replies: 23 ¦  Views: 2621

K&K: I believe that you are referring to the late 1960s/early 1970s era when passenger railroads were discontinuing service and surplus cars were available at reasonable - or even scrap - prices... The cars from varied railroads such as the Kansas City Southern made those years quite interesting...

GM: The most important problem with AC catenary being used in a tunnel with close clearances to certain types of equipment is that there MUST be enough space between the roofs of cars and the wire to prevent flash-overs - the best examples are the NJT Multilevels and LIRR C3 cars that run through th...

Re: SEPTA awarded 317 million for new MFL railcars

 by MACTRAXX ¦  Sun Feb 18, 2024 2:18 am ¦  Forum: SEPTA (and PATCO) ¦  Topic: SEPTA awarded 317 million for new MFL railcars ¦  Replies: 1 ¦  Views: 578

ZS - This MFSE car topic at minimum should be combined and/or in tandem with: "M5 Technical Specifications" which can be found below on this SEPTA Forum page https://railroad.net/m5-technical-specifications-t174242.html (9 posts - May 10, 2022 to January 3, 2023) (Caution - The Trains Maga...

Re: BNSF Derailment - Cairo, Nebraska - February 9, 2024

 by MACTRAXX ¦  Sun Feb 18, 2024 1:11 am ¦  Forum: BNSF Railway (Burlington Northern Santa Fe) ¦  Topic: BNSF Derail event in Nebraska ¦  Replies: 1 ¦  Views: 663

AFC - First: This topic should be titled "BNSF Derailment - Cairo, Nebraska - February 9, 2024" (Cairo is in Hall County, Nebraska NW of Grand Island) There were THREE drone videos by KHFarms1 posted on consecutive days - all are of good quality and shows the derailment site and subsequent...

Hopefully Amtrak takes some steps to partially electrify corridors to help maximize efficiency and air quality around new airo routes. This takes the logistical nightmare of engine changes away. Maybe partial springfield corridor electrification or North station in Boston. Or the Washington D.C. tu...

Re: New "East" Yaphank Station

 by MACTRAXX ¦  Fri Feb 16, 2024 9:38 am ¦  Forum: Long Island Rail Road (LIRR) ¦  Topic: New "East" Yaphank Station ¦  Replies: 23 ¦  Views: 2264

JS - Glad you asked that question - MEDFORD (Mile 54.1)at NYS 112 N/S is the first station east of Ronkonkoma (48.5)... Holtsville was located at Mile 51.8 - closed in the late 1990s...I recall your mention that you once lived nearby... All stations east of Ronkonkoma: Medford, Yaphank, Riverhead, M...

Re: FL9 F-10 Discussion: Metro-North / CtDOT / Amtrak

 by MACTRAXX ¦  Fri Feb 16, 2024 9:16 am ¦  Forum: New York City Area Wide Rail Transit Issues (Cross-Agency) ¦  Topic: FL9 F-10 Discussion: Metro-North / CtDOT / Amtrak ¦  Replies: 2560 ¦  Views: 763301

JS - Good front end photo of Amtrak FL9 #485 - I remember this picture from my recent FL9 research for the 40th Anniversary MNCR heritage color schemes topic...There were only 8 FL9 units in the group rebuilt for Amtrak by Morrison-Knudsen (484 to 491) primarily for New York-Albany Hudson Line servi...

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