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Re: St. Albans - The Identity Crisis Station?

 by Kelly&Kelly ¦  Fri Feb 22, 2019 8:26 pm ¦  Forum: Long Island Rail Road (LIRR) ¦  Topic: St. Albans - The Identity Crisis Station? ¦  Replies: 25 ¦  Views: 8470

I recall the closing of Springfield Gardens station. At the time it was eliminated, ridership counts indicated 13 - 15 people were using it daily. The station had fallen into decay, and the area was riddled with crime. The City of New York would not pay for the needed structural renovation, which wo...

Re: Wreck Photos

 by Kelly&Kelly ¦  Tue Feb 12, 2019 7:38 pm ¦  Forum: Long Island Rail Road (LIRR) ¦  Topic: Wreck Photos ¦  Replies: 59 ¦  Views: 16993

Anyone with a hard hat in the photo is an M of E employee. Transportation was exempted from wearing them.

Re: Wreck Photos

 by Kelly&Kelly ¦  Mon Feb 11, 2019 5:55 pm ¦  Forum: Long Island Rail Road (LIRR) ¦  Topic: Wreck Photos ¦  Replies: 59 ¦  Views: 16993

I could never miss Carol Florence Mills with the bow in her hair...

Re: Real TIme Train Location

 by Kelly&Kelly ¦  Mon Feb 11, 2019 12:47 pm ¦  Forum: Long Island Rail Road (LIRR) ¦  Topic: Real TIme Train Location ¦  Replies: 5 ¦  Views: 4013

We found it to be very buggy.

Re: Wreck Photos

 by Kelly&Kelly ¦  Mon Feb 11, 2019 7:25 am ¦  Forum: Long Island Rail Road (LIRR) ¦  Topic: Wreck Photos ¦  Replies: 59 ¦  Views: 16993

Lots of memories here for those in the ranks during the era. The last picture in the turntable pit sports a well coiffed Tom Lally, Superintendent - Jamaica, Carol Mills -Transportation Manager, Mark Sullivan - Master Mechanic/ACMO, Kenny Schultz - Road Foreman of Engines and Pat McGowan - Road Fore...

Re: My LIRR Website Update January 2019

 by Kelly&Kelly ¦  Mon Feb 04, 2019 8:04 am ¦  Forum: Long Island Rail Road (LIRR) ¦  Topic: My LIRR Website Update January 2019 ¦  Replies: 7 ¦  Views: 3426

We look forward to this update each month. Great work! Wish it were all in a book somewhere.

Re: Westhampton Air Base

 by Kelly&Kelly ¦  Tue Jan 29, 2019 10:53 am ¦  Forum: Long Island Rail Road (LIRR) ¦  Topic: Westhampton Air Base ¦  Replies: 5 ¦  Views: 3061

The LIST cars, which were preserved mainly through the efforts of Bob Sturm and Win Boerkel were originally stored at Howell's siding in Babylon. A developer bought adjacent land to build a strip of stores and (through his elected representative) complained that the cars were an eyesore which would ...

Re: Amtrak to Long Island: MTA agrees to explore

 by Kelly&Kelly ¦  Sat Jan 26, 2019 1:51 pm ¦  Forum: Amtrak ¦  Topic: Amtrak to Long Island: MTA agrees to explore ¦  Replies: 178 ¦  Views: 36718

There's a lot of political fluff in this proposal. What governor wouldn't like to see a modern, first class, one seat ride whisking the Washington elite to their summer homes in the Hamptons? White coated attendants could serve champagne, and Hollywood's movers and shakers could stir conversation in...

Re: St. Albans - The Identity Crisis Station?

 by Kelly&Kelly ¦  Fri Jan 25, 2019 8:54 pm ¦  Forum: Long Island Rail Road (LIRR) ¦  Topic: St. Albans - The Identity Crisis Station? ¦  Replies: 25 ¦  Views: 8470

The St. Albans stops were added to Babylon trains for hospital employees to commute to the VA Hospital from the Montauk Branch. At the time, they were virtually the only people using the station.

Re: St. Albans - The Identity Crisis Station?

 by Kelly&Kelly ¦  Thu Jan 24, 2019 9:32 pm ¦  Forum: Long Island Rail Road (LIRR) ¦  Topic: St. Albans - The Identity Crisis Station? ¦  Replies: 25 ¦  Views: 8470

Mac, I'll try to answer your historic questions to the best of my memory. 1 -- I don't believe Art Peterson chose the branch colors; he was too far down the chain of command to make that decision. He worked for a gentleman named Don Eislie, who was technically responsible for this type of work thoug...

Re: St. Albans - The Identity Crisis Station?

 by Kelly&Kelly ¦  Thu Jan 24, 2019 4:20 pm ¦  Forum: Long Island Rail Road (LIRR) ¦  Topic: St. Albans - The Identity Crisis Station? ¦  Replies: 25 ¦  Views: 8470

Just for the sake of historical record, the fellow who placed those stations on the West Hempstead timetable was Art Peterson, who coordinated the printing and design of public timetables. They were printed by Terwilliger Printing in Suffolk County. Today, the railroad prints some of them in their o...

Re: LIRR Slang Phrases

 by Kelly&Kelly ¦  Thu Jan 24, 2019 11:50 am ¦  Forum: Long Island Rail Road (LIRR) ¦  Topic: LIRR Slang Phrases ¦  Replies: 31 ¦  Views: 12033

I've several times heard the older generation (those hired in the 40's and 50's) refer to the Montauk Branch as "the Southern Road".

Re: St. Albans - The Identity Crisis Station?

 by Kelly&Kelly ¦  Thu Jan 24, 2019 11:35 am ¦  Forum: Long Island Rail Road (LIRR) ¦  Topic: St. Albans - The Identity Crisis Station? ¦  Replies: 25 ¦  Views: 8470

When the Zone Scheduling was introduced in the 1970's, along with color coded branches and timetables, St. Albans and Springfield Gardens were served by a few West Hempstead trains.

Amtrak Long Island Service

 by Kelly&Kelly ¦  Tue Jan 22, 2019 6:25 pm ¦  Forum: Amtrak ¦  Topic: Amtrak to Long Island: MTA agrees to explore ¦  Replies: 178 ¦  Views: 36718

According to Newsday (if anything it prints can be believed), Governor Cuomo, in his bid for president has brokered a deal with Amtrak: "Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo on Tuesday announced that the state, the MTA and Amtrak had reached an agreement on a plan to link Metro-North Railroad to Penn Station. ...

Re: LIRR Slang Phrases

 by Kelly&Kelly ¦  Tue Jan 22, 2019 10:18 am ¦  Forum: Long Island Rail Road (LIRR) ¦  Topic: LIRR Slang Phrases ¦  Replies: 31 ¦  Views: 12033

Montauk trains routed down the Atlantic Branch are said by block operators and dispatchers to be routed "On the Avenue" .

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