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Discussion related to NYAR operations on Long Island. Official web site can be found here: www.anacostia.com/nyar/nyar.html. Also includes discussion related to NYNJ Rail, the carfloat operation successor to New York Cross Harbor that connects with NYAR.

 #136537  by Jayjay1213
 
The received a generator or something like one about 4 years ago by rail.

 #142047  by Legio X
 
This afternoon 270 and 155 were laying over in the yard coupled to a St. Mary's Railway double-door boxcar. There was a cut of covered hoppers on the track across from the locomotives, and few gondolas in the yard from the radioactive soil removal project.

Is a job now based at Hicksville Yard, or were the 270 and 155 outlawed? Also, has the soil removal been completed? There was nothing going on with the gondolas.

 #142148  by mainline
 
They left Islip team at 12:10. They were probably eating Lunch.
 #1445056  by Teutobergerwald
 
What sort of business does Hicksville Yard see these days? Still the tankcars of biodiesel and covered hoppers of plastic pellets? Any other types of rolling stock to be seen? Thanks.
 #1477898  by Backshophoss
 
How much of Hicksville yard will change along with Divide Interlocking and the 3rd mainline?
 #1477931  by freightguy
 
Hicksville Yard looked pretty cleared out a few weeks back in terms of NYA activity. I’m wondering if LIRR is going to commandeer it back for staging for the LIRR third track material. NYA gained the team yard exclusively in 2001 I believe as a concession to not use the Garden Mitchell secondary for freight activity.

This will just leave the New Hyde Park bio diesel customer as the sole Nassau county freight consignee if I’m not mistaken. The stone guy who was in there has been shipping to the Brookhaven Rail Terminal again.
 #1479340  by gregorygrice
 
Azzil Granite Materials is a busy customer and uses two tracks at Hicksville Team. This is the same company that receives stone at Brookhaven Rail Terminal. The oil company that was there went out of business last year.
 #1482033  by Teutobergerwald
 
Hicksville team yard was empty today, except for two Trailer Train bulkhead flatcars loaded with concrete ties on the outer yard track that parallels the main line. I guess the LIRR would've picked them up itself at Fresh Pond, rather than have NYA drop them off at the yard?
 #1482447  by Teutobergerwald
 
On the LIRR page, a contributor said there are gondolas in the team yard today. Anybody know anymore- are they LIRR gondolas now that there is no more long spur between the team yard and post office to store that equipment, or other roads equipment here to deliver or receive an offline customer's business? Thanks.
 #1482452  by gregorygrice
 
Azzil Granite Materials is the only customer utilizing Hicksville Team. Anything else is LIRR's for staging work trains.

LIRR interchanges with NYAR at Fresh Pond only.
 #1486352  by Teutobergerwald
 
Passed by the Hicksville team yard today and saw the stone operation from the W. John St. end of the yard. When was the freight house demolished and replaced with the pre-fabricated building?
 #1495006  by Teutobergerwald
 
A bad flood ????? On Long Island, where sumps abound to prevent such occurrences? Please elaborate.