by nyandw
Where are the Hand photos?
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MattAmity90 wrote:Update on the project according to Edward Hand's photos:
1.) NTC/TLM has now reached New Highway, and is probably already underway laying down the final 1/2-mile of second track from the West lip of New Highway to a point near FARM.
2.) Over this past weekend during the outage, they cut the running track and installed one of two turnout switches West of Wyandanch, the next one will probably be done on the next outage. New ties were put in place on the new running track with a large gap between the third rails that is connected via jumper cables.
3.) Now that the NTC/TLM has passed Pinelawn, work has resumed on the new South platform. They are laying down the segments on top of the pillars, while the ground is being graded to the West of the North platform. I'm not sure why they are doing that aside from a fence or maybe a second ramp, but the metal handrails have not been put in. The platform is still surrounded by sand-filled jersey barriers with a chain link fence that has MU signs and one platform sign that was taken off the old platform that reads "Pinelawn."
nyandw wrote:Flickr. As an update, the platform span at Pinelawn is complete, the grading of the ground from the North platform was for a ramp or staircase, railroad hopper cars are dumping ballast to the South in Brentwood and all along the stretch between Brentwood and Central Islip as well as putting the third rail plastic cover supports in place. The DK switch has been replaced with a new one and isolated until further notice.MattAmity90 wrote:Update on the project according to Edward Hand's photos:
1.) NTC/TLM has now reached New Highway, and is probably already underway laying down the final 1/2-mile of second track from the West lip of New Highway to a point near FARM.
2.) Over this past weekend during the outage, they cut the running track and installed one of two turnout switches West of Wyandanch, the next one will probably be done on the next outage. New ties were put in place on the new running track with a large gap between the third rails that is connected via jumper cables.
3.) Now that the NTC/TLM has passed Pinelawn, work has resumed on the new South platform. They are laying down the segments on top of the pillars, while the ground is being graded to the West of the North platform. I'm not sure why they are doing that aside from a fence or maybe a second ramp, but the metal handrails have not been put in. The platform is still surrounded by sand-filled jersey barriers with a chain link fence that has MU signs and one platform sign that was taken off the old platform that reads "Pinelawn."
MattAMity90: Where are Ed Hand's material? Thank you.
newkirk wrote:To MattAmity90:I didn't take those photos, I'm from Long Island but I live in Pennsylvania. Edward Hand takes the photos.
On your Pinelawn station photos. Where did you park your car to take those photos ?
There doesn't seem to be any options to me.