Photos: New York Penn Station

Having many days visiting New York City, and regularly commuting from Philadelphia on Amtrak, New York Penn Station almost became a second home while on vacation.

Compared to Grand Central, this station was very difficult and awkward to find my way around! The first time I visited this place, I would have spent at least 10 minutes trying to get from the Amtrak tracks to LIRR, and the many maps posted around the place didn't help!

Other than that, with no obstruction from Amtrak police, I spent my many times waiting for my NEC services by taking a few photos.


Amtrak Concourse






Amtrak Departure Gate










Departures Concourse - Amtrak and NJT






LIRR Concourse








NYP Yard






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Hi,

Excellent photos. However, all they did was to make me madder than heck that the original Penn Station is no longer there. That would have been a huge experience for you, especially after you visited Grand Central Station.

You’ve reminded me of my own pleasures in visiting a railroad on the other side of this sphere. Twice I’ve stopped at Sydney and gone for a ride up to the Blue Mountains. First read about them in a 1957 Trains magazine. Felt like Captain Cook, trying to buy an off peak ticket downstairs at Circular Quay after 9:00am and then navigating to the right platform over at Central in time to catch a 9:30?am train. The second time I kept going to the platform on the wrong side of the tracks! Thanks for sharing the picts.

Bill

pennsy wrote:Hi,

Excellent photos. However, all they did was to make me madder than heck that the original Penn Station is no longer there. That would have been a huge experience for you, especially after you visited Grand Central Station.

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someone is burning in he ll for this

Having frequented both GCT and Penn Station from the early '40s on, I always felt that Grand Central was far the superior building. Penn Station always impressed me as huge, cold, ostentatious, and imperial. Grand Central, although indeed grand, always seemed more intimate and homey. If only one of them could be saved, I'm glad it was that one. But then, I come from an NYC family, so maybe that had something to do with it.

Great pics!

Just curious, where did you get that Amfleet model?