NY&A fantrip Bay Ridge Branch

NY&A NRHS-LIST fan trip East- New York Archive: Mike Boland


NY&A NRHS-LIST fan trip Bay Ridge 65th St -Yard Archive: Mike Boland

Anyone know the date, photos, maps, schedule, etc! Thanks.

One of the last of the Bernie Ente (RIP) trips. May have been '99 or '04, definitely early 2000's. Must have been infernally hot in that pax coach. Think that was NY Connecting historical society trip, not sure if their site is still up, but it was also on a Forgotten NY site, and maybe mentioned on Arrt's.

krispy wrote: ↑Thu Feb 25, 2021 9:17 pm One of the last of the Bernie Ente (RIP) trips. May have been '99 or '04, definitely early 2000's. Must have been infernally hot in that pax coach. Think that was NY Connecting historical society trip, not sure if their site is still up, but it was also on a Forgotten NY site, and maybe mentioned on Arrt's.

Thanks, I went on the 2000 and 2001 trips. Perhaps 2002+ as you suggest. Side bar RIP Bernie Ente photo page:
http://www.trainsarefun.com/lirr/ente/ente.htm

krispy wrote: ↑Thu Feb 25, 2021 9:17 pm One of the last of the Bernie Ente (RIP) trips. May have been '99 or '04, definitely early 2000's. Must have been infernally hot in that pax coach. Think that was NY Connecting historical society trip, not sure if their site is still up, but it was also on a Forgotten NY site, and maybe mentioned on Arrt's.

Krispy: The single car used must have been a 2900 series P72 coach (can't read the car # in these pics)
making the date 1999 and 2000 as mentioned before the last of the old coach fleet was retired.

I was on the September 1989 "Caboose-Coach" LIST-NRHS fantrip that year and remember that the air
conditioning on the 2900 series cars assigned was a good respite for what turned out to be a hot and
humid late Summer day...MACTRAXX

The coach pictured was the 2940, which NYA inherited and held onto until the end of 2012. If I recall correctly, this trip was in 1999. The GP38-2's were relatively new to NYA (not arriving until 1999) and the paint was pretty fresh, though 270 was painted first. 261/268 were the power. I forget when the coach was painted green, but it did have NYA decals for this trip.

There was a Bernie Ente trip down to Bay Ridge in 2000 that I was on with E-10s 101 & 105 for power, the coach and one or two hacks. He was a true gentleman, and he and his photography is missed.

Here we go:
"Queens Ledger" July 6, 2000:

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Over one hundred railroad historians from all over the country met at the Glendale yard of New York & Atlantic Railway on Saturday, June 17. The occasion was the annual meeting of the New York Connecting Railroad Society. The main interest of this group is the rail route, built in 1917, which crosses over the Hell Gate Bridge from the Bronx to Queens. The tracks soar over Astoria on a high viaduct, and then continue through Woodside, Maspeth, and Middle Village using a series of smaller bridges and tunnels. The main junction is in Glendale at the rail yard on Otto Road. The tracks then travel into Brooklyn and eventually end at the waterfront in Bay Ridge, near 65th Street.

This rail route is used by many freight trains each day. It passes through one of the most densely populated urban areas in the world, and yet trains go virtually unnoticed. This is because the route was thoughtfully constructed without any grade crossings to delay traffic.

As part of the festivities, the New York & Atlantic Railway operated a special inspection train to Bay Ridge. Two bright green locomotives, a passenger coach, and a caboose carried the participants on a 22-mile round trip to Bay Ridge. The train posed for photos at many scenic locations along the way. The weather was hot and humid but everybody aboard had a great time. Submitted by: Bernard Ente

June 17, 2000, Queens, NY:

Saturday and the New York Connecting Railroad (NYCRR) Fan Trip over the New York & Atlantic had arrived. And a HOT one it was; with temperatures hovering in the mid to high 90's. Seems the weatherman had saved his best NY City "dog days" three "H" special combination; hot, humid, and hazy, for us.

On the way to the New Lots curve. NYA GP38-2 #268 on the north point, an ex-LIRR bay window caboose, LIRR passenger coach #2940, and NYA GP38-2 unit #261 south point.

The engineers and crew waiting to get the breeze back in the cab.

More: http://www.trainsarefun.com/nycrr/nycrr.htm