From what I understand, it wasn't a "dude." Anyway, this and the Metro North accident in December certainly seem quite similar, focusing on the...
For Post #26 (P.S. For what it's worth, I have a very difficult time navigating this site, so I don't spend a lot of time here). Hope this image...
Thought I'd resurrect this old thread by posting some advertising copy that I found in an old (1966) Kansas City Athletics baseball program that I...
This photo was taken with my cell phone today (8/31) at 4:50 pm near a grade crossing in S. Ocala. I've never seen UP power on a freight down...
I believe it was called "Dashing Dan's Diner" by those who survived eating there (I'm not one of them). Probably named that more because you had...
And if you want Amtrak stations, there's this: http://trainweb.org/usarail/
Thanks, all. Found out from another source that it was indeed the Operation Lifesaver train out of Provo heading to SLC for service in a UP...
I found this at another railfan forum: "I live in Murray, Utah along the ex-DRG&W Provo Sub a few miles south of Roper Yard. Today (6/22/12)...
Yes, Malverne is in Nassau County on Long Island. LIRR operated only on LI and under the East River to Penn Station in Manhattan.
Thanks to the webmaster(s)/administrator(s), I got my profile picture up. Took a picture of the station sign a while back; alas, it is no longer...
I'm guessing crappy roadbed/rail, possibly a break. Don't think it was the rolling stock. Ocala Mike
As pointed out at another site, the LIRR car that is on the ground is not a Ping Pong. That designation is reserved for the much older P-54 cars...
I spent lots of summer days as a kid riding my bike from Jamaica to Floral Park to watch the action circa mid-50's at the Floral Park crossing...
I'm a refugee from LIRR Thermomods. Not a modeler, but a railfan mostly interested in Long Island Rail Road (past and present), Amtrak (present),...