by Teutobergerwald
Is that siding double-ended? The NYA and the LIRR use it as a run-around?
Searching for the eagles of the XVII,XVIII & XIX Legions in Germania.
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mirrodie wrote:Exactly! Imagine standing there in years past Mirrodie. Farms everywhere and the sound of cows mooing and the smell of duck sh*t wafting through the air. Think about it Mirrodie, being a kid in the late 19th Century and saving your pennies toiling in a Lower East Side sweatshop making petticoats all with a single purpose in mind of travelling to Calverton to go cow tipping. And after months of work you finally buy that ticket to Calverton giggling at the thought of the cow falling over as you push against it. You alight the train at Calverton and dash to the nearest farm and what do you see? A cow! And you run across the field ready to do battle with that cow. The cow looks at you and you look at the cow. The fight is on! You push against the cow expecting it to fall over on its back, possibly with all four hooves in the air! Except all the cows does is move sideways! You try again and again and all the cow does is move sideways! The hours pass and you look at the cow almost begging the poor creature to fall over just once. And all it does is look up at you with sadness in its eyes and chews. Sunset nears and that child, with hopes and dreams dashed, boards the train at Calverton and goes back home to his tenement, sullen and full of despair. Broken, beaten down. Ruined for life! Ripe for recruitment by the many streetgangs of the era.
Publius Plunkett wrote:
Mirrodie that photo you posted of the iconic Calverton station is amazing! I love the art work on the side. It's so Industrial.
Perhaps you need to visit some museums and get out more often?
Agree, it truly is a very fine example of "Vandal Art"... circa 1970 to the current era.
Teutobergerwald wrote:That siding at Calverton ever used ?I'd like to know, also?
Backshophoss wrote:AH has a runaround track,34 cars long,unknown if the Calverton "spur" track is still used by NY&A,On the LIRR 1966 maps.
For a long time LIRR had M1/M3's parked in that siding. LIRR always list siding capacities but a good chunk of them have crossings in them. A longer train runs out of room really quick....and the siding capacities listed are for 40-foot boxcars, so using the size of today's freight cars, the actual capacities are a lot less than what is listed.
jayrmli wrote:...and the siding capacities listed are for 40-foot boxcars, so using the size of today's freight cars, the actual capacities are a lot less than what is listed.For a long time LIRR had M1/M3's parked in that siding. LIRR always list siding capacities but a good chunk of them have crossings in them. A longer train runs out of room really quick.
...and the siding capacities listed are for 40-foot boxcars, so using the size of today's freight cars, the actual capacities are a lot less than what is listed.Since there is the Edwards Avenue crossing in the middle, you can fit about 17 west of the road, and maybe 5 on the other side total.
Great point, with 60' cars it's 22 cars.
4behind2 wrote:Since the line is in close proximity to the LIE here, it would be an excellent choice for a park 'n ride station if there was any increase in service....Which is exactly what Hampton Jitney did just up Edwards Ave. I hope they didn't get any public money for that!
Bad Luck wrote:AH is still used to store LIRR work trains from time to time, but not by NYAR. The old naval spur is served by the RS60.Wrong.