by BOMOPTSKWH
Your point being? My point is that LIRR will not allow steam. The reasons are obvious. Are you an LIRR employee? No. You are not. Seems to me that if they were ever going to allow it- they would have been on board for the past two generations. Have they even offered a dime to the cause? Wasn’t that long ago that Ross Rowland approached my department with his plans to run 614 LIC to Montauk. He was immediately shot down. So he went to NJT. After some negotiations - they allowed the trips. And they were a hit. Hoboken to Port Jervis. Water tank. Tool cars. 28 coaches. 79 mph. The following year - same thing. LIRR shot him down again. I agree with you 100% about the emissions from a steam loco. I would even add that 10% of that falls to the ground as cinders. My point is that political influence or corruption or whatever is guiding LIRR. And that IS a fact.
Relief day with a yard move and a co-mingle