Teutobergerwald wrote:that relic boxcar that was spotted at the end of one of the spurs is apparently gone. When did the NYA (or LIRR) remove it? What had it been used for?
Don't know when they removed it, but that boxcar had to have been there for 2 decades - I'm pretty sure I used to see it when I was commuting to college (via the 7 train) during the late '80s.
I thought the story was that boxcar had derailed (or was shoved past the end of the siding), got tangled up in the end of the siding block or bumper, and they just left it there. No idea if they bothered to use it for anything except a really big track bumper.
I know some info on it was posted on this site, but my search terms are turning up nada, so I'll leave that as an exercise for the reader.