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2006 Circus Train
- Discussion of the past and present operations of the Long Island Rail Road.
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by Ocala Mike
LIRR Conductor: Just go back to Steel Wheel's posting on p. 1 of this thread for the link to his video.
Ocala Mike (formerly Hillside Mike and Deer Park Mike)
by Clem
Monday, March 13. If delayed, train will arrive Tuesday, same time.
Here's the schedule.
11:00 AM Circus train arrives Harold through Line 1
11:20 AM LIRR Couples 3 1500 Engines
12:00 NOON Train proceeds to Garden City Secondary with engine chasing to protect and inspect for damage
1:00 PM Train arrives Garden Mitchell Secondary
1:10 PM 35 coaches pulled clear of Clinton Avenue and engines run around, train to be drilled out.
Please don't ruin it by being obnoxious, fighting with the MTA cops, getting in the way, acting foolish like know-it-all-railfans, doing things that appear to be dangerous, etc.
Here's the schedule.
11:00 AM Circus train arrives Harold through Line 1
11:20 AM LIRR Couples 3 1500 Engines
12:00 NOON Train proceeds to Garden City Secondary with engine chasing to protect and inspect for damage
1:00 PM Train arrives Garden Mitchell Secondary
1:10 PM 35 coaches pulled clear of Clinton Avenue and engines run around, train to be drilled out.
Please don't ruin it by being obnoxious, fighting with the MTA cops, getting in the way, acting foolish like know-it-all-railfans, doing things that appear to be dangerous, etc.
by Steel Wheel
LirrConductor wrote:2004 circus train video? I would like to see that. Please give me the info. i was the Conductor that year and would love to have the video!Here you go Enjoy. I had to do a lot of compression because it was very large (dv) but it still came out ok maybe you will see yourself. If you listen closely near the end you can hear the Tigers getting restless.
http://www.proto1.net/gc/circus%20video%20small.wmv
Last edited by Steel Wheel on Fri Mar 10, 2006 10:46 pm, edited 1 time in total.
by Nova55
Steel Wheel wrote:Nice Vid!!LirrConductor wrote:2004 circus train video? I would like to see that. Please give me the info. i was the Conductor that year and would love to have the video!Here you go Enjoy. I had to do a lot of compression because it was very large (dv) but its still came out ok maybe you will see yourself. If you listen closely near the end you can hear the Tigers getting restless.
http://www.proto1.net/gc/circus%20video%20small.wmv
by N221UA
Clem wrote:Monday, March 13. If delayed, train will arrive Tuesday, same time.By any chance, will the Harold to GCS run via mainline or lower Montauk?
Here's the schedule.
11:00 AM Circus train arrives Harold through Line 1
11:20 AM LIRR Couples 3 1500 Engines
12:00 NOON Train proceeds to Garden City Secondary with engine chasing to protect and inspect for damage
1:00 PM Train arrives Garden Mitchell Secondary
1:10 PM 35 coaches pulled clear of Clinton Avenue and engines run around, train to be drilled out.
Please don't ruin it by being obnoxious, fighting with the MTA cops, getting in the way, acting foolish like know-it-all-railfans, doing things that appear to be dangerous, etc.
by Nova55
Clem wrote:The Main Line. Remember the year the carbon from the engines set half of Forest Hills on fire and burned a dormitory car to the floor?I remember reading about that..wasent it in Jamaica?
Clem
What about when 201 was in the consist that one year..that must have been interesting..
- Paul
by Clem
I recall the details well.
There were a bunch of engines that spent most of their recient life idleing without a load. They were called upon that March day to haul the 40+ circus cars from Harold. They did so, setting plumes and balls of burning carbon among the dried weeds from Harold to Jamaica.
The NYFD was essentially following the train and extinguishing the descimated brush as Extra 1 lumbered along spitting out these flaming balls of crap.
Somewhere around Forest Hills some clown materialized in the lead engine to report that the canvas roof of a long-past-its-useful-age heavyweight compartment Pullman was on fire.
Certainly no even slightly experienced supervisor would tie up the railroad by stopping on the Main Line to put out a fire, so onward we went, the 25 MPH breeze fanning the canvas-and-tar-fed-flames.
The NYFD was waiting on Track 8 in Jamaica, so the circus train was craftfully routed through the old 10 Station Track, hidden from the station by a string of M-1's on Nine. To those awaiting their Huntington train, the passing black smoke was the closest thing to a G-5 they would ever see.
Finally, in the clear at Queens it went, with the fire department finally attending to what was by then not much left of the former Pullman but dripping tar, gin bottles, porno magazines and angry clowns with few teeth.
Of course there's more to the story, like watering the elephants, and the journey down the Secondary. But lets save that one for another day.
The supervisor who insisted that this conflagration continue on its way is still with us, so we'll resist naming him. He's one of the good guys.
And no clown ever looked the same to him after that.
Clem
There were a bunch of engines that spent most of their recient life idleing without a load. They were called upon that March day to haul the 40+ circus cars from Harold. They did so, setting plumes and balls of burning carbon among the dried weeds from Harold to Jamaica.
The NYFD was essentially following the train and extinguishing the descimated brush as Extra 1 lumbered along spitting out these flaming balls of crap.
Somewhere around Forest Hills some clown materialized in the lead engine to report that the canvas roof of a long-past-its-useful-age heavyweight compartment Pullman was on fire.
Certainly no even slightly experienced supervisor would tie up the railroad by stopping on the Main Line to put out a fire, so onward we went, the 25 MPH breeze fanning the canvas-and-tar-fed-flames.
The NYFD was waiting on Track 8 in Jamaica, so the circus train was craftfully routed through the old 10 Station Track, hidden from the station by a string of M-1's on Nine. To those awaiting their Huntington train, the passing black smoke was the closest thing to a G-5 they would ever see.
Finally, in the clear at Queens it went, with the fire department finally attending to what was by then not much left of the former Pullman but dripping tar, gin bottles, porno magazines and angry clowns with few teeth.
Of course there's more to the story, like watering the elephants, and the journey down the Secondary. But lets save that one for another day.
The supervisor who insisted that this conflagration continue on its way is still with us, so we'll resist naming him. He's one of the good guys.
And no clown ever looked the same to him after that.
Clem