by Morisot
Guess the Rail Road doesn't get an opportunity like this very often --- the mainline between Hicksville and Mineola completely closed down for 2 days! What a chance to do some major track/ballast jobs, etc.
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REM3Night wrote:I was at Westbury noonish and there was a bus.They should've had workers there making sure those folks on the platform were aware, or taped off. Pretty sure everything was taped off in Westbury & Carle Place. The bus you saw may have been an eastbound. Anyway today went much better. And where were the trains to Mineola turning? Could it be East Williston? Was at Jamaica and saw the Ronkonkoma DM's, they sounded like they were in E mode. I guess they could be using E mode to Babylon, switch to diesel for the Central, and then back to E mode after B tower?
I wanted to see what they were working on but the stairs were closed. There was a "little giant" crane up there.
Next I went to Carle Place. There was a ballast vacuum working on the south track and more equipment on the north track to the west. There were several people waiting and they asked when the next train was - I said 2 days. I explained that the RR was closed for the weekend to remove the bridge.
I went to Mineola and there was a "convoy" of buses.
Ray
MattAmity90 wrote:Did anyone find out what they did at the School Street crossing since they said it was closed off?Also interested since School St has been a concrete crossing pad for a while now.
Slippy wrote:Piney, you've been complaining about the MTA for years on here. Why haven't you looked into other means of getting around if the MTA is as inept as you say they are.Th e work has to get done and there were public hearings about this. Use a little bit of common sense with this. If it's not one thing it's another with you.Public hearings? Where and when were the public hearings? "Hearing" implies the public was heard, and there wasn't any of that...
REM3Night wrote:The bridge is gone. LIRR posted some photos https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set ... 314&type=1" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;REM:
I was away for most of the day. I went by at 9 PM and there was no one around.
Ray
I was in the Deer Park area and caught a DM train at the station. Also had to pick up someone at Babylon - saw DMs there too. On my way home I caught an electric train turning at East Williston.
Interesting mention of turning electric trains at East Williston - my guess is that both Main Line tracks wereElectric trains were turned on the Oyster Bay Branch utilizing Nassau 4. Main Line was oos from just east of Main Street in Mineola into Hicksville Station. They were turning trains on all 3 Hicksville Station tracks as well.
de-energized just east of Nassau Tower making the use of this track segment on the OB Branch to turn trains
a good move...
MACTRAXX
ThirdAvenue El wrote:Since you don't know when or where they were held how can you possibly know what was said or heard or discussed or decided. (And I did go to one of the meetings. And people were pretty vocal and articulate about what they did and didn't want, and what their concerns were.)
Public hearings? Where and when were the public hearings? "Hearing" implies the public was heard, and there wasn't any of that...
Morisot wrote:If they happened, they were very poorly promulgated. There's no mention of them on the LIRR website...ThirdAvenue El wrote:Since you don't know when or where they were held how can you possibly know what was said or heard or discussed or decided. (And I did go to one of the meetings. And people were pretty vocal and articulate about what they did and didn't want, and what their concerns were.)
Public hearings? Where and when were the public hearings? "Hearing" implies the public was heard, and there wasn't any of that...