Everyone:
I spent about an hour in Mineola last Friday (March 5) to watch trains and take a look at the ongoing changes to
the station area despite the near-brutal wind chill temperature during the late afternoon. My original plan was
to watch most (or all) of the PM peak rush hour before the March 8 schedule change but the cold prevailed.
I noticed that there was a STOP WORK ORDER posted by the Village of Mineola dated February 16 posted on the
tower and on the east fence along Main Street outside the sub-station. The pedestrian crossing just west of the
tower was still open along with the walkway alongside the tower to Main Street.
UPDATE: Visited Mineola on the afternoon of Thursday March 11. The sub-station is now fully demolished with
most of the brick, stone work and steel removed from the site due to the collapse of the building.
A good vantage point of the sub-station site along with Nassau Tower is from the parking garage next door.
The pedestrian crossing at the tower is now closed to the public since the sub-station building collapse.
The NASSAU signs on both the east and west sides of the tower building are now gone.
BM: There are now three upcoming Saturday Main Line shutdowns scheduled for March 13, 20 and 27 for
the ongoing signal modernization project as Spring begins (officially March 20) for the Third Track Project.
I fully agree with the thought that Nassau Tower's days are numbered at this point...MACTRAXX
EXPRESS TRAIN TO NEW YORK PENN STATION-NO JAMAICA ON THIS TRAIN-PLEASE STAND CLEAR OF THE CLOSING TRAIN DOORS