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After leaving St. Patrick's Cathedral RFK was taken to Penn Station for the run to Washington.

When the funeral party arrived at platform it was found out that the coffin wouldn't fit.

A workman was called to remove a window.

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Yes, Mr. Norman . . . its Tucson.

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Does the same engineman make the whole run to WAS from NYP?

What happens then?

He has an hour or so to take a whiz, get a bite to eat?

Then run back up to NYP?

Thanks for any responses group.


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Postman just dropped it off.

Should be a good read:

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. . Was watching some vids of the New Haven Line. One thing has always puzzled me for years. The difference between the trackside catenary support poles that the NYNH&H put up, as opposed to what the Pennsy went with. The NH poles are not really poles at all. They are huge, built like a battlesh...

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Its not the Hells Gate Bridge.

Its not the Hell's Gate Bridge.

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Thursday, 4/17, 0445EDT on Turner Classic Movies.



A Classic.



Don\'t miss it.



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I recall a TV movie from 74-77 about a runaway ski train in Colorado. I thought Ben Johnson played the engineer, but a check at imdb found nothing. It was finally stopped by a loco coming up from behind, coupling up, then hitting the brakes. Can\'t remember the name for anything!!! The GG-1 in the S...

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Nose-mounted, or on the roof.

Which gives better visibility at night?

Which do you prefer, and why?





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   Saw a piece on National Geographic TV about GCT. They showed the siding under The Waldorf. I've known about the siding for years. If FDR came up from DC, as he did almost weekly, he would have come in on The Pennsy. I mean a train can't get to GCT from DC. Not easily anyway. How did his car get t...

That movie theatre site is too cool! Talk about a walk down memory lane! I grew up with the NY Connecting right behind our backyard. 74th St & 44th Ave. In Elmhurst. About a block from the Queens Blvd overpass. Thanks again for that site.               TheBoyFromNewYorkCity                     ...

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Growing up near Sunnyside Yard, I loved watching the little B1 switchers move all over the yard.





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Hey! I grew up right next to the NY Connecting. At 74th St & Queens Blvd, in Elmhurst. Under the overpass at 45th Ave, a guy named Floyd lived for years. This was in the early 70s when there was not a whole lot of action on the line. Everybody in the area knew this guy. The cops never bothered h...