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Re: LIRR CAMS and CARMEN SALARIES

 by Kelly&Kelly ¦  Sun Mar 24, 2024 5:55 pm ¦  Forum: Long Island Rail Road (LIRR) ¦  Topic: LIRR CAMS and CARMEN SALARIES ¦  Replies: 3 ¦  Views: 416

Your sons can message me. Maybe I can help.

Re: "Sing us a Song, You're the Piano Man" Man on the LIRR

 by Kelly&Kelly ¦  Sat Mar 23, 2024 4:43 pm ¦  Forum: Long Island Rail Road (LIRR) ¦  Topic: "Sing us a Song, You're the Piano Man" Man on the LIRR ¦  Replies: 3 ¦  Views: 393

Everyone rides the LIRR, or did, before the huge surge in criminal assaults against employees and customers.

The latest legacy media stories of brave celebrity ridership on LIRR and subways are paid placement to counter the fears of the average rider.

Re: Name of this item?

 by Kelly&Kelly ¦  Sat Feb 17, 2024 3:33 pm ¦  Forum: Long Island Rail Road (LIRR) ¦  Topic: Name of this item? ¦  Replies: 1 ¦  Views: 383

Looks like a "wheel stop," a cheap, easy, movable and often somewhat temporary bumper that hopes to restrain a rolling car. Most today are cast iron; this one appears to be steel.

Re: ESA Protect?

 by Kelly&Kelly ¦  Sat Feb 17, 2024 3:32 pm ¦  Forum: Long Island Rail Road (LIRR) ¦  Topic: ESA Protect? ¦  Replies: 34 ¦  Views: 5309

They say lots of things...

This thread brings back memories of the early 1980's: Flipping through Polaroid photos of 1940's lightweight railcars for sale with CMO trying to figure out which junk could get us through the parlor car season. Some of those wrecks cost the Long Island more for delivery than the cost of the car. Th...

Re: Steam on Long Beach branch

 by Kelly&Kelly ¦  Thu Feb 08, 2024 6:39 pm ¦  Forum: Long Island Rail Road (LIRR) ¦  Topic: Steam on Long Beach branch ¦  Replies: 7 ¦  Views: 729

Photos show steam trains on the Long Beach Branch with the engine west pushing equipment eastward. I don't know if that was regular practice or not. I do know that often the smaller engines were operated in reverse without being turned. There is a photo prior to the relocation of Long Beach station ...

Re: M3 Cab tray table??

 by Kelly&Kelly ¦  Wed Jan 24, 2024 7:12 pm ¦  Forum: Long Island Rail Road (LIRR) ¦  Topic: M3 Cab tray table?? ¦  Replies: 15 ¦  Views: 1535

When the M1s first arrived, the permanent No Smoking cars had carpet, the Smoking cars had vinyl flooring.

I can still smell that new tan carpet...

Re: M3 compatibility

 by Kelly&Kelly ¦  Thu Jan 11, 2024 7:03 pm ¦  Forum: Long Island Rail Road (LIRR) ¦  Topic: M3 compatibility ¦  Replies: 11 ¦  Views: 1524

I recall that move well Krispy. The only problem running the Metro North cars here (beside the contact shoes) was the speed control. They would run non-equipped. Road Foreman was often The Shadow or Buffy. Maybe about 35 years ago?

Re: High-platform ridership threshold

 by Kelly&Kelly ¦  Sat Nov 18, 2023 12:51 pm ¦  Forum: Long Island Rail Road (LIRR) ¦  Topic: High-platform ridership threshold ¦  Replies: 17 ¦  Views: 1615

Closing a station is always a political decision.

Re: Platform Car Markers

 by Kelly&Kelly ¦  Fri Oct 13, 2023 6:32 pm ¦  Forum: Long Island Rail Road (LIRR) ¦  Topic: Platform Car Markers ¦  Replies: 10 ¦  Views: 1244

Car markers are generally placed to even out the loading of trains over the route. But other considerations are often used. Trains may have to be spotted to clear gate crossing circuits, or interlocking track circuits. Something as remote as a complaint letter from a commuter who has to walk too far...

Re: Valley Tower remoted to JCC

 by Kelly&Kelly ¦  Sun Sep 24, 2023 5:22 pm ¦  Forum: Long Island Rail Road (LIRR) ¦  Topic: Valley Tower remoted to JCC ¦  Replies: 10 ¦  Views: 1017

Spent many a winter night up there with George Georke in the 1970s.

Re: ESA Protect?

 by Kelly&Kelly ¦  Sat Sep 23, 2023 5:28 am ¦  Forum: Long Island Rail Road (LIRR) ¦  Topic: ESA Protect? ¦  Replies: 34 ¦  Views: 5309

FDNY wants no part of an electric battery locomotive. They view it as a fire and explosion source. We'll watch who wins this debate or if it loses momentum and we live with the present solution...

Re: Non-revenue train derailment in QV 9/7

 by Kelly&Kelly ¦  Fri Sep 08, 2023 5:30 am ¦  Forum: Long Island Rail Road (LIRR) ¦  Topic: Non-revenue train derailment in QV 9/7 ¦  Replies: 4 ¦  Views: 631

Those side-dump hoppers are junk and were when the LIRR bought them. There was a loaded car behind empties, and the truck fell off one of them. This all happened at way less than 15mph; probably about five...

Re: Non-revenue train derailment in QV 9/7

 by Kelly&Kelly ¦  Thu Sep 07, 2023 4:44 pm ¦  Forum: Long Island Rail Road (LIRR) ¦  Topic: Non-revenue train derailment in QV 9/7 ¦  Replies: 4 ¦  Views: 631

Two cars on the ground.

Re: Jamaica Derailment

 by Kelly&Kelly ¦  Sat Aug 12, 2023 7:19 pm ¦  Forum: Long Island Rail Road (LIRR) ¦  Topic: Jamaica Derailment ¦  Replies: 7 ¦  Views: 1163

In summary, a miswired switch point detector and defective circuit design that were "for some reason" not identified in testing. Not the end of this... One story that won't be going away.

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