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If you don't live on Long Island you cannot imagine how widespread was the damage that Irene caused. Trees, wires, leaves and branches were down all over north-central Nassau County (my first-hand knowledge). There seemed to be scarcely any working traffic lights -- and this includes Northern Blvd, ...

Young'uns! 1979 hurricane David, in the middle of Nassau County we lost power for 5 (FIVE!) days.

Hurricane Irene might have some effect!

This is, indeed, a tragedy. What a terrible loss for his family. And, a painful loss for his friends and fellow workers. I hope it was only your pain reflected in your headline and words. Everyone should keep in mind that railroading IS a dangerous job. And I know that the LIRR has safety at the top...

Yup. (Hope the little critter found some high ground--the 24 hours following this photo saw the immediate area get 7 inches of rain.)

You can park at JFK Long Term lot for $18 for the first 24 hours and take the AirTrain at JFK. I think it is free around JFK/long term lot and connects with the subway (not free) and to the LIRR at Jamacia (not free.) From what I read, it SEEMS you can always get a parking spot in the long term lot!...

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But it was pretty interesting! Had me checking out the Thomas the Tank Engine site and events calendar--and thinking what a hoot that would be to see Thomas chugging through Mineola!

Employees want to get paid. Fares have to be collected. Less fares collected, fewer employees needed.

I like to park at the small, self-service, Mineola municipal lot behind Fox's -- just where the Oyster Bay Branch curves into the mainline. You pay a quarter per half-hour and get a ticket to put on your car dashboard. The machine takes credit cards or quarters. And I have never had a problem gettin...

The animals didn't go by until 8:30. It was elephants and horses. It was cold, dark, and quick! But still fun and exciting.

Elephants in front of the Long Island Children's Museum as they were being walked from the train to the Nassau Coliseum in March 2008. The Museum creates a themed event to coincide with the animal walk. It is nice to go to, but you don't have to to see the elephants. http://i185.photobucket.com/albu...

I think the railroad used to try and run as much service as possible in all sorts of weather but a couple of trains got stuck in snow drifts (and yes, there is the middle of nowhere on Long Island where it is practically impossible for emergency vehicles or buses to reach areas of the track--let alo...

Thanks for the information and the picture. My two railfans were sad that I didn't snap a photo--but I was standing on a crowded LIRR train at the time. The car looked, er, very pretty to me. I think my guys would be happy to be locked up on it!

Thanks again,

M.

Did anyone see the blue Pullman car in the Sunnyside yard on Tuesday or Wednesday, Nov 16 or 17? I think the name on it looked like "Sheriff" .

I did some web searches and looked on the Amtrak unusual-equipment-sightings thread but couldn't find any mention or information.

Thanks,

M.