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Rockaway Park to Wash. Hts.-168th St aboard the S (first passenger to enter and leave Beach 105 St) and R1-9s

I finished my last Rockaway Here We Come! (Again) post yesterday on the platform at Rockaway Park waiting for the first revenue service departure. The R1-9s ran this route in regular revenue service although they bypassed all stations from Howard Beach to Euclid Avenue. I road from Broad Channel to Euclid, taking the first two Shuttles […]

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Rockaway Here We Come! (Again)

June 28, 1956: Today, for the First Time Since Sandy: As of Noon today the subway is fully an officially back with service to every station! The MTA reopened the line in style sending out the Museum train first full of dignitaries (from the MTA and FTA, no elected officials bothered to show up) from […]

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The Seastreak New York to the Seastreak Martha’s Vineyard to the Rockaways. Back via the H Train to the Shuttle Bus to the A Train

Today I awoke to a nice Spring Day and a presentation to work on for my internship with the Brooklyn Waterfront Research Center. What a better way to do both of these things and get some more H train photos and then a $2 ride on the temporary Rockaways Ferry. I’ve ridden the ferry twice […]

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Photos of the South Ferry Loop Station Reopened and Reconstruction Process

I am bad at keeping up with current NYC Transit events even if I’ve visited them. This update is all encompassing with all the photos I took of the South Ferry Stations and closure and reopening situation: Rector Street–(33 Photos) right after Superstorm Sandy the South Ferry-bound platform became an exit platform and the MTA […]

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South Ferry Loop Station Reopened and a Half-Hour Delay and Boarding Announcement Adventure in Penn Station as I continue my Points Run to New Rochelle

My stop on my way downtown today is to visit South Ferry on my way to my internship in Brooklyn. I don’t feel like dealing with the 1 train and the elevators at its 181 Street stop so I get on the A train down to 59th Street. I just make a connection to the […]

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The AmPolice putting on a show at NYP, denying me platform access via the exit concourse then searching my bag on a points run to Newark, back via PATH

This is the third post (Post 1|Post 2) about four trips over four days on a POH-YNY-NYP-NWK-PHL points run muli-city ticket I bought to ride VIA Cars on the Adirondack after Thanksgiving 2012 and to also get enough points for S+ status. My points run on Wednesday is from NYP-NWK, a trip with fewer train […]

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A Points Run from Yonkers to Penn Station on #236 up to Yonkers via Bee-Line Bus

This is the second post (Post 1) about four trips over four days on a POH-YNY-NYP-NWK-PHL points run muli-city ticket I bought to ride VIA Cars on the Adirondack after Thanksgiving 2012 and to also get nearly enough points for S+ status. If I am ever already buying a ticket on the Adirondack to and […]

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Train #68 south through the Sunset with an uneventful cross-platform transfer at Albany

The southbound finally is visible at 3:08, there is a crowd of about 15 people boarding and for some reason the crew is insisting on scanning all of us on the platform. This gives me time to get a few photos of the Park car in the station, Evangeline Park, the Park car I realize […]

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A Chatty VIA Park Car Ride North to Port Henry on Adirondack #69

This is the second post (Post 1) in a multi-part series about a going home from Syracuse via Port Henry on the Adirondack to run the VIA equipment borrowed by Amtrak over Thanksgiving to provide an increase in capacity after Superstorm Sandy. I get on the Adirondack and start chatting with one railfan who’s is […]

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Crowded Empire Service train #280 from SYR to SDY for the northbound VIA Adirondack

This is the first post in a multi-part series about a going home from Syracuse via Port Henry on the Adirondack to run the VIA equipment borrowed by Amtrak over Thanksgiving to provide an increase in capacity after Superstorm Sandy. A few weeks ago I decided I would spend an extra day in Syracuse and […]