When I was 17 years old a state trooper took me home and told my mother I have severe psychological problems because I was train spotting. Some people just don't get it.
That's unbelievable. Straphangers/ Random people don't understand. I was at Penn Station trainspotting when some employee to me and said what was I doing? I told him im railfanning. He didnt understand so he said don't cause trouble.
Another well done video! These will be treasured by fans in the future, so you are doing a real service to LIRR history buffs. Plus providing some first class entertainment! Again, what about the Main Line from KO to GY? All we have now is a very crappy in-cab film, with horrible camera and sound work. We need a high quality video of the entire Main Line. (Why is now called the Ronkonkoma Branch nowadays???) I'd volunteer to help with filming the Main Line, but I live and work in Pittsburgh, PA, on the "other end" of the Pennsy. I've been riding the Pennsy/Penn Central/Amtrak/LIRR to NC (Peconic) for 60 years plus, and have many memories of the LIRR (but too young to remember the steam locomotives). Keep up the fine work!
Well yesterday I got to wyandanch station to go to the city and so far I saw that a crossover support was added on the 2nd platform area and Pinelawn has its 2nd platform almost complete so possibly the 2nd track will be done and opened by this summer/late fall idk
They are installing PTC on several of the M3s so they can stay for a few more years but they will ultimately be replaced by the M9s. I think it was roughly a 7pm train
Thanks! Very respectable speed, considering all of the grade crossings. Plus a nice incentive to leave the car at home and avoid a good portion of the traffic congestion.
Actually, it makes me wonder how many dogs get electrocuted peeing on the 3rd rail. It's completely exposed and accessible adjacent to road crossings...
Actually it makes me wonder what the train operators think and feel after they hit a human on the tracks in the middle of the night..... Happened on my train from Penn to Ronkonkoma at 4:25am just 4min away from pulling into Ronkonkoma about 3 years ago. We were stuck there over an hour while the cops came and then the coroner came to get the guy out under the train
