metsfan

In may or june i'm taking a photo/video trip of SIR/staten island ferry.

I usually say i'm getting the train, and i never refer to the rail cars as subway, as subway is the rail system, not the equipment. - Andy

Cool vids! How do you think these cars age compared to ones that run on the subway? Being exposed to the elements 100% of the time has to make some difference. - Andy

Really nice photos! - Andy

Gonna do that in may or june. Should be fun. Gonna take (NJT) to NYP, then take the to south ferry & staten island ferry to the SIR station. Should be fun! Will take lots of photos!! - Andy

After reviewing the disappeared northern SIRT branch on forgotten-ny.com, it seems the tracks and right of way are built over by houses and parks and stuff, i think it'd have to be built as a light rail installment along Richmond Terrace. This being said, i think NJT needs to extend light rail to EWR as well, and tie in the whole thing with new light rail tracks, using DMU, since the gauge is the same, you could simply put a switch to head it down the re-activated freight right of way, even if more track had to be put in to keep freight traffic from interfering with light rail service (if this makes any sense?). I've studied the paths that the NLR and SIR extensions would have to make to do all this, and it seems totally possible and practical. Also, there are several old freight lines that run under i-95 between Arthur Kill and EWR, but the lines seem to go through (though with some distance between) the oil storage areas, and may because of security reasons stay freight only, or unused entirely. - Andy

I guess its time upgraded to an intel mac & install winders to run some of these sims. - Andy

Do any of these work on macs? - Andy

I was just thinking that exact same thing. Just be yourself, if they are into (7x):mb:(NJT):njc: or not . - Andy