Fred G Posted June 7, 2010 Share #1 Posted June 7, 2010 Thanks to the Museum and the Div C guys for putting on an excellent excursion yesterday. On the original IRT line at GCT. From the ramp at Concourse Yard. 18th Street with ancient IRT heiroglyphics. Yeah you know, that shot at Gun Hill Road Railfanning Not a good photo but tells the tale. Lights out to cut the glare. Cross over to the other platform and the sun comes out. Shoulda done this earlier. Riding the train is fun Parting shot from 176th Thanks for viewing! Moar Pics in my album your pal, Fred Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LRG Posted June 7, 2010 Share #2 Posted June 7, 2010 Excellent work Fred! Maybe I might run into you on the next two summer trips :cool: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gregorygrice Posted June 7, 2010 Share #3 Posted June 7, 2010 These are some Great pictures Fred! That must have been a great trip! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fred G Posted June 7, 2010 Author Share #4 Posted June 7, 2010 Excellent work Fred! Maybe I might run into you on the next two summer trips :cool: Thanks, . I will probably chase those, but never know These are some Great pictures Fred! That must have been a great trip! Thanks, , and it was lotsa fun! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MattTrain Posted June 7, 2010 Share #5 Posted June 7, 2010 Nice work, I enjoyed your coverage of the Low Vs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R110B Posted June 7, 2010 Share #6 Posted June 7, 2010 Wirelessly posted via (Mozilla/5.0 (Danger hiptop 4.6; U; rv:1.7.12) Gecko/20050920) Hey Fred Excelent Fomage! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Princelex Posted June 7, 2010 Share #7 Posted June 7, 2010 Fred, those pics were incredible! The whole trip was phenominal! It was the best TM trip I've ever taken with them seriously. The pics are a great representation of how the day went. Thanks again! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lilbluefoxie Posted June 7, 2010 Share #8 Posted June 7, 2010 I mighta seen you there when I was taking photos by the Shuttle platform. Did you see a guy with messy hair wearing red plaid shorts and a t-shirt? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brighton Local Posted June 7, 2010 Share #9 Posted June 7, 2010 Beautiful stuff Fred! Love that Concourse Yard Ramp Shot! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mark1447 Posted June 7, 2010 Share #10 Posted June 7, 2010 Excellent man! You must of had a great time in the PARTY! While the rest of us up on MNCRR land lol Hope to see you next tima~ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dman1455 Posted June 7, 2010 Share #11 Posted June 7, 2010 lol Fred I loved when the train couldn't go up the Concourse hill and we started to go down. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SubwayGuy Posted June 7, 2010 Share #12 Posted June 7, 2010 Excellent Fred. Good seeing you yesterday, albeit briefly but that's usually how these things go... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GojiMet86 Posted June 7, 2010 Share #13 Posted June 7, 2010 Cool pics, Fred! Love the 6th and 7th pictures. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MTR Admiralty Posted June 7, 2010 Share #14 Posted June 7, 2010 Great stuff!! Damn! !@#$%^&*() I wish I went Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sea Beach Posted June 7, 2010 Share #15 Posted June 7, 2010 Awsome Fred! :tup::tup: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amtrak7 Posted June 7, 2010 Share #16 Posted June 7, 2010 Now that the trip is over, anyone care to state the route? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SubwayGuy Posted June 7, 2010 Share #17 Posted June 7, 2010 Now that the trip is over, anyone care to state the route? -Train boarded at the Transit Museum and departed at 11AM. -Train headed east out of the museum along the IND Fulton Line to Hoyt-Schermerhorn's unused side platform, then ran over the express tracks from Hoyt to 80th St - Hudson St. . -At 80th/Hudson, a photo stop was provided. The train relayed on the middle track at 80th/Hudson, and picked up passengers who took advantage of the photo stop at the Manhattan bound platform. -From 80th/Hudson, the train ran express to Bedford Park Blvd via IND Fulton, IND 8th Avenue, and IND Concourse. -From Bedford Pk Blvd , the train entered Concourse Yard. -From Concourse Yard, the train entered the IRT Jerome Line just north of Kingsbridge Road . -The train ran south to Burnside Avenue . A second photo opp was provided. Anyone who wanted to get a photo of the train going by from any station between Burnside and 149th St/Grand Concourse could get off at Burnside, go ahead on any train, photograph the Lo-V going by, and catch the next train which would rendezvous with the Lo-V at 149th/GC -From 149th/GC, the train ran express via Lexington Avenue local track 1 to just south of 42nd Street/Grand Central -From south of 42nd Street/Grand Central, the train changed direction and entered Shuttle lead Track 1, stopping at the Grand Central Platform. One hour was then provided for lunch. -The train reboarded at the Shuttle Platform, Track 1. -The train re-entered the Lexington Avenue line using the Shuttle lead, and continued running down Lexington Avenue to Brooklyn Bridge . -The train turned back uptown using the loop at City Hall, passing through the abandoned station there. -The train then ran express on Lexington Avenue Track 3 to 138th St/Grand Concourse . At 138th/GC, the train diverged onto the White Plains Road Line. -The train continued on the White Plains Road line to East 180th Street . -A third photo opportunity was presented. The train made all local stops between East 180th Street and Dyre Avenue , to allow photographers to exit the train at any station of their choice. The Lo-V's would run by twice - once on the return to East 180th, then once more back to Dyre - but would not stop. On the way back south from Dyre Avenue the second time, the train would make all local stops, and photographers were to reboard the train at that time. -From East 180th, the train ran south to 149th/GC lower level . A rest stop was provided for any who wished to use the facilities. They were told to meet back in a few minutes on the upper level to catch up with the train. -During the break, the train continued south to 138th/GC , relayed, and re-entered 149th/CG on the upper level, to await those returning from their break. -From 149th, the final photo stop was presented. Passengers could take any train to any stop between 149th and Burnside Ave. , watch the Lo-V go by, then catch the next train following the Lo-V to meet back up with the train at Burnside. -From Burnside, the train ran to Kingsbridge Road , wrong railed across 1 track to access the Concourse Yard lead and re-entered Concourse Yard. -From Concourse Yard, the train re-entered the IND Concourse Line at Bedford Park Blvd (. -From Bedford Pk Blvd., the train ran to 125th St. ( -At 125th St., the train changed direction and ran via the IND 8th Avenue Line to 168th St. -At 168th St, the trip came to an end and the train returned to 207 St Yard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
INDman Posted June 7, 2010 Share #18 Posted June 7, 2010 Great job as always Fred. Seems you have the best shots of maybe he best trip to run since the MoD trips. For those who did not go and missed this awesome trip, the route was: TM to 80th/Hundson on the . 80th/Hudson to 125th Street 125th Street to Concourse Yard Concourse Yard to the IRT line to the Grand Central 1 Trk. GCT 1 Trk though City Hall to E180th Street E180th to Dyer Ave Drop off people at the way to Dyer Ave. Dyer Ave to E180th Express on the local E180th to Dyer Express run to Dyer Dyer to E180th Local to pick up everyone who got off E180th to 139 middle, relay to the then to 149 GC 149 GC people get off and go to every station to Burnside to get shots of the train. 149 GC to Burnside Ave Pick up everyone who got off Burnside Ave to Concourse Yard Concourse Yard to 125th Street !25th Street to 168th Street discharge passengers 168th Street to 207th Street Yard Hope you got all that guys.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Queens Surface Posted June 7, 2010 Share #19 Posted June 7, 2010 Those photos are awesome Fred. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul P Posted June 7, 2010 Share #20 Posted June 7, 2010 Best work! Unfortunately the tour I wanted to go on in July has already been sold out... :tdown: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R110B Posted June 8, 2010 Share #21 Posted June 8, 2010 Wirelessly posted via (Mozilla/5.0 (Danger hiptop 4.6; U; rv:1.7.12) Gecko/20050920) I'm going 2 the next 2 museum trips by reservation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amtrak7 Posted June 8, 2010 Share #22 Posted June 8, 2010 -Train boarded at the Transit Museum and departed at 11AM.-Train headed east out of the museum along the IND Fulton Line to Hoyt-Schermerhorn's unused side platform, then ran over the express tracks from Hoyt to 80th St - Hudson St. . -At 80th/Hudson, a photo stop was provided. The train relayed on the middle track at 80th/Hudson, and picked up passengers who took advantage of the photo stop at the Manhattan bound platform. -From 80th/Hudson, the train ran express to Bedford Park Blvd via IND Fulton, IND 8th Avenue, and IND Concourse. -From Bedford Pk Blvd , the train entered Concourse Yard. -From Concourse Yard, the train entered the IRT Jerome Line just north of Kingsbridge Road . -The train ran south to Burnside Avenue . A second photo opp was provided. Anyone who wanted to get a photo of the train going by from any station between Burnside and 149th St/Grand Concourse could get off at Burnside, go ahead on any train, photograph the Lo-V going by, and catch the next train which would rendezvous with the Lo-V at 149th/GC -From 149th/GC, the train ran express via Lexington Avenue local track 1 to just south of 42nd Street/Grand Central -From south of 42nd Street/Grand Central, the train changed direction and entered Shuttle lead Track 1, stopping at the Grand Central Platform. One hour was then provided for lunch. -The train reboarded at the Shuttle Platform, Track 1. -The train re-entered the Lexington Avenue line using the Shuttle lead, and continued running down Lexington Avenue to Brooklyn Bridge . -The train turned back uptown using the loop at City Hall, passing through the abandoned station there. -The train then ran express on Lexington Avenue Track 3 to 138th St/Grand Concourse . At 138th/GC, the train diverged onto the White Plains Road Line. -The train continued on the White Plains Road line to East 180th Street . -A third photo opportunity was presented. The train made all local stops between East 180th Street and Dyre Avenue , to allow photographers to exit the train at any station of their choice. The Lo-V's would run by twice - once on the return to East 180th, then once more back to Dyre - but would not stop. On the way back south from Dyre Avenue the second time, the train would make all local stops, and photographers were to reboard the train at that time. -From East 180th, the train ran south to 149th/GC lower level . A rest stop was provided for any who wished to use the facilities. They were told to meet back in a few minutes on the upper level to catch up with the train. -During the break, the train continued south to 138th/GC , relayed, and re-entered 149th/CG on the upper level, to await those returning from their break. -From 149th, the final photo stop was presented. Passengers could take any train to any stop between 149th and Burnside Ave. , watch the Lo-V go by, then catch the next train following the Lo-V to meet back up with the train at Burnside. -From Burnside, the train ran to Kingsbridge Road , wrong railed across 1 track to access the Concourse Yard lead and re-entered Concourse Yard. -From Concourse Yard, the train re-entered the IND Concourse Line at Bedford Park Blvd . -From Bedford Pk Blvd., the train ran to 125th St. -At 125th St., the train changed direction and ran via the IND 8th Avenue Line to 168th St. -At 168th St, the trip came to an end and the train returned to 207 St Yard. Thanks a lot!!! That must be an interesting trip with reverse moves and brake tests galore... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
INDman Posted June 8, 2010 Share #23 Posted June 8, 2010 Thanks a lot!!! That must be an interesting trip with reverse moves and brake tests galore... It was a very interesting trip with many tests along the way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fred G Posted June 8, 2010 Author Share #24 Posted June 8, 2010 -Train boarded at the Transit Museum and departed at 11AM.-Train headed east out of the museum along the IND Fulton Line to Hoyt-Schermerhorn's unused side platform, then ran over the express tracks from Hoyt to 80th St - Hudson St. . -At 80th/Hudson, a photo stop was provided. The train relayed on the middle track at 80th/Hudson, and picked up passengers who took advantage of the photo stop at the Manhattan bound platform. -From 80th/Hudson, the train ran express to Bedford Park Blvd via IND Fulton, IND 8th Avenue, and IND Concourse. -From Bedford Pk Blvd , the train entered Concourse Yard. -From Concourse Yard, the train entered the IRT Jerome Line just north of Kingsbridge Road . -The train ran south to Burnside Avenue . A second photo opp was provided. Anyone who wanted to get a photo of the train going by from any station between Burnside and 149th St/Grand Concourse could get off at Burnside, go ahead on any train, photograph the Lo-V going by, and catch the next train which would rendezvous with the Lo-V at 149th/GC -From 149th/GC, the train ran express via Lexington Avenue local track 1 to just south of 42nd Street/Grand Central -From south of 42nd Street/Grand Central, the train changed direction and entered Shuttle lead Track 1, stopping at the Grand Central Platform. One hour was then provided for lunch. -The train reboarded at the Shuttle Platform, Track 1. -The train re-entered the Lexington Avenue line using the Shuttle lead, and continued running down Lexington Avenue to Brooklyn Bridge . -The train turned back uptown using the loop at City Hall, passing through the abandoned station there. -The train then ran express on Lexington Avenue Track 3 to 138th St/Grand Concourse . At 138th/GC, the train diverged onto the White Plains Road Line. -The train continued on the White Plains Road line to East 180th Street . -A third photo opportunity was presented. The train made all local stops between East 180th Street and Dyre Avenue , to allow photographers to exit the train at any station of their choice. The Lo-V's would run by twice - once on the return to East 180th, then once more back to Dyre - but would not stop. On the way back south from Dyre Avenue the second time, the train would make all local stops, and photographers were to reboard the train at that time. -From East 180th, the train ran south to 149th/GC lower level . A rest stop was provided for any who wished to use the facilities. They were told to meet back in a few minutes on the upper level to catch up with the train. -During the break, the train continued south to 138th/GC , relayed, and re-entered 149th/CG on the upper level, to await those returning from their break. -From 149th, the final photo stop was presented. Passengers could take any train to any stop between 149th and Burnside Ave. , watch the Lo-V go by, then catch the next train following the Lo-V to meet back up with the train at Burnside. -From Burnside, the train ran to Kingsbridge Road , wrong railed across 1 track to access the Concourse Yard lead and re-entered Concourse Yard. -From Concourse Yard, the train re-entered the IND Concourse Line at Bedford Park Blvd . -From Bedford Pk Blvd., the train ran to 125th St. -At 125th St., the train changed direction and ran via the IND 8th Avenue Line to 168th St. -At 168th St, the trip came to an end and the train returned to 207 St Yard. You guys did an excellent job, as did Div C fellas. :tup::tup: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Posted June 8, 2010 Share #25 Posted June 8, 2010 Nice photos, Fred. Shame I couldn't make it, I heard it was quite an eventful trip. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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