lilbluefoxie Posted January 9, 2013 Share #1 Posted January 9, 2013 I start the year off in Oyster Bay, I brought my camera with when I was on my errands in Oyster Bay and happened to be there in time to catch the Oyster Bay branch train coming in. More at: http://jonstrainphotos.com/photos/lirr/route/ob Hope you like, more to come as the year unfolds. If anyone has a particular station they wish to see photographed on the LIRR, let me know and if its not something insanely far out in Suffolk I will look into getting photos from that station for you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quill Depot Posted January 10, 2013 Share #2 Posted January 10, 2013 Awesome! I love the 2nd one! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vistausss Posted January 10, 2013 Share #3 Posted January 10, 2013 Nice photos! I wish someone'd go out to Montauk and make pictures there but it doesn't seem to be a popular place (probably because of the few trains going there). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lilbluefoxie Posted January 10, 2013 Author Share #4 Posted January 10, 2013 Nice photos! I wish someone'd go out to Montauk and make pictures there but it doesn't seem to be a popular place (probably because of the few trains going there). dankje http://jonstrainphotos.com/photos/lirr/route/my Ive been to Montauk back in 2011, and took photos there Theres more on the link to my site. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vistausss Posted January 10, 2013 Share #5 Posted January 10, 2013 Graag gedaan And awh yeah, I see a bomb train on your Montauk photo. Gonna check the rest out on your website! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lilbluefoxie Posted January 11, 2013 Author Share #6 Posted January 11, 2013 LIRR Stations I have photographed: Long Island City Hunterspoint Ave Penn Station Atlantic Terminal Woodside Kew Gardens Jamaica Broadway Great Neck Manhasset Port Washington Valley Stream Gibson Woodmere Cedarhurst Lawrence Lynbrook East Rockaway Long Beach Belmont Park Floral Park Garden City Country Life Press Hempstead Westwood Malverne West Hempstead Mineola Roslyn Locust Valley Oyster Bay Wantagh Seaford Massapequa Hicksville Syosset Cold Spring Harbor Huntington Bethpage Farmingdale Babylon Bay Shore Islip Sayville Patchogue Deer Park Stony Brook Riverhead Greenport Montauk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Diesel Posted January 11, 2013 Share #7 Posted January 11, 2013 OMG i love all double decker transportation and never thought that somewhere else except Chicago area there is double decker trains. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lilbluefoxie Posted January 11, 2013 Author Share #8 Posted January 11, 2013 OMG i love all double decker transportation and never thought that somewhere else except Chicago area there is double decker trains. MBTA (Boston) Commuter Rail uses double decker trains and so does CalTrain (San Francisco's commuter rail) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Diesel Posted January 11, 2013 Share #9 Posted January 11, 2013 MBTA (Boston) Commuter Rail uses double decker trains and so does CalTrain (San Francisco's commuter rail) But why on the pict you took wagon looks lower (or wider) than Chicago double decker train? Your And Chicago Actually i like more this one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Diesel Posted January 11, 2013 Share #10 Posted January 11, 2013 I wish someone'd go out to Montauk and make pictures there but it doesn't seem to be a popular place (probably because of the few trains going there). Can i?? Pleaaaase!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lilbluefoxie Posted January 11, 2013 Author Share #11 Posted January 11, 2013 Can i?? Pleaaaase!! Go in summertime on the weekend, theres more trains running out there so you wont have to wait in Montauk for hours. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Diesel Posted January 11, 2013 Share #12 Posted January 11, 2013 Go in summertime on the weekend, theres more trains running out there so you wont have to wait in Montauk for hours. I actually have problems to visit U.S., as i already wrote in my thread in New Member Introductions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vistausss Posted January 11, 2013 Share #13 Posted January 11, 2013 MBTA (Boston) Commuter Rail uses double decker trains and so does CalTrain (San Francisco's commuter rail) And lots of others like GO (Canada) or ACE (California's express commuter rail). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lilbluefoxie Posted January 12, 2013 Author Share #14 Posted January 12, 2013 I actually have problems to visit U.S., as i already wrote in my thread in New Member Introductions. were you the Ukrainian guy? I forgot who posted about that Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amtrak7 Posted January 12, 2013 Share #15 Posted January 12, 2013 But why on the pict you took wagon looks lower (or wider) than Chicago double decker train? It is-the LIRR equipment has to fit through the Amtrak East River Tunnels. At 14 feet 8 inches, I'm pretty sure it is the tightest clearance standard for heavy rail passenger equipment in North America, and because its so busy, lots of equipment around the country is designed to fit. Most commuter rail systems in the US use double decker equipment, either exclusively or mixed with single levels. SLE, MNR, WES, and SEPTA are probably the only exceptions I can think of. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NYCRailfan523 Posted January 12, 2013 Share #16 Posted January 12, 2013 Wow, great photos! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theaveragejoe Posted January 13, 2013 Share #17 Posted January 13, 2013 Here is the list of North American commuter systems that use either Bi-Level or Mulilevel rolling stock Agence métropolitaine de transport in Montreal Altamont Commuter Express in San Jose/Stockton Caltrain in San Francisco/San Jose FrontRunner in Salt Lake City GO Transit in Toronto Long Island Rail Road- in New York City MARC- in Balitmore/Washington DC MBTA - in Boston Metra - in Chicago Metrolink in Los Angeles Metro-North Railroad in New York City Music City Star in Nashville Coaster in San Diego New Jersey Transit - State of New Jersey Rail Runner Express - in Albuquerque Northstar - in Minneapolis/St. Paul Sounder - in Seattle/Tacoma Trinity Railway Express in Dallas/Fort Worth Tri-Rail in Miami Virginia Railway Express in Washington DC West Coast Express in Vancouver South Shore Line in Chicago/South Bend Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Diesel Posted January 13, 2013 Share #18 Posted January 13, 2013 were you the Ukrainian guy? I forgot who posted about that Yes, my thread called "Shalom!". Here is the list of North American commuter systems that use either Bi-Level or Mulilevel rolling stock Agence métropolitaine de transport in Montreal Altamont Commuter Express in San Jose/Stockton Caltrain in San Francisco/San Jose FrontRunner in Salt Lake City GO Transit in Toronto Long Island Rail Road- in New York City MARC- in Balitmore/Washington DC MBTA - in Boston Metra - in Chicago Metrolink in Los Angeles Metro-North Railroad in New York City Music City Star in Nashville Coaster in San Diego New Jersey Transit - State of New Jersey Rail Runner Express - in Albuquerque Northstar - in Minneapolis/St. Paul Sounder - in Seattle/Tacoma Trinity Railway Express in Dallas/Fort Worth Tri-Rail in Miami Virginia Railway Express in Washington DC West Coast Express in Vancouver South Shore Line in Chicago/South Bend Wow, really a lot, all the USA, and some in Canada. Thanks, couldn't even imagine!!! All this trains are interstate, or internal? Love it! It is-the LIRR equipment has to fit through the Amtrak East River Tunnels. At 14 feet 8 inches, I'm pretty sure it is the tightest clearance standard for heavy rail passenger equipment in North America, and because its so busy, lots of equipment around the country is designed to fit. Most commuter rail systems in the US use double decker equipment, either exclusively or mixed with single levels. SLE, MNR, WES, and SEPTA are probably the only exceptions I can think of. Now i understand, thanks. Same situation like in London (all this low bridges, tunnels), and all the world i guess. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amtrak7 Posted January 13, 2013 Share #19 Posted January 13, 2013 Wow, really a lot, all the USA, and some in Canada. Thanks, couldn't even imagine!!!All this trains are interstate, or internal? Many of them do cross state lines (MARC, Metra, NICTD, NJT, MBTA) but they are all centered on a metropolitan area. Unlike the Metropolitan Line of LU, it is absolutely forbidden to run commuter rail and subway on the same tracks in the US-when they parallel separate and usually fenced-off tracks need to be built. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Diesel Posted January 13, 2013 Share #20 Posted January 13, 2013 Many of them do cross state lines (MARC, Metra, NICTD, NJT, MBTA) but they are all centered on a metropolitan area. Unlike the Metropolitan Line of LU, it is absolutely forbidden to run commuter rail and subway on the same tracks in the US-when they parallel separate and usually fenced-off tracks need to be built. Thanks! LU - London Underground? You mean London uses the same tracks for both trains (subway and commuter)? As i see on this pic here we have two types of rails, may be thats what you meant. And as i understand in the USA there is just two parallel lines of subway and commuter, yes? Or am i wrong and confusing? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Diesel Posted January 13, 2013 Share #21 Posted January 13, 2013 Just looked for few pics of rails in New York here, on this forum, so i see that usually NY lines uses 3 rails, but im not guess that 3rd is subway (or conversely, commuter), cuz where is backward rail? Ohhh if you knew how much i want to come to NYC and to get all the answers to all my questions personally!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lilbluefoxie Posted January 13, 2013 Author Share #22 Posted January 13, 2013 did you get Trevor's permission to repost those photos? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Diesel Posted January 13, 2013 Share #23 Posted January 13, 2013 did you get Trevor's permission to repost those photos? ????????? r u serious? actually he permitted by copyright. And not those photos, but this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vistausss Posted January 13, 2013 Share #24 Posted January 13, 2013 Here is the list of North American commuter systems that use either Bi-Level or Mulilevel rolling stock Agence métropolitaine de transport in Montreal Altamont Commuter Express in San Jose/Stockton Caltrain in San Francisco/San Jose FrontRunner in Salt Lake City GO Transit in Toronto Long Island Rail Road- in New York City MARC- in Balitmore/Washington DC MBTA - in Boston Metra - in Chicago Metrolink in Los Angeles Metro-North Railroad in New York City Music City Star in Nashville Coaster in San Diego New Jersey Transit - State of New Jersey Rail Runner Express - in Albuquerque Northstar - in Minneapolis/St. Paul Sounder - in Seattle/Tacoma Trinity Railway Express in Dallas/Fort Worth Tri-Rail in Miami Virginia Railway Express in Washington DC West Coast Express in Vancouver South Shore Line in Chicago/South Bend MNRR uses bi-level/multi-level? Since when? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
N4 Via Merrick Rd Posted January 13, 2013 Share #25 Posted January 13, 2013 @lilbluefoxie Those were some great pics. It seems You and I have the same piece of mind. MNRR uses bi-level/multi-level? Since when? I've never seen MNRR use double deckers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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