alcoAL
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« on: December 06, 2006, 04:26:56 PM » |
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I saw this on Newsday's website about the USS Intrepid Museum being moved to Bayonne for a 2 year overhaul. It looks like the LIRR trains lined up to salute it as it sailed by!  |
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Paul
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« Reply #1 on: December 07, 2006, 12:15:34 AM » |
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What is that yellow car to the lower right of the picture?
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Nova55
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« Reply #2 on: December 07, 2006, 06:31:48 AM » |
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Looks like a pass car sitting on the highline..
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LIengineerBob
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« Reply #3 on: December 07, 2006, 12:34:37 PM » |
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Sure does look like a car up on the high line. Question is...how did it get up there!!??....it wasn't there the last time I was in west side yard about 6 months ago. The High Line is phyically disconnected from any rail line. The 33rd street end goes down the ramp to the parking lot for trucks and the downtown end just ends above the street.
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scopelliti
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« Reply #4 on: December 07, 2006, 12:48:56 PM » |
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Actually, looks like there are several objects there (there is a distinct break in the roofline), and they appear to have flat roofs. Might they be work trailers such as used by foremen at a worksite?
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Lirr168
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« Reply #5 on: December 07, 2006, 07:12:10 PM » |
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That yellow thing is NOT on the high line, as that's property of CSXT and it is actually located west of WSHY on the west side of 34th st.
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Nova55
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« Reply #6 on: December 07, 2006, 07:31:49 PM » |
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...huh?
The Highline starts at the northern end of West Side at grade, curves around the west end elevating till it begins its treck downtown at the south end of the yard.
Im pretty sure the deal with CSXT donating the RoW ( H/L ) to the city was finalized being that restoration to park status begain last month. One section was completly stripped and gutted so far. Ill post the link to photos later on..
They did lift equipment up to the top of it..
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Nova55
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« Reply #7 on: December 07, 2006, 07:42:21 PM » |
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« Reply #8 on: December 07, 2006, 08:08:34 PM » |
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All rail sections have been mapped and tagged prior to removal
Rails, tagged in yellow to indicate their original location
Why are they going through all this? Are they going to renovate it?
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Cliner 2005
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« Reply #9 on: December 07, 2006, 10:45:27 PM » |
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alcoAl:
I like your analogy of a L.I.R.R. salute to the Intrepid. I find it ironic that this "salute" appears in a publication that seems to be very critical of the L.I.R.R. Who is credited with this photo? Again, ironic if it was a Newsday photographer.
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Pappy
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Lirr168
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« Reply #10 on: December 07, 2006, 10:53:15 PM » |
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lol, Pappy, thankfully it was an AP photographer.
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