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Railroad

New England’s most abandoned, least photographed diesel locomotive.

Deep in the woods of Connecticut sits the ghostly remains of a rare eighty year old abandoned locomotive. It has rarely been photographed, despite sitting in the same location for nearly twenty years now.



Scrap or Save? Albany’s long abandoned locomotives face a pivotal moment

For over 30 years a small collection of trains sat abandoned just south of Albany, New York. Their time in obscurity has come to an end. In this video I revisit the site, show recent developments and head back to the office to detail what we’ve seen, what we’ve lost, and what will hopefully happen […]



The BHRA and Brooklyn Navy Yard’s abandoned trains

The case of the disappearing trains.



From Conrail to Crusty: NYC’s touring abandoned locomotive.

It seems our favorite resident ‘abandoned’ locomotive still lives.



Build Everything: Queens Needs Transit.

Over the years, we’ve published a few catty articles on this site that attacked some poorly thought out new transit ideas running through Queens. So let’s be clear: we need to build all of it.



Brooklyn’s long forgotten railroad, Part 2

LIRR railfan special passes under the present day M line on Myrtle Avenue on September 9th, 1956. Photo by Bill Rugen (via Steve Lynch’s LIRR history site, reposted w/permission) Unless you ask a real old timer, most people in Ridgewood have no idea a railroad ran right through the middle of the neighborhood.



Brooklyn’s long forgotten railroad, Part 1

1884 Route Map of the New York and Manhattan Beach railroad, showing the Greenpoint segment of track.



LIC’s obscure, abandoned LIRR Bogies 2017, RIP

This past week, the LIRR finally began scrapping their abandoned bogies. So just what the hell is a bogie, anyway?



Abandoned Coca-Cola Distribution Center & LIRR Glendale Junction, (Queens) NY

Examining the long forgotten history of a Central Queens industrial zone, with one abandoned warehouse in particular.



Abandoned LIRR Woodhaven Blvd Station (Rockaway Beach Branch)

The Woodhaven blvd rockaway beach branch station is an important neighborhood piece of infrastructure that currently sits in ruins.



Brooklyn Eastern District Terminal (BEDT) – The abandoned years

The Brooklyn Eastern District Terminal (BEDT) was a small railroad located along the Brooklyn waterfront. Their property ran from N.4th street to North 11th street.



Abandoned Ozone Park LIRR station & the giant spider that lived there

In 2002, Me, M, and a reporter climbed up onto the old LIRR Rockaway Beach tracks in Ozone Park.