In Queens, a desperately needed transit option for multiple communities is under attack.
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Category: Railroad
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Abandoned LIRR Rockaway Beach Branch – Park Politics Edition
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Queens Subway Lofts: a Montauk Cutoff freight customer that never was.
The curious case of the building and miniature railroad that was planned next to the Montauk Cutoff, yet never built.
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The Montauk Cutoff
There has been a ton of talk lately about what will become of the Montauk Cutoff. While the future remains unknown, its past is surprisingly more interesting than has thus far been reported.
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A Better Plan for Queens Transit Needs
In a separate post, I dissected Elizabeth Crowley’s ‘Light Rail to The Mall’ plan. Realizing this probably makes me look like a really mean spirited guy, allow me to put forth a far more superior plan.
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Update on 9321, The abandoned locomotive
4 years ago we posted about an abandoned locomotive, a 1950s era neglected engine buried deep behind rows of freight cars at a local bustling yard. This locomotive still exists, and is looking worse than ever.
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Blissville Photo Freight
So one day me and The Chef were puttering around town when we came across a freight sitting in Blissville Yard, completely unattended. At the time, the yard was barely being used, so we went in for a closer look at this curious rail attraction.
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LIRR Junk Train at Arch Street
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Metro North Graveyard, 2002
In 2002 we stopped by Metro North’s graveyard to poke around the oddball collection of junk commuter train equipment stored and awaiting a date with either the scrappers torch or, less likely, resale and restoration. This collection of locomotives and rail cars represented some of the best and worst in terms of reliability & design.
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Abandoned 1925 vintage Staten Island Rapid Transit car 353 – 2003.
In 2003 me and Rebel SC came across this very long abandoned Staten Island Rapid Transit car.
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Q Cars
In 2001, I came across a set of 3 old wooden subway cars parked in Sunset Park, across the street from the old Davidson Pipe storage facility (which today is a Costco store). As luck would have it, they were parked in a small former SBK yard with no fence. These were the last wooden subway cars in use within the NYC subway system.
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