Oldnyc.com
contributor Bernard Ente provided us with these two pictures from the NYCR
ROW.
All images in this frame courtesy of Bernard Ente
Oldnyc.com
contributor Bernard Ente provided us with these two pictures from the NYCR
ROW.
Bernard writes: "Here are two images of the New York Connecting RR right
of way. The Conrail train is YAOP-17 heading south (east?) in Jackson
Heights, about to pass under Broadway/69th Street. Photo was taken in July,
1988."
Bernard
adds: "The second image was taken at the beginning of July. I was
standing on the NYCR looking north, at the same location as the Conrail
photo. As you can see, all the greenery has been cut away to prepare for
highway reconstruction and the whole line is "naked". One of these
days I'd like to catch a freight here."
On August 28th, 2000 Bernard provided Oldnyc.com with this information:
"After laying undisturbed for 83 years, the historic New York Connecting
RR trackage will be disturbed over the weekend of September 9-10.
CSX and Slattery Construction crews will swing the trackage onto a new
embankment at Northern Boulevard. CSX is not sure if a work train will
be required -- Slattery usually handles the heavy stuff with trucks."
Before
we continue to explore the New York Connecting Railroad right of way, it's
interesting to see that the NYA trains are also fancied my model railroad
enthusiasts as well. Bernard Ente had this NYA model train built
for him. NYA colors and decals are represented on the model locomotive.
The
model is very detailed! It even has a train number (270) associated
with it!
A front
view of the NYA train model.
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