Comments about railroad

There are 38 comments about "railroad"

Matty Paris: Roger Brown and Connie Hawkins were completely different ballplayers from very different cultures. Connie lived in a railroad flat off Franklin and Fulton Street with his mother and brother. She did maid work. He played......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

mitch: Hi Rich... What an amazing thing ... All through jr. high, high school and part of college I worked in my dad's store (Maiman's Pharmacy) and of course I knew Johnny and Herbie really well. I......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

EvilGentleman: Actually, I looked the railcar up online and it appears the proper name of the railroad is {Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway}, and its official registration would be {BNSF24167}....

in response to: 9-11 Train Graf: To All Those in Heaven by EvilGentleman

Charles: I used to hang out in the tunnel back in 79 and again in the early 80's when the conrail had the frieght trains running and that was the best time back then. Too bad......

in response to: The Freedom Tunnel by Peter

Bill Diggins: i grew up on granite street off bushwick in the 50s and early 60s. went to our lady of lourdes off desales pl.granite was a dead end. led up to bing belly hill over the......

in response to: A Rare Ruin in Bushwick by upfromflames

Bill Diggins: i grew up at 77 granite street. off bushwick ave. pilling and chauncey and halsey streets nearby..dead end street that led to the bing belly hill over the tracks near aberdeen park. railroad boys??? ......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

Edward LAMB: I am very familiar with this tunnel having personally "discovered" the place way back in 1969... The following, if you please, is an excerpt from my own story : I had, one day, roaming through Riverside Drive......

in response to: The Freedom Tunnel by Peter

Montrealbunny: I finally got around to taking another walk in this direction. This is the back of the building at 4000 St Ambroise. There is a french cuisine resto tucked away there that I......

in response to: How Much Is That Pussy in the Window? by Montrealbunny

Peter: yes, the tunnel is very much in use, as the tunnel is the main artery that connects [[wiki:Metro-North Railroad]] and [[wiki:amtrak]] trains to [[wiki:penn station]]. dodging the trains and staying out of their line of......

in response to: The Freedom Tunnel by Peter

Montrealbunny: Wow! Those derailment shots are captivating, and even more so to me as I work for a railroad. Thank you for sharing, and I'll keep an eye out for you based on that......

in response to: Lachine Canal at Dusk by Montrealbunny

Michael Waugh: Directions: Recalling since '75, west of the SAPI mill about 5-10 km I would say. There was a small post office/store. Dirt road went north over the railroad tracks, just beyond it turned to the......

in response to: Mans Contribution to Nature by Guy McLaren

Marney: Love the old photos. Wish I could visit these places in person. Bit far for me, in Cincinnati. Thanks. I was especially stricken by the photo with the railroad tracks which look like they are sitting......

in response to: Barton Power Station by Dave

EvilGentleman: Maybe it actually belongs to the railroad....

in response to: Two Strips of Dirt by CE

gus hassler : a different type of tower crane instalation on the hospital.first time i ever put one up on a roof of a building on railroad tracks.travels lenght of roof on rails. i was master rigger during......

in response to: Queensboro Bridge by Peter

gus hassler : i think these are what remains of the float bridges that were used to unload the barges known as car floats. the carfloats were used by different railroads to move their trains across the north......

in response to: Newtown Creek by Peter

tom: The bridge was designed and built under a Democratic administration (Karl Rolvaag). Approximately half of the time since its construction there has been a Democratic governor in the state. The Democrats are now......

in response to: Bridge Collapse 1 by Tyfoid Kid

Belroc: Now this is my kind of place.. The train has a road number {2084} But no sign of what railroad!! Plus its wooden. That should be restored and put in a museum.. love the black & white photos, makes it......

in response to: LTV by BelievelandBikes

Luis Acevedo: During the last couple of days I stumbled upon the website for upinflames. I couldn't believe my eyes. I am 28 and have lived in bushwick my entire life. I grew up on Wilson Ave......

in response to: Bushwick \'77: When the Lights Went Out by upfromflames

KansasBoy: It would seem, perhaps, that you missed the downtown area of Belleville, since all of your pictures are from out on Highway 81. No matter, your conclusion is pretty much on target, if a......

in response to: America\'s Most Boring Towns: 3 by Scott Sargent

Bonnie: I too lived on Wilson Ave., between Cooper and Moffit Streets -- in the 1950's. We lived on the 3rd floor of one of the cold water railroad flats, right down the street from......

in response to: A Rare Ruin in Bushwick by upfromflames

ROB: Bushwick sucks, Ridgewood too. I lived in both parts and Gendale too. Williamsburgh and so on. Bushwish/Ridgewood same crap is like this, one small raid road apartment for $1500 a month with......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

Armstrong: I just got a two bedroom railroad in one of the big old brick tenements on Starr Street right on the park. I'm excited. I've lived in Bushwick since 2000 and I love......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

John Dereszewski: The Bushwick Initiative is really is an impressive development, probably the most creative initiative since the Bushwick Action Plan of the late 1970's. Over the past month, I have visted Bushwick several times and traveled......

in response to: The Bushwick Initiative: Holistic Redevelopment or Urban Renewal Retrofit? by upfromflames

dfwtiger: T & P stands for Texas & Pacific railroad. This is a shot behind the now vacant warehouse. It is a huge building that sits in isolation. Currently, talk is underway of......

in response to: Homeless at the T&P Warehouse by dfwtiger

EvilGentleman: Thank you, Mike. If you liked that, then I also might suggest the [[3072:2nd]], [[3108:3rd]] and [[3537:4th]] articles of this series involving the bridge derailment. The 4th article is actually a walk on the bridge......

in response to: Train Derails on Bridge by EvilGentleman

mark: check out the nw industrial area. there's several dead railroad lines to walk around, some interesting factories/warehouses (one that stores old floats from parades), and a couple abandoned, burned out passenger train cars. if i......

in response to: East to West, Portland Photos by stillseeingred

I.T.U.C.: barry: are the security cameras, disguised as Owls still watching over the car park next to the Yonkers Railroad station? I last passed through Yonkers on the way to Tarrytown; a couple of times during......

in response to: 50th Anniversary by barry

Chris Erb: The townhouses next door were actually designed by my landlord. There are a bunch more to the right and behind and are about 10 years old. It's actually not a bad development for......

in response to: Post a Picture of Directly Outside Your Window by CE

Leo Just a 23 Wash HeIGhts Kid: All these years and to this day i can still probaly call out where smith and sane tags are at. My brother use to be down with 5x7 and XTW back in the day and......

in response to: Sane Smith: Puttin' the Green in Greenpoint by Peter

have u felt...: lalalalalala.blahblahblahblah. Us writers have herd it all b4. A couple of questions I have for la ignoramous. Have u ever smelled the smell of railroad tracks with a mist of "that smell" blended with a......

in response to: Miami Youth Faces \'Serious Jail Time\': by Justice?

jeeff: the brickwork is beautiful. cn (canadian national - canada's premier railroad co.) should hire this guy....

in response to: Choo-Choo by danielle

joey: that 'railroad track' is actually the lane lines on the freeway pavement. i was the passenger who took the picture as we were going about 65 mph. maybe this picture proves something about the theory......

in response to: It Was Cool in Los Angeles by joey

Paige: I just got a book on those tracks. They were part of the New York Dock railway and were in operation until the 1980s when waterfront railroads were on their last legs. The company merged......

in response to: Lower Manhattan at Sunset by sine

seeking a future I agree with you: The thing is ---there are a lot of factor that can be attibuted to not moving up---Firstly the U.S createda system of dependency when FDR intorduce Operation Bootsrap which was ppart of the NEW Deal--in......

in response to: Humboldt Park by corsakti

Mike: I have some recent pictures and I think some smaller ones in the winter of highway, pedestrian, and railroad bridges across the Bronx River in Bronx Park. Interested?...

in response to: The Bridges of New York City by Peter

Marc: great writing, really fascinating pics-- reminds me of the watts towers in los angeles, made by one guy over 20 years out of rebar and concrete- he used the nearby railroad track to bend the......

in response to: Don Justo\'s Self Built Cathedral by Hasslehoff

Marc: re: "i'm from there"-wanderlust many americans dream of moving to san francisco- whether it's the 60s or the internet or the beats or an anachronistic fancy for gold rush/chinese railroad coolie days.. it's the responsibility of......

in response to: Postcard From Suburbia by Anonymous

Mike Ruby: Thanks for the collection! You are missing one, if you are meaning to include all bridges that connect boroughs: the railroad bridge just west of the Henry Hudson bridge that carries Amtrak, CSX, and Canadian Pacific......

in response to: The Bridges of New York City by Peter