And Now we have reached the End of the LION. This concludes the selection of LION PICS that I had made. And tomorrow, at 0100 hours, I will leave to the airport to fly to may parent's home in Pennsylvania.
I am looking forward to some nice quiet time with them, and a few side trips into New York City, perhaps I can snag another thousand or so pictures to work with. I will have a lap top with me, but I will not be able to post pictures from PA because my servers in North Dakota do not have any FTP set up on them, nor have I any way to access them other that by email. But the LION will drop in from time to time just to visit.
The Route of the Broadway Lion The Largest Subway Layout in North Dakota.
Here there be cats. LIONS with CAMERAS
East Stroudsburg, PA:
LION becomes familiar with the hostler control of an R-46 subway car. These controls were installed on the blind end of a four car set for making yard movements. This one was condemned for a broken deadman's switch that could be made to stick. These have gone out of favor, or so I am told and are not found on newer cars. The R-46s are soon to be scrapped anyway.
No LION in this picture, but the LION did wonder what this door was all about. It *is* on the subway, but that is all that I can say about it.
Well, I'm glad you were on the bus, Lion. This is one of New Jersey's more hellish roads although sometimes driving on it is less horrible than other times. But on the bus you don't have to worry about it. I hope you enjoyed seeing your parents.
LION visit parents in East Stroudsburg, PA. Him take bus to PABT, this is taken from the bus as LION approaches Manhattan.
Hundreds of Commuter Beese run from PA to PABT each day. Even Pennsylvania is a suburb of NYC.
ROAR
Lion,
Are you lost in the hinterlands today? This looks like New Jersey Route 3 south approaching Newark. Of course Route 21 will take you to Newark Penn Station.
Here comes that LION again, this time at Cortelyou Road. It is one of the nicer stops on the system, and one that LION has modeled on his layout. The tile work of this photo will make a good print out for the wall on the layout.
Hello Lion!
I consulted my "Atlas of the American Revolution", which has some 18th Century maps of the New York area, and taking into account possible errors it looks like the location of Kings Bridge was very close to the present day Broadway crossing of Spuyten Duyvil.
Mind you, there's been a LOT of changes in the areas topography since those days!
On the 18th Century maps it's also spelled "Spiking Devil" and "Spilling Devil!"
Some of those old maps are surprisingly accurate, I might add.
LION LOOKS AT MAP...
Seems to him looking at this map, that the original route of Broadway must have been across what is now Kingsbridge Road, since of course the present alignment of Broadway could not have been in its present location in those days before that location was there... (Duh)...
LION will visit there this month, and this time him WILL look in the area of Kingsbridge Road, which seems to make more sense now.
And a very important and historic site it was as well. Kingsbridge was the escape route of Washington's army when they had to abandon Manhattan Island in the autumn of 1776.
Sittin' on the dock on the bay...
Well OK, Bushy was inspecting the pilings on the Broadway Lift Bridge. I am standing on the roadway (well, the sidewalk) and the trains were passing overhead.
I was walking in the area trying to discern were the channel really was during revolutionary times. The neighborhood is called "Kingsbridge", and sure enough there WAS a bridge over a waterway here. But it was a much smaller bridge and waterway in those days, and that channel was filled in and a new one dug to allow larger ships to pass through. This is why there is to this day a little nub of Manhattan in what would otherwise be the Bronx. Look at the street maps, this is obvious even in the layout of the roads. But I never really could decide on the location of the old Kingsbridge, which is supposed to still be there buried under the landscape of the Bronx.
Eh? I Googled this picture, copied the picture source to post it here, and what do you know, the source is on my own computer. Go Figure! It is of course on the main road from New York to Albany, otherwise called "Broadway".
Just sitting up here, watching the world go by...
That LION just keeps on going!
I guess this must be the FINISH LION...
GROAN
LION RACES today on the Sea Beach!
Franklin, the Carmel LION (a Webkins animal) is perched in the honeysuckle along the Sea Beach line.
Veemila pops out of nowhere to take on the (N) train in Brooklyn...
Kingston LION watches the foamers take pictures of the Sea Beach Line just outside of Coney Island. Like any good LION he likes his foamers kept in cages to protect his railroad.
And just WHAT does that kitty propose to do with that commuter train once he catches it?
I guess he'll cross that bridge when he comes to it!
LIONS (mountain, puma, etc.) are indigenous to the United States. That there should be some in Brooklyn should come as no surprise.
Bushy LION is inspecting the passing motorpeoples...
Somebody say NATHANS?
Bushy LION is inspecting some of the mane lion with some temporary track work.
I hope that the Lions are looking for the way to Nathan's.
LIONS travel to Coney Island looking for food.
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