Sopranos Tragedy

[Anonymous]

I just wanted to confirm that the scene was shot at Trainland on Sunrise Hwy in Lynbrook, at least the outside shot of the store was. I haven't been to the store in years, but until the last 10 years, I lived my first 49 years in Lynbrook, and use to hang out in Trainland.

As a side note, my father was an auth. Lionel dealer, along with Schwinn bikes in Lynbrook in the 50's> 70's, only about a mile from Trainland on Atlantic ave. Just incase anyone is from the old neighborhood.

[traindaddy1]

SingleAction:  

The "chief engineer" (a/k/a  the "boss"), a position she has held for over 35 years, hails from Valley Stream.     Trainland is still a great place to "hang out". 

[edw]

  Never watched the show and did not know there was a train guy. Was trains pretty prominant on the show? If so I will have to rent some dvds. Yes I will watch a show just for trains. Can anyone recomend which seasons and/or dvd volumes to rent to see the most trains?

Don't waste your time. The trains were only shown sporadically and were basically used by the writers as a  means for inviting ridicule on one of the characters from the mob boss.

[CHOO-CHOO MIKE]

   Singleaction,  what was name of your dads shop. I remember going to other train stores around the Lynbrook area in the 70's. I still have receipts from trains I bought back then. I rode my bike there from Bellerose ,Queens.

[Jumijo]

David Chase, the creator of the Sopranos, has a history of using Lionels in his shows. He featured Lionels in a few key episodes of Chicago Hope. Mandy Patinkin, a real Lionel collector, played a doctor that was using Lionels to relax. He built a replica of a 1950s era layout on the show.

Jim 

[laz 57]

Lets see if this works?

A pic of BOBBY B. with the BLUE COMET before being WACKED.

laz57

[Jumijo]

Here's a question for all you Jersey guys. Why do hit men just drop the gun at the scene after a hit? Their finger prints are all over the gun? Bobby did it when he got the guy in Montreal. and these guys did it when they whacked Bobby. Can someone please explain this to me?

Jim 

[anjdevil2]

Usually, the grips are "duct taped" so that no prints can be had.  No reason to tote the piece home with you, as it just becomes evidence if found in your possesion.  And just because I'm from "Joisey" and of Italian decent, dosen't mean I have first hand knowledge of this stuff......

[chuck]

It was in the Godfather Part one as well.  Clemenza instruct Mike to drop the gun as he leaves the scene.  While they tape the gun butt and trigger, I don't think the tape is much good against modern techniques like cyanacrolate fuming or metal deposition for lifting prints.

[Jumijo]

It was in the Godfather Part one as well.  Clemenza instruct Mike to drop the gun as he leaves the scene.  While they tape the gun butt and trigger, I don't think the tape is much good against modern techniques like cyanacrolate fuming or metal deposition for lifting prints.

I would think latex gloves would be easier.  

[anjdevil2]

It would be, but, if I remember my forensics correctly, it is possible to pull prints from the latex - especially if lightly powdered

[Jumijo]

It's all so confusing to me...how does duct tape eliminate usable fingerprints?

[chuck]

It wasn't duct tape, it was like the old style electricians "friction tape".  Irregular surface and adsorbtion characteristics made it harder to lift prints using older "powder methods".   They could have just run him over with a garbage truck and not woried about any of this.

[palallin]

They should have run him over with a train. . . .

 Maybe they could have strapped him to the layout and hit him repeatedly with the steamer till it pounded him to death

[Anonymous]

Choo-Choo Mike;

Sorry I didn;t see your question until now. The name of the shop was, "Lynbrook Juvenile & Bicycle Center", across from the Lynbrook High School, on Atlantic Avenue, about a mile from Trainland on Sunrise Hwy.