The Route of the Broadway Lion The Largest Subway Layout in North Dakota.
Here there be cats. LIONS with CAMERAS
Subway to Nowhere.
Once upon a time both the LIRR and the BRT had tracks here. The LIRR tracks are gone, but this was the entrance to their platform at Neck Road. Parts of the ROW are still intact. The BMT structure can be seen in the upper left corner of this picture.
A derailment in the East New York Yard?
T/O says he *was* watching his Iron
Maybe the Sneaky Leopard did it?
http://broadwaylion.com/LION/
The round blue braces were recently installed since the left wall was beginning to tip.
Sea Beach Line, Brooklyn
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Lions: I wonder how many posters realize what this last picture is of on a NYC older subway car? ny guesses from persons who do not know ??
I'm certainly enjoying seeing these photos as these are my favorite types of Railfanning topics where I can enjoy the experience through the camera lens of another Railfan as if I was there...
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Thank you. I did not think much of most of these photos right out of the camera, but with cropping and enhancements they do look rather nice.
ROAR
May I nominate the ROAR photographer/darkroom.....we know surely it's a Photoshop or variant.....artist for the Steinheimer of the NYCTA award.
Every composition--so I missed one or two---was balanced, provacative then interesting, provoking further observance.
Critique the color enhancement? Not if Ansel Adams and Edward Westons altering brightness and contrast when making prints deserved the same criticism.
As art the folio here existing in this place should exemplify what can be done.
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The main reason NYCTA does not use hi rail trucks is a lack of places to get on and off the tracks. The only grade crossing I can remember on the subway is near the end of the Carnarsie (LL) line.
Thx IGN
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LION remembers that grade crossing in Brooklyn, a watchman had to lower and raise the gates by hand.
But... a hi-rail truck could access the railroad in any rail yard.
That's a nice web site. Not entirely correct but close enough. If I am not mistaken, that last "diesel" (with the red and white stripes) was actually an electric. It has a motor-generator set under the hood, and I suspect that the traction motors run on something like 36 volts. It does have a bank of batteries but these are only good for a few seconds of use. Just enough to rescue the engine if it gaps out somewhere.
The replacement locomotives (R-156) I am told are diesels and not gen-sets. Their size and shape is dictated by tunnel clearances. LION has been told that recharging batteries in tunnels could create fumes that rival the prime mover should something not work exactly right. The new locomotives were delivered at Fresh Pond and the Livonia yards. They were transported to Coney Island sandwiched between two of the R-77 electric locomotives.
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