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LION 2014
Posted by BroadwayLion on Wednesday, January 1, 2014 6:48 AM

Dashing through the Snow...

Jet Powered snow blower resting in the summer sun.

The Route of the Broadway Lion The Largest Subway Layout in North Dakota.

Here there be cats.                                LIONS with CAMERAS

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Posted by NorthWest on Wednesday, January 1, 2014 12:39 PM

Happy New Year, Lion!

Lion is on the cap of the closest tank with the "JB5" sticker on it. (Cap is on top of the tank.)

Those things are really loud, right?

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Posted by Firelock76 on Wednesday, January 1, 2014 1:06 PM

Happy New Year Lion!

Say, if they keep that jet nozzle at the horizontal, instead of pointing it at the tracks, how fast fast will that thing go?

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Posted by BroadwayLion on Wednesday, January 1, 2014 2:34 PM

I am told that this is an engine from a 474. No not the main propulsion engines. That little one in the tail for hotel power.

ROAR

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Posted by NorthWest on Wednesday, January 1, 2014 9:00 PM

Firelock-too fast!

747 tail engine, interesting. Still an impressive unit.

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Posted by BroadwayLion on Thursday, January 2, 2014 10:17 AM

LION trade the Beech 116 Street Yard for the cozy confines of 14th Street.

BTW: You will need to find all THREE LIONS in this photo.

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Posted by NorthWest on Thursday, January 2, 2014 10:23 AM

Oh, a challenge!

1-On wire to the right of the rightmost pillar at top.

2. On woman wearing white's hand touching her head, center of frame.

3. On women at left, on left side of red-yellow-green purse.

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Posted by BroadwayLion on Friday, January 3, 2014 9:49 AM

Very good. Only one LION today...

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Posted by NorthWest on Friday, January 3, 2014 1:36 PM

Lion is on the back of the man in red's shirt.

That platform edge on the right looks pretty rough!

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Posted by BroadwayLion on Saturday, January 4, 2014 11:11 AM

What's wrong with *that* Platform...

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Posted by daveklepper on Saturday, January 4, 2014 12:11 PM

Your 14th Street Station photo is on the 7th Avenue line, but I cannot figure whether you are facing east or west.  At Dyckman St., some old faulty workmanship and the effects of weather and possibly loads far in excess of design estimates have cause the shown section of the northbound platform to buckle or collapse and we see a very temporary repair.  Probably that very night after you took the picture, starting at 11pm, a complete redo of the section of the platform took place, open for business the next morniing by 6am.

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Posted by NorthWest on Saturday, January 4, 2014 5:23 PM

That platform is worse than the one I commented on a couple days back!

Call the fire department, a cat is in a tree at Dyckman St! Oh, nevermind, it's the Lion Smile.

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Posted by BroadwayLion on Saturday, January 4, 2014 5:49 PM

daveklepper
Probably that very night after you took the picture, starting at 11pm, a complete redo of the section of the platform took place, open for business the next morniing by 6am.

Well, not exactly. That station has been out of service for MONTHS, maybe a whole year, but it is now repaired and back i service. Nice job too...

LION admires his handiwork!

ROAR

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Here there be cats.                                LIONS with CAMERAS

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Posted by Firelock76 on Saturday, January 4, 2014 6:32 PM

Say Lion, I just found this website today, don't know if you're aware of it:

www.subwaynut.com

All transit rail, all the time, from ALL over.  Have a look everyone!

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Posted by daveklepper on Saturday, January 4, 2014 9:25 PM

worth a look

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Posted by NorthWest on Saturday, January 4, 2014 11:07 PM

Glad to see it doesn't neglect the Pacific Northwest!

Now back to the Lions.

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Posted by Firelock76 on Sunday, January 5, 2014 8:59 AM

Yeah, talk about a man on a mission!  SubwayNut looks like he doesn't want to leave ANYONE out!

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Posted by BroadwayLion on Monday, January 6, 2014 10:09 AM

SubwayNut is well known to me, I have several of his audios in my train room, intermixed with music from the 60s and 70s. 

Here, the LION is on the Flushing Line....

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Posted by narig01 on Monday, January 6, 2014 12:04 PM
Is that the lion on the top left end of the yellow thingummy in front of the top 3114 green signal?

Dave the picture of 14th st has a yellow sign/plate (?) with black letters showing "trk 2" on one of the columns. I don't know which track is which though. But is should id which way the picture was taken.

Thx IGN
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Posted by daveklepper on Monday, January 6, 2014 1:22 PM

Lion may correct me, but my memory says 1 & 3 were railroad north, in this case also geographical northbound, and 2 and 4 southbound.

The Brooklyn end of the Canarsie line is a case with geography and railroad designations are opposite. 

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Posted by BroadwayLion on Tuesday, January 7, 2014 10:23 AM

The Coney Island Yards. Good place for LIONS to hide.

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Posted by daveklepper on Tuesday, January 7, 2014 1:25 PM

Looking eaastward towward MacDonald Avenue with the "F" Culver elevated structure and the south end of Avenue X station, from the yard.   Old redbirds now work motors, with R44's or R46's behind.

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Posted by Firelock76 on Tuesday, January 7, 2014 5:31 PM

OK, I see the little Lion's doing what comes naturally, hiding in the tall grass waiting for an impala to come within striking distance.

Poor little guy, this is Coney Island and not the Serengeti.  Any impala he sees is going to have "Chevrolet" on its flanks!

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Posted by NorthWest on Tuesday, January 7, 2014 7:58 PM

With the fluting that is visible at 400X zoom, I'd say those might also be R68s, it is hard to see if they have a middle one between the outsides.

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Posted by narig01 on Tuesday, January 7, 2014 10:57 PM
So this is a case of lie on the grass.

Thx IGN
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Posted by daveklepper on Wednesday, January 8, 2014 3:06 AM

My impression is that they are 75-foot cars, thus R-44 or R-46.  Am I wrong?

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Posted by BroadwayLion on Wednesday, January 8, 2014 6:42 AM

They are 75 foot cars, but the R-68s are also 75 footers. Further down the line you can buy frankfooters.

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Posted by BroadwayLion on Wednesday, January 8, 2014 9:19 AM

The Route of the Broadway Lion The Largest Subway Layout in North Dakota.

Here there be cats.                                LIONS with CAMERAS

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Posted by Deggesty on Wednesday, January 8, 2014 9:44 AM

Along with the post of this that came to me via email, there is an advertisement selling gun cases. Is someone hunting lions in this area?

Johnny

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Posted by CSSHEGEWISCH on Wednesday, January 8, 2014 10:03 AM

LION is dangling from the crane, he seems to be willing to go to great lengths to get that perfect shotLaugh

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