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Last night (Saturday) doze "Rayn-jers" lost AGAIN; poor Mr..Fisclher must be chuggin' away non-stop on that ol' Maalox, as of late......... Sad

"NYO"

So, I might add, did t ...

In SubChat, it was noted that the "Brighton Belles" displaced by the "new kids on the B block" will indeed be reassigned to the N, Q and W routes, as I thought - but especially on ...

Meanwhile, on the "Isle of Staten," there is at least ONE "Fordy-Four" set running on "Es-Eye-Are": a video below shows set (S) 460-421-410-438 (T). Apparently, while t ...

Interesting in itself that FACCo even purchased those "oddball" WHITES n the early 1950s, instead of purchasing a group of "Kramdens" or "Pattons"....guess the price was ...

More "R-211s" on the "B"...........

Just read that another "R-211" lashup has been spotted on the "B"; this makes about 17 sets now in service on the line.
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FACCo/CMCCo............

Interesting how, that while both companies purchased postwar "Pattons", neither purchased any wHITES.

On the other hand, CSL rostered quite a large number iof t ...

On this day in 1962........

IND shuttle trains running between Euclid Avenue and the Rockaways are now designated "HH"; this then-redundant designation had been used between 1936 and 1946 ...

On this day in 1933...........

The IND's 8th Avenue line is extended from Chambers Street, Manhattan, to Jay Street in Brooklyn, with several new stations opening.

New stations opening are Broad ...

A hint of spring?

On Eyewitness News earlier this evening, there was a quick "run through" report showing our ever-smiling ol' pal from Queens, "Mr. Met" (and Mrs. Met!) outside ...

Yeah, as I was sayin' . . . them 4000's could handle yuuuuge snows. Today's computer-based fleets - not so much.

NO, it is NOT simply "ICE".......

From several books in my library on harbor ferries in years past, veteran skippers had to contend with several types of ice, each of which had to be deal ...

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Meanwhile, out in "Shik-aga".......

The unrelenting artic cold has been wreaking havoc with both CTA and METRA; multiple lines have been affected by the bitte ...

Early 1960s "stoa" TTs...............

I have several of these in my collection; oddly enough , none are dated (front covers depicts"Jetson" Fishbowl' with a stylish young lady a ...

Mount Vernon:

In the "IMAGES OF RAIL"book on TARS, there are photos of the Mount Vernon carhouse and yaed; one photo shows a building to the rear of the carhouse, that "was later use ...

We'll see.

They "soitainly" won't do construction work while "da snow" is still out there, for sure . . .