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MNR's #1 Conductor wrote: Full heartedly agree!! The thing that forever amazes me is that I to the current date have not EVER had any issues, and let's face it, a 6'3" 260lb guy stands out (and please no one say "well you are an employee" because outside of duty, I do not carry my ID on me), and if I do photography on MNR property when I am off duty, my locations are basically restricted to station...

truck6018 wrote: Otto Vondrak wrote: Is this really a railroad issue, folks? Um, yeah. Since it has to do with the MTA / Metro-North Railroad, the answer is self explanatory. Yo Truck, thanks for explaining my own web site to me. At the end of the day, this purchase doesn't directly affect the operation of the railroad, so... -otto-

(sorry sarge, i saw your motley crue homage before otto modified it ) well yeah, obviously i can do the serious research you suggested... but... well that's so not the point anymore i'm already getting supporting anecdotes on other forums not related to this site. additionally, otto closed my other thread, but people are going to my website from the link there, and emailing positive anecdotes from my email address there, so...

Oh I'm sorry FL9AC, I meant did the father and son work in the shops, sorry!! Although that's very interesting how they check E-mode on the P32's in the shops, thanks.

DutchRailnut wrote: Male Fatality at Hudson Avenue, possible suicide, train involved was southbound Amtrak train. Sad to say, especially with the state of things like the economy, job loss, and massive lifestyle changes some have to do as a result, the stress and plus the upcoming holidays, this kind of thing will be happening. Some people just do not know how to deal with adversity!! I do not promote or support suicide in any way whatsoever,...

how come this thread never moves up when someone responds?? its stuck..lol

That was a test train you caught, Fred. Started out with the 126 then added equipment from there. Well they must have misplaced the 126 Willie...no sign of the 126 on that consist although the 125 and 127 are there . I have a feeling this was just an equipment move. No more single light engine moves for now...there must be at least a second engine or a coach in the consist to ensure proper signal shunting.

For the record, I didn't think the original query should have been in NYS Railfan since it pertained to the Beacon Line, which belongs to MNRR, and since the proposal by Society was for MNRR to either operate the service or give over the line to another operator. I only suggested that once experts (myself excluded; I only offered a reasonable rail fan rebuttal) stated the proposal wouldn't fly and for what reasons, that further...

Darien Red Sox wrote: After 1833 delay on Monday word started going around the platform that there was some way to get on an inside loop email list which will give you all of the information whenever a train is delayed/annulled but no one knew how to get on this email list. What other information would you want to know? Most people don't care nor would they understand the exact technical reason a certain train is delayed or annulled such...

Goodbye and good riddance. When they would break you needed to use the infamous bed sheet schematic to troubleshoot the cars. The wiring on the cars is old, dirty and very difficult to identify. Give me an M3 any day of the week. That being said, they did save our bacon the winter of '06-'07 when we had 200+ M7's out of service with flat wheels!!! Anyway, I think its safe to say that Metro North and its predecessors has gotten...