Barney Chiarello, our Hillside tour guide.
Barney Chiarello, our Hillside tour guide.
Sid Keyles, organizer of the tour. 80 people attended, a complete sellout.
View of the bridge over the Hillside yards.
Looking east from the bridge at the LIRR fleet of electric Budd M3s and Bombardier M7s.
Looking west.
DC electric resistors and other parts.
Automated storage retrieval system.
Replacement wheels.
Replacement wheels.
Replacement axles.
An overhaul in progress.
Food pantry fun.
A grease machine.
Something you definitely don’t want to touch!
Kawasaki C3 double-decker on lifts, and an M7.
M3 and C3 on lifts.
Closeup of M3 on lifts.
Closeup of C3 on lifts.
Self-portrait.
M3 in the clean and modern shop area.
M7 in the shop area.
View from beneath an M3.
View from beneath an M3, closeup.
View from beneath an M7.
On to Morris Park. Our tour guide was Rob Sharkey (not shown). Here, two SW1001 diesels in vintage LIRR livery.
Closeup of Dashing Dan logo on the side of 102.
80-foot turntable and what’s left of the Morris Park roundhouse.
SW1001 No. 100 with several DE30ACs in the background.
SW1001 No. 100 from the rear of the turntable.
GM DE30AC No. 414 in the roundhouse.
GM DE30AC No. 419 in the roundhouse.
One of the really old buildings at Morris Park.
Some kind of employee initiation, perhaps.
PATH Harrison Shop Tour.
PATH Harrison Shop Tour.
PATH Harrison Shop Tour.
PATH Harrison Shop Tour.
PATH Harrison Shop Tour.
PATH Harrison Shop Tour.
PATH Harrison Shop Tour.
PATH Harrison Shop Tour.
PATH Harrison Shop Tour.
PATH Harrison Shop Tour.
PATH Harrison Shop Tour.
PATH Harrison Shop Tour.
PATH Harrison Shop Tour.
PATH Harrison Shop Tour.
PATH Harrison Shop Tour.
PATH Harrison Shop Tour.
PATH Harrison Shop Tour.
PATH Harrison Shop Tour.
NJ Transit’s Meadowlands Maintenance Complex (MMC).
NJ Transit’s Meadowlands Maintenance Complex (MMC).
NJ Transit’s Meadowlands Maintenance Complex (MMC).
NJ Transit’s Meadowlands Maintenance Complex (MMC).
NJ Transit’s Meadowlands Maintenance Complex (MMC).
NJ Transit’s Meadowlands Maintenance Complex (MMC).
NJ Transit’s Meadowlands Maintenance Complex (MMC).
NJ Transit’s Meadowlands Maintenance Complex (MMC).
NJ Transit’s Meadowlands Maintenance Complex (MMC).
NJ Transit’s Meadowlands Maintenance Complex (MMC).
NJ Transit’s Meadowlands Maintenance Complex (MMC).
NJ Transit’s Meadowlands Maintenance Complex (MMC).
NJ Transit’s Meadowlands Maintenance Complex (MMC).
NJ Transit’s Meadowlands Maintenance Complex (MMC).
NJ Transit’s Meadowlands Maintenance Complex (MMC).
NJ Transit’s Meadowlands Maintenance Complex (MMC).
NJ Transit’s Meadowlands Maintenance Complex (MMC).
Bill Erland and John Pappas.
NJ Transit’s Meadowlands Maintenance Complex (MMC).
NJ Transit’s Meadowlands Maintenance Complex (MMC).
Glenn Smith.
NJ Transit’s Meadowlands Maintenance Complex (MMC).
NJ Transit’s Meadowlands Maintenance Complex (MMC).
NJ Transit’s Meadowlands Maintenance Complex (MMC).
Following a lunch stop at the Newport Center mall, we boarded a Bayonne-bound Hudson-Bergen Light Rail train at 1:14 pm.
Southbound on Hudson Street after leaving Exchange Place.
Some of the tour attendees.
NY Division president Bill Erland.
HBLR to 34th Street in Bayonne.
HBLR storage yards.
Passing view of nine former Newark PCCs under wraps behind the HBLR maintenance facility. These are being preserved for the future Bayonne Harbor streetcar loop.
A staff member of the Bayonne Local Redevelopment Authority walked us around Harbor View Park, whose centerpiece is the 9/11 monument “Tear of Grief,” a gift from Russia.
We returned to Route 440 and drove across the Bayonne Bridge to Staten Island. After a brief drive along the back roads of Clifton, we soon arrived at the Staten Island Railway Clifton Shops.
Our guided tour included viewing some interesting diesels and work equipment.
Staten Island Railway Clifton Shops.
Staten Island Railway Clifton Shops.
Staten Island Railway Clifton Shops.
Staten Island Railway Clifton Shops.
Staten Island Railway Clifton Shops.
Staten Island Railway Clifton Shops.
East 180th Street Shop Tour.
East 180th Street Shop Tour.
East 180th Street Shop Tour.
East 180th Street Shop Tour.
East 180th Street Shop Tour.
East 180th Street Shop Tour.
East 180th Street Shop Tour.
East 180th Street Shop Tour.
East 180th Street Shop Tour.
East 180th Street Shop Tour.
East 180th Street Shop Tour.
East 180th Street Shop Tour.
East 180th Street Shop Tour.
We planned to take the 9:50 AM ferry to Port Imperial/Weehawken, where we’d catch the HBLR.
But the 9:50 AM ferry left without us!
Sid Keyles told us to stay calm; there was another ferry in 20 minutes.
We caught the next ferry at 10:10 AM.
It was a perfect day.
We reassembled at Port Imperial in Weehawken.
After a quick trip to Tonnelle Avenue, and a lunch break at Newport Center Mall, we returned to Hoboken Terminal and switched trains for Liberty State Park.
Because of delays, we skipped the leg to West Side Avenue and went directly to East 22nd Street in Bayonne.
A photo opp ensued.
The route to 8th Street.
Upon ending our HBLR ride at 22nd Street, we boarded a charter bus.
We were able to view the construction progress of the extension being built to 8th Street.
The line uses a single track over much of the extension.
Detail of elevated structure.
Detail of elevated structure.
The single track becomes two again as it leads up to the 8th Street station.
8th Street station under construction at Avenue C and East 8th Street.
The design will be similar to the Central Railroad of New Jersey’s original West 8th Street station, which burned down.
The line continues about a quarter mile past the station.
The end. For now.
Headlights printing plate waiting to be hung.
One of the six ink heads.
Stack of paper ready to go through press.
Printed form coming out other end of the press.
Pressman John Zuzu pulls a sheet.
Carrying the freshly printed sheet to the color table.
Zuzu and Horst compare color of sheet to approved proofs.
Don Horst approves.
The 16 spreads on a sheet are called a form.
A densitometer scans the top of the form.
Zuzu makes adjustments to the amount of ink being printed.
The computer screen has a graphic representation of each roller.
A stack of printed pages dries before being folded, stapled and trimmed.
Operating the guillotine that is used to trim Headlights.
Betty Mauger.
The prepress department’s brand new 27-inch iMac.
Some of the shops in downtown Lititz.
Wilbur chocolate tastes great!
The restored Lititz Station next to Wilburs .
Nearby Lancaster Station.
The center doors need a little work.
Jim and the gang go to work.
It was tied down real well for the trip from Scranton.
Art taking pictures.
Getting the ramp ready.
Gauging the rails.
Ready to go.
Down it comes with encouragement.
Rolling in.
Mommback.
Getting close.
Almost there.
Now the rigging needs to be put away.
More, Cindy took over 60 photos.
That's it!
Council Crest Line: Broadside view of Car 509 rounding a curve.
Council Crest Line: Car 501 rounding same curve.
Willamette Heights Line: Car 523 with motorman on single-track curve at turnout.
Twenty-Third Street Line: Car 809 at SW 14th Avenue.
Car 4009.
Car 4011 receiving maintenance.
Car 521.
Car 4003.
We rode one of the new Hudson-Bergen cars to Port Imperial Station.
For at least another month, revenue service ends here.
Tour organizer John Pappas handed out vests and hard hats.
We then proceeded by foot to the south portal of the Weehawken Tunnel.
Entering the south portal of the Weehawken Tunnel.
It’s about 3000 feet to the Bergenline Ave. Station. Much of the ex-New York Central tunnel is bare rock lined with wire netting.
A bare rock tunnel section meets a concrete-lined section.
The tracks spread apart as they approach the center platform of Bergenline Ave. Station.
Bergenline Ave. has large openings between platforms which can be closed in an emergency by huge “blast doors” that descend from the ceiling.
The high split ceilings descend like curved wings toward a center wall.
Signage, tiles and artwork remain unfinished.
On either end of the platform are huge fans which suck air from several above-ground towers.
One last look at Bergenline Ave. before we headed out to Tonnelle Ave. Station.
The north portal of the Weehawken Tunnel. Tonnelle Ave. Station is visible in the distance.
Andrew Grahl walks along a truck crossing just outside the north portal.
Construction work outside the north portal.
Approaching Tonnelle Ave. Station.
A work truck at Tonnelle Ave.
The passenger overpass at Tonnelle Ave.
The track continues straight for a few hundred feet and ends in a gated storage area just yards from a freight train yard.
Ray Berger inspects the Tonnelle Ave. loop, which splits off to the right.
Overview of the Tonnelle Ave. loop.
After lunch at the Newport Mall, we drove to Newark to follow the route of the Broad Street extension. Our first stop was the Center Street portal.
Across the street from the Center Street portal is the New Jersey Performing Arts Center (NJPAC) Station.
A finished section of girder rail just before the Washington Park/Newark Bears Stadium Station.
A girder rail switch with padding in place, just outside the Newark Broad Street terminus.
The extension terminates at Newark Broad Street Station.
Construction of Center Street portal.
Tour organizers Michael Glikin (left) and John Pappas (right) with the late Charlie Akins (rear).
Construction of Center Street portal.
Construction of Center Street portal.
Construction of station at New Jersey Performing Arts Center (NJPAC).
Construction of station at New Jersey Performing Arts Center (NJPAC).
Construction of station at Washington Park post office.
Construction of station at the Bears & Eagles Riverfront Stadium. Note that true girder rail is being layed, a rarity in the US today.
Girder rail being layed at the Bears & Eagles Riverfront Stadium.
Newark Broad Street Rail Station. To avoid confusion, the Newark City Subway station formerly known as Broad Street was renamed Military Park on September 4, 2004.
Looking south from Newark Broad Street.
Construction of the Broad Street Extension terminus as viewed from the platform at Newark Broad Street Rail Station.
ERA treasurer Michael Glikin organized the Newark portion of the trip.
Construction of the Broad Street Extension terminus as viewed from the platform at Newark Broad Street Rail Station.
Construction of the Broad Street Extension terminus as viewed from the platform at Newark Broad Street Rail Station.
Ramp leading to abandoned Warren Street portal of the Newark City Subway.
Abandoned Warren Street portal of the Newark City Subway.
Abandoned Cedar Street portal of the Newark City Subway.
Urban Exploration has some amazing photos from inside the tunnel.
Riding along unopened stretch of Hudson-Bergen line to Port Imperial Ferry station.
Riding along unopened stretch of Hudson-Bergen line to Port Imperial Ferry station.
Driver’s eye view of approach to Port Imperial Ferry station.
Port Imperial Ferry station.
Port Imperial Ferry station, nearly finished and ready for passengers.
John Pappas (center), a consultant for the Hudson-Bergen line, organized this leg of the trip.
A few feet beyond Port Imperial Ferry the tracks end and reconstruction of the Weehawken Tunnel under Union City continues. A new station, Bergenline Avenue, is being built in the middle.
John Pappas has some amazing pictures of the Weehawkeen Tunnel and construction of the Bergenline Avenue station at
SubwayNut.com.
Ninth Street Station has an elevator tower with an overpass to the top of the Palisades cliffs.
Ninth Street Station has an elevator tower with an overpass to the top of the Palisades cliffs.
Ninth Street Station has an elevator tower with an overpass to the top of the Palisades cliffs.
Glass art is embedded in the floor along the length of the overpass at Ninth Street station. The art is illuminated by natural light from below.
Glass art is embedded in the floor along the length of the overpass at Ninth Street station. The art is illuminated by natural light from below.
The vast mezzanine area.
The view outside from the mezzanine; the station is actually outdoors, inside the Ground Zero pit.
Translucent curtains separate the station from the construction outside.
Escalator entrance to main level.
Escalators down to the main level are similar to the original WTC escalators.
Main level with two banks of turnstiles.
Special wheelchair turnstile; rides were free today.
One of the many photographic murals lining the walls of the terminal.
PATH train waiting to depart for Hoboken.
Looking out the back of the platform at ground zero.
It was standing room only through the Hudson tubes.
The tubes were stripped to their bare metal ribbing; tracks, signals and lighting are all new and very bright.
PATH trains can now enter the Exchange Place station in Jersey City for the first time since September 11, 2001.
Before returning to the WTC terminal, riders are treated to a spectacular tour of the Ground Zero pit.
It’s strange to be underground and outdoors at the same time.
Leaving the WTC terminal.
The winged roof over the main entrance to the WTC terminal.
Cortlandt Street Station.
Cortlandt Street Station.
Cortlandt Street Station.
Cortlandt Street Station.
Cortlandt Street Station.
Cortlandt Street Station.
Cortlandt Street Station.
Cortlandt Street Station.
Cortlandt Street Station.
Cortlandt Street Station.
Cortlandt Street Station.
Cortlandt Street Station.
Cortlandt Street Station.
WTC bound PATH train at Newark Penn.
Metro North SPVs in Hudson Yard.
PATH Lineup in Harrison Yard.
PA-5 with AEM-7 passing.
PA-4 and PA-5 side by side.
PA-5s being outfitted.
PA-5 C Car in shop.
PA-1 in shop.
PA-1 and PA-5 side by side.
PA-5 in shop.
PATH flat car purchased for WTC construction.
PA-1 off its truck.
Wheels.
PA work train.
The group tours.
PA-5 interior.
PA-5 conductor’s station.
PA-1 side view.
PA-4 side view.
PA-5 being delivered.
John Pappas and NY Division president Bill Erland
Ray Berger
Ann and Bill Guild
Jimmy Mattina
Lou Hitch
Norman Olsen
Glenn Smith
776 at Ballpark.
776 at Great Kills.
776 at Richmond Valley.
777 at Clifton Shops.
No. 9 in 1973.
No. 9 in 1981.
Rhode Island Co. No. 61 (built 1893) on May 20, 1978.
No. 61 in 1980.
No. 61 in 1978.
Lynchburg Electric Railway No. 34 (built 1899) on September 8, 1973.
No. 34 on May 19, 1973.
No. 34, sporting new paint scheme, in 1981.
Cars 18, 21, 2001 and 1689 in 1986.
Philadelphia Suburban No. 18 (built 1948) in 1983.
Philadelphia Suburban No. 21 (built 1948) in 1985.
Cars 25 and 2898 in 1981.
Nassau Electric Railway No. 10 (built 1898) on September 8, 1973.
Ottawa Electric Railway No. 25 (built 1923) in 1982.
No. 25 in May 1980.
Cornwall Street Railway No. 12 (built 1917) on September 8, 1973.
No. 12 in 1972.
Hundreds of passengers wait to board Lynx at the 7th Street terminal.
C.J., a Make-A-Wish kid who wanted to ride the first train at the Lynx opening ceremony, with Mayor Patrick McCrory of Charlotte (center) and Mayor R. Lee Myers of Matthews, N.C.
One of the first Lynx trains at CTC/Arena following the opening ceremony.
Ray Berger and Barbara Senst.
Dave Ross.
Adam Ross, 4.
The Halloween spirit was in the air.
After dinner, we walked three blocks downtown to the Seafarers & International House.
Frank Miklos, ERA president.
Board members Ray Berger and Bob Newhouser.
Bill Keher.
Preparing to meet. We had a quorum, the first time in years.
After the meeting, Juergen and Barbara Senst showed slides from Australia and New Zealand.
“Ooh, I think that’s the wrong slide, Juergen.”
Jimmy Mattina and Jeff Erlitz.
Brian Fitzsimmons Car-Demo
Brian Fitzsimmons Car-Demo
South end of Harrison shops
PA-5 5770 in front of Harrison Shops
South end of Harrison Yard East
Old and new side by side
PA-5 5606
PA-5 5683 in front of the shops
PA-5 5103
PA-4 861 and PA-5 5103 in the yard
PA-5 5605 5133 and PA-3 768 MW
PA-4 868 approaching Harrison Employee Station
PA-3 741 with flat car 21
PA-5 843 being converted-1
PA-5 843 being converted-2
PA-5 5759 on the inspection track with PA half cab mockup
PA-5 5759 on the inspection track
Rear view of the ex-Toronto PCC.
Short trolley rides are currently provided on a loop track in front of the visitors' center. This is ex-Toronto Transit Commission PCC No. 4603 on the loop on March 27, 2010. In the background is the new car barn.
The new car barn (on right) and trolley maintenance and storage building (on left).
Guided tours of the car barn are available. This is the interior of the new car barn, with three of their vintage streetcars.
This is ex-D.C. Transit PCC No. 1430 in the car barn, which is currently under restoration. This PCC was built in 1943.
Visitors during guided tour of the car barn on March 27, 2010. On the right is ex-D.C. Transit PCC No. 1430, which is currently under restoration.
Interior of ex-Toronto Transit Commission PCC No. 4603 while it was taking visitors for a ride on the loop.
New yard tracks which were laid at the new facility. The 3/4 mile main line goes off to the left. Installation of the overhead catenary on the main line is expected by mid-June 2010, when trolleys will go to the end of the line and back.
When electric streetcar service was being planned for Washington DC in the 1890s, congress directed that there would be no overhead catenary in the central downtown areas to obstruct the views of monuments and historic buildings. The streetcar company, which was the Metropolitan Railroad, engaged contractors to design an underground conduit system. This is a section of the underground conduit which was installed on 9th Street N.W. by the General Electric company, which is on display in the visitors’ center.
Murals describing several long-abandoned local trolley systems are displayed on the walls in the visitors’ center. These two tell about the Washington, Baltimore & Annapolis Railroad and the Hagerstown & Frederick Railway.
Murals on the wall of the visitors’ center telling about nearby abandoned Maryland systems.
The visitors’ center also has an operating O scale model trolley layout with interesting street scenes.
The visitors’ center also has an operating O scale model trolley layout with interesting street scenes.
Entering the museum.
The museum store.
Attendees wait in the main hall for a ride on one of the PCCs.
Also in the main hall, the Rock Creek Electric Railway.
Rock Creek Electric Railway.
Rock Creek Electric Railway.
Outside the entrance to the streetcar hall, the conduit power system used in Washington and Manhattan.
Streetcar Hall.
Streetcar Hall.
Streetcar Hall: DC Transit System (DCTS) 1101, built by the St. Louis Car Company in 1937.
Streetcar Hall.
Streetcar Hall: Capital Traction Company 222.
Streetcar Hall.
Streetcar Hall.
Streetcar Hall.
Third Avenue Railway System (TARS) 678 outside streetcar hall and maintenance shed.
Side view of TARS 678.
Beautifully restored TARS emblem.
ERA board member Bob Newhouser chats with Harry, our Coach Tours driver.
The museum’s 1-mile track runs through a park.
Haagsche Tramweg-Maatschappij (HTM) 1329, from The Hague, Netherlands (1971) followed by Toronto Transit Commission 4603 (1951).
Headlights editor Sandy Campbell in front of TTC 4603.
The spotless interior of HTM 1329.
Hermes Van Der Lee, HTM 1329’s Dutch conductor.
The motorman of TTC 4603 gets ready to roll.
The usual suspects, behind bars.
Indoor pool and hot tub time machine.
Workout room.
Seating nooks in the lobby.
Lobby fireplace.
Seating nook.
Snack bar / restaurant.
Snack bar / restaurant.
Snack bar / restaurant.
Restaurant seating area.
Restaurant seating area, facing the front desk.
Dining nook with TV.
Meticulously restored engine 406.
Sleeper car 10020, off limits for reasons we shall soon see.
Entrance to the exhibit on Track 3.
Anniversary logo.
Anniversary poster.
Welcome aboard.
Dining elegance.
Various uniforms were on display.
Badges? We don’t need no stinkin’ badges!
Acela, one of several deatailed Amtrak models in futuristic displays (conspicuously mssing was the Metroliner, though).
The Anniversary Store car.
The Anniversary Store car.
Maybe we should page the bar car.
They said she’s passed out drunk...
Please let me sleep!
Front view of Strasbourg tram No. 1067.
Side view of Strasbourg tram No.s 1020 and 1067.
Side view of Strasbourg tram No. 1035.
Strasbourg tram entering Homme de Fer station from a distance.
Strasbourg tram approaching Homme de Fer station.
Driver’s cab of a Eurotram unit.
Driver’s eye view from a Eurotram unit.
Driver’s eye view from a Eurotram unit.
Eurotram interior.
108 and 38 at Talbott Park.
303 Clearing Talbott Park.
38 Clearing Talbott Park.
38 Interior.
639 Morrison Hill Station.
639 Interior.
100.
Barn Area View.
Barn Area View.
Barn Area View.
Barn Area View.
View Off Main Entrance.
639 Passing 225 at Riverside Barn.
Boston Type 4.
South Boston Barn.
Townhouse Restoration Shop Interior.
38 at Visitors Center Station.
225.
1602 (October 14, 2010).
4573 (April 26, 2008).
1911 Interior (September 28, 2008).
1792 (December 19, 2010).
865 and 1911 (September 27, 2008).
6688 and 357 (August 14, 2010).
5466 (April 15, 2008).
1689 and 5466 (May 20, 2007).
3000 (August 20, 2008).
1706 (June 21, 2006).
95, 948 and 629 (April 30, 2011).
5002 (April 30, 2011).
1504 (April 25, 2009).
W3 (October 10, 2006).
Shunter (April 03, 2007).
P. Davy and R. King (April 12, 2010).
3152 (February 7, 2011).
Car 1140 up on the lift, 1144 below.
Car 1143 next to a set of trucks.
The guide talks to the group.
Car 1045 at high level work platform.
Adtranz truck — underrunning third rail.
Car 1018 sticks its nose out.
Market Frankford 1023 and work equipment.
Kawasaki Car 113 sits behind its truck.
Kawasaki cars 108-113-110 undergo inspection.
Cars 1056 and 122 pose together.
Cars 121 and 1056 sit outside the shops.
Kawasaki lineup outside the shop.
The new Red Arrow lineup.
The Market Frankford lineup.
The lineup in the yard.
Our charter coach in front of 69 Street Shops.
Norristown High Speed car 141 at 69 Street Terminal.
PATCO 269 at 15-16 Street.
The group hears about diesel maintenance.
Group shot: R-77 890, R-77E E07 and R-142 7440.
R-77 901 from the ground up.
R-41 55 sits at the shop platform.
R-41 55 from inside.
Cab of R-41 55.
R-77 897 shows off SMS while working in the yard.
R-120 909 sits outside.
Rider car R-161 RD423 (ex-R-33 8863).
R-77E E10 sits outside.
R-142As 7256 and 7341.
R-142As 7501 and 7326.
R-142A 7400.
R-142As 7326, 7500 and 7340.
Tramways of Romania Tour, May 14–27, 2010.
Tramways of Romania Tour, May 14–27, 2010.
Tramways of Romania Tour, May 14–27, 2010.
Tramways of Romania Tour, May 14–27, 2010.
Tramways of Romania Tour, May 14–27, 2010.
Tramways of Romania Tour, May 14–27, 2010.
Tramways of Romania Tour, May 14–27, 2010.
Tramways of Romania Tour, May 14–27, 2010.
Tramways of Romania Tour, May 14–27, 2010.
Tramways of Romania Tour, May 14–27, 2010.
Tramways of Romania Tour, May 14–27, 2010.
Tramways of Romania Tour, May 14–27, 2010.
Tramways of Romania Tour, May 14–27, 2010.
Tramways of Romania Tour, May 14–27, 2010.
Tramways of Romania Tour, May 14–27, 2010.
Tramways of Romania Tour, May 14–27, 2010.
Tramways of Romania Tour, May 14–27, 2010.
Tramways of Romania Tour, May 14–27, 2010.
Tramways of Romania Tour, May 14–27, 2010.
Tramways of Romania Tour, May 14–27, 2010.
Tramways of Romania Tour, May 14–27, 2010.
Tramways of Romania Tour, May 14–27, 2010.
Tramways of Romania Tour, May 14–27, 2010.
Tramways of Romania Tour, May 14–27, 2010.
Tramways of Romania Tour, May 14–27, 2010.
Tramways of Romania Tour, May 14–27, 2010.
Tramways of Romania Tour, May 14–27, 2010.
Tramways of Romania Tour, May 14–27, 2010.
Tramways of Romania Tour, May 14–27, 2010.
