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| Author: | NH0401 [ Mon Apr 03, 2006 2:30 pm ] |
| Post subject: | RR Preservation in NYC-of all places !!!! |
One of the few surviving pieces of equipment from the days of thriving NYC-based railroad marine operations: http://www.waterfrontmuseum.org/log/0402.htm Dave |
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| Author: | tomgears [ Tue Apr 04, 2006 6:49 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: RR Preservation in NYC-of all places !!!! |
I am planning a trip to New York later in the spring/summer to look for rail/marine stuff that is still with us. Word on the street is there is more then one might think. |
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| Author: | Ted Miles [ Wed Apr 05, 2006 11:54 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: RR Preservation in NYC-of all places !!!! |
tom, There is the Barge Music at the foot of Fulton Street in Brooklyn. The barge was a covered coffee barge, not railroad owned. But very similar to the ones that were. And there are several other tugs around the new York shoreline. The Cosnak tug ex New york Central 3 was getting an overhaul, may still be in Staten Island. Ted Miles |
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| Author: | Evan [ Wed Apr 05, 2006 6:11 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: RR Preservation in NYC-of all places !!!! |
There's also a Pennsylvania RR barge in Kingston: http://tugmuseum.com/bar.htm It can be seen from the street (East Strand) docked on Rondout Creek but it isn't open to the public yet. |
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| Author: | tomgears [ Thu Apr 06, 2006 11:44 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: RR Preservation in NYC-of all places !!!! |
In my opinion the whole rail/marine subject is neglected. There is a whole world of interesting history there. |
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| Author: | Ted Miles [ Thu Apr 06, 2006 11:58 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: RR Preservation in NYC-of all places !!!! |
Tom, You are so right! It is only in the last few years that a book that covers the whole country came out. Have you seen Where Rails meet the Sea? We think of salt water operations but the Great Lakes had some neat operations also! Ted Miles |
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| Author: | JimBoylan [ Thu Apr 06, 2006 3:41 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: RR Preservation in NYC-of all places !!!! |
This Yahoo Group has something to do with this topic: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/railmarineops |
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| Author: | tomgears [ Thu Apr 06, 2006 10:50 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: RR Preservation in NYC-of all places !!!! |
I have the book "Where the Rails Meet the Sea" and I am also a member of the mentioned yahoo group. The really tough thing about ships is once they get neglected so far they sink and it's all over. A locomotive sitting for 50 years can be made to look like new a lot easier than a boat sunk to the bottom of the harbor. |
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