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| Author: | Ted Miles [ Mon Nov 03, 2003 11:55 pm ] |
| Post subject: | turntable |
The Long Island Railroad Museum site in Riveerhead, New York needs a turntable. I just say a newsletter of the museum from 2002, talking about the purchase of a turntable near Buffalo, NY. Did they ever get it home? Also I wonder if there was a turntable at Riverhead at some point in the past. When I lived near there it was strictly Diesel country with no turning facilities. ted_miles@nps.gov |
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| Author: | R. Hahn [ Tue Nov 04, 2003 2:10 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: turntable |
Not claiming this to be fact but if I recall correctly, the turntable did make it down to LI after at least one false start. There was a turntable in Riverhead a long while ago, reminents of the wall can be seen on the former lumber yard property they where given. > The Long Island Railroad Museum site in > Riveerhead, New York needs a turntable. > I just say a newsletter of the museum from > 2002, talking about the purchase of a > turntable near Buffalo, NY. Did they ever > get it home? > Also I wonder if there was a turntable at > Riverhead at some point in the past. When I > lived near there it was strictly Diesel > country with no turning facilities. belpaire@aol.com |
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| Author: | Ken Jones [ Tue Nov 04, 2003 2:57 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: turntable |
Yes they did in fact get a turntable....It was originally built for the GTW at Fort Erie Ont. and after an arson fire on what was left of the roundhouse, was removed for scrapping by CN. The Arcade & Attica got a hold of it, and shipped it by flat car to Arcade, where it was to be used in a new engine house development. This never materialised, and it sat in a field out behind (if i can remember correctly) a lumber mill. I was again threated with scrapping until it was saved yet again, this time by the group in Long Island. There are a couple people on here involved with that group that can tell more.... Ken Jones Jr. digitekfx@kwic.com Owner - Digitech Effects - Lighting & Sound Production http://www.kwic.com/~digitekfx Operations - Trillium Railway - St. Thomas & Eastern http://www.trilliumrailway.com President - Niagara Falls Railway Museum http://www.nfrm.ca 4th Annual Niagara Falls Model Railway Show - Sunday March 7, 2004 Optimist Park Hall - 10am-3:30pm > Not claiming this to be fact but if I recall > correctly, the turntable did make it down to > LI after at least one false start. There was > a turntable in Riverhead a long while ago, > reminents of the wall can be seen on the > former lumber yard property they where > given. Niagara Falls Railway Museum digitekfx@kwic.com |
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