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Posted by Broadway Lion on Wed Aug 21 11:40:15 2019 Story ROAR
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Re: LIRR
Posted by Bob Andersen* on Wed Aug 21 14:29:07 2019, in response to LIRR, posted by Broadway Lion on Wed Aug 21 11:40:15 2019.* Nearing Completion
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Re: LIRR
Posted by Avid Reader* on Wed Aug 21 15:04:45 2019, in response to Re: LIRR, posted by Bob Andersen on Wed Aug 21 14:29:07 2019.* Very impressive. Now do the same for grade crossings between Babylon and Patchogue.
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Re: LIRR
Posted by GP38/R42 Chris* on Wed Aug 21 15:17:22 2019, in response to Re: LIRR, posted by Avid Reader on Wed Aug 21 15:04:45 2019.* Not NEARLY as necessary as the mainline, and later the Ronkonkoma Branch
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Re: LIRR
Posted by Spider-Pig* on Wed Aug 21 16:38:00 2019, in response to Re: LIRR, posted by GP38/R42 Chris on Wed Aug 21 15:17:22 2019.* Yes. The branch isn't even electrified.
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Re: LIRR
Posted by Joe V* on Wed Aug 21 19:42:37 2019, in response to LIRR, posted by Broadway Lion on Wed Aug 21 11:40:15 2019.* I'l miss all the 80MPH horn-blowing. Have to head east of Hicksvile to Ronkonkoma for that.
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Re: LIRR
Posted by MorningsideHeightsM100* on Thu Aug 22 08:59:20 2019, in response to Re: LIRR, posted by Joe V on Wed Aug 21 19:42:37 2019.* Sorry to tell you but 9 times out of 10, east of Hicksville on the PJ branch, those diesels BARELY make it to 45 or 50, let alone to 79/80.
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Re: LIRR
Posted by GP38/R42 Chris* on Thu Aug 22 09:40:38 2019, in response to Re: LIRR, posted by Spider-Pig on Wed Aug 21 16:38:00 2019.* Exactly.
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Re: LIRR
Posted by TRAIN DUDE* on Thu Aug 22 09:59:26 2019, in response to Re: LIRR, posted by Joe V on Wed Aug 21 19:42:37 2019.* LOL. Lonely boy
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Re: LIRR
Posted by Fisk Ave Jim* on Thu Aug 22 11:56:08 2019, in response to Re: LIRR, posted by MorningsideHeightsM100 on Thu Aug 22 08:59:20 2019.* Yep. Just like the Alco C-420s with the Pullman 2900's & Ping Pongs, 50+yrs. ago.
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Re: LIRR
Posted by Olog-hai* on Thu Aug 22 12:14:06 2019, in response to Re: LIRR, posted by Avid Reader on Wed Aug 21 15:04:45 2019.* Why?
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Re: LIRR
Posted by GP38/R42 Chris* on Thu Aug 22 12:46:21 2019, in response to Re: LIRR, posted by Olog-hai on Thu Aug 22 12:14:06 2019.* I don't know. It's far from necessary there.
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Re: LIRR
Posted by Jsun21* on Thu Aug 22 12:59:41 2019, in response to Re: LIRR, posted by MorningsideHeightsM100 on Thu Aug 22 08:59:20 2019.* Not for any deficiency in the equipment, it's constant restrictions for Curves and even if there weren't curves the Bridges likely can't take it. In most places you're throttled back.
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Re: LIRR Covert Avenue grade crossing elimination (New Hyde Park)
Posted by Olog-hai* on Thu Aug 22 13:01:51 2019, in response to Re: LIRR, posted by GP38/R42 Chris on Thu Aug 22 12:46:21 2019.* Technically, no grade crossing elimination would be necessary if we didn't have scofflaw drivers.
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Re: LIRR Covert Avenue grade crossing elimination (New Hyde Park)
Posted by MainR3664* on Thu Aug 22 13:11:07 2019, in response to Re: LIRR Covert Avenue grade crossing elimination (New Hyde Park), posted by Olog-hai on Thu Aug 22 13:01:51 2019.* True. But human nature is what it is... And these scofflaw drivers do not just risk their own lives- witness the passengers who died in the MNRR grade-crossing crash in 2015... In my opinion, no heavily used (like LIRR and MNRR) grade crossings should exist on any busy road in any crowded metropolitan area. For example, maybe the freight crossings on Staten Island at South Avenue and Western Avenue are ok, as the former is used a few times a week, and the latter is not in a congested area. The SBK crossing of 3rd Avenue in Brooklyn is also ok, as it's seldom used at all, and when it is TA personnel stop vehicular traffic. But anything busier than these should be separated.
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Re: LIRR Covert Avenue grade crossing elimination (New Hyde Park)
Posted by Spider-Pig* on Thu Aug 22 13:27:37 2019, in response to Re: LIRR Covert Avenue grade crossing elimination (New Hyde Park), posted by Olog-hai on Thu Aug 22 13:01:51 2019.* That is bullshit. Grade crossings on busy rail lines are a huge pain, regardless of safety.
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Re: LIRR Covert Avenue grade crossing elimination (New Hyde Park)
Posted by AlM* on Thu Aug 22 17:57:01 2019, in response to Re: LIRR Covert Avenue grade crossing elimination (New Hyde Park), posted by Spider-Pig on Thu Aug 22 13:27:37 2019.* And even more so grade crossings of busy roads over busy tracks. You not only get delayed for the time the train is crossing, but also until all the stopped traffic ahead of you has crossed.
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Re: LIRR Covert Avenue grade crossing elimination (New Hyde Park)
Posted by Olog-hai* on Thu Aug 22 19:49:29 2019, in response to Re: LIRR Covert Avenue grade crossing elimination (New Hyde Park), posted by MainR3664 on Thu Aug 22 13:11:07 2019.* But human nature is what it is Well, I've never had the urge to run a railroad crossing, so does that make me superhuman?
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Re: LIRR Covert Avenue grade crossing elimination (New Hyde Park)
Posted by Bill from Maspeth* on Thu Aug 22 20:07:10 2019, in response to Re: LIRR Covert Avenue grade crossing elimination (New Hyde Park), posted by Olog-hai on Thu Aug 22 19:49:29 2019.* It makes you a railfan because whenever you see a railroad crossing you are HOPING a train comes thru.
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Re: LIRR Covert Avenue grade crossing elimination (New Hyde Park)
Posted by Spider-Pig* on Thu Aug 22 20:08:05 2019, in response to Re: LIRR Covert Avenue grade crossing elimination (New Hyde Park), posted by AlM on Thu Aug 22 17:57:01 2019.* Which is the main reason why the main line grade crossing eliminations are taking place. Nassau County isn't rural anymore.
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Re: LIRR
Posted by Bill from Maspeth* on Thu Aug 22 20:09:28 2019, in response to Re: LIRR, posted by Joe V on Wed Aug 21 19:42:37 2019.* The engineers certainly won't miss it. No more close encounters with vehicles.
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Re: LIRR Covert Avenue grade crossing elimination (New Hyde Park)
Posted by MainR3664* on Fri Aug 23 07:13:06 2019, in response to Re: LIRR Covert Avenue grade crossing elimination (New Hyde Park), posted by Spider-Pig on Thu Aug 22 20:08:05 2019.* It hasn't been rural for at least 50 years. Whatever the design flaws of the 3rd tracking project, I am glad to see these crossings separated. As a railfan, I like looking at crossings, seeing the lights and bells, etc. But I also know that the accidents that inevitably occur at crossings make railroads look bad to anti-rail politicians. So in places like Nassau, they need to go. Same on the Ronkonkoma line, as someone else posted. There are some awesome crossings in West Palm Beach, Florida, right by City Place. Huge gantries... Route 60, on Florida's west coast also has some cool-looking crossings just east of Brandon. But I'm sure the use of these Florida is minor, compared to the LIRR mainline.
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Re: LIRR
Posted by MainR3664* on Fri Aug 23 07:15:47 2019, in response to Re: LIRR, posted by GP38/R42 Chris on Wed Aug 21 15:17:22 2019.* Agree. In 2007, I was working in Central Islip, and I observed that crossing on Carman Avenue. What a nightmare it was- even for road traffic, in rush hour.
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Re: LIRR Covert Avenue grade crossing elimination (New Hyde Park)
Posted by Olog-hai* on Fri Aug 23 09:21:16 2019, in response to Re: LIRR Covert Avenue grade crossing elimination (New Hyde Park), posted by MainR3664 on Fri Aug 23 07:13:06 2019.* Accidents at grade crossings are not inevitable.
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Re: LIRR Covert Avenue grade crossing elimination (New Hyde Park)
Posted by Olog-hai* on Fri Aug 23 09:22:52 2019, in response to Re: LIRR Covert Avenue grade crossing elimination (New Hyde Park), posted by Bill from Maspeth on Thu Aug 22 20:07:10 2019.* Eh? So only non-railfans run grade crossings when trains are coming?
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Re: LIRR
Posted by Olog-hai* on Fri Aug 23 09:25:31 2019, in response to Re: LIRR, posted by Bill from Maspeth on Thu Aug 22 20:09:28 2019.* Who says? There are well-publicized cases of road vehicles ending up on railroad tracks where no crossings exist. Never mind "pedestrians" (trespassers).
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