New York State of Mind
NYAR RS20 pulls a train of Waste Management loads out of Blissville behind #101, the last ex-LIRR SW1001 on the NYAR roster, leading a pair of GMTX GP38-2s. The train is passing the former site of Penny Bridge station which was shut down along with the remaining stations between Long Island City and Jamaica on the Lower Montauk Branch in 1998. The LIRR continued to run a small number of non-stop commuter trains as well as the seasonal Cannonball over the Lower Montauk until it handed over control of the branch to NYAR in 2013.
There are plenty of sights to see here. On the right is Calvary Cemetery, the largest cemetery in the U.S. with over three million burials, on the bottom left is Newtown Creek which makes up a part of the border between Brooklyn and Queens, and in the background is the ever-expanding skyline of Midtown Manhattan with the iconic Chrysler and Empire State Buildings visible just to the right of center. Over 8,000,000 people live in this town, more than the populations of Chicago and Los Angeles combined.
New York State of Mind
NYAR RS20 pulls a train of Waste Management loads out of Blissville behind #101, the last ex-LIRR SW1001 on the NYAR roster, leading a pair of GMTX GP38-2s. The train is passing the former site of Penny Bridge station which was shut down along with the remaining stations between Long Island City and Jamaica on the Lower Montauk Branch in 1998. The LIRR continued to run a small number of non-stop commuter trains as well as the seasonal Cannonball over the Lower Montauk until it handed over control of the branch to NYAR in 2013.
There are plenty of sights to see here. On the right is Calvary Cemetery, the largest cemetery in the U.S. with over three million burials, on the bottom left is Newtown Creek which makes up a part of the border between Brooklyn and Queens, and in the background is the ever-expanding skyline of Midtown Manhattan with the iconic Chrysler and Empire State Buildings visible just to the right of center. Over 8,000,000 people live in this town, more than the populations of Chicago and Los Angeles combined.