Sunnyside Yard
I spent the weekend with the URHS crew, aboard their time machine NYC Hickory Creek. Here it is, in damp repose, aside some neighboring Amtrak equipment. Standing there in the rain taking these photos, it struck me that this scene really is a multigenerational story of post-war passenger railroading: Amfleets were the first new cars purchased by NRPC in 1975, ACS-64s are the modern electric power on the NEC, and of course in the middle is this 1948 Pullman-built obs lounge, the crown jewel of a train dedicated by none other than Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower himself. Sunnyside, once the largest coach yard anywhere, is a location steeped in history, and still serves as the nerve center of passenger operations in New York City, stabling Amtrak, NJ Transit, and LIRR trains between runs.
Sunnyside Yard
I spent the weekend with the URHS crew, aboard their time machine NYC Hickory Creek. Here it is, in damp repose, aside some neighboring Amtrak equipment. Standing there in the rain taking these photos, it struck me that this scene really is a multigenerational story of post-war passenger railroading: Amfleets were the first new cars purchased by NRPC in 1975, ACS-64s are the modern electric power on the NEC, and of course in the middle is this 1948 Pullman-built obs lounge, the crown jewel of a train dedicated by none other than Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower himself. Sunnyside, once the largest coach yard anywhere, is a location steeped in history, and still serves as the nerve center of passenger operations in New York City, stabling Amtrak, NJ Transit, and LIRR trains between runs.