The best LIRR video I have ever4 seen. I felt like I was in the cab with my great-grandfather who was an LIRR Engineer and a Motorman. The video clarity was excellent. I never saw the view before from Penn Station. I am sitting in front of my computer with a window on my right. It gave me a great feeling of being there. I looked to my right to see the Woodside station as we passed by it, GREAT JOB!
Great shot of the 100+ year old East River Tunnel. All new signals east of the tunnel. Looks like part of the East Side Connection work. 10:13--where the old Rockaway Beach Branch started. Notice partially buried tracks around 10:26. 11:40-probably where the Rego Park (served only by Rockaway Beach Branch trains) was located. Could not see where tracks crossed the White Pot Underjump. Wonderful video.
I remember taking this to Freeport (Jones Beach) straight from Penn Station. Sometimes even to Atlantic Ave to catch the D train back to the Bronx. Excellent video overall.
wow... bringing back memories. used to take this ride quite a few times, either stopping at Kew Gardens or Jamaica and then transfer to the J-M-Z trains to Richmond Hill. thanks for the flashback.
Wonderful video Steve, how I miss the subway, LIRR, Metro-North, women and food in NYC and surrounding area. Thanks for sharing this Steve, it's terrific.
Remember the Thanksgiving Eve wreck (Kew Gardens/Richmond Hill) in 1950. Story was that the following train came around a curve. Motorman saw a proceed signal ahead. Didn't see the train that had stopped in front of the signal. Began to increase his train speed and saw the stopped train ahead at the last moment; too late to stop. Wonder if that sequence starts at about 12:50 and ends under the apartment building at 13:30. Obviously, very little has stayed the same in almost 70 years. However, that's the only curve I could see that would have created the event. Just wondering,
Awesome! Reminds me of when I took this instead of the IND "E" to Penn Station; 30min difference. Though with so much straight track and gentle curves, I could imagine this being an HSR line one day...
Did you notice vast difference with quite and steady ride with upgraded all welded track on concrete ties? How far have Long Island Railroad got with this ? Looks like they relined tunnels from Penn, Was this necessary after flooding from hurricane. Looks nice and clean now. Got a family I know in New York now complaining about it being cold. They are use to wearing shorts all year,even to high school. Got any other recent videos ? THANKS, HEAPS from Sydney, down under.
I find it interesting that they decide to divert the train at 7:25 to the local track, but then just sends it back to the previous track at 15:00 which makes it pass all the platforms along the way. Seems like an added risk that is not necessary.
Penn Station? Looks like an oversized version of Chambers Street subway station with the lingering smell of diesel. I think the clip is great, but Penn Station is in some deep shit right now. Apart from that, I love LIRR!
Have they ever heard of paint in this place or a pressure washer.. What a dump of an underground system. I guess you have to ride trains in Europe to see how it's done.
The system is operated at almost double its capacity and runs 24/7. Any disruption (like closing a tunnel or platform for cleaning) would bottleneck NYC and the markets. Moreover, the transit systems (MTA, Amtrak, NJT) suffer notorious financial hardships. Finally, New Yorkers tend not to care about the aesthetics of their commute. Rats, mold, and 70's era trains are commonplace and accepted.
Those are some old ass tracks. Why did New York State they never modernize it? Wooden beels instead of concrete. Old switches, no wielded tracks. Tsjeez New York invest in some of your infrastructure this looks bad
The best LIRR video I have ever4 seen. I felt like I was in the cab with my great-grandfather who was an LIRR Engineer and a Motorman. The video clarity was excellent. I never saw the view before from Penn Station. I am sitting in front of my computer with a window on my right. It gave me a great feeling of being there. I looked to my right to see the Woodside station as we passed by it, GREAT JOB!
GREAT VIDEO. I worked for the LIRR 32 years. I retired in 2003 18 years ago. I see they cleaned alongside the tracks. Again thanks for the video
Great shot of the 100+ year old East River Tunnel. All new signals east of the tunnel. Looks like part of the East Side Connection work. 10:13--where the old Rockaway Beach Branch started. Notice partially buried tracks around 10:26. 11:40-probably where the Rego Park (served only by Rockaway Beach Branch trains) was located. Could not see where tracks crossed the White Pot Underjump. Wonderful video.
Great catch on the Rego Park - Rockaway sightings.
Cats01 has been a great weekend
White Pot underjump is around 12:00 to 12:06.all overgrown with trees and filled in .
I remember taking this to Freeport (Jones Beach) straight from Penn Station. Sometimes even to Atlantic Ave to catch the D train back to the Bronx. Excellent video overall.
wow... bringing back memories. used to take this ride quite a few times, either stopping at Kew Gardens or Jamaica and then transfer to the J-M-Z trains to Richmond Hill. thanks for the flashback.
Randy Johnson I usually got off in Jamaica and took a bus to R.H.
I used to take the LIRR on Sundays from Penn to Belmont Park..what a way to spend a day..great memories..
Wonderful video Steve, how I miss the subway, LIRR, Metro-North, women and food in NYC and surrounding area. Thanks for sharing this Steve, it's terrific.
Remember the Thanksgiving Eve wreck (Kew Gardens/Richmond Hill) in 1950. Story was that the following train came around a curve. Motorman saw a proceed signal ahead. Didn't see the train that had stopped in front of the signal. Began to increase his train speed and saw the stopped train ahead at the last moment; too late to stop. Wonder if that sequence starts at about 12:50 and ends under the apartment building at 13:30. Obviously, very little has stayed the same in almost 70 years. However, that's the only curve I could see that would have created the event. Just wondering,
Awesome! Reminds me of when I took this instead of the IND "E" to Penn Station; 30min difference. Though with so much straight track and gentle curves, I could imagine this being an HSR line one day...
@Lighthouse in the StormNo joke...I saw Acela's line maybe ONCE. I rode Amtrak only twice in my life - both were before Acela was even a thing.
The control room for Penn station must be like a giant Lionel controller
Biggest property owner in Nassau and Suffolk is the Rail Road..
That would be the state of NY since the LIRR is a branch of the MTA which is a state run a agency.
Thank you very much for your nice video. I could see in the real life the same scenario race in my TSW Train Sim World® - Long Island Railroad, the wonderfull train simulator game made by Dovetail Games Limited© (DTG). It’s incredible the realistic of this scenario they’ve built in this game play in comparison with the reality.
That really long tunnel wow but nice
Did you notice vast difference with quite and steady ride with upgraded all welded track on concrete ties? How far have Long Island Railroad got with this ? Looks like they relined tunnels from Penn, Was this necessary after flooding from hurricane. Looks nice and clean now. Got a family I know in New York now complaining about it being cold. They are use to wearing shorts all year,even to high school. Got any other recent videos ? THANKS, HEAPS from Sydney, down under.
Fred Nurk I know metro north is almost all welded rails and concrete ties
Thanks.Great video. I did take this ride everyday at a time in my life.
I find it interesting that they decide to divert the train at 7:25 to the local track, but then just sends it back to the previous track at 15:00 which makes it pass all the platforms along the way. Seems like an added risk that is not necessary.
The LIRR routinely does this. They call it "polishing rail", and it keeps the switches in constant use and their rails polished.
Will u do a video from Atlantic ave - Jamaica n east is there a video out there? Thank u
Non stop from Penn to Rockville Centre 45 min. Penn to Long Beach 1hr.
OMG!! Not Penn to Jamaica. Wow, that's only been done 100 times before you.
Hi.
I'm Dutch.
Your RR looks like it was in Belgium...
That’s just what physical manpower looks like!
Could I say that this route is strictly used for passenger trains only due to height restrictions that double stack would cause?
How fas the train traveling
I see new color light signals, old position light signals, some of the stanchion signals. Will the LIRR EVER standardize it's signals to one type?
Sick sounding horn!!
THIS IS VERY CAPTIVATING👍🚂
anyone else notice the penn station storm door?
kj762aa So That was a Storm Door & I wasn’t goin crazy, Thanks b’cuz I was like WTH ?!?!
Speedometer app on cellphone, clocked train at 58 mph between Woodside and Forest Hills.
John S Speedometer is inaccurate, its most likely 79 MPHs
@@OortCloud maybe he calculated as 58 Kph but said it as 58 mph
GM.Cars.
Anyone else watching this during Covid and missing their commute?
Very nice video. But come on, America, we can launch wars to other countries but can’t make 14 miles in 15 minutes?
David Wu the demand is not great to Warrant a commuter rail system doing that speed
That's why it's called the Long Island RR... it takes a long time.
just play the video at 2x speed.
@@raybond6047
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I've always took the plane to Jamaica.. much quicker.
I quit takin the bus to Jamaica cause the bridge is out.
I quit taking the 7 to 90th st cuz the q49 gets me closer to my house
Penn Station? Looks like an oversized version of Chambers Street subway station with the lingering smell of diesel.
I think the clip is great, but Penn Station is in some deep shit right now. Apart from that, I love LIRR!
Nah looks more like the 59 st colombus circle oversived
Want a great ride
what of dash cam did you use to film this
Dimitri Deharak he’s my dad and he didn’t use a dash cam he used his Samsung s8+ and held it still against the front glass panel
At 5:35, that sounded like an M3.
Bleu72 fanatic m3s are the only trains on the lire where passengers can look out the front of the train
Very good dude
🇯🇲?
The big railway station in Queens is called Jamaica station
Jamaica the country?
Obama Jr My Pleasure No, just an area in Queens.
Obama Jr My Pleasure Queens NY
Obama Jr My Pleasure I though the same thing lol XD
People get confued between jamaica the country and jamaica the neighbourhood
Have they ever heard of paint in this place or a pressure washer.. What a dump of an underground system. I guess you have to ride trains in Europe to see how it's done.
H B You have to remember that these tunnels are used all the time & if they do that, they have to wait til the trains aren’t using them 👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽 !!!
The system is operated at almost double its capacity and runs 24/7. Any disruption (like closing a tunnel or platform for cleaning) would bottleneck NYC and the markets. Moreover, the transit systems (MTA, Amtrak, NJT) suffer notorious financial hardships. Finally, New Yorkers tend not to care about the aesthetics of their commute. Rats, mold, and 70's era trains are commonplace and accepted.
Those are some old ass tracks. Why did New York State they never modernize it? Wooden beels instead of concrete. Old switches, no wielded tracks. Tsjeez New York invest in some of your infrastructure this looks bad