Category Archives: railfanning

New York Transit Museum Grand Central Terminal Store Reopens

Posted on March 5, 2010 by brian

The New York Transit Museum store at Grand Central Terminal has reopened after its renovation. But the Gallery Annex is still closed (it is scheduled to reopen to the general public on or before March 18, 2010).

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Attention Railfans: Photographing the DC Metro just got easier

Posted on March 5, 2010 by brian

WMATA is replacing the 2.5 inch tall car number stickers on the subway car sides with new 5 inch tall car number stickers (as seen in the photo above). This will make identifying the car numbers of the subway cars … Continue reading →

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Article and video tour of abandoned subway tunnels and stations in Boston

Posted on February 15, 2010 by brian

Very interesting stuff. Though I’d really like to see a map of all the places mentioned. The graphic on the site only shows two of them. Transit archeology: Tour of abandoned subway network offers a glimpse of how the T … Continue reading →

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Vintage Lo-V subway cars running to Yankee Stadium for World Series

Posted on October 27, 2009 by brian

MTA New York City Transit will be running a set of 1917 Lo-V subway cars to Yankee Stadium this Wednesday evening in honor of the Yankees being in the World Series. For both the ALDS and ALCS this year, the … Continue reading →

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Ride the subway to Yankee Stadium for the World Series

Posted on October 27, 2009 by brian

As I have for both the ALDS and ALCS, now that the Yankees are in the World Series, I’m once again reminding you that MTA New York City Transit would like you to ride the subway to get to Yankee … Continue reading →

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NYCT releases photos of 181 Street station work on official service changes twitter account

Posted on August 19, 2009 by brian

The shock here is not that NYCT uses twitter – they’ve been using it for a long time – but rather that they are actually releasing photos of the interior of the station, from right after the ceiling collapse to … Continue reading →

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Real-time departure boards for NJT Secaucus Junction available online

Posted on August 12, 2009 by brian

UPDATE: DepartureVision is actually online and working for possibly all stations in the system. Go here, click on a station, and then add “-mobile” after the “tid” part of the URL. Source: Railroad.net NJ Transit Rail forum —————————– New Jersey … Continue reading →

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LIRR to offer joint ticket to Meadowlands Sports Complex Rail Station

Posted on August 12, 2009 by brian

You can now buy and use a single train ticket to ride from stations on the Long Island Rail Road all the way to the Meadowlands Sports Complex in New Jersey, home of Giants Stadium, a new football stadium to … Continue reading →

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Metro-North brochure for Meadowlands Rail Service

Posted on August 11, 2009 by brian

Metro-North Railroad has created a new brochure to explain their part of the direct service that they are planning to run with New Jersey Transit this fall. It is admittedly a complicated task to convey all of the options and … Continue reading →

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Meadowlands Rail Station Inaugural Train Ride and Opening Ceremony

Posted on July 20, 2009 by brian

NJ Transit, the New Jersey Sports & Exposition Authority, and the Port Authority of NY & NJ hosted an inaugural ride to the opening ceremony of the new Meadowlands Rail Station today. The inaugural train departed Hoboken at 1:25 PM, … Continue reading →

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