#newhavenline

[lilad03-blog]

St John's Hall, Rose Hill Campus Fordham, Bronx 1898.

St John's Hall, Rose Hill Campus Fordham 1898.

My little sister Mo' is the best. Even though she didn't go to Fordham she knows about this dog-and-pony show I'm running and she looks around for old photos for us.

Bronx: St. John's Hall, on the grounds of Fordham University, between Bronx Park and Pelham Avenue, east of the railroad tracks, 1898.

Eugene L. Armbruster photograph collection, 1894-1939

I'm interested in those RR tracks. They must be the ones that stop by the campus and are currently used by the Harlem Line (Brewster) and the New Haven Line (Connecticut) on their way to Grand Central Terminal. Therefore, the photographer must have placed his camera along Webster Avenue for this shot.

Note: I heard back from Michael Wares-Assistant Director for Technical Services at Fordham who supplied the 2nd photo: "I hadn't seen that picture before. I'm curious about the fence running away from the fence that borders the tracks - what is it separating on campus? Farm animals?

It looks as if the photograph was taken from just south of the current 195th Street and Webster."

[joearf]

2022.09.10: It’s okay on a weekend, but doesn’t seem this fast when you have to get to work and you’ve got someone’s elbow in your ear and his briefcase in your crotch - Greenwich, CT #metronorth #newhavenline #greenwichct #railroad #commuterrailroad (at Greenwich, Connecticut) https://www.instagram.com/p/CiWHZoVO0BR/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[joseph-mansfield]

Interesting experience! My Metro North Train had to stop between stations because someone got fatally hit on the track. Because of the investigation, the train would not be moving soon, so everyone had to transfer to a second train that was brought next to it and aligned with the doors. There were only two transfer bridges, so that took a while. #mnr #newhavenline #mta (at Fordham, Bronx) https://www.instagram.com/p/CTkTW0Mrigr/?utm_medium=tumblr

[pjnicklas5]

Where'd that kid come from? (This Pullman sleeper car was photographed at the Railroad Museum of New England on Sunday, 4-19-20). by Fotofricassee Built in May 1925 as the Pullman Company sleeping car “Point Bank.” In 1939, it was rebuilt into its present configuration of 8 sections (upper and lower berths), 1 drawing room (a luxury two-person private room) and 3 double bedrooms (an inexpensive two-person room), Plan 4090. The “Tower” suffix denoted the type of accommodations in the car; Pullman had 64 “Tower” cars. In 1948, the car became the property of the New Haven Railroad, although the Pullman Company continued to operate the car. “Breslin Tower” and sister cars “Bok Tower” and “Victoria Tower” (also NHRR-owned) operated on the Springfield, Mass.-Washington, DC overnight route until 1960. The three cars were then used as spare or extra cars until their retirement in July 1962. “Breslin Tower” was purchased by Jim Bradley in July 1964; the other two cars were not scrapped until 1969. “Breslin Tower” is typical of the 9000-car Pullman fleet that provided sleeping accommodations for over 90,000 passengers per night across America during the late 1920s. This car’s interior is in very good condition, suitable for display. Purchased from the Bradley Estate, it was placed back on live rail at Mystic, CT on April 5, 1991 and moved to storage in New Britain, CT. Moved to Naugatuck Railroad in November 1999. https://flic.kr/p/2iSqi5z

[yankee1155]

#Bronx #MetroNorth #NewHavenLine #TransitFan 🚇 (at 149th Street) https://www.instagram.com/p/BxVz4k_FzcZ/?igshid=1q9r1hnqfpxns

[joearf]

2019.04.03: What happened? Near empty train by the time we got to Old Greenwich #metronorth #newhavenline #train #commute (at Old Greenwich, Connecticut) https://www.instagram.com/p/Bvz9yJgFc84/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=3b8qkd1zs3b0

[joearf]

2019.04.02: Waiting on the 6:28 #oldgreenwich #greenwichct #metronorth #newhavenline (at Old Greenwich, Connecticut) https://www.instagram.com/p/BvxDyAllGEB/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1a1zsy33d7jv3

[joearf]

2019.04.02: Morning Train. #metronorth #newhavenline #train #oldgreenwich #greewncihct (at Old Greenwich, Connecticut) https://www.instagram.com/p/Bvw-7K0lXIN/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1v526zcehg2iy