Nostalgia & History > New York Commuter Trains.

May 16, 1992.
(A Rich Forest video).

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Can someone pin down the location of these shots? I'm not familiar enough with the New
York area to do that. It looks to be on the former NYC Hudson River line but I can be
corrected on that. I'm also wondering if the NH painted FL9's were an excursion of some
type as the last clip seems to show a large crowd trackside watching the train.

TIA for any help.

Nick Tharalson,
Marion, IA

2nd shot is Peekskill NY for sure. Train is approaching from the north and heading south.

The first scene is Beacon, NY the first train is southbound pulling into the station. The bridge in the background is I84.

Appears to be a railfan event with all the spectators at the grade crossing and on the station platform(s)

Rich Forest was a lawyer, who passed away about 4 years ago. During college, he worked as a relief operator at the PRR's "G" Tower in Belvidere, NJ. He was a big fan of PV trips and rare mileage trips, so I am sure this was an excursion of some sort - I am thinking this was a circle trip that ran up the Danbury Line, then over the ex-New Haven Maybrook Line and then back to NYC on the Hudson Line?

Tim

njmidland Wrote:
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> Rich Forest was a lawyer, who passed away about 4
> years ago. During college, he worked as a relief
> operator at the PRR's "G" Tower in Belvidere, NJ.
> He was a big fan of PV trips and rare mileage
> trips, so I am sure this was an excursion of some
> sort - I am thinking this was a circle trip that
> ran up the Danbury Line, then over the ex-New
> Haven Maybrook Line and then back to NYC on the
> Hudson Line?
>
> Tim

I don't think so. There isn't any access at Poughkeepie to the Hudson Line from the Maybrook. At Beacon, yes, but that would require a run around in order to change directions to head south.