Posts Tagged ‘Central’
Holiday Train Show 2009 at the New York Transit Museum
The 8th Annual Holiday Train show at the New York Transit museum in Grand Central Terminal features the MTA’s regional rolling stock of Metro-North, Long Island Rail Road, commuter trains and New York City Subway cars operating on the same bi-level 34-foot long layout, traveling through a Manhattan cityscape towards Santa’s workshop at the North Pole.
Duration : 0:4:31
NYC in Pictures
A slideshow of a the best pictures from my trip to New York City last July.
Song is New York by U2
The places photographed are:
The Dakota,
the Bethesda Fountain,
a sidewalk beside Fifth Avenue,
Jackie Onassis Reservoir,
Central Park from the roof of the Met Museum of Modern Art,
a street performer on Central Park South,
a bridge looking north from Central Park South, Prometheus and Rockefeller Plaza,
the Empire State Building from the Top of the Rock,
looking down from the Top of the Rock,
St. Patrick’s Cathedral from the Top of the Rock,
St. Patrick’s Cathedral entrance,
Columbus Circle from the Mandarin Hotel,
shadows of buildings from the Mandarin Hotel,
the view from the bridge seen earlier, looking south,
fire escape from nearby building,
Times Square looking south,
Times Square looking north,
a cool statue that my dad is walking over to examine,
the Flatiron Building,
Madison Square Park,
the New York Stock Exchange,
looking down Wall Street towards Trinity Church, an eagle statue in Battery Park,
the New York Water Taxi navigating the harbor,
a statue that once stood in the lobby of one of the World Trade Center towers,
me at the Boathouse Resaturant in Central Park, Turtle Pond from Belvedere Castle,
Belvedere Castle,
a path in Central Park,
the Guggenheim Museum,
the Egyptian Obelisk in Central Park,
Sheep Meadow in Central Park,
the Dairy in Central Park,
and finally the Great Lawn in Central Park, from the north end facing south.
Duration : 0:5:20
Illinois Railway Museum: Diesel Days, Part 3
Diesel Days 2009 action at the IRM.
Here, we watch the rest of the “diesel parade”.
Locomotives featured in Part 3:
Minnesota Transfer ALCo RS-3 #200,
WC EMD SD45MQ-3 #7525, MILW FM H10-44 #760,
CNW EMD F7A #411, Illinois Terminal EMD GP7 #1605,
CB&Q EMC E5A #9911-A, CB&Q EMD SD24 #504,
and CB&Q EMD SW7 #9255.
Trains featured in Part 3:
freight train, CNW commuter train, and the
CB&Q Nebraska Zephyr.
Horns featured in Part 3:
Nathan M3, Leslie S-2M, Leslie A-125, and a WABCO E-2.
Date: 07/19/09
Duration : 0:8:30
Illinois Railway Museum: Diesel Days, Part 4
Diesel Days 2009 action at the IRM.
After the “diesel parade”, we watch the Nebraska Zephyr depart, then head down to the crossing for some final horn action to wrap up Diesel Days 2009.
Locomotives featured in Part 4:
CB&Q EMC E5A #9911-A, CB&Q EMD SD24 #504,
WC EMD SD45MQ-3 #7525, CNW EMD F7A #411,
UP “Heritage” EMD SD70ACe #1995,
UP GE C44-9W #8646, and UP GE C44-9W #8701.
Note: UP #8646, and #8701 are UP’s last un-patched, ex-CNW C44-9W’s.
Horns featured in Part 4:
Leslie S-2M, WABCO E-2, Nathan M5, and a Leslie A-200.
Date: 07/19/09
Duration : 0:4:43
Lionel Model Train Display @ The MTA Transit Museum Store In Grand Central Part Six
Lionel Model Train Display @ The MTA Transit Museum Store In Grand Central Part Six
Every year, the MTA puts a display of model trains and such in the transit museum store. This year, a 5 car set of R27s, 4 car set of M7-As, The Santa Fe Railroad, New York Central and others were on display!
Duration : 0:0:44
Lionel Model Train Display @ The MTA Transit Museum Store In Grand Central Part Four
Lionel Model Train Display @ The MTA Transit Museum Store In Grand Central Part Four
Every year, the MTA puts a display of model trains and such in the transit museum store. This year, a 5 car set of R27s, 4 car set of M7-As, The Santa Fe Railroad, New York Central and others were on display!
Duration : 0:0:46
Popping My New York Cherry
My first time visiting the Big Apple.
Special thanks to FantasticBabblings for the photo at the end.
Curious about the museum?
http://www.amnh.org/
Music by…
Christopher Mast
http://youtube.com/christophermast
http://www.christophermast.com
and Jason Shaw
http://youtube.com/audionautix
http://www.audionautix.com
Fellow YouTubers seen here:
http://youtube.com/PrincessDiana161
http://youtube.com/FantasticBabblings
as well as Diana’s husband Frankie and son Alex
I LOVE NEW YORK!
Duration : 0:3:54
Lionel Model Train Display @ The MTA Transit Museum Store In Grand Central Part Two
Lionel Model Train Display @ The MTA Transit Museum Store In Grand Central Part Two
Every year, the MTA puts a display of model trains and such in the transit museum store. This year, a 5 car set of R27s, 4 car set of M7-As, The Santa Fe Railroad, New York Central and others were on display!
Duration : 0:1:19
Stefan & Marc in New York City part two
Part two of our fantastic trip to New York. We bought a New York Pass for one day to visit some tourist attractions that charge entrance fees. With the pass we you sometimes can cut the line, like when we went to the Empire State Building. We bought the ticket at the news agents inside instead of queueing up outside. To bypass the long security check line, we went to see the New York Skyride, which is narrated by Kevin Bacon. Though it was cheesy sometimes, it was a more pleasurable wait than standing around the corner of the ESB, but never would have spent 23 dollars for if it weren’t for the pass. The view from the ESB observation deck was stunning.
Via Grand Central station and a view of the Chrysler Building we took the subway to the Guggenheim Museum. Unfortunately they were just changing expositions and the famous building was being renovated on the outside, so kind of a waste of time. The bus took us further down to Central Park Zoo. Seeing skyscrapers in the background while you are watching the sea lions being fed was quite unusual. The penguins were adorable, so were the puffins.
A walk along the southside of Central Park, to Columbus Circle and Trump Tower brought us to the American Museum of Natural History AMNH. We specifically had interest in the dinosaur skeletons, as one knows them from movies and television.
Rockefeller Center with the statue of Prometheus was high on my to see list, as it reminds of the opening of Conan O’Brien.
The New York Pass gave us the opportunity to go to Madame Tussauds in the evening after all the museums had closed. Of course we took pictures of our favoourites, like Jennifer Aniston, Bette Midler and Andy Warhol.
After dinner, we took the Staten Island Ferry, for photo opportunities and to watch the Statue of Liberty from a nice distance (it was close enough in our busy schedule).
Last day. My feet were killing me from the previous days. I still wanted to buy some books, so we went to a couple of second hand stores near 14th Street/ Union Square and a Barnes & Noble. Stefan finally tried some hotdogs.
We ended our trip with a stroll through Central Park: Sheep Meadow, Literary Walk and Bethesda Terrace. The sun was shining. We were sorry to leave.
The pink circles show our route through New York and it’s many attractions.
Duration : 0:7:34
13 Things To Do In New York City
Welcome to New York City.
I made a list of 13 things worth doing, suffice to say there are a lot more.
Duration : 0:4:27