Chairman: Gap incidents were not serious until death BY HERBERT LOWE Newsday Staff Writer November 30, 2006, 10:13 PM EST The chairman of the Metropolitan...
... time to start implementing winter and emergency procedures. Just like i did with my car,i had it checked and prepped for the winter.Im sure the same...
Just out of curiosity, what emergency procedures woud you implement for a windstorm? If it were snow the LIRR could bury the vulnerable electric fleet and run...
You cynics are never impressed and never disappointed. FWIW, Metro-North added stops to diesel trains that run through electric territory to cope with their...
The preparation for a windstorm would be basically the same as for any storm - have some parts ready, have some crews on standby. They could also have a...
mr beach, sir, that is just not possible. It takes way too long to implement these procedures. The Fail Road is not a quick and agile PRIVATE company or a...
The extra stops are nice for MNRR - but what did the LIRR do? ... electric territory to cope with their short trains. There was a seat drop distributed on...
Please don't infer anything from my messages that isn't actually there. My question, to Mr. Beach, is what would *he* implement as an emergency procedure for...
Ok..for things like a snowstorm theres much more you can prepare for.a windstorm..yes having extra crews and those responsible for the power supply on standby...
They've already reduced service, or shall I say "degraded" service for the last three weeks. Wait a minute, I think a leaf hit a rail in Babylon...delays into...
That's my point - the LIRR could have added stops to trains that don't use electric equipment -- and chose not to. _____ From: LIRRCommuters@yahoogroups.com...
Everyone here knows I'm not the biggest fan of LIRR management but..... 1) You don't really "winterize" LIRR cars. They are not required to have anything...
Could you imagine what would happen if there were extra stops added by the LIRR? 1st of all, the already overcrowded trains would be dangerously overcrowded,...
If additional stops were added, on diesels that ran through electric territory, the already severe overcrowding would have been lessened on some trains. That...
There have been some questions recently about what should and should not be posted here, so here is a guideline: ... - No name calling or derogatory personal...
Agreed. We're talking (conceptually) about taking a Speonk train that is scheduled to run down the Montauk and making 1, maybe 2 extra stops before Jamaica....
We'll never know if your concept is a viable option because it will never happen. The Fail Road is like the Knicks. Except the Knicks can't deny they lose....
-running the greenport "scoot" to jamaica is a good idea. or run a second "scoot" from ronkonkoma to either hicksville or jamaica as well.again i think getting...
LIHR and proactive in the same sentence? First time since the 1830's? ... From: "swamp976" <no_reply@yahoogroups.com> To: <LIRRCommuters@yahoogroups.com> ...
Snow showers are forecast for late tonight/early tomorrow morning. Are they preparing excuses or preparing for the "just in case" scenarios.... ... have ... ...
Looks like we dodged a bullet today. But, doesn't matter for me, I'm working from home today. May none of your trains be short or delayed today fellow...
... Well, from my observation: 7:29 AM from Hicksville to Penn: SHORT. 7:37 (Hicksville) to Flatbush: SHORT (Based on the announcement made) 7:33 to Flatbush...
You should wake up a little bit earlier and take the 706 tomorrow which had all its cars today. Just kidding. This was something new for me: the 535 from...
535 to Hicksville-It said Port Jeff on the train itself. ... ____________________________________________________________________________________ Do you...
In a message dated 12/4/2006 5:20:59 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, ian_greenbaum@... writes: 535 to Hicksville-It said Port Jeff on the train itself. ... ...