I'm going to New York and I want to see trains!

Talk about just about anything else that is non-gaming here, but keep it clean
User avatar
Erik_Twice
Next-Gen
Posts: 6251
Joined: Fri Mar 27, 2009 10:22 am
Location: Madrid, Spain

I'm going to New York and I want to see trains!

Post by Erik_Twice »

I like trains. And given I'm going to tour NY for a while, why not visit a railroad museum?

Unfortunatedly I'm kind of lost. I wonder if someone knows were can I go because there are several of them and I can't really differentiate the good ones from the small ones.
Looking for a cool game? Find it in my blog!
Latest post: Often, games must be difficult
http://eriktwice.com/
dsheinem
Next-Gen
Posts: 23184
Joined: Wed Dec 12, 2007 12:56 pm
Contact:

Re: I'm going to New York and I want to see trains!

Post by dsheinem »

when are you going?
User avatar
Erik_Twice
Next-Gen
Posts: 6251
Joined: Fri Mar 27, 2009 10:22 am
Location: Madrid, Spain

Re: I'm going to New York and I want to see trains!

Post by Erik_Twice »

dsheinem wrote:when are you going?
Around August 8th, for a week or something to the effect.
Looking for a cool game? Find it in my blog!
Latest post: Often, games must be difficult
http://eriktwice.com/
dsheinem
Next-Gen
Posts: 23184
Joined: Wed Dec 12, 2007 12:56 pm
Contact:

Re: I'm going to New York and I want to see trains!

Post by dsheinem »

General_Norris wrote:
dsheinem wrote:when are you going?
Around August 8th, for a week or something to the effect.
will you have a car?
User avatar
Erik_Twice
Next-Gen
Posts: 6251
Joined: Fri Mar 27, 2009 10:22 am
Location: Madrid, Spain

Re: I'm going to New York and I want to see trains!

Post by Erik_Twice »

dsheinem wrote:will you have a car?
Probably not.

That means I will use that scary metro system. I have been told it's just as the movies :lol:
Looking for a cool game? Find it in my blog!
Latest post: Often, games must be difficult
http://eriktwice.com/
gtmtnbiker
Next-Gen
Posts: 4320
Joined: Fri Jan 09, 2009 1:14 pm
Location: Massachusetts

Re: I'm going to New York and I want to see trains!

Post by gtmtnbiker »

I would suggest contacting some railfan boards where you could find a yard to watch trains. I remember reading an article in NY Times some years ago where there's a huge yard in Pennsylvania that operates 24x7. Rail fans would stay at a hotel at the yard to watch trains operate all day long.
Nyukki
128-bit
Posts: 705
Joined: Wed Jun 15, 2011 6:04 am
Location: Beijing

Re: I'm going to New York and I want to see trains!

Post by Nyukki »

I've also always wanted to go to NY to see the trains:

http://topdocumentaryfilms.com/style-wars/
Weekend shmupper
User avatar
Erik_Twice
Next-Gen
Posts: 6251
Joined: Fri Mar 27, 2009 10:22 am
Location: Madrid, Spain

Re: I'm going to New York and I want to see trains!

Post by Erik_Twice »

gtmtnbiker wrote:I would suggest contacting some railfan boards where you could find a yard to watch trains.
Oh. that would be cool but to be sincere I prefer the older stuff. Around here I'm lucky to see a handful of steam engines and I have always liked American steam locomotives.
Looking for a cool game? Find it in my blog!
Latest post: Often, games must be difficult
http://eriktwice.com/
User avatar
o.pwuaioc
Next-Gen
Posts: 8484
Joined: Tue Mar 29, 2011 7:59 pm
Location: I miss NYC.

Re: I'm going to New York and I want to see trains!

Post by o.pwuaioc »

Aw, you're going just a week before I'm going to be there. Too bad you're not going a little later, you could have made it to dsheinem's meet-up on the 20th! :P
User avatar
OldSchool_Boy
Next-Gen
Posts: 1784
Joined: Sun Apr 26, 2009 3:09 pm

Re: I'm going to New York and I want to see trains!

Post by OldSchool_Boy »

Nyukki wrote:I've also always wanted to go to NY to see the trains:

http://topdocumentaryfilms.com/style-wars/
Much appreciated because I have been wanting to remember the name of this for the longest time!
final fight cd wrote: moral of story: when in a shady part of town, don't ask random thugs where the sega is at.
Post Reply