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Viewing Album:  Not Your Typical Railroad Photos
 
By:David Sommer
Dates:3/12/2005 - 12/31/2020
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View From The Parking Tower
Title:  View From The Parking Tower
Description: 
Photo Date:  3/12/2005  Upload Date: 3/14/2005 10:41:05 PM
Location:  White Plains, NY
Author:  David Sommer
Categories:  RollingStock
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Views:  462   Comments: 0
New Jersey Palisades Across The Hudson
Title:  New Jersey Palisades Across The Hudson
Description:  Poughkeepsie Train Where The Hudson Line Tracks Meet The Hudson River
Photo Date:  3/12/2005  Upload Date: 3/14/2005 10:41:05 PM
Location:  Spuyten Duyvil, NY
Author:  David Sommer
Categories:  RollingStock
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Views:  411   Comments: 0
High-Rise Living Near The Train Station
Title:  High-Rise Living Near The Train Station
Description: 
Photo Date:  3/12/2005  Upload Date: 3/14/2005 10:41:05 PM
Location:  Spuyten Duyvil, NY
Author:  David Sommer
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Locomotives:  MNCR 212(P32AC-DM)
Views:  723   Comments: 0
Bombardier M7 MU Interior
Title:  Bombardier M7 MU Interior
Description: 
Photo Date:  3/12/2005  Upload Date: 5/29/2005 7:16:59 AM
Location:  Hartsdale, NY
Author:  David Sommer
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Views:  336   Comments: 0
Amtrak Branches
Title:  Amtrak Branches
Description:  See the branches? That's Lake Shore Ltd from Chicago behind the branches, by the way! Auto Focus focused in on the wrong subject!
Photo Date:  3/12/2005  Upload Date: 3/14/2005 10:41:05 PM
Location:  Manhattan Inwood Hil, NY
Author:  David Sommer
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Views:  324   Comments: 0
Man In The Window
Title:  Man In The Window
Description: 
Photo Date:  3/12/2005  Upload Date: 5/29/2005 7:38:16 AM
Location:  Mount Vernon, NY
Author:  David Sommer
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Views:  285   Comments: 0
View Of A Southbound Train From The Parking Tower
Title:  View Of A Southbound Train From The Parking Tower
Description: 
Photo Date:  3/12/2005  Upload Date: 3/14/2005 10:41:05 PM
Location:  White Plains, NY
Author:  David Sommer
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Views:  274   Comments: 0
Art On The North Avenue Bridge
Title:  Art On The North Avenue Bridge
Description: 
Photo Date:  3/12/2005  Upload Date: 5/29/2005 7:38:17 AM
Location:  New Rochelle, NY
Author:  David Sommer
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Views:  275   Comments: 0
Stairs To The Northbound Platform
Title:  Stairs To The Northbound Platform
Description:  North Avenue at New Rochelle, NY
Photo Date:  3/12/2005  Upload Date: 5/29/2005 7:38:17 AM
Location:  New Rochelle, NY
Author:  David Sommer
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Views:  303   Comments: 0
NH Line Cut Beneath The Business District
Title:  NH Line Cut Beneath The Business District
Description: 
Photo Date:  3/12/2005  Upload Date: 5/29/2005 7:38:17 AM
Location:  Mount Vernon, NY
Author:  David Sommer
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Views:  283   Comments: 0
M7 Automated Destination Sign
Title:  M7 Automated Destination Sign
Description:  The new M7 cars feature many automated systems. For example, station stops are announced by an automated PA system on board too. Some people prefer the voice of the conductor.
Photo Date:  3/12/2005  Upload Date: 5/29/2005 7:38:18 AM
Location:  White Plains, NY
Author:  David Sommer
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Views:  277   Comments: 0
Amtrak Train #262 At Dusk
Title:  Amtrak Train #262 At Dusk
Description: 
Photo Date:  3/12/2005  Upload Date: 3/14/2005 10:41:05 PM
Location:  Riverdale, NY
Author:  David Sommer
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Locomotives:  AMTK 706(P32AC-DM)
Views:  769   Comments: 1
The Rocky Mountains Of The Bronx
Title:  The Rocky Mountains Of The Bronx
Description: 
Photo Date:  3/12/2005  Upload Date: 3/14/2005 10:41:05 PM
Location:  Spuyten Duyvil, NY
Author:  David Sommer
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Locomotives:  MNCR 217(P32AC-DM)
Views:  621   Comments: 0
Passenger Shelter
Title:  Passenger Shelter
Description:  Track Two And Six Platform and New Rochelle, N.Y.
Photo Date:  3/12/2005  Upload Date: 5/29/2005 7:38:15 AM
Location:  New Rochelle, NY
Author:  David Sommer
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Views:  258   Comments: 0
Empire Service From Buffalo
Title:  Empire Service From Buffalo
Description:  A train from Buffalo, New York enters the northern tip of Manhattan Island at dusk.
Photo Date:  3/12/2005  Upload Date: 3/14/2005 10:41:05 PM
Location:  Spuyten Duyvil, NY
Author:  David Sommer
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Views:  401   Comments: 0
Genesis #208's Roof
Title:  Genesis #208's Roof
Description: 
Photo Date:  3/12/2005  Upload Date: 3/14/2005 10:41:05 PM
Location:  White Plains, NY
Author:  David Sommer
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Locomotives:  MNCR 208(P32AC-DM)
Views:  778   Comments: 0
St. Patrick's Day Celebrants Heading To The City
Title:  St. Patrick's Day Celebrants Heading To The City
Description: 
Photo Date:  3/17/2005  Upload Date: 3/18/2005 10:52:16 AM
Location:  New Rochelle, NY
Author:  David Sommer
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Views:  285   Comments: 0
M2 MU From Parking Level Five
Title:  M2 MU From Parking Level Five
Description: 
Photo Date:  3/17/2005  Upload Date: 3/18/2005 10:54:57 AM
Location:  New Rochelle, NY
Author:  David Sommer
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Locomotives:  MNCR 8550(M-2 Cosmopolitan)
Views:  406   Comments: 0
New Haven Line Catenary
Title:  New Haven Line Catenary
Description: 
Photo Date:  3/17/2005  Upload Date: 3/18/2005 10:55:46 AM
Location:  New Rochelle, NY
Author:  David Sommer
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Views:  360   Comments: 0
A View From A Metro-North M.U.
Title:  A View From A Metro-North M.U.
Description:  View from Harlem Line M.U.'s near Mount Vernon West shows the Bronx River Parkway and apartments on Bronx River Road in Northwest Yonkers.
Photo Date:  3/22/2005  Upload Date: 3/24/2006 12:24:54 AM
Location:  Mount Vernon West, NY
Author:  David Sommer
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Views:  253   Comments: 0
Pedestrian Tunnel Beneath The Station
Title:  Pedestrian Tunnel Beneath The Station
Description:  This tunnel was built in 1913 by the NYC RR.
Photo Date:  3/24/2005  Upload Date: 5/8/2005 2:38:43 PM
Location:  White Plains, NY
Author:  David Sommer
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Views:  241   Comments: 0
Steep Stairs To The Platform
Title:  Steep Stairs To The Platform
Description: 
Photo Date:  3/29/2005  Upload Date: 5/8/2005 2:38:47 PM
Location:  White Plains, NY
Author:  David Sommer
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Views:  253   Comments: 0
Fenimore Road Bridge Date Marker
Title:  Fenimore Road Bridge Date Marker
Description: 
Photo Date:  3/31/2005  Upload Date: 5/29/2005 7:05:41 AM
Location:  New York, NY
Author:  David Sommer
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Views:  317   Comments: 0
A Big Cover Up
Title:  A Big Cover Up
Description:  The footbridge over the Harlem Line at Hartsdale, NY is under wraps while capital improvements are being made to the structure. The bridge was built nearly 100 years ago by the New York Central Railroad.
Photo Date:  3/31/2005  Upload Date: 5/8/2005 2:38:45 PM
Location:  Hartsdale, NY
Author:  David Sommer
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Views:  279   Comments: 0
Platform Signage
Title:  Platform Signage
Description: 
Photo Date:  4/4/2005  Upload Date: 4/10/2005 10:03:07 AM
Location:  Fleetwood, NY
Author:  David%Sommer
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Views:  231   Comments: 0
Father And Sons
Title:  Father And Sons
Description: 
Photo Date:  4/8/2005  Upload Date: 6/12/2005 12:00:37 PM
Location:  Mount Vernon, NY
Author:  David Sommer
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Views:  296   Comments: 0
Shadow And Light
Title:  Shadow And Light
Description:  Train 515 ambles into White Plains station at 8:24 AM on April 18, 2005.
Photo Date:  4/18/2005  Upload Date: 4/28/2005 12:28:49 AM
Location:  White Plains, NY
Author:  David Sommer
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Locomotives:  MNCR 227(P32AC-DM)
Views:  596   Comments: 0
Welcome To The 8th Most Depressing City in America
Title:  Welcome To The 8th Most Depressing City in America
Description:  According to Gannett News Services Yonkers is the 8th most depressing city in America. The determination is based onthe percentage of people taking prescription anti-depressants and the number of suicides. Philadelphia is the Number One most depressing American city in America. Laredo, Texas is the happiest city in America.
Photo Date:  4/24/2005  Upload Date: 5/8/2005 2:38:44 PM
Location:  Yonkers, NY
Author:  David Sommer
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Views:  300   Comments: 1
Relief, Comet Coach Style
Title:  Relief, Comet Coach Style
Description: 
Photo Date:  4/24/2005  Upload Date: 4/27/2005 11:38:21 PM
Location:  Ossining, NY
Author:  David Sommer
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Views:  325   Comments: 0
Metro-North Comet Coach "Peekskill"
Title:  Metro-North Comet Coach "Peekskill"
Description: 
Photo Date:  4/24/2005  Upload Date: 5/8/2005 2:38:46 PM
Location:  Cold Spring, NY
Author:  David Sommer
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Views:  272   Comments: 0
Yonkers Station At Dusk
Title:  Yonkers Station At Dusk
Description:  Passengers off Amtrak 68 from Montreal and Albany/Rennsalaer wait for taxis outside the newly renovated ex-New York Central Railroad station at Yonkers, NY on Sunday April 24th, 2005.
Photo Date:  4/24/2005  Upload Date: 4/27/2005 11:38:41 PM
Location:  Yonkers, NY
Author:  David Sommer
Categories:  Station
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Views:  577   Comments: 1
Car Body Assembly Trucks
Title:  Car Body Assembly Trucks
Description:  Kawasaki Railcar
Photo Date:  4/29/2005  Upload Date: 5/6/2005 9:15:59 PM
Location:  Yonkers, NY
Author:  David Sommer
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Views:  355   Comments: 0
Comet Coach Door Control Panel
Title:  Comet Coach Door Control Panel
Description: 
Photo Date:  4/29/2005  Upload Date: 5/8/2005 2:38:45 PM
Location:  Irvington, NY
Author:  David Sommer
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Views:  291   Comments: 0
Railcar Plant Pantograph Contraption
Title:  Railcar Plant Pantograph Contraption
Description:  Kawasaki Railcar Plant
Photo Date:  4/29/2005  Upload Date: 5/6/2005 9:15:59 PM
Location:  Yonkers, NY
Author:  David Sommer
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Views:  336   Comments: 0
Refelection Of The Engineer
Title:  Refelection Of The Engineer
Description:  The engineer's reflection can be see in 215's rearview mirror as Train 8837 departs Cold Spring for Poughkeepsie at 4:07 PM on April 29th, 2005.
Photo Date:  4/29/2005  Upload Date: 5/8/2005 2:38:46 PM
Location:  Cold Spring, NY
Author:  David Sommer
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Views:  301   Comments: 0
Strangers On A Train
Title:  Strangers On A Train
Description:  Scene aboard the Comet coach "Peekskill" on the 74-mile run from Poughkeepsie to New York City on 4/29/2005. This service operates every hour every day of the week, and several times an hour during rush hour.
Photo Date:  4/29/2005  Upload Date: 5/8/2005 2:38:47 PM
Location:  Ossining, NY
Author:  David Sommer
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Views:  334   Comments: 0
Comet Coach Vestibule
Title:  Comet Coach Vestibule
Description: 
Photo Date:  4/29/2005  Upload Date: 5/8/2005 2:38:44 PM
Location:  Hastings, NY
Author:  David Sommer
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Views:  302   Comments: 0
M-1 MU 8200
Title:  M-1 MU 8200
Description: 
Photo Date:  5/3/2005  Upload Date: 5/8/2005 2:38:46 PM
Location:  White Plains, NY
Author:  David Sommer
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Locomotives:  MNCR 8200(M-1 Metropolitan)
Views:  594   Comments: 0
My Hero!
Title:  My Hero!
Description:  Train 676 to New York is about to pass my veal parm hero at White Plains Station at 5:01 PM on the way home from work on May 3, 2005. (Sony P150)
Photo Date:  5/3/2005  Upload Date: 5/3/2005 11:33:16 PM
Location:  White Plains, NY
Author:  David Sommer
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Views:  364   Comments: 0
No Photo Permit Required
Title:  No Photo Permit Required
Description:  This is a scene from the 1940's film "Sullivan's Travels." The location is probably a Southern Pacific yard in the Los Angeles area.
Photo Date:  5/3/2005  Upload Date: 5/8/2005 2:38:48 PM
Location:  Fleetwood, NY
Author:  David Sommer
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Views:  334   Comments: 0
1940's SP Local On TV
Title:  1940's SP Local On TV
Description:  Picking up boxcars in the 1940's film "Sullivan's Travels."
Photo Date:  5/3/2005  Upload Date: 5/8/2005 2:38:43 PM
Location:  Fleetwood, NY
Author:  David Sommer
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Views:  253   Comments: 0
View From The New Parking Lot
Title:  View From The New Parking Lot
Description: 
Photo Date:  5/8/2005  Upload Date: 5/29/2005 7:12:53 AM
Location:  New Rochelle, NY
Author:  David Sommer
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Views:  280   Comments: 0
M7 Door
Title:  M7 Door
Description: 
Photo Date:  5/9/2005  Upload Date: 5/29/2005 7:38:16 AM
Location:  White Plains, NY
Author:  David Sommer
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Views:  283   Comments: 0
M-1 8215
Title:  M-1 8215
Description: 
Photo Date:  5/10/2005  Upload Date: 5/10/2005 11:54:05 PM
Location:  Fleetwood, NY
Author:  David Sommer
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Locomotives:  MNCR 8215(M-1 Metropolitan)
Views:  627   Comments: 0
The Ethan Allen Express As Seen From The Tappan Zee Bridge
Title:  The Ethan Allen Express As Seen From The Tappan Zee Bridge
Description:  I took this photo at 3:16 PM on May 14, 2005 while riding in a friend's car across the Tappan Zee Bridge on I-87 between Nyack and Tarrytown, New York. The train is probably the northbound Ethan Allen Express. There are no shoulders on this bridge. This was just good timing. We were going 55 MPH. Too bad the guard rail marred the shot! (Panasonic Lumix DMC-FZ15)
Photo Date:  5/14/2005  Upload Date: 5/22/2005 10:13:43 AM
Location:  Tarrytown, NY
Author:  David Sommer
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Locomotives:  AMTK 705(P32AC-DM)
Views:  737   Comments: 0
Dropping Gates On Main Street
Title:  Dropping Gates On Main Street
Description: 
Photo Date:  5/21/2005  Upload Date: 6/18/2005 2:28:47 PM
Location:  Haverstraw, NY
Author:  David Sommer
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Views:  288   Comments: 0
AMTK 21196
Title:  AMTK 21196
Description:  Train 176 To Boston at 3:57 PM on 5/23/2005.
Photo Date:  5/23/2005  Upload Date: 5/30/2005 6:50:58 PM
Location:  New Rochelle, NY
Author:  David Sommer
Categories:  RollingStock
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Views:  354   Comments: 0
Spider On A Railroad Spike
Title:  Spider On A Railroad Spike
Description:  Does this species bite?
Photo Date:  6/8/2005  Upload Date: 6/12/2005 8:45:08 PM
Location:  West Nyack, NY
Author:  David Sommer
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Views:  327   Comments: 1
Spider On A Railroad Spike
Title:  Spider On A Railroad Spike
Description:  I saw this spider atop a railroad spike on CSX's River Line in West Nyack, New York. See actual spider bite photos at: http://www.brown-recluse.com/index.html?google1
Photo Date:  6/8/2005  Upload Date: 6/12/2005 11:57:26 AM
Location:  West Nyack, NY
Author:  David Sommer
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Views:  343   Comments: 2
Stairs On A Rainy Evening
Title:  Stairs On A Rainy Evening
Description: 
Photo Date:  6/16/2005  Upload Date: 6/18/2005 2:14:55 PM
Location:  Fleetwood, NY
Author:  David Sommer
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Views:  97   Comments: 0

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