05-01-2009, 10:58 AM
Quote:I never would have guess that the Long Island Railroad would be your favorite! I would expect somewhere rural with a logging type setting...not an east coast commuter road!
I spent the first 17 years of my life on the south shore of Long Island. I remember steam on the LIRR, and freight operations, although the outside third rail, MP-54's, took me into Manhattan, and home again many times.
The Sagaponack Montauk, was my first "home road", and interchanged with the LIRR. My life, and my travels, have widened my interests, and added logging, and narrow gauge to the picture.
The Shinnecock Hills Lumber Company, gets its name from Shinnecock Hills, L.I. N.Y., and there are no "forests" there!
The greatest influence on me was two tours of duty in Maine. (NAS Brunswick)
We always learn far more from our own mistakes, than we will ever learn from another's advice.
The greatest place to live life, is on the sharp leading edge of a learning curve.
Lead me not into temptation.....I can find it myself!
The greatest place to live life, is on the sharp leading edge of a learning curve.
Lead me not into temptation.....I can find it myself!