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About the author: Philip M. Goldstein
Rahway Moveable Bridge "CP-RH",
Conrail Shared Assets Operations Chemical Coast Line, Rahway, NY
My son Joe & I - October 24, 2010.
photo by J. Roborecky
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I was born in Brooklyn (New York!)
in 1969, and I have always been heavily interested in railroading, and it
runs in the family.
I was introduced to trains and railroading
at an early age by my father Stan. My mother Sharon took the picture (seen at left) of me on it's front coupler being held by my father. If only they knew where that would lead.... . My father passed away on 05 October 2009. Rest In Peace Dad! I <3 U. |
I may have been born a little too late for the BEDT steam show; but I did get to see some BEDT diesels in action, as well as Bush Terminal and New York Dock diesel operations. Matter of fact, when I was a child; I was fortunate enough to get a ride in a New York Dock RS3 diesel (in background) at Bush Terminal in October 1974. |
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The picture at left was taken by my father on April 14, 1975. Here I am seen at the New York Dock Fulton Terminal enginehouse in downtown Brooklyn. I may not have had good fashion sense (checked pants with plaid jacket with a striped engineers cap?), but I had good taste in railroads! |
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my own camera, a Yashica GT with 45mm f1.7 lens; and it saw plenty
of use at railroad yards up and down the East Coast.
I always seemed to be at Sunnyside Yards located in Long Island City, Queens, NY; at least several times a year as well. Here's a shot of me on the 39th Street overpass which overlooks Sunnyside Yards. I still have this camera as it holds some very fond memories, and it has taken quite a bit of railroad photos. |
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I also summered almost every year in Strasburg, PA; and I was constantly around operating steam locomotives which as you can imagine; were never boring.
In addition to the NYD cab ride mentioned above, I have also had a cab ride in a steam locomotive, and I have also been fortunate to have had at least one cab ride in almost every piece of motive power of the Delaware & Ulster Railroad: ALCo RS36 #5017, ALCo S4 #5106 & #1012, GE 44T #76, Brill M405. With the acquistion of NYO&W #116, I'll have to try to get a cab ride in that!
I have also had the pleasure of operating a nineteenth-century trolley on several occasions, for the Brooklyn Historic Railway Association when it was located on the Van Brunt Street Pier. This trolley, #3; is a genuine museum piece and is an overhead electric four wheel trolley built in 1897 by Mann-Schukert in Germany; for use Olso, Norway. It is currently located at the Trolley Museum of New York, in Kingston, NY.
I have also been certified to operate #358 (ex-Johnstown, PA), a 1925 St. Louis Car Foundry (now reconfigured as self propelled diesel); for the Trolley Museum of New York and when possible as a member, I donate my time to the Catskill Mountain Railroad.
I am also certified to operate railcars thorough the North American Rail Car Owners Association (NARCOA) and anticipate the eventual purchase of my own railcar.
The following is a list of the railroads,
locations and railroad museums I have either visited, photographed, and in
some cases had the opportunity to ride as a passenger:
Class 1 / Revenue / Commuter / Industrial |
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| road | city / town | state |
| Penn Central |
Horseshoe Curve Tappan |
PA NY |
| CSX | Albany Division - River Subdivision Albany Division - Selkirk Subdivsion Albany Division - Mohawk Subdivision Albany Division - Hudson Subdivision Albany Division - Castleton Subdivision Albany Division - Port Subdivision Baltimore Yard |
NY NY NY NY NY NY MD |
| Norfolk Southern | Dearborn Division - Chicago Line, Port Clinton Dearborn Division - Chicago Line, Sandusky |
OH OH |
| Conrail Shared Assets Operations (CSX & NS) |
Arlington Yard, Staten Island Union Elizabeth Elizabethport Port Reading |
NY NJ NJ NJ NJ |
| Canadian Pacific / Soo / Delaware & Hudson | Oneonta Albany |
NY NY |
| New York Container Terminal | Staten Island | NY |
| Construction & Marine Equipment | Elizabeth | NJ |
| Albany Port | Albany | NY |
| Port Jersey | Greenville | NJ |
| Canadian National | Merritton, Ontario | Canada |
| Baltimore & Ohio | Baltimore | MD |
| Long Island Rail Road |
as passenger, regular service Sunnyside Yards, Queens Jamaica, Queens Bayside, Queens Oyster Bay |
NY NY NY NY NY |
| Amtrak | "Lake Shore Limited" #48 & #49 (Albany /
Toledo) "Cardinal" #50 (Indianapolis / New York City) "Empire Service" (Albany / Rhinecliff / New York City) Sunnyside Yards, Queens Poughkeepsie Rhinecliff Albany Hollywood Marshall |
NY / OH IN / NY NY NY NY NY NY FL MI |
| Metro North | Poughkeepsie | NY |
| New Jersey Transit . |
as passenger, regular
serivce Lehigh Line - Union Main Line - Rutherford Ramsey Suffern |
NJ / NY NJ NJ NJ NY |
| New York City Transit Authority |
as passenger, regular serivce Coney Island Shops, Brooklyn 39 St Yards, Brooklyn 50th Street Tower, Manhattan |
NY NY NY NY |
| Auto Train (northbound) | Sanford / Lorton | FL / VA |
| Seaboard Coast Line | Florence | SC |
| Kellogg's Factory | Battle Creek | MI |
| Brooklyn Eastern District Terminal | Brooklyn | NY |
| Bush Terminal | Brooklyn | NY |
| New York Dock | Brooklyn | NY |
| New York Cross Harbor / New York New Jersey Rail |
Brooklyn & Jersey City (Greenville) |
NY NJ |
| South Brooklyn Rwy (NYCTA) | Brooklyn | NY |
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| American Portland | Alsen | NY |
| Reading - McMyler Dumper | Port Reading | NJ |
| Amtrak | Glenville Industrial Park (Rohr Turboliners in storage) | NY |
| Strasburg | Strasburg | PA |
| Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania | Strasburg | PA |
| Steamtown |
Bellows Falls Scranton |
VT PA |
| Cadillac & Lake City | Sandstown | MI |
| NKP #759 (High Iron
Excursion) (High Iron Excursion layover) |
Callicoon Warwick |
NY NY |
| "D&H #302" (Reading #2102 - High Iron Excursion) | Callicoon | NY |
| Morris County Central | Morristown | NJ |
| Bush Woodlands | Cooperstown | NY |
| Cooperstown & Charlotte Valley | Cooperstown | NY |
| Florida Gulf Coast | Parrish | FL |
| Freedom Train (runby 1976) | Ramsey | NJ |
| Branford Trolley Museum, CT | Branford | CT |
| Delaware & Ulster Railroad | Arkville | NY |
| Catskill Mountain Railroad | Phoenicia | NY |
| Ulster & Delaware RR Historical Society | Roxbury | NY |
| Trolley Museum of New York | Kingston | NY |
| Empire State Railway Museum | Phoenicia | NY |
| Brooklyn Historic Railway Museum | Brooklyn | NY |
| Chesapeake & Ohio #614 (running! - NJT Port Jervis Line 1998) |
Harriman | NY |
| New York, Ontario & Western (walked r.o.w.) |
Summitville | NY |
| Ulster & Delaware RR (walked r.o.w.) |
Kingston - Oneonta | NY |
| Red Caboose Lodge |
Strasburg | PA |
Currently, my research and this website, either in part or in
whole; has found its way to serving the public through the following agencies,
publications and preservation groups:
New York State Office of Parks, Recreation & Historical Preservation
Erie Lackawanna Historical Society "The Transfer"
Urban Oyster Tours
Tampa Review, University of Tampa
Tugster, A Water Blog
Society of Industrial Archeology, Roebling Chapter: Greater New York & New Jersey area
WABC-TV Channel 7, New York
In addition to the research of, and collecting photographs
and memorabilia from Brooklyn Eastern District Terminal, my other railroad
related hobbies and interests include:
history, research and collecting memorabilia of Industrial Railroads & Locomotives that operated in Brooklyn, Queens, Staten Island, Bronx and Manhattan; NY;
history, research and collecting memorabilia of Military Railroads & Locomotives that operated in the New York Metropolitan Area;
collecting memorabilia from railroads that operated in the Northern Catskill region of NY (Delaware, Ulster & Greene Counties, NY);
scratchbuilding HO scale locomotives of BEDT and Erie L-1;
Pennsylvania RR electric locomotives (especially the early models);
all side and saddletank type locos, regardless of wheel arrangement;
"weird" camelback style locomotives: i.e.: Erie L1 0-8-8-0 camelbacks and the St. Clair Tunnel Co. 0-10-0 sidetank camelback are two of my favorites)
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Currently, my full time occupation (unpaid) is research and historian of Industrial & Offline Terminal Railroads of Brooklyn, Queens, Staten Island, Bronx and Manhattan. Other times, when funds and time permit; I can be found chasing trains with my son Joe, who is about as rabid about trains & railroads as I was at his age!
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Should you find the need to contact me, please feel
free to email:
or call
(845) 586 - 4672
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