BULLETIN - FEBRUARY, 2010 Bulletin New York Division, Electric Railroaders’ Association Vol
TheNEW YORK DIVISION BULLETIN - FEBRUARY, 2010 Bulletin New York Division, Electric Railroaders’ Association Vol. 53, No. 2 February, 2010 The Bulletin NOR’EASTER HITS EASTERN SEABOARD Published by the New Although the “official” start of winter was not boarded a following train that got them to York Division, Electric until Monday, December 21, 2009, the first Ronkonkoma at 8:45 when they were sched- Railroaders’ Association, Incorporated, PO Box major winter storm, a Nor’easter, traveled up uled to arrive at 4:14 AM. Thanks to member 3001, New York, New the eastern seaboard, arriving in the metro- Larry Kiss, who filled in some details. York 10008-3001. politan area Saturday afternoon, December Later that day, at 8:45 PM, service was sus- 19. It continued through Sunday, December pended between Ronkonkoma and Green- 20, dumping up to 26” of snow in eastern port and there were scattered delays on the For general inquiries, contact us at nydiv@ Long Island. Portions of New Jersey also Port Jefferson, Babylon and Montauk erausa.org or by phone received significant amounts. In New York Branches. Traffic reports in the following days at (212) 986-4482 (voice City, approximately 11 inches were recorded also told of minor delays. mail available). The in Central Park, 13.2 inches in Sheepshead Our Editor-in-Chief, Bernie Linder, saw on a Division’s website is www.erausa.org/ Bay, six inches in the Bronx, and only a trace news report on Channel 7 that the lead car of nydiv.html. in Poughkeepsie. Many areas received re- each LIRR MU train, and probably also the cord amounts of snow.
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