LaurieAnnie's photos with the keyword: train

Not the best-quality photograph (it came from a throw-away), but Harry Potter fans might find it amusing.

The Stamford Metro-North Railroad station serves the residents of Stamford, Connecticut via the New Haven Line. Some Amtrak Northeast Corridor trains also stop at Stamford. It is 33 miles from Grand Central Terminal. Just north of the station is the split for the New Canaan Branch. A few Shore Line East trains terminate at Stamford during the morning rush hour, and originate there in the evening. Continental Airlines codeshares with Amtrak to provide service out of Stamford station to the train station at Continental's Northeast hub, Newark Liberty International Airport. As such, the train station has the IATA Airport Code (as an IATA-indexed train station) ZTF. As of August 2006, weekday commuter ridership for Metro-North was 7,147 and there were 2,215 parking spaces. In 2001, on the other hand, there was an average of 6,100 weekday inbound boardings---2,942 during peak times and 3,158 during off-peak times. The main station concourse straddles the tracks of the Northeast Corridor, and contains a passenger waiting area, a newsstand, a Dunkin' Donuts, and Java Joe's. Downstairs below the platform level in the tunnel there is an MTA police station, Juan's Barbershop, a watch and shoe repair stores, and The Cellar Wine and Beer Liquor Store. There is also a Greyhound/Peter Pan office and CT transit office. Stairs and escalators lead to the platform level. Stamford has four high-level platforms, which give access to four tracks. A fifth track lies between the express tracks, so that Amtrak and peak-hour Metro-North trains not stopping there may bypass the station at full speed safely. Across the street from the station, and connected to the concourse by two pedestrian bridges, is a large parking garage. There is also a local bus terminal near the train station. In 1987, the New York Times published a review of the then-new Stamford Transporataion Center by architecture critic Paul Goldberger. The station was criticized for "a harshness almost unequaled in contemporary architecture" as well as for cost overruns and many functional failings, including the lack of shelter for the track platforms. The route from the cross-tracks waiting room to the platform was so long and indirect that passengers who waited indoors until a train's arrival is announced could not get to the platform in time to board it. A complete renovation of the station in the early 2000s attempted to address these problems. The two platforms were made island platforms, capable of serving four tracks. Added features included platform canopies, stairs and escalators directly from the waiting room for the tracks, and a new platform crossover, connecting to the parking garage. Text from: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stamford_Station

The Stamford Metro-North Railroad station serves the residents of Stamford, Connecticut via the New Haven Line. Some Amtrak Northeast Corridor trains also stop at Stamford. It is 33 miles from Grand Central Terminal. Just north of the station is the split for the New Canaan Branch. A few Shore Line East trains terminate at Stamford during the morning rush hour, and originate there in the evening. Continental Airlines codeshares with Amtrak to provide service out of Stamford station to the train station at Continental's Northeast hub, Newark Liberty International Airport. As such, the train station has the IATA Airport Code (as an IATA-indexed train station) ZTF. As of August 2006, weekday commuter ridership for Metro-North was 7,147 and there were 2,215 parking spaces. In 2001, on the other hand, there was an average of 6,100 weekday inbound boardings---2,942 during peak times and 3,158 during off-peak times. The main station concourse straddles the tracks of the Northeast Corridor, and contains a passenger waiting area, a newsstand, a Dunkin' Donuts, and Java Joe's. Downstairs below the platform level in the tunnel there is an MTA police station, Juan's Barbershop, a watch and shoe repair stores, and The Cellar Wine and Beer Liquor Store. There is also a Greyhound/Peter Pan office and CT transit office. Stairs and escalators lead to the platform level. Stamford has four high-level platforms, which give access to four tracks. A fifth track lies between the express tracks, so that Amtrak and peak-hour Metro-North trains not stopping there may bypass the station at full speed safely. Across the street from the station, and connected to the concourse by two pedestrian bridges, is a large parking garage. There is also a local bus terminal near the train station. In 1987, the New York Times published a review of the then-new Stamford Transporataion Center by architecture critic Paul Goldberger. The station was criticized for "a harshness almost unequaled in contemporary architecture" as well as for cost overruns and many functional failings, including the lack of shelter for the track platforms. The route from the cross-tracks waiting room to the platform was so long and indirect that passengers who waited indoors until a train's arrival is announced could not get to the platform in time to board it. A complete renovation of the station in the early 2000s attempted to address these problems. The two platforms were made island platforms, capable of serving four tracks. Added features included platform canopies, stairs and escalators directly from the waiting room for the tracks, and a new platform crossover, connecting to the parking garage. Text from: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stamford_Station

When I was a kid growing up on Long Island in the 80s, the McDonald's in the Sears shopping center in Massapequa had a "birthday train" with booths and tables inside it like this one. I never had a party on the train, but my little sister did. Ronald McDonald also did face-painting at those parties. The train in Masspequa was removed years ago; somehow the Forest Hills one was saved!

When I was a kid growing up on Long Island in the 80s, the McDonald's in the Sears shopping center in Massapequa had a "birthday train" with booths and tables inside it like this one. I never had a party on the train, but my little sister did. Ronald McDonald also did face-painting at those parties. The train in Masspequa was removed years ago; somehow the Forest Hills one was saved!

Forest Hills is a wheelchair accessible station on the Main Line of the Long Island Rail Road. It serves the residents of Forest Hills, Queens and is located within the City Terminal Zone. There are two side platforms, which can hold a 4-car train. The station is located within Fare Zone 1, and is in the CityTicket program. The station is located in an area of Forest Hills known as Station Square. Built in 1906 and rebuilt in 1911, the station is the only one in the system not to have standard blue and white signage. Instead, there are plaques and historic style signage within and around the station, complementing to the architecture to the stationhouse, and the surrounding area. The station is located at Austin Street and Continental Avenue (71st Avenue), just south of Queens Boulevard. Passengers can connect to the Q23 and Q64 buses as well as the Forest Hills–71st Avenue subway station (E F G R V) Text from: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forest_Hills_(LIRR_station)

Forest Hills is a wheelchair accessible station on the Main Line of the Long Island Rail Road. It serves the residents of Forest Hills, Queens and is located within the City Terminal Zone. There are two side platforms, which can hold a 4-car train. The station is located within Fare Zone 1, and is in the CityTicket program. The station is located in an area of Forest Hills known as Station Square. Built in 1906 and rebuilt in 1911, the station is the only one in the system not to have standard blue and white signage. Instead, there are plaques and historic style signage within and around the station, complementing to the architecture to the stationhouse, and the surrounding area. The station is located at Austin Street and Continental Avenue (71st Avenue), just south of Queens Boulevard. Passengers can connect to the Q23 and Q64 buses as well as the Forest Hills–71st Avenue subway station (E F G R V) Text from: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forest_Hills_(LIRR_station)

Forest Hills is a wheelchair accessible station on the Main Line of the Long Island Rail Road. It serves the residents of Forest Hills, Queens and is located within the City Terminal Zone. There are two side platforms, which can hold a 4-car train. The station is located within Fare Zone 1, and is in the CityTicket program. The station is located in an area of Forest Hills known as Station Square. Built in 1906 and rebuilt in 1911, the station is the only one in the system not to have standard blue and white signage. Instead, there are plaques and historic style signage within and around the station, complementing to the architecture to the stationhouse, and the surrounding area. The station is located at Austin Street and Continental Avenue (71st Avenue), just south of Queens Boulevard. Passengers can connect to the Q23 and Q64 buses as well as the Forest Hills–71st Avenue subway station (E F G R V) Text from: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forest_Hills_(LIRR_station)

Forest Hills Gardens is a private community located in Forest Hills, in the New York City borough of Queens. The area consists of a 142-acre development, fashioned after a traditional English Village, that is one of the country's oldest planned communities and the most prominent American example of Ebenezer Howard's Garden city movement. The community, founded in 1908, consists of about 800 homes, townhouses, and apartment buildings, mostly in Tudor, Brick Tudor or Georgian style, in a parklike setting designed by Frederick Law Olmsted, Jr., son of noted landscape architect Frederick Law Olmsted and partner in the Olmsted Brothers firm. Architect Grosvenor Atterbury proposed an innovative construction method: each house was built from approximately 170 standardized precast concrete panels, fabricated off-site and positioned by crane. The system was sophisticated even by modern standards: for example, panels were cast with integral hollow insulation chambers. The streets (today private) were fully laid-out in 1910, many of them winding specifically to discourage through-traffic. Though Forest Hills Gardens is private property, it is not a gated community and through traffic, both automotive and pedestrian, is permitted. Street parking, however, is restricted to community residents. The project was not completed, however, until the mid-1960s when the last remaining lots were developed. Although most of the buildings consist of single-family homes, the development also includes some garden-apartment buildings and retail space. Today, the area contains some of the most expensive housing in the borough of Queens. One of the more famous residents is Geraldine Ferraro. In 1913, the West Side Tennis Club moved from Manhattan to Forest Hills Gardens. The U.S. Open and its predecessor national championships were held there until 1978, making the name "Forest Hills" synonymous with tennis for generations. Text from: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forest_Hills_Gardens,_Queens