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A.E.: There is a pervert on the morning local W train and/or R train. He is tall about 5'9, skinny weighs about 150 pounds. He is of Latin decent, dark, black straight hair worn slick back....... EvilGentleman: anon, I thank you for educating us on the train parts. I think of trains as big noisy metal things that carry stuff, and sometimes have graf on the outside. I am a total moron...... serlingrod: Love it! As you know from my previous post, trolley tracks are one of my favorite urban elements! This is a great shot. I'd love to see some of the trains!
... OG FROM GCC: Cecilia
Keep it up. Keep going. We brought a group of 25 to Philly. Half worked in some
gardens in the Dauphin area. We stopped by there on Thursday morning on a way...... Edward LAMB: I am very familiar with this tunnel having personally "discovered" the place way back in 1969...
The following, if you please, is an excerpt from my own story :
I had, one day, roaming through Riverside Drive...... Paul Revere: I'm sure you can never receive enough accolades for your photography. Great work. Personally, I've roamed those tunnels repeatedly for the past year. As someone remarked you can't hear the train untill it's prcaticly upon...... Robert: Lets us all remember that while there are trains rolling though the tunnel at 70 miles or so. The really good thing about that entire tunnel is there is no 700 volt Third Rail to...... Peter: hmm. i thought the trains were pretty quiet. bordering on silent, actually. you dont even hear them until theyre speeding towards you, about 50 feet away...... Kassie: I went here with my friend a couple months ago. We got some amazing pictures. I've never seen such beautiful graffiti in my entire life. We had a nice talk with a...... Peter: ch. 13 is pretty standard for such bridge communications. but beware that if you need the bridge to be opened, you need to contact them well in advance, as they have to work around the...... river otters21 girl: It is a darn shame to see hear what happened to Kensington. Oh, I agree with YourOwnFault 100% except that this cancer known as white flight took place more recently than the 50s and...... Rob Tynan: My dad was trained in the Tool Shop by Jimmy Iddon at Royles. When my mum and dad were married in 1962 he made them a fire poker and stand in the workshop from...... Who Cares for Kensington: Everyone has someone else to blame and I guess that's the ameriacan way for losers these days. Buildings, streets and real estate agents do no breed ignorance, but sub-cultures do and Kensington is definitely a...... Steven: Back in the early 80's I lived in a great old dump of a building on Kings Hwy directly overlooking the N Train line as depicted in the last image. My fire escape hung...... Tex: Yes, there are a lot of people up there that are unemployed for whatever reasons and are having to live with relatives, parents, etc., in order to stay there.
As far as them moving away,...... Don worry bout it : Yo lookout for ''thin'' hes everywere i was in the car and saw his shit everwhere, whats up with segr i see him on the highway but his stuff isn't too good , not saying...... Peter: train graf! i always love seeing the freights...... EvilGentleman: I was wondering what it said. I am so useless when it comes to reading graf. Unless some goof like me decides to tag everything in Times New Roman or Arial...
And speaking of graffiti timelapses,...... john: If you think the tunnel looks great now you should have seen it back in the 70's I was 12 years old when I started going down there.
Thats when there were five tracks down there...... ron ws: SORRY FOR YOUR LOSS FUZZ! A GRAFFITI KING WHO ROCKED THE NYC SUBWAY TRAINS FROM THE 70S ALL THE WAY TP THE MID 90S. FREAKS AT LARGE AND THE TFP OTB CREW.
FUZZ FUZZ FUZZ FUZZ...... charlie : Great pictures I myself used to hang out in that tunnel for years back in the early years before the amtrak police kicked me out
another time at the southern end one of the homeless nut...... Moo-Sama: It really is amazing that people would rather share something beautiful with everyone and gain nothing for themselves in the process.
So many times is it really obvious that humankind is generous in mysterious ways...
But kudos...... Peter: im really glad that my bedroom window doesnt overlook a busy train line, like in the last photo...... jack: now this area i know well since i grew up in bensonhurst and gravesend and the last picture looks like the sea beach express which is in gravesend and kinda skirts bensonhurst, better know as...... Andrew Smith: A few characters in the pubs on the edge of town, but I wouldn't call it rough (though I am from a Salford overspill town).
The walled town itself and the setting is lovely - used...... Pat Fleming (nee Brannan): What a great site!! Just spent a morning reading through the messages and re-living my youth. I lived at 93, Lyndhurst Ave until I was about 5 years old. I remember a lady called Phylis...... Pat Fleming (nee Brannan): What a great site!! Just spent a morning reading through the messages and re-living my youth. I lived at 93, Lyndhurst Ave until I was about 5 years old. I remember a lady called Phylis...... James cashan: Hello jon B.
Malcom Kennedy is related to my dad through marriage of his mum to Ken connor (pics of Train), I lived and dad still lives across road from Pete n...... CuriousGeorge: Anyone know what the neighborhood is like on Moffat St. b/n Central and Evergeen? Just off the L-Wilson stop. Looking for a new home in a safe area with modest conveniences -- grocery, dry cleaners,...... cope 2: this store is the illest. i buy all my bombing supplies at this joint right here. its all about bombing the trains, remember that kids. 1
- Cope 2... Jamie: I look forward to seeing more. Just watch out for the trains.... Kyle: Only in AMERICA,==In 2008, Do We know have so many prude's verbally speaking out, attempting to perpetuate the FAULTS idea the Penis is Bad or shamefully , or nakedness is shamfull....that is simply for...... zagg: I wonder if they sell anything like this ... http://www.extremerestraints.com/extreme-anal-jewelry_257.html
: P... xyka: loved the report, and yes, my favorite one is with the 6 beams of lights.
very, very cool!
how often did you have to dodge from the trains?... Peter: yes, the tunnel is very much in use, as the tunnel is the main artery that connects [[wiki:Metro-North Railroad]] and [[wiki:amtrak]] trains to [[wiki:penn station]]. dodging the trains and staying out of their line of...... Chitin: These are incredible. Is the tunnel still in service? How do you avoid oncoming trains?... Madaline McBain: WOW - those are amazing.
So no trains through the tunnel anymore?
No more homeless sleeping?... Jamie: this one has to be my favourite
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So is the tunnel currently in use (by trains) ?... Sheila Vaudrey: Thanks James, for the photo's of the train, my children played on it when it was in the park. Sorry to hear that your granddad passed away, as I remember him being in the next...... Norma Bannon (nee Bolton): Hi James,
Thanks for putting the photo's on... I haven't been back to Cadishead since the train was moved, but have heard how good it looks. It must be a good feeling to have...... Big Dog: Ha! KP is not open for tours. As for becoming a CO (CX1), you just have to keep an eye on the federal government web site (jobs.gc.ca). Positions are usually only posted...... James cashan: [[img:27952]]
Ken Connor R.I.P. a fitting memorial we refer to it as "Kens Engine" and i always think of him when i pass in my car, the cortege` stopped for a few minutes at the...... James cashan: [[img:27949]]
I believe it was the rotary club that raised the money to save the train and that the council were actually going to scrap it,yet were quick to basque in the limelight of...... James cashan: This is a photo of the opening day of the princess park Train on Cadishead way with my step Grandad Ken Connor as guest of honour 2nd from left, he has now sadly passed away...... truthteller facts: the houses on jeffferson starr troutman that are drug infested. Signs on the houses telling people to stay out or get arrested, the drug problem so bad on knick that the nypd has cameras to...... anonymous: It is a shame the cops have pretty much hassled the boys at kensington and rorer that the no longer are out. Their dope, last stop, was the most consistantly good heroin in town.(btw i...... marco: hey i live a couple blocks away from you cool i live in Bushwick Brooklyn. riding the train at night is scary u should be very afraid.... serlingrod: nice pics Peter! the constant passing of El trains above your head definitely add to the uniqueness of the Loop. that trip from O'Hare is no joke! it took me 45 minutes to cover 15...... Slick: I think spin is amazing i have seen his stuff everywhere. I live in dundas and i even see his stuff there . Ive seen it everywhere . Highland secondary school, train tracks in dundas,...... Peter: i walk past this address every day now, going to the train. so after rereading this, i packed my camera in my bag, and snapped some shots of the plot on the way home today:
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its...... anon (251-181.69-92-cpe.cableone.net): Any one know where to find the video of the swiftwater training excersize that went bad. Fire and E.M.S. personell were killed during a drill that they were conducting at a low head dam...... jhkjlk: i love the graff on the trains, there should be more!... YoYo: What I enjoyed when I would get out of the F train was walking to Coney Island and seeing that little store on the left that sold Candy Apples, Big lollipops, Caramel corn, fudge, Salt...... RENO32: mannn JA the best bomber of all time man i meen COPE2 a sick bomber much respect n stay up but no one bombs like JA does noone
shame he hasnt got the fame that cope...... nyc born an raised army trained: damn yo mad memories livin in queens and going to clara barton class of 2001 yah dig ... sandra clegg/ arnold / shaw: hi sheena you will not remember me i lived next door to your mum and dad on park road barnoldswick we had to go to nottingham for the week and first...... Jose Julio: This is great... trains look better now...lol...hey guys, i met someone in my place in hollywood (Maffu Arts) he give me the site (Bel I Of Crew), but u are really serious in what you...... Montrealbunny: This is along the canal going west past the market and the train tracks. Here's a shot from a bit further back - I bet you'll recognize it in an instant by the tip...... EvilGentleman: I have an old pic from 1994 or 1995 posted in one of my posts in the [[3039:Train Derails on Bridge]] series. I am currently about 305 pounds (people always guess me at about 250...... danny: does any one know about the amusement park that was located on garret mountain back in the 20's ?
or the boat house and train ?
need old photos please.... EvilGentleman: dirana1, thank you for commenting. I can respect your opinions and your insight into the prison is a welcome bit of education for the rest of us. I am certain you know a lot more...... WTF: How do you get out of here? I can't take a bus and there's no train depot anymore.Can I call a taxi? How do I get a train ticket? How do I get North or...... Peter: i particularly like the first one, of the train. the trains there have stainless steel seats? nice.... old schooler: wow...graffiti is really dead now these days!!!! what the fuck is all this bullshit... i miss my train days ... Peter: this reminds me of the [[1646:graveyard train]]... though with {mta} tracks instead of the {LIE}...... Born and Raised in NYC: honest to God I wish Boston where I live now was this dead sometimes ... the never ending traffic,rush hour and crush of people on the trains .... and I thought leaving NY I escaped...... JBone f.b.w.: i started writing back in 91,and remember ja was the king of the A line,he killed all the train stations and roof tops in far rockaway,him and eu,at the beggining i tought he was local,then...... Sammy Perez: antblack, you mentioned skelly, stickball, tops and coco carts. Those are some serious memories there. Here a few more for you: punchball, cocolerio 1,2,3, off the wall and chinese handball along with riding...... Peter: cherie: {broadway}, in the area around {hart} street is the border between {bushwick} and {bed-stuy}, so i suppose it depends on which side of {broadway} the place is on, heh. the west side being {bed-stuy}...... Peter: im sure the cops would prefer it be used as a verb. you think that if the whole of the {nypd} got a little more action, they'd be a more humane and less aggressive bunch?...... danolove: ja has new tags on rooftops on the gowanus in sunset park brooklyn and the old b/m train line, now the q train in brooklyn... XXX: Take a ride on any MTA train, look in the tunnels. I'll guarantee you that you'll see JA throwie. I even saw one of his throwie's in Hoboken, NJ. haha... anon (host86-160-86-25.range86-160.btcentralplus.com): fred talked to us today he asked us for a drink he was quite scary but we felt a little sorry for him, he has no teeth and lives outside spalding train station in the...... Septa guy: why are those wires still juced?septa or who ever would save money cutting them off. I'am going to go up there some time, hope I don't get hit by a goast train:) and with all...... bo: hey guys, do you know that they use"pushers"-not the bad kind, the kind thatpush people into crammed trains???... Peter: wow! man... i was gonna point out the ones i like, but after i selected more than i could keep up with, i realized they were all killer. i like the train going over the...... A-TRAIN: los angeles is definately not the most recognized in film, tv, or anything in the world. if someone showed me a picture of it and asked me what city it is, id probably have no...... Marissa Chaplin from Laura Young (not that you know me!) : Hello! I just wanted to say thank you to everyone for posting these pictures!
Marissa, I am now 31 and living in Baltimore, Maryland, USA and was just looking on the internet for some pictures...... Rob Patten: Just to add there are photos of the refurbished train on the Cadishead Way bypass on the Salford web site:
[[http://www.salford.gov.uk/business/design/engineering/highways/cadisheadway-stage-2/cws2-photos.htm]]
Under 'Photographs 2005' the second and third links show it in its new paint.
There is also...... jazzartsounds: [[img:26382]]
looking for better sites for st. louis area street art..? I have some great pics.. Love the Powell Square building! need info on REDD FOXX and also ed box..? help? recently returned...... Deb Simpkins: Hi Norma,
as I remember it, Oak Ave wasn't very long so I wonder if our grandparents knew each other? I will ask my dad and see if he remembers Tommy and May.. Bolton... was...... erik: 2008 march : I lived in the south bronx almost all my life. Now i have relocated to the state of AZ and it is totaly diffrent . I walked along that train track on the 2nd to...... Cyril Bagshaw: Hi Anne
I dont seem to know the couple you referred to. My junior school was The Endowed, and then on to what was Irlam Central School (Alfred Turner).The only time I was in The Council...... xREDx: just went to the wall today...some crazy stuff...but if you follow that road that is right on the river on to the other side of the cty over by trigen there is an abandon train...... Lady Gray: i'm on the than train... bnh: [[img:26242]]
cope2 best looking train!... bnh: [[img:26235]]
tkid 170 did this train
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this is metras best burn... TRAINMAN: [[img:26111]]
DUEL RIS... TRAINMAN: [[img:26110]]
CES FX redbird from the bronx ny... jack: peter, i enjoy the train station pictures very much, its been a long time since i ran up and down those stairs for trains, i remember how cold it was during the winter months and...... DUEL: RedBirds are my favorite trains! wish they were stiill out in ny... Michawl Weston: New York City graffiti trains were the 80s. Today these kids paint the stainless steel trains just for a picture!! The trains dont even move out of the spot they were painted because they say...... Dave: His characters are dope. By the way, how old is he? He's been around for yonks! Is he still hiiting trains today?... karlo: Very progressive comments King Billy. I suppose you think you are speaking on behalf 'true' Loyalism? Does this train of thought epitomise the Loyalist mindset? If so,they have my pity.... Norma Bannon (nee Bolton): The house behind the car (on the train pic) belongs to my husbands Aunt and Uncle... how nice it would be to go an knock on their door!!... geraldine: i moved to grove and bushwick over this past summer, and haven't had a single problem at all. it was intimidating at first (i'm 22, white, and female), but for the most part people have...... Norma Bannon (nee Bolton): Rob - Thanks for the info, I have checked out the google earth, fascinating stuff. I was back home for a visit in 2004, and I think they had just started cutting off Victory...... anon (ool-435595d7.dyn.optonline.net): nyc graffiti subways were the core of it all!! the red trains ruled... Cloud: I live near Coney Island and I use the Q train to get around. I tell you what, I've been robbed 3 times over 1 school year so far. One of the robberies almost ended......
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