No, Long Island Rail Road trains do not go directly to JFK airport, but many do go to LIRR Jamaica Station in Queens, New York City, which is located a few miles to the north of JFK. Train 6005 operates on weekends in the afternoon and arrives at Jamaica at 2:13 PM. From Jamaica Station there is an AirTrain connection to terminals at JFK, e.g., an automated subway-like line. It currently costs $8.25 between JFK and Jamaica station.

@@jkrspecnet thank you for answer, yeah I was watching a video explaining the Jamaica station but maybe the train doesn't work á 2:00 am, I have to find another means of transport.

Thank You very much for your comments and your support all these years. We are still doing quite well, but just have to modify or ease up on some of our activities.

More likely the way the C3 coaches were loaded at the previous stations to the east. Speonk station can only platform 4 C3's, so I am guessing that the middle 4 C3's were the ones that were less crowded than the front 4 or rear 4.

@@jkrspecnet Wasn't aware of the limit at Speonk. Most likely the answer. Thanks.

Hi Andrea. The Dashcam is a ROVE R2-4K model, about 6 years old. ROVE has a newer version out now, but I don't know what kind of improvements, if any, that they have made over the older model. I have it installed centered right under the rear view mirror of my 2024 Ford F-150 Lariat, so from that location we get a pretty good high up and wide angle view. I have it also tilted up just enough so we don't usually see the hood of the truck. It is also set for 5 minute loop recording, so when I make a KZbin video I have to try and seamlessly splice together the 5 minute segments, using Mac iMovie.

@@jkrspecnet hi okay thank you.

Hi. Actually you are trying to contact Redstonesoldier, not Dark Flower who is one of our true followers of our channel. Yes, I worked at the Naval Weapons Industrial Reserve Facility at Calverton for the Grumman Corporation when Calverton was our Flight Test Center and final assembly plant for F-14 Tomcats and other Naval aircraft. You can email me at: [email protected]

@@jkrspecnet I’m going to email you. I’m heading there today if you would like to meet up.

Emailed you! ETA to Calverton 1:15 PM August 18th

Not too bad, considering the weekend weather forecast wasn't all that great.

The movement bureau forbid the double stop at Westhampton and passengers were instructed to walk up to exit.

@@Gamer_Horse I get that but it would make sense to have some people get off to make room for the passengers who needed to leave

@@Darkflower071482 No, the train was held there and if it pulled forward for the double stop it would be occupying a crossing.

Thank you for your longtime viewing. Yes, I agree with you. "Those were the days". Conductors Harry and Ed were real pros. One Sunday afternoon on a Bridgehampton to Jamaica run, Conductor Ed even made an unscheduled stop at Mastic-Shirley to pick up city-bound passengers who were stranded there because the previous train from Montauk didn't have any room to allow them to board.

Thanks for the update Neil. I recommend watching my KZbin video of this Live Stream, which I am currently uploading to KZbin, because it is in 1080p, is more stable, AND it eliminates the data freezes, etc., of the Live Broadcast.

@@jkrspecnet gotcha thanks

See the replay of my Live Stream broadcast of #6005. Also, I am in the midst up uploading an enhanced version to my Channel. The train was 55 minutes late at Speonk and could not take on any passengers. An LIRR platform person placed many of the passengers on a school bus that was brought in to take them to Babylon. Although it appeared that a handful tried to squeeze themselves onto the train. Others opted to wait for the 2:05 Speonk to Babylon train.

Yes, I think you are absolutely right. I am planning to cover some of the westbound action at the Speonk station on Sunday. it would not surprise me at all that the LIRR may have to add supplemental coach buses to take overflow passengers from the East End to the Babylon station. I recall they did that after the July 4th holiday in 2019.

I sure hope so too.

They do it on the Cannonball with its 12 C3 cars to expedite passenger exits. It’s easier and quicker to reposition the train rather than have people trying to fight their way forward through up to 6 possibly very crowded cars. However, on a 10 car train, such as the Friday afternoon “Advanced Cannonball” they have people in the rear two cars walk forward to exit. Also keep in mind that only Westhampton and Southampton are 8 car platforms. The rest of the South Fork stations have 6 car platforms.

@@jkrspecnet Ah, thanks for the extra info! Happy trainspotting!

I should add that LIRR has only one named passenger train, e.g., Train 16 the Cannonball. Summer Friday afternoons Train 12, the 1:08 PM train from Hunterspoint Avenue to Montauk, is often referred to unofficially as the "Advanced Cannonball". However, unlike Train 16 Cannonball, Train 12 usually operates with up to a maximum of 10 rather than 12 Kawasaki C3 bilevel passenger coaches and is almost always powered by 2 EMD DE30AC locomotives rather than 2 dual mode DM30AC's. Train 12 also stops at Jamaica to take on passengers, and on the East End unlike the Cannonball it also makes stops at Hampton Bays and Amagansett.

For a quintessential look at the "Advanced Cannonball" I refer you to my video at Westhampton 10 years ago July 3, 2014, kzbin.info/www/bejne/nKKmmIGiiMeNfqc

You are welcome. Next Friday's train on June 28 may be interesting in that it could be quite crowded as we start the 4th of July holiday week.

They probably have "plans" on paper, but thus far no firm action or commitment. Example: Metro North is about to get the first of its new Siemens dual mode locos, but LIRR was not part of that purchase deal. And, yes, the C3's and EMD locos are now over 25 years old. So they keep on limping along with bandaid fixes to their diesel fleet.

Not so much any more as it was before COVID. At least that's the way it now appears to me, and others. Perhaps now, because it is still early June, weekend travel to the East End may be dependent on the weather forecast for the June weekends. July and August weekends may once again be very busy and crowded because the forecast is calling for a much hotter summer than the past few years. Another possibility s that people are traveling on the earlier morning and afternoon trains. Today the morning train to Montauk was operating 15 to 20 minutes late because of the high passenger volume.

You are absolutely right. It's totally different now, post-Pandemic and post-Hamptons Reserve Service. However, I am sure that Friday June 28, and possibly also the Wednesday July 3 train, will have large crowds. We'll see.

I think it’s definitely time for the railroad to consider reimagining the Cannonball. Maybe lease cars that are more appropriate for long distance travel, or allow a private company to offer their cars with the LIRR crews either still operating the train, or piloting a third party crew. Reserved seating should be brought back, as well as some sort of drink and snack service.

@@rpm2night Look at Wilipedia. There's a full history of the Cannonball including it's use of Parlor Cars. Interesting.

In the case of the Cannonball, yes. Westhampton station raised platform, and also Southampton station raised platform, were designed and built to handle up to 8 Kawasaki C3 bilevel passenger coaches maximum at one time. Most of the time the LIRR diesel trains are a maximum length of 8 C3's with 2 DM or DE locomotives. A few Montauk summer trains operate with 10 C3's. Cannonball is an exception, operating with 12 C3's plus the 2 DM locomotives. Rather than have passengers in the rear 4 C3's walk forward through several cars to exit the train, it is easier and quicker to move the train forward to allow passengers to exit directly from those cars, hence the term "Double Stop". In the past (pre-COVID days) many conductors would do what I call an 8 and 4 split, e.g., they would open up the first 8 Cannonball cars, then pull the train forward and open up the rear 4 cars. But it now seems to be exclusively a 6 and 6 split. This would make sense to do it the same way for all the East End stations, since Bridgehampton, East Hampton, and Montauk, are each shorter 6 car platforms.

I don't know why you can't share a photo here, unless this is a KZbin rule. I wouldn't mind, and I know you would only be posting an appropriate photo.

Thanks for your comment. Glad you enjoyed it.

Yes, not too hot, not too cool, and the rain also held off.

About a dozen "early birds" thus far. We will probably have full houses by Memorial Day weekend.

Hi Andrea, it's good to hear from you. Yes, the LIRR 190th Birthday. Well, in another month we will once again be at Westhampton Beach for the 2024 inaugural Cannonball run.

And Thank You for watching our videos.

No, these past two events are the highest flooding since Sandy on the overnight of October 29/20, 2012. However, the flooding is happening more frequently than in the past.