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[@robertcantore330]

Ive never seen a C3 can view before so awesome and the Oyster Bay Branch is a beautiful branch!!!

[@DavidSteiner-ot5jv]

Great job and I love it

[@roberttapken1139]

You brought back a very "pleasant" memory from more than 50 years ago. Before we were married, my late wife and I went to visit my sister in Bayville. We took the LIRR from Jamaica to Oyster Bay. The only smoker on the train was an ancient car numbered 13. No a/c and the windows didn't open. But we needed the smoker bad. Since stopped smoking. Keep up the good work. Bob from Santa Barbara

[@DavidSteiner-ot5jv]

Great job and I love it

[@prchristman]

Love this video of one of my favorite branches. In Nassau County no less, no electrification for most of the line (and what little there is seems odd), a deer almost running across the tracks, an abandoned station at Mill Neck that is architecturally one of my favorites, and an air of Theodore Roosevelt a century after he died. Also the first LIRR branch not my home Port Jefferson line that I rode on my own at age 16. So thanks for posting. (Got one of Greenport to Ronkonkoma?)

[@williamyoon7660]

I've heard that this branch was supposed to be electrified with a third rail way back then, but that never happened. I hope to see it included in the MTA's 2025-2044 20-Year Needs Assessment.

[@prchristman]

@@williamyoon7660 I have read that money was the reason the branch wasn't electrified beyond East Williston. Paraphrasing a site that I see is no longer available, the cost to electrify the entire Oyster Bay Branch was estimated in 1941 to be $1,620,000. The LIRR operated at an estimated $1,336,000 deficit in 1940.

[@DavidSteiner-ot5jv]

Great job and I love it

[@sandydennisbrody4742]

Thanks!!! That was my favorite branch to run. Although I loved running GP-38's with power packs or MP-15's at the rear, the 'new" stuff was OK. That's the branch I broke in the 422 when new before it was put into regular service. The changes on the main line from Mineola to Floral Park was interesting. I plan to visit LI in the fall, looking forward to riding to Grand Central.

[@3985uprr]

You might be interested to know that I recorded the ride up on the train, looking out the side windows and the locomotive pulling us was the 422. I will post that shortly.

[@sandydennisbrody4742]

@@3985uprr wow! I look forward to seeing that video. I have a few interesting stories that happened to me on that branch. Quickly one was when the new engines arrived, they had a problem of losing computer connection to the throttle. Here I am going east from Albertson station. And no response from the throttle. Had to completely shut the engine down to reset the computers. That was an eerie feeling sitting there with no engine running, taking instructions from 204.

[@3985uprr]

@@sandydennisbrody4742 Wow. He ran good yesterday. 422 has one of the best K5LL horns. Very solid “take no prisoners” sound

[@scott5055]

This brings back a lot of memories for my self as well. I remember getting to ride on those engines. The gp38 ,I think f7 and alcos and mp15s. Those days were awesome when engineers allowed us to ride up front. Truly miss it. I did get to ride in the dm’s as well. Truly miss it. I also miss the p72 cars.

[@sandydennisbrody4742]

Just saw the return trip to oyster Bay from Jamaica. Very nice. One thing I looked for was at 19 minutes and one second into the video you’ll see a wall full of graffiti just beyond the trees. That was part of a bridge going over the tracks.

[@JJRol.]

This branch gets really beautiful near the end. Love the cab footage as always!

[@MMCS87]

I’ve never seen a RFW ride out of a C3. Might be your best video and that’s saying a lot because they are all great.

[@MrMaster767]

Excellent! I was right by the stairs when you passed Hillside lol.

[@Roamingaround77]

Finally was wondering when you would of done the old oyster bay branch. Good job always enjoyed your videos.

[@evangouldtransit]

oh this is awesome.! I'd love to do this on the PJ Branch...

[@TBF_1J]

Great job on the RFW!! The Oyster Bay branch seems very interesting.

[@jimpern]

I had never ridden that branch. I didn't realize how far it was from Oyster Bay to Mineola!

[@keithdoran89]

Great video! The Beaver Dam Winter Sports Club is on the right before the Kaintuck Lane crossing.

[@thekamfanner]

This is great. It opens up a whole new world of possibility. Well done!

[@scottyerkes1867]

Great ride. Thanks Tim😀💚

[@henryjpridejr]

Great video one of my favorites

[@scott5055]

This is awesome to see. I used to ride in the engine all the time. I remember the mp15 leaving oyster bay at night on these turns. You could Barly see around the bend. Brings back great memories.

[@AaronJrBrundidge]

my god you got lucky, no one had ever did the entire C3 cab car in RFW

[@lennysvideoz]

Same. Im planning to get one once I visit the LIRR again.

[@DavidSteiner-ot5jv]

Great job and I love it

[@DavidSteiner-ot5jv]

Great job and I love it

[@stuartaaron613]

Nice front window ride. I rode the Oyster Bay branch once, back around 2015 from Mineola to Oyster Bay and back. You forgot to mention when the train crossed Jericho Turnpike.

[@3985uprr]

Can’t think of everything

[@christopherbeers7829]

13:34 , Sir m, l thank you for showing this to the rest of the world

[@3985uprr]

Duck Pond Road??

[@byronthomas4733]

Job well done...being nice does pay off

[@3985uprr]

Agree 1000%

[@DavidSteiner-ot5jv]

Great job and I love it

[@davidkavanaugh8956]

I lived on Long Island for a long time and I never actually took this line! Lived in Lake Ronkonkoma and then near Hempstead. When I come back to visit I'll go to Oyster Bay and take in the scenic views then.

[@verne5024]

What a terrific video! I enjoy cab rides a lot, and for you to do one on the Oyster Bay branch is very much appreciated! With only a few exceptions, I think I've seen all of your videos, and have enjoyed them all very much. Thanks for doing them! - Verne Brummel, Madison,WI

[@GordonDiachenko]

Thank you so much for your continued effort you put into your videos. They are very much appreciated. I'm a former New Yorker living in Texas now and your videos let me see how much Long Island has changed over the years since I left in 1983. I would like to ask you a favor. Would you please shoot a front window cab view video from a C3 from Port Jefferson to Huntington like you did here. I/we your fans would be very grateful if you did. Thank you for considering this for me and your fans and keep up the great work.

[@3985uprr]

It’s all dependent on a cooperative crew

[@bradfordtownley9363]

My sole exposure to the LIRR (as a Bostonian): my in-laws lived in Mill Neck, near enough that I could hear every whistle on that line in and out of Locust Valley

[@Zzznorch]

2:01 West Shore Road overpass. There is a famous photo of Teddy Roosevelt operation a steam engine that was passing over the bridge. Photographer was on the road shooting up at TR in the cab.

[@christopherbeers7829]

Long Island was my first home 1973 to 2007

[@Larry_P]

Wow lucky you thanks for sharing!

[@zazaranger5]

Hey Tim, that Glen St station looks almost like it can be a stop on Septa's NHSL

[@michaelpeterson8334]

At Glenhead Station there is a building (small) on the right. This is home to the Strat O Magic headquarters, where people who simulate sports buy cards or programs of different years and play with cards and dice. Still very popular today.

[@running179]

After my question, I do hope to travel on this railway when I come to America in 2024. I love the sound of the station 'Jamaica', like the island, and it seems rather large and busy. I am also very curious about the new station in the Grand Central Terminal. There was much news about it in the UK press as well as online.

[@christopherbeers7829]

This was the line I was used to

[@JoeyLovesTrains]

I wonder when/if they’ll ever electrify the Oyster Bay branch. Seems like a branch line that could really benefit from electrification

[@3985uprr]

No plans to date

[@00Zy99]

Comparing this to my experience on SEPTA (especially the trunk line between Center City and Jenkintown/Glenside/Lansdale), this seem to be running very slowly, even on the Main Line west of Mineola. What would you say is the primary limiting factor? Poor diesel acceleration compared to EMUs? Excessive curvature? Stop frequency? Track condition? Or is it something else?

[@3985uprr]

Zooming the lens out to get that shot does make the train appear to be going slower than it really is

[@bowlersinger]

6:10.....Oh, deer! 😂🦌

[@vfkbyj]

The rapidest transit system I've ever seen.

[@mattygtheoneandonly]

When will they replace the C3s with newer trains?

[@3985uprr]

Hopefully in the next couple years or so

[@mattygtheoneandonly]

@@3985uprr that would make sense

[@omar.w939]

I hope it's "something" that can fit into Grand Central Madison as well as Atlantic Terminal. The customer volume at Jamaica Station is already bad as it is.

[@mattygtheoneandonly]

@@omar.w939 I hope so too

[@Zzznorch]

22:02 Signal is 0253. Years ago it was not faded. Glen Head is my home station. Don’t recall what the one on the other side of Locust is. Either 0253 or 0252. Looked at it once and have since forgotten.

[@rogermccarthy5885]

Happy St Patrick's day. Great video as usual. Why are some sections of the route so slow? Especially the outer limits and the approach to Jamaica.

[@running179]

Wow. I'm watching this from the UK, and I'm surprised that there are routes on this busy railway that still are not electrified in the 21st century. Everyone says the LI Railway is the busiest system in North America. Why have they not yet electrified the trackage? Especially in our time of climate change, would not electrical trains use cleaner energy? I am curious.

[@PaulL66]

Used to hop on at Glen cove and head to Jamaica to transfer to a penn station train. Great memories thanks to your great video. Do you think they’ll ever electrify the service? Or will it be forever diesel?

[@douglaswhite7328]

First 15 minutes: Never seen a line with so many kinks, curves, crooks, and crannies. I've seen less curves in the Alleghenies north of Cumberland MD. What's the history of this? Mountains on Long Island? Did they have a pair of drunk cows survey this route? ps Great job. Keep up the good work.

[@3985uprr]

That part of the North Shore of Long Island is quite hilly. Navigating those hills required considerable slithering of the route. It’s almost as close as we get to mountain railroading here on Long Island.

[@roberthuron9160]

Actually the OB is a real ridge runner,as there are really only one or two flat spots East of Roslyn! Lived and commuted,and photographed that line,from Alco RS,'s to DD's,and a ton in between! Signal 0301,was adjacent to my home,and that was my road marker!! Thanks for a trip down memory lane!! Thank you 😇 😊!

[@TheJayaldae]

Why does it curve so much in the beginning? A whole 34 minutes from Oyster Bay to Mineola. There used to be express trains that went Freeport-Penn (skipping even Jamaica) in about 37 mins. Those ended with the opening of gct

[@3985uprr]

It’s a slow branch

[@TheJayaldae]

@@3985uprr I think they’d do better connecting it to the Port Washington and Huntington branches, bypassing the main line altogether

[@Mikewells90]

@@TheJayaldae good luck with that

[@waldwickperson]

Awesome video Tim! Curious why is there a gap in video between Albertson and East Williston? I was interested in seeing where the 3rd rail began there. Do you have plans to do more of these? There are only 3 lines where no RFW ride videos are on KZbin, Long Island City, Belmont Park, and the Greenport Scoot. Hopefully you can do those at some point?

[@3985uprr]

I had to reboot my phone between those stations

[@toy4x4nj]

not many long platforms, how many passenger cars? What's the route the freight train to get out of Long Island?

[@3985uprr]

Mainline.

[@ryan_valornagee6984]

Why did the medium clear have to be announced? 8:22

[@3985uprr]

On that branch, they call out anything other than a clear

[@hornshowrailfan2554]

What did you think of the horn so close? I know you hate it so I was curious.

[@3985uprr]

I lived with it considering the video I was getting in exchange

[@laurenperkins5088]

How come you don’t talk in this video, I like your information about the LIRR

[@3985uprr]

I didn’t want to distract the engineer. The graphics give information as a substitute. No way I would be silent and not have graphics. That’s mindless.

[@mitchellschwab2695]

Hi Tim!! Great ride you did today of my home LIRR Branch. I know that you live very far away on the South Shore in Lindenhurst. Did you do a return trip to Oyster Bay from Jamaica? One day this weekend I might be going there with a friend of mine but I'm not sure yet. He has to let me know. Also, did you change at Jamaica for a western terminal such as Penn Station New York or Grand Central Madison or Atlantic Terminal? Please message me back and have a wonderful weekend my friend!! Thanks!!

[@3985uprr]

I did a side window view going up. Just got on at Jamaica and went back to Jamaica. Didn’t put it up yet.

[@javierreyes4803]

Please watch the gap or step over the gap between the train and the platform 😅

[@christopherbeers7829]

16:49 this was the train that l took when I was board now

[@lightninglukerailfanning8318]

15:23 Easter egg!

[@arniegreenberg2719]

Oyster bay is no high speed line.

[@gregorytaylor240]

How many cars your train Had ?

[@3985uprr]

4

[@SteveRoberts5330]

Tim, I noticed around 32:45 in the jump to Williston - the start of electrification/3rd rail. What are your thoughts on the mid-line power end? I'm looking up the backstory/"why" on Wiki and Google now...

[@3985uprr]

The third rail is unused now. there aren’t any electric trains on the branch

[@SteveRoberts5330]

@@3985uprr 😳... what a waste ! Is this the product of the new schedule and ESA?!

[@scott5055]

@@SteveRoberts5330 there used to be a 7 something am weekday train that went from east willingston to NYP

[@mitchellschwab2695]

Good Morning Tim!! I just wanted to tell you that this is only my opinion. You are allowed to disagree with me, but the train crew on this particular train I think did a horrible job on making an announcement as your train was pulling into Mineola. I think that what the crew should have said was this: "Mineola station, Mineola. This is a westbound train to Jamaica, and Jamaica will be the next and final stop. Please change at Jamaica for all western terminals such as: Penn Station, Atlantic Terminal, Grand Central Madison or the Airtrain to JFK Airport." However, that is not what the train crew had said. I think that it is absolutely ridiculous that people should have to change at Mineola when they could take the westbound express train to Jamaica from Mineola. I mean the local trains sometimes make Main Line local stops like at Merillon Avenue and New Hyde Park. People who are in a hurry to get to the city should remain on westbound trains from Oyster Bay in Mineola because they run express to Jamaica. The ride is only 10 minutes from Mineola to Jamaica. Again, Tim this is my opinion but you are allowed to disagree with me if you please. I would love to hear your opinion. Please message me back and have a wonderful day my friend!! Take Care!!

[@jsunflyguy]

We advise the pax to change for GCM at Mineola because we often get delayed coming into Jamaica due to the ongoing trackwork so there is no hope of catching the leading train and we sometimes get held out so we arrive nearly at the same time as the following train requiring a sprint to catch the train (which is right behind us at Mineola).

[@nycres]

34:10 For the love of railroading, either make those signals bigger or take them off that bridge. They look ridiculous.

[@3985uprr]

I am not a fan of those signals, and I’m not alone in that thought

[@kenr5764]

Blurry picture

[@3985uprr]

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