Fast paced LIRR Woodside PM Rush. M3/M7/M9’s/diesels/Flying Yankees. 5/25/23

The action is fast and furious here on the busiest section of LIRR trackage at Woodside.  One must be alert, and if you blink, you could miss a couple of trains.  We saw some first runs of Montauk trains plus 3 M3 trains. Most trains identified. Great weather for this evening flurry

[@JimAllen-Persona]

Do they know you're coming? That's the cleanest I've ever seen Woodside.

[@jamtrack7867]

They have been doing work at the station for a while

[@Davidsteiner-ke5ky]

Great job and I love it

[@a.j.santiago303]

I never realized how busy the Woodside LIRR station is. So much action and variety! Thanks for sharing.

[@bornjamerican52]

I miss riding the LIRR to Brentwood. Gotta love flying Yankee 👍🏾👍🏾👍🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾

[@Davidsteiner-ke5ky]

Ilove it

[@bornjamerican52]

Flying Yankee is our guy 👍🏾👍🏾🔥🔥🔥

[@scottyerkes1867]

Wow!! Woodside is the busiest train station on the LIRR at rush hour. And the nbr 7 subway is overhead. Thanks Tim😀💚

[@MatthewSmith-cv7op]

I’d like to think only Jamaica rivals it.

[@Davidsteiner-ke5ky]

I'm so sorry for you

[@Davidsteiner-ke5ky]

I'm so sorry for you

[@thenewyorkrailfan]

21:07, THERES ME!!! OMGGGGGGGGGG, i saw you filming lol

[@robertcantore330]

So cool to see the Summer Montauk trains again including the cannonball!!!

[@Davidsteiner-ke5ky]

I'm so sorry for you

[@josephonwhidbey]

I lived in Woodside from 1969 until 1989 when me and wife moved cross country to Washington State. Woodside was a good neighborhood when I lived there.

[@ariesarethebest271]

Washington state has beautiful scenery.

[@SomeRamdomAhole]

God bless you sir

[@user-kx4zs9zh4j]

Awesome Video!

[@hornshowrailfan2541]

Summer trains are back!!! Memorial Day Weekend!!!

[@3985uprr]

Full pre-pandemic schedule 😀😀😀

[@jackb_]

that m7 operator waving at you was sick much respect

[@JoeyLovesTrains]

9:56 what an interesting sound that motors are making

[@ariesarethebest271]

6:34 cool that a LIRR engineer watches your channel. Can't say I am surprised. 15:10 Thanks for that info about the Rockaway Club with MP15. Never knew locomotives ran on the Far Rockaway Branch. Not sure if I ever told you this, but when I lived in NY, Rockaway is where I lived. Sure do miss the beach. Wish the LIRR kept the Rockaway Park Branch. Would have loved to see M1 and M3 trains running out there.

[@3985uprr]

It was an MP54 mu car. The video cut off the 54 part

[@ariesarethebest271]

​@@3985uprr Ah, ok. Thanks.

[@Davidsteiner-ke5ky]

Great job and I love it

[@AlexanderPerez-hv4nu]

Long live M3s!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@Larry_P]

Awesome video and footage!

[@evangouldtransit]

seems as if Meatball Man changes jobs a lot. he used to do 664 i remember that, I'd hear him mostly Mondays and Tuesdays.

[@3985uprr]

He’s back diesels. He worked 76 today

[@subwaymanYT]

My favorite LIRR station!

[@michaellittlejohns7968]

The cannonball train is on the railway today it has the engines 502 and 505

[@ariesarethebest271]

First! On another note, can't wait to see what trains are in this video.

[@marknicholsaviationplanesp8840]

7:32 MOTOR SOUND

[@johnburke1317]

Nice video

[@marknicholsaviationplanesp8840]

3:34 i love train sound

[@ariesarethebest271]

28:52 M7 echo.

[@user-iy2qm5md6c]

Woodside is very busy

[@yasnac7576]

What are those platforms used for?

[@3985uprr]

In case the near track is out of service. They lay them across the unused track so trains on the next track canstop and board and unload passengers on those gang planks.

[@jimpern]

Is there any decent view of all of this from the subway platform overhead?

[@3985uprr]

Pretty good

[@itsallgood3000]

Tim did you ride the new Subway cars? I think the A train have them

[@ariesarethebest271]

The R211 is on the (A) line.

[@marknicholsaviationplanesp8840]

9:52

[@marknicholsaviationplanesp8840]

4:18

[@michaelpeterson8334]

Do we see Memorial Day Friday trains?

[@3985uprr]

Later. Stay tuned

[@1313ealmonte]

Great video... which App do you use to track the trains? traintime?

[@3985uprr]

Yes plus tips from other fans. Others from experience

[@lourdycharles5299]

Now hold up what is the station called Ronkonkoma

[@juniors2sexy]

@1:58 why does the bottom mass flash red ?

[@3985uprr]

Not sure. That’s a stop signal any way you spell it as it’s an interlocking absolute signal. A solid red or blinking red light makes little difference

[@richardmaryman3494]

what is the whining sound that these trains make?

[@ariesarethebest271]

Believe it is the traction motors. The M7 (train with the black on front with the yellow line) sounds the best to me.

[@marknicholsaviationplanesp8840]

2:49 2LIRR AND MTA TRAIN

[@marknicholsaviationplanesp8840]

Or metro north Hudson line

[@marknicholsaviationplanesp8840]

6:47

[@collinparsons3363]

Train 14 has the diesels in electric mode. Normally I thought they put them in diesel mode as soon as they got out of the tunnel.

[@3985uprr]

Soon after tunnel they switched

[@marknicholsaviationplanesp8840]

3:40

[@marknicholsaviationplanesp8840]

0:29 WAIT MTA TRAIN AND LIRR

[@TheJayaldae]

Why do they run the diesel engines when in electric territory?

[@3985uprr]

They go to diesel territory destinations

[@jimpern]

Considering how many cars these trains all have, how full are they? Just imagine how much worse traffic would be on the LIE and the parkways if the LIRR didn't exist! (And here in Atlanta, how many commuter trains do we have? ZERO!)

[@3985uprr]

Some are jam packed

[@carlossanchez-kz4wh]

The Rocket never has M9s

[@3985uprr]

It did one day this week

[@jamtrack7867]

It did a week or two ago also

[@carlossanchez-kz4wh]

@@3985uprr Oh man i missed riding it

[@NeedtoSpeak]

As a student of the Reading Commuter operation in the 1960-80s, I have a hard time understanding these trains being made up of SO many cars. They are horribly empty. The Reading would send trains out with 2 cars routinely, and even one Budd car for economy.

[@3985uprr]

They are quite crowded actually. They had to lengthen trains because the shorter trains were loaded with standees

[@NeedtoSpeak]

Interesting. SEPTA just reported that ridership is still 54% below pre pandemic levels.

[@3985uprr]

@@NeedtoSpeak Got a ways to go but they are getting better little by little

[@marknicholsaviationplanesp8840]

6:57

[@marknicholsaviationplanesp8840]

4:26

[@marknicholsaviationplanesp8840]

6:36

[@marknicholsaviationplanesp8840]

4:18