I went rail fanning in New York on Sunday with a couple of friends. To most people this means subway photos. We never found any 
Instead we traced the old freight yards once used by the railroads for their car floats. Surprisingly, a lot of the structures remain intact.
Here is a warehouse that the Lehigh Valley RR built over their yard in Manhattan. Each of the Eastern roads had some presence in the city; even if they had to float the cars over the Hudson river via barge.
Art Deco style, very likely from the 1920s used on this massive building. Across the street still stands the Baltimore & Ohio stores building.
First view is from the waterfront, but from inland, you can just tell that a structure like this belongs near railroad track, or possibly a baseball park in Baltimore 
Just north of this grouping of RR structures, the old Erie yard was replaced by a 1970s style building, which isn't holding up very well, and just north of that is the still-used Long Island RR storage yard. How about the New York Central?
They had to roll on top of all the other railroads via the "High Line" This out of use section leads up to a post office. Mail cars would be put right inside the building on the second floor. In the 1860s the Hudson River Railroad station stood on this spot.
Now a very heavily used corridor for recreation in the city, the high line was argued over for decades as a blight on the city. Most people don't agree with that anymore.
Back to the waterfront, the old B&O car float dock was rehabilitated, the tracks were made easier to walk on, and it was added to a city park alongside the West Side Highway. A preserved Erie RR caboose,built in Dunmore, PA and sitting on DL&W trucks sits on a remaining car float barge. All of these points of interest are within a few blocks walk of each other.
Now I hand over the thread to the rest of you. Show anything you may have "grabbed" lately. The railroad is always an interesting way of understanding a location. Have a great week and enjoy your Spring!
