Sunnyside Yard - A Fantastic Closeup Look At The Its Physical Attributes & Operations

Thank you; riding the Long Island R.R. into the city these days I always watch Sunnyside Yard go by and remember the 1950's & 60's going to the city with my parents and seeing the GG1's and heavyweight passenger cars in Sunnyside Yard.

My family lived about 2 miles from Sunnyside Yard until I was eight years old. Dad used to take me to the 39th Street bridge that crosses over the yard and we would observe the railroad activity. Etched in my memory. These days, I often pass by on Amtrak. Still an interesting place.

MELGAR

My parents used to take me to Honeywell street.  Great views of GG1’s being serviced and the ready tracks.  The LIRR hump was right there, too.  I got to watch S2’s pushing cars with brakemen riding them down into the yards (no fancy retarders here).  Everything is gone today.

Thanks so much for doing that video. Very informative.

Most of my inspired railroad interest stems from seeing that yard when riding the LIRR, 1960 to 1970. I grew up seeing all the equipment there especially the GG1’s.

 Very well done!  

                                                           A sea of trains  

I loved riding the LIRR past Sunnyside.  Looking at all the equipment laid up there, the trains going through the loop, and all that catenary over the tracks.

Stuart

I spent part of my youth in Woodside, and in the Phipps overlooking Sunnyside Yard. I would spend hours starring into the yard from my aunt's apartment at the top of the Phipps and taking pictures of Long Island commuter trains going through the yard.

Danr posted:

My parents used to take me to Honeywell street.  Great views of GG1’s being serviced and the ready tracks.  The LIRR hump was right there, too.  I got to watch S2’s pushing cars with brakemen riding them down into the yards (no fancy retarders here).  Everything is gone today.

Pop and I used to haunt the same spot. I remember the DD-1 in the engine service area, used on the wire train at night. Later it was replaced by an ex-NYC T-3a Motor. The DD-1 is saved at The RR Museum of PA at Strasburg, while the poor T-Motor #278 and the original S-1 #100 (nee 6000) are rusting away on a track in the woods, south of Albany that is no longer connected to the outside world. They are supposedly the property of the Mohawk and Hudson NRHS chapter but they are not being cared for and have been subjected to vandalism and the ravages of the elements.