Such is the life of those of us who use the Oyster Bay branch of the Long Island Railroad, that we have to change trains at Jamaica. That's because the Oyster Bay branch is not electrified, and our locomotives are diesel powered. Well, except for one "dual mode" locomotive that can do both. So the diesel trains have to stop at Jamaica and we transfer to electric trains to go through the tunnels to Manhnattan. So I always get about 10 minutes to look around as I stand on the platform waiting for the other train to arrive. So this photograph shows the yellow non skid pads on the platform, and the red material is pieces that are a couple of inches thick which fill the gap between the passenger cars and the platform. There used to be a gap wide enough that in some cases passengers had fallen or their leg had slipped between the rail car and the platform. I just enjoyed the pattern of the red and yellow pieces from platform to platform.
2 comments:
An interesting and colorful photo.
Joan
I like this photo with the stripes of colors. Cannot believe the craziness of changing trains! betsey
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