Sentences with phrase «rail road tracks»

As my enclosed resume attests, my diverse career background in railway conduction demonstrates progressive development in reading and interpreting track flag signals, ensuring integrity of the rail road tracks and operating track switches.

In what other game can you earn a «dastardly» achievement by saving a damsel in distress, then putting her on the rail road tracks to meet her fate?

In what other game can you earn a «dastardly» achievement by saving a damsel in distress, then putting her on the rail road tracks to meet her fate?

I was surprised when I told that blacks still lived on one side of the rails road tracks an whites on the others.

A Long Island assemblyman is renewing a call for Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo and lawmakers to allocate money for another Long Island Rail Road track from Sayville to Montauk to deal with demand and reduce summer traffic.

Construction on the long - awaited Rails to Trails project at the former Long Island Rail Road track path between Port Jefferson and Wading River could be completed by 2020, a Suffolk County official announced during a public meeting Wednesday in Shoreham to discuss the proposal.

Not exact matches

Fixed - track transit, such as light rail (LRT), subways or trains, remove commuters from roads.

A bill that surfaced late in the state legislative session became the subject of a fight that legislators said pitted safety measures on the Long Island Rail Road against the need for a third track to improve efficiency and cut congestion.

After 70 years of stagnation, all 100 transformative LIRR capital projects are moving forward, including the Main Line Third Track, Double Track, Jamaica Station Reconstruction, 39 renovated Long Island Rail Road stations and grade crossing eliminations — modernizing transportation across the region to provide a state - of - the - art system for Long Island.

«If we can't build these 9.8 miles of track now, when a plan is on the table within the Long Island Rail Road right of way, then this may well be our last opportunity for a third track,» Bellone said.

The Long Island Rail Road will be able to operate on all its usual tracks at Penn Station over the next few weeks, until Amtrak begins the final stages of its current infrastructure renewal project at the busy commuter hub, a key Amtrak official said.

The deterioration of Penn Station's infrastructure that resulted in Long Island Rail Road commuters» «summer of hell» was caused by decades of underinvestment in Amtrak by the federal government and the railroads that use its tracks, including the LIRR, transportation experts said.

Cuomo took a victory lap to celebrate approval in the state Senate of a nearly $ 2 billion plan to build a third track for the Long Island Rail Road on its Main Line in Nassau.

State Senate Republicans won't block the Long Island Rail Road's proposed third track, clearing the last major hurdle to move the $ 2 billion project forward.

State Sen. Jack Martins on Thursday, May 19, 2016, meets with local officials representing communities through which a planned third track on the Long Island Rail Road's Main Line would run.

The news comes as several transportation improvements begin today, with the Long Island Rail Road on a weekday schedule on 10 of 11 tracks.

given the strong words and actions, it is quite a wonder that the deal isn't done... recently we see that the county is still piling on discovered shortcomings of the RR: what is presented as a disappointing amount of track that has been repaired... So, here's the picture: if the lease runs to completion, it is almost certain the county will be compelled to reissue the lease... with the kind of effort and investment that has been expended, ie, build a rail road!

For at least three decades, officials have debated adding a track on the Long Island Rail Road's Main Line, with often vehement opposition from some residents over train noise, disruption during construction and the acquisition of homes and businesses.

The infrastructure plans, which include a new track on the Long Island Rail Road, a revamped Penn Station, road and bridge upgrades, and more, will be attached to the governor's previously announced projects led by a new Tappan Zee Bridge and LaGuardia AirpRoad, a revamped Penn Station, road and bridge upgrades, and more, will be attached to the governor's previously announced projects led by a new Tappan Zee Bridge and LaGuardia Airproad and bridge upgrades, and more, will be attached to the governor's previously announced projects led by a new Tappan Zee Bridge and LaGuardia Airport.

In the event of a service interruption, the second track would give the Long Island Rail Road the flexibility to reduce the impact of the disruption.

Kaminsky said a bad situation will get worse, at least in the short term: The Long Island Rail Road faces a 25 percent reduction in service this summer while Amtrak makes repairs to four tracks.

«If I'm adding all the projects that he announced today for transportation — things like LaGuardia [Airport], Penn Station, Long Island [Rail Road] third track, there's billions of dollars being thrown out,» he said.

On Long Island today to push for a third track for the Long Island Rail Road's Main Line, Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo wondered aloud about a topic that's been bugging commuters for decades: the seeming hatred of the Almighty for the LIRR.

His plans call for improvements at the MTA, an overhaul of Pennsylvania Station, a new LaGuardia Airport, a third track on the Long Island Rail Road, an expansion of the Jacob Javits Center, major upgrades to John F. Kennedy Airport as well as to air terminals in Long Island and the Hudson Valley — all on top of new roads and bridges across upstate «like we've never built before.»

Road congestion and rail punctuality public sector agreements were on track to be met the report notes.

Residents of communities along the Long Island Rail Road's Main Line came out in big numbers last night to speak against a $ 2 billion proposal to build a third track that they said would devastate their quality of life, and won't end delays as promised.

State and local elected leaders from Nassau County are urging Cuomo to release the «full details» of his proposal to build a third track on the Long Island Rail Road's Main Line.

A Long Island Rail Road train running late crashed at Brooklyn's Atlantic Terminal and came off the tracks during the Wednesday morning rush hour, injuring 103 people — some of whom were thrown from their seats, officials and witnesses said.

Cuomo is trying to earn support from several Nassau County incorporated villages for his plan to build a third track on the Long Island Rail Road's Main Line — even if it means tacking on the expense of eliminating seven grade crossings along the route.

On Long Island today to push for a third track for the Long Island Rail Road's Main Line, Cuomo wondered aloud about a topic that's been bugging commuters for decades: the seeming hatred of the Almighty for the LIRR.

Three of the employees, all track foremen on the Long Island Rail Road, pulled down a quarter - million each in overtime — out - earning the MTA's then - CEO, Thomas Prendergast.

In Nassau County on Tuesday, the governor said he would push a plan to add a third track on the Main Line of the Long Island Rail Road, between Floral Park and Hicksville.

Construction Project includes Road Rehabilitation, Improved Visibility with Lowered Rail Track Grade

Amtrak is planning another infrastructure renewal project at Penn Station that will take three tracks out of service for five months beginning in January, Long Island Rail Road president Patrick Nowakowski said.

Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo took a victory lap Wednesday to celebrate approval in the State Senate of a nearly $ 2 billion plan to build a third track for the Long Island Rail Road on its Main Line in Nassau.

This project will not only build the track, but it will also modernize the Long Island Rail Road with a new signal system, remove dangerous grade crossings literally saving lives, accommodate positive train control, and bring additional commuter parking.»

The story in Newsday: Plans to build a third track for the Long Island Rail Road's Main Line in Nassau County had been shelved.

State Senate Republicans signed off Tuesday on public funding for a third track for the Long Island Rail Road, removing the last hurdle for the long - touted project.

In 2016, Governor Cuomo announced his proposal to significantly expand the Long Island Rail Road by adding a third track along the Main Line.

«I have mixed feelings,» said Frank Field, who opened the rail road in 1985 after finally completing the track he spent a decade building behind his house.

When Pennsylvania Station in New York undergoes major track repairs in July, the Long Island Rail Road will offer commuters whose trains are diverted to other stations an average discount of about 25 percent, officials said.

When the station undergoes major track repairs in July, the Long Island Rail Road will offer commuters whose trains are diverted an average discount of about 25 percent, officials said.

New York State Senate Republicans have approved funding for the long - proposed third track of the Long Island Rail Road between Floral Park and Hicksville.

The Democrat governor, looking to build a physical legacy, has proposed a $ 100 billion infrastructure construction spree, which could include a third track for the Long Island Rail Road and a tunnel from the Island to Connecticut, the Bronx or Westchester County.

He mentioned his $ 100 billion building program that includes reconstruction of LaGuardia and John F. Kennedy airports, the building of a new Penn Station at the Farley Post Office, and creation of third track for the Long Island Rail Road.

Prendergast's departure comes as Cuomo intends to sink billions into MTA projects and other infrastructure developments across the state, including into revamping Penn Station and adding another track to the Long Island Rail Road.

Residents of the Town of Olive are up in arms about Rail Explorers, the company whose contract with Ulster County will allow them to run tours of rail bikes down the Ulster & Delaware tracks alongside 39 homes on Cold Brook Road, near Boiceville, beginning in August or SeptemRail Explorers, the company whose contract with Ulster County will allow them to run tours of rail bikes down the Ulster & Delaware tracks alongside 39 homes on Cold Brook Road, near Boiceville, beginning in August or Septemrail bikes down the Ulster & Delaware tracks alongside 39 homes on Cold Brook Road, near Boiceville, beginning in August or September.

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A natural playground of walking tracks, horse trails and abseiling locations, the mountains are also home to six small townships, linked by rail and country roads.