of them
over and over and over waged the battle for the line over the years. The ribbon
was cut and the trains began to operate with passengers. Having watched the
45th Street station construction over the last few years (I use the NJ route
169 between the Trurpike and the Bayonne Bridge), I waited in great
anticipation to see the cars run in service. I had previously posted photos of
construction in October 1999 and training cars in March 2000, but this was
service.Among other things, I finally found the alleged parking lots at 34th St and 45th (the latter is the only thing accessable on the east side of the bridge over the BHLR and Route 169). Up to that time, it appeared to me that the only substantial parking was at LSP. I scouted a number of other mid line photo locations that I got to on Monday for additional photos. I can only hope that the loads we saw on day one were not the maximum loads the line will carry in the future. On Monday the 17th I went out again (in the rain) to get more photos. I never saw more than 5 passengers on any train.
