Metro North Croton-Harmon Shop Open House 2008 #1

The first of few videos I shot at the 2008 open house at Metro North's Croton-Harmon Maintenance Facility.

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Autos & Vehicles

Tags:

• metro
• north
• railroad
• train
• p32
• genesis
• croton
• harmon
• shop
• open
• house
• 2008
• hudson
• line
• ny

[murjax]

Wow, every type of Metro North equipment used plus exposed engine and train parts! This is definitely a railfan's dream. I never knew it was such a big event. I'll have to arrange a trip here next year. Is it in October each year? One more thing. I saw a table for the Danbury Railway Museum in the beginning. Was it just advertising the museum or did they have equipment from the museum at the open house? I think the New York Central FL9 is usually stored there.

[ctrailfan07]

they were advertising the museum. none of the equpiment from the museum was there. i don't know if it's true but i heard rumors that this year was the last year they were going to have the open house there for a while since they are building a new facility. hope not.

[murjax]

I knew there couldn't be much if anything from Danbury there. When I was there, the tour guide told me that all the equipment aside from the FL9s (which are still owned by Metro North) can't be run outside the museum due to an old oil product used in the brakes that risks igniting if run. Are there any other yards MNRR could hold this event if they couldn't do it at Harmon? New Haven perhaps?

[ctrailfan07]

i think they have one in new haven but not sure though. actually let me rephrase my statement from before. this year will probably be the last at the old harmon shops. they will probably continue it at the new facility when it's finished being built.

[PelicnOne1]

my grandfather worked here...he died about 1956 when I was barely ten or eleven but I remember that once he took me with him one morning..across the Hudson from Newburgh on "the Beacon ferry" ; we rode "the Central" down to Harmon and he took me into the engine shop where he spent all his hours...

forgotten memories came flooding back just now...thank you so much

[Lilyankee2424]

lucky

[chessierr]

I saw the blh model shunting cdot passenger cars in newhaven ct this past winter through the wheel house

[malikrthr1]

i am sorry, I called the croton harmon train facility. there is no open house in 2009 because of construction in the train yard.

[CtTrainguy52]

Most likely either one of the GP-35-R's or the GP9's towed it there. Or since the M2's, M4's and M6's have both third rail and Catenary equipment it was probably self propeled.

[malikrthr1]

I had seen a metronorth m2 at the croton harmon train facility a couple of months ago. I wonder how it got there because there is no third rail technology on the new cannan or new haven line. Mabe a truck delivered it or one of the locomotives

[malikrthr1]

why does the vintage ride end at garrison, doesn't the hudson line end at poughkepsie. i think ot should go to poughkepsie and come back,

[malikrthr1]

no, there is another croton harmon open house in october of 09