The snow fell so rapily that the railroad found it impossible to keep up with the plowing.That afternoon at about4PM at the Woodside-61st street station on the eastbound platform of the Flushing L. Below me I saw a LIRR steam locomotive on the eastbound express track trying toget to Jamaica with no cars in tow behind it. The loco could not make any headwayIt would reverse and tried to forward many times to no avail.Watched a few minutes but had to continue my own trip. The reason the subways and L's is they ran every train possible possible with the intent to keep the rails clear of accumulated snow! Their was a LIRR train with passengers on board on the Port Wabhington branch that was marooned for 2 days--no power and no heat!
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