Creepy Sunnyside Railroad Yard Glows in the Dark

At night, I took a recent walk away from Queensboro Plaza, towards the Sunnyside Rail Yards...

Access is forbidden to this vast marshalling area for commuter and freight trains, to all but those who

by authorization, can punch in the numbers on this foreboding red keypad...

which controls the locking and unlocking of this turnstile...

As I stood and watched through chain link fencing, a train swished into the yard beneath my feet.

A big, noisy locomotive was pushing from the rear...

...Amtrak.

It finally disappeared into the haze of Halogen lights, sodium vapor....

And I turned to glance one final time through the chain

 

link fence at the distant, lowering glow. 

  

link fence, at the distant glow.