MrMaster767

Craig Lignelli (born: ),https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100010321417719 better known online as MrMaster767, is an American Railfan YouTuber known best for his Long Island Rail Road Rush Hour videos done at multiple stations throughout Long Island and M3 RFW videos.
== Early Life ==
Craig Lignelli was born on November 6th 1996, raised in Long Island New York, and lives in Suffolk County.  Growing up, he became fascinated with Trains of the Long Island Rail Road, on occasion riding to Babylon Station and back.  Later in years, he rode the train to Jamaica station a few times, and eventually Penn Station for the first time for one of his Birthdays.
== YouTube ==
Craig created his YouTube account on May 21st, 2011 under the name MrMaster767.  He was inspired to make videos about Trains after watching a few other Railfan channels like avasic1995 (Alex Vasic) who happened to be the very first Railfan he ever met in person at Sayville Station in July 2012, and have been mutual friends since.  A few people have asked why he chose "767" with his username, considering it refers to a Boeing 767 aircraft, which he stated he's very big on Aviation and likes planes as that's why he chose it. 
=== Uploads ===
He mainly uploads videos of Trains in/around Long Island, New York, but has also uploaded videos of other Railroads like Metro North/Amtrak and Northfolk Southern and also documents videos of airplanes, and trips to famous land marks such as Disney World.  His channel mainly took off after his video "LIRR A Very Long Friday Rush Hour At Mineola" was uploaded on December 26, 2014, currently sitting at over 189K+ views. Since then, he has become one of the most popular railfan YouTubers in the Long Island, New York Region with over 5,300 subscribers and 3.5 million video views total.  Some of his more popular videos are the "LIRR M3 Front Window" videos, still being uploaded to this day.  However, these videos might stop being made very soon due to the M3 railcars slowly being phased out, and replaced with the new M9 Cars. His most popular video, "4K/60p: LIRR M3 Front Window Jamaica to Penn Station" uploaded in March 2019, currently at 248K+ views.
== Return of the M3 Front Window Videos ==
In August 2022, the M3 Railcars returned to revenue service to fill the gap for high demand in equipment with East Side Access opening at the end of the year after remaining out of service for 2 years due to the Covid-19 Pandemic.  Upon receiving word of this, Craig got right to work in planning out more RFW opportunities.  In mid October, just two days after returning from a trip from Las Vegas Nevada, he surprisingly documented multiple M3 RFW videos in a very short time period.  In just 2 months, he acquired and shared multiple retakes of different branches with enhanced video quality on the M3's.  On Monday October 21st 2022, Craig recorded from the head end of an M3 on Train #2039 from Ronkonkoma all the way to Penn Station, documenting the entire 3rd Track along the way which received a huge amount of popularity, tallying over 10,000 views in just 9 days. His Penn Station to Port Washington video appears to be the second most popular and most viewed M3 upload with a tally of 100,000+ views in just under three weeks.
==Trivia==
* MrMaster767 is confirmed to work for the MTA Long Island Rail Road.
* He is currently the only known Railfan with video footage of the New York & Atlantic Railway on the Montauk Branch returning from Pulver Gas in Bridgehampton which as of February 2014, no longer runs East of Babylon.
*He is also currently the only Railfan to successfully document every electrified branch from the Front Window of an M3 Railcar.
*One of his M3 videos from June 2016 going into Atlantic Terminal made headlines on NBC News following a crash that occurred in Brooklyn involving an LIRR Train in January 2017.
*MrMaster767's most favorite Station to visit on Long Island is New Hyde Park
*He volunteers at the Railroad Museum of Long Island at Riverhead/Greenport and also runs the World Fair Train's G-16 Locomotive.
*His very first trip to Penn Station was on his 8th or 9th Birthday.
*He has stated he has a huge interest in Science.
*Craig enjoys the varieties of Wildlife.
*His favorite drink is Diet Coke.
*He enjoys Drone photography
*Craig has stated he has no plans or interest in applying for Locomotive Engineer Trainee.
*Craig has stated that he has a big passion for the State of Florida as it is his most visited State and has looked into living down there upon retirement from the Railroad. Although it is unsure at this time if he actually plans to move down there.
*He has brought up that working in the Hillside Facility has been his favorite location.
*Craig a skilled and competitive player on Dance Dance Revolution A3 on occasion visiting Round1 to play. In May 2024, he has made an incredible achievement becoming the second player in the World to acquire a Marvelous Full Combo on the BABY-LON Galaxy's Encore Extra Stage "Hou" on Beginner, succeeding American player DR.D's MFC in December 2023.
==References==
Category:Users who joined in 2011
Category:American YouTubers