March 13, 1888 - Trains snowed in at Rockaway Junction. The Springfield
Branch (N.Y. & Rockaway Railroad) lies under the snowbank at right. Note
the two-arm semaphore home signal protecting the switches. Archive:
Art Huneke
LIRR #109 Class G51a (4-6-0) Archive: Richard Eikov
A class G51a (4-6-0) built by Cooke in May,
1891. I'd say the photo was taken shortly after it was renumbered in
1898. Note the old extended cab and the square kerosene headlight!
This is definitely a snow work train . .
. 2 locomotives (a smaller and much older one behind the #109) and one old
clerestory ex-center-door baggage car in use to carry the crew and any
needed tools. Withdrawn from service by January, 1912.
Dave Keller
D52 #29 (4-4-0) one car train westbound at
New Hyde Park c.1898 Archive: Dave Keller
Mineola Depot MOW workers clearing the
tracks for LIRR #53 4-4-0 , the first train through after the blizzard of
January, 1899 Photo: Hal B. Fullerton Archive: Queens Public Library
Two D52 class locomotives are pushing the rotary snow blower westbound,
approaching the joint Depot/Tower 47 at Floral Park on a cold winter’s day
in 1899. (Dave Keller archive)
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LIRR Winter Action
Gentleman walking out front of Long Island Rail Road MOW steam rotary
snowplow no. 193 that's clearing the track in front of the rail yard near
the Bridgehampton station after a heavy snowfall on November 28, 1898.
Photo: Hal Fullerton Collection: Queens Public Library Digital Archive;
Restored photo: Chris Klug Collection
The LIRR Russell Snowplow works its way through Wantagh during the
Blizzard of 1934.
The blizzard of February 19,
1934 was reported, at the time, to be Long Island's worst
snow storm since the famous blizzard of
1888.
Archive: Richard Eikov
G5s #24 East of Smithtown - DSI semaphore View W 2/1955
(Emery-Boland)
"Steam was still King on the LIRR
until October 1955. This classic shot shows G5s No. 24 passing a Distant
Switch Indicator [DSI] and semaphore east of Smithtown in February 1955.
The DSI alerted the engineer if a switch to a siding is in the open
position. The train is headed eastbound."
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LIRR #620-Oyster Bay c. 1970's
Photo: Steve Hoskins |
MPI5AC Engine 165
Photo: Steve Hoskins c. 1970's |
MPI5AC Engine L154 Mineola
Photo: Steve Hoskins c. 1970's |
Yard A Sunnyside, LI City Winter 1977-78 |
GP38-2 #275 at Mineola Station 2/1983
Photo/Archive: Jay Bendersky |
LIRR #622 Mineola west of Herricks Rd. 1983
Photo/Archive: Jay Bendersky |
LIRR #1552 Oyster Bay 1/15/77
Photo: Paul DeLuca |
LIRR # 222 Oyster Bay 3/04/78
Photo: Paul DeLuca |
GP38-2 #275 |
LIRR GP38-2 #275 |
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LIRR
Alco HEP #606 plowing its way to Mineola from Oyster Bay. These photos
are between Sea Cliff and Glen Head, the morning after the February 1982 blizzard:
Photos: Hotbike |
LIRR #270 Patchogue view W
2/1978 Photo: Bob Bender |
JAY Tower, Jamaica Station view E 12/14/1981
Archive: Dave Keller |
NASSAU Tower, Mineola Extra #606-West 2/1982 Photo/Archive: Jay Bendersky |
LIRR #619 Belmont
Collection: Henry Wagner |
Smithtown looking east c. 1984
going over Main St. as it was entering Smithtown
Station Photo: Mike Koehler |
LIRR #269 Unit “George B. McSherry” (Engineer)
Smithtown winter 1984 Photo: Mike Koehler |
LIRR #619
Train 551 Mineola 01/27/1984
Photo: Kevin Gulau |
"Snow on Tracks"
c.1985
Collection: Henry Wagner |
TC990 Thunderbolt Hicksville
Feb 9, 1986 |
LIRR #156 LI City Yard A
Collection: Henry Wagner |
Westbound train with lead parlor
car (maybe more?? can’t tell) approaching the LIC passenger yard. View
NE. Photo: McEneryUnder the overpass in
the distance, the line branches off to the left to access
Hunterspoint Ave.
station. The Montauk Branch continues straight (from whence this
train is coming).
Info: Dave Keller |
4:52pm local from LI City, Eastbound on Montauk
Branch at Fresh Pond Junction 03/1989
Archive/Photo: A. Joseph Daly
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FA1 #611 Train #515 west of Sea Cliff Station, Glen Head View N 1/28/1977
Photo/Archive: Jeff Erlitz |
LIRR GP38-2 #256
M1 train Snow Emergency 1994 It was either an alcohol train, or a snow
Patrol. In either case the RR would run them up and down the branches to
clear the snow off the rails and 3rd rails. Just happens to have a GP-38
on one end instead of a MP-15 on both ends. My best guess would be an
alcohol train since there are M1's are in the middle.
Info: Robert
Anderson
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Pinelawn 1993
FA 617 westbound
Albertson, NY 12/1995
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Kings Park east end of Green
Interlocking
View NE
12/28/69 Photo: Richard Maske |
Christmas Day 1998 at
Port Jefferson Yard |
NY&A RS-60 eastbound through Holtsville (near the East switch of Prima siding)
Photo: Joe Tischner |
Alco #619 Christmas Day
1998 at
Port Jefferson Yard |
W93 cab 2/2006
Photo: Paul Strubeck |
LIRR 617 and 603 at Oyster Bay
02/1980 Photo: Tim Darnell |
Eastbound KO electric through Bethpage
12/2004 Photo: Joe Tischner
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Westbound steam at St. James
1953
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Morris Park 12/28/2010 view
W Dunton Tower
Photo: Joe Tischner
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Montauk Branch at Forest Park 03/05
Photo: Bob Anderson
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Dunton Tower EMD MP15AC Train
#163 at Dunton view East 03/2005 Photo/Engineer: Bob Anderson
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Ronkonkoma KO view E 12/26/2010
Photo: Dietrich Ryan
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Extra #172 eastbound doing some
drift busting as
the first train to KO since the storm 12/26/2010 Photo: Dietrich Ryan
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LIRR #5432
leased PRR K4s 4-6-2 at Greenport
turntable 3/20/1949 (Bill Rugen - Art Huneke)
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LIRR #420 DE30AC Northport view W 12/19/2013
Photo: John DeMarco
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Hicksville - Divide Tower view W 2/20/78
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GP38-2 #252 Train 508 eastbound approaching
Mill Neck 3/05/81 (Scala-Keller)
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Jamaica - Hall Tower LIRR RS1 #462
view E
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Train #7612 eastbound approaching
Hicksville 2/28/2015 Photo: Joe McMahon
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C420 #221 eastbound Main Lline at
MP45 c.1971-72
Note: A non push-pull train, as on June 26th 1972 LIRR started the
Hicksville shuttles that day with push-pulls trains.
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Mineola 12/1970 Photo: Brad
Phillips
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LIRR #262 - Train #4054 -
Bethpage 3/10/1984
Photo/Archive: Kevin Gulau
LIRR MP15ACs #172 - FA #604 Oyster Bay 2/1984 Photo/Archive: Bill Mangahas |
Train-4524 RS3 #1553 Mineola
1/02/1971 Home for a White Christmas on Army leave Photo:
Richard Makse
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RBBX 63005 Blue Unit - Garden City 2/04/2016
Photo/Archive: Ed Frye
LIRR #617 westbound past Pinelawn 1/1985
Photo/Archive: Bill Mangahas
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Speonk View W 2010 12/28/2010
Christmas blizzard of 2010 brought mass transit
to its knees in New York. At the time of the photo the LIRR was still shut
down. Photo/Archive: William J. Skeats |
LIRR DE30AC #423 Train #6652
Northport 1/07/2017 Photo/Archive: William J. Skeats
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LIRR #512 Train #6609 westbound
approaching Cold Spring Harbor 3/09/2019 Photo/Archive: William J. Skeats
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HALL Tower, Jamaica c.1962
Photo: Steve Zabel
Archive: Bill Mangahas
LIRR #170, W-86, LIRR #164 "Alcohol 6" passes VALLEY Tower in Valley Stream,
after having sprayed alcohol on the third rail of No. 1 Track on the Long
Beach Branch. Taken after the blizzard of February, 1983 as the railroad was
just starting to resume limited service after having been shut down due to
the effects of the storm. Photo/Archive: Jay Bendersky |
NASSAU Tower blizzard 2/2005
Photo/Archive: John Ciesla |
LIRR #156 MOW -
Farmingdale 3/02/2019
Photo/Archive: Bill Mangahas
LIRR #604 - Roslyn View N c.1978
Photo/Archive: Paul De Luca |
Glen Street Station 1/1984
Photo/Archive: Bill Mangahas |
East Williston Station 2/1992 Photo/Archive: Bill Mangahas |
Locust Valley 1/28/2000 Photo/Archive: Bill Mangahas |
Glen Street Station 1/1985 Photo/Archive:
Bill Mangahas |
East Williston station 1/1970
Photo/Archive: George Forero |
Locust Valley Station 1/01/2001 Photo/Archive: Bill Mangahas |
RS1 #467, #469 westbound at HALL Tower
3/07/1969 (Zahn-Boland) |
S2 #444, #439, #442 at Jamaica 2/07/1972 (Zahn-Boland) |
Jamaica MP54A1 #4153 westbound 3/30/1970
(Zahn-Boland) |
LIRR MP15AC #155 - FA1 #611
Port Washington 1/21/1978 |
On Friday January 21, 1978, a winter
storm with 15" of snow had disrupted operations on a large portion of the
Long Island Railroad. Here on (left) Saturday MP15AC #155 is dragging
the Budd MU consist around in the hopes of clearing the buried third rail.
In the meantime, a push-pull consist behind FA1 #611 (ex SP&S) is running
limited service between Port Washington and Woodside. Kudos to the
track foreman standing here, who's name I have long forgot, for letting me
walk down from the platform and between the rails to get the shot, as the
3rd rail next to the FA is still entirely covered in the white stuff. His
crew is behind me sweeping out the switches as best they can. 1/21/1978
Info/Photos/Archive: Paul De Luca
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Port Washington view N 1/21/1978
Photo/Archive: Paul De Luca |
Port Washington LIRR #611 1/21/1978
Photo/Archive: Paul De Luca |
LIRR GP38-2 #261 Port Washington 1/21/1978 Photo/Archive: Paul De Luca
Note: A rare occurrence of a GP38-2 at Port Washington |
Port Washington 3/1979
Photo/Archive: Bill Mangahas |
Cold Spring Harbor 2/1982
Photo/Archive: Bill Mangahas |
Mineola - LIRR #153, #608 westbound 2/1983
Photo/Archive: Jay Bendersky Note: Section House at left. |
FA #617 View E of Republic Station 1/1985
Photo/Archive: Bill Mangahas |
M3 Huntington 1/1985
Photo/Archive: Bill Mangahas |
LIRR #276 at Bellerose 12/12/1993
Photo/Archive: Bill Mangahas |
Bayside westbound - Blizzard 2/1969
Photo/Archive: Jim Mardiguian |
Bellerose 2/2001
Photo/Archive: Bill Mangahas |
DE30AC #410 1/28/2008
Photo/Archive: Joe Tischner |
M9 #7687 Farmingdale Station 2/09/2013
Photo/Archive: Bill Mangahas |
LIRR #413 at Sea Cliff 12/17/2020
Photo/Archive: Joe Stroppel |
FA #606 westbound passing NASSAU Tower
1982 Archive: MTA |
Locust Valley 12/22/2020
Photo/Archive: Joe Stroppel |
LIRR TC888 Kew Gardens - View N 2/01/2021
Photo/Archive: Paul Grether |
Sea Cliff 1/07/2022 Photo/Archive: Joe Stroppel |
Mineola 1/07/2022 Photo/Archive: Andrew Vacchiano |
Sea Cliff - 1/07/2022 Photo/Archive: Joe Stroppel |
Little Neck - M7 #7675 Crew train to Penn 1/29/2022 Photo/Archive: Daniel Chou |
East Hampton Station - Jordan Spreader eastbound
Blizzard 2/13/1978 - Archive: Queens Public Library |
Forest Hills - M7 #7809 1/30/2022
Photo/Archive: Sean Lomba |
New DE30AC #410 undergoing testing - West Yard, Port Jefferson 3/15/1999
Photo/Archive: William Skeats
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NYA Winter Action |
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LIRR MOW #4230 spreader/ditcher GP38-2's #268-261 eastbound at Holbrook
1/30/2022 Photo/Archive: John Krattinger |
The train consisted of NYA 155, NYA 261 and 8
cars all for Brookhaven Rail Terminal. After making the run around move in
YA, the train now RS71 will deliver the cars to Brookhaven. After making the
set out, the crew will run light engine back to Pine Aire Yard.
Photos/Archive: Benjamin Lederer |
Train RS71 NYA #261-155 running light
westbound return
2/13/2022 Photo/Archive: Benjamin Lederer
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LIRR #4230 plow Extra at Calverton 1/30/2022
Photo/Archive: John Krattinger |
LIRR #4230 plow Extra arrives at Greenport 1/30/2022
Photo/Archive: John Krattinger |
Babylon Station - 1/1961
Archive: ThomasValentino |
LIRR
Winter of January 1948 |
LIRR #193, #693 Morris Park
01/1948
Photo: George Silk in LIFE Magazine |
LIRR #193, eastbound Morris Park
01/1948 Photo: George Silk in LIFE Magazine
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LIRR #193, #693 Morris Park
engine shops 01/1948
Photo: George Silk in LIFE Magazine |
LIRR
Christmas Blizzard of 2010 |
View E from the east end of the Patchogue platform shows the snow broom
broken down and fouling the South Ocean Avenue grade crossing, hence the
swarm of orange jackets. PD tower used to stand just to the right of the
red signal.
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Photo taken about an hour later when the broom was finally under way. The
location is west of Patchogue station, between the West Avenue and River
Avenue grade crossings. View east (right) and view west (left)
LIRR MOW double-ended snow broom near
Patchogue station in the aftermath of the Christmas Blizzard of 2010,
specifically 12/27/2010. Info/photos: Neal Kassner
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