General Electric 25T - LIRR #397-399 |
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General Electric 25T Class GS-1 (25 ton GE Switcher, 1=150HP) LIRR 397 has a single chime Leslie #RS44 horn on the cab roof and bell mounted on top of the hood. 398 & 399 have air whistles mounted on the cab and bells on the chassis. 399 was modified to have Automatic Air Brakes (brake stand from an M1). 397 also has automatic air, but it is unknown if it was LIRR who added it. All modified to have steps on the engineer side to access the engine doors. | ||
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![]() #397 Built: 3/1956 Serial #: 32628 Class: GS-1 "Dashing Dan" Photo/Archive: OBRM |
![]() #398 Built: 5/1958 Serial #: 33030 Class: GS-1 "Dashing Dottie" Photo/Archive: OBRM |
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These were two of three four-wheeled, chain driven, 25 ton diesel locomotives that toiled away in the backshops of the Long Island Railroad from 1958 through the early 2000s. Used for shuttling locomotives and coaches to and from the shops, these engines served the railroad well, working in virtual anonymity. Preferred by the employees who used them, they were affectionately known as "Dinkys".
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![]() LIRR #397 Morris Park 10/31/1987 Photo/Archive: Kevin Gulau |
![]() LIRR #398 Morris Park 12/1970 Photo/Archive: Bob Bender |
![]() LIRR #398 Morris Park 2/1976 Photo/Archive: Art Huneke |
![]() LIRR GE 25T #398 Morris Park c.1979 LIRR Pres. Francis Gabreski scheme 1978-1981 Photo: Steve Hoskins |
![]() LIRR GE 25T #398 Morris Park Shops c.1974 Photo: Steve Hoskins |
![]() LIRR GE 25T #398 Morris Park Shops c.1980 Photo/Archive: Mike Boland |
![]() #399 Built: 8/1958 Serial #: 33375 Class: GS-1 LIRR #399 on the Morris Park shops transfer table View SE |
![]() New GE 25T switcher #399 and Baldwin battery and third rail (dial power) switcher #320 switching in Morris Park Yard in 1958. I believe #320's batteries had died and #399 was doing the work. Photo/Archive: Art Huneke |
![]() LIRR #399 Morris Park 10/31/1987 Photo/Archive: Steve Rothaug |
![]() GE 25Ton LIRR #397-398 6/29/2022 Photo/Archive: Ronnie Schnepf |
![]() Dinky #26 at OBRM 3/11/2023 Photos/Archive: OBRM |
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Dinky #26 "taken a ride" on the now functioning turntable!
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![]() Steve Torborg takes a turn at the throttle of #26. Seen here operating in reverse back onto the display track. 3/11/2023 OBRM |
Ex-LIRR #398 has been renumbered #26 in honor of
the twenty-sixth |