LONG
ISLAND RAIL ROAD
MISCELLANEOUS
DATA
STEAM LOCOMOTIVES:
Class D16s superheated and converted to D16sb Starting in 1914
Westbound steam trains changed head-end motive
power at “HAROLD” interlocking with PRR DD1s
and crews and reversed the procedure eastbound 1910 – Autumn/1927
Steam trains changed head-end motive power at
Jamaica and LIRR purchased 16 DD1 locomotives
from the PRR to accomplish this change of power Autumn/1927
PRR class E2 superheated and converted to E7s By 1929
PRR class E2, E3 construction dates c. 1904 – 1906
K4s locomotives first used on Montauk branch
(After installation of heavier bridge over
trains of 12 or more cars were required to be
double-headed by 2 - G5s locomotives)
Footplates appeared under cabs of PRR locomotives 1931-32
(including LIRR G5s, H10s)
Pin-striping discontinued on PRR locomotives June 13, 1932
Pedestal-type, multi-directional classification lights
atop smokebox and pedestal-style multi-directional
marker lights atop pilot introduced: Fall / 1922
a. Removed from yard service and freight-
service-only locomotives, beginning: July /1929
b. Removed from passenger service loco-
motives and freight locomotives in
passenger service, beginning: June / 1940
(The Keystone: Spring/2002)
“New” one-directional marker lights introduced
atop smokebox only: June / 1942 (The Keystone: Spring/2002)
Futura lettering on tenders replaces Dulux gold 1940 – 1941
“Penn Roman” font lettering
K-4s locomotives first used on Port Jefferson branch 1940 – 1941
Silver-gray smokebox color (graphite with aluminum)
stopped during war years (dull gray in use) 1942 - 1945
Keystone number plate conversion Oct.- Dec. / 1942
Steam deflectors behind whistles Starting in 1943
K4s locomotives used auto stokers April/1944 - 1948
(Stoker motor under cab: left side of loco)
Small, cast headlights with illuminated side num-
bers installed on MOST G5s locomotives 1944 - 1945
K4s
locomotives get “facelift” (Generator exchanged 1945
on PRR, latter
with headlight and large platform added be- part of 1946 on LIRR
low smokebox to service the generator) (Not All are done by 1949
done to K2s or K3s locomotives)
Keystones have large numbers Pre-1945
Keystones have smaller numbers 1945
LIRR H10s locomotives mechanically stokered 1946
H10s #113 last to be mechanically stokered 1947
Newer, smaller marker lights appear atop smokebox 1947
Last PRR L1 Mikados in service as of 1/1/47 (all gone
by 7/1/48)
Class C51 has large tool box added to pilot 1948
E6s, H9s leased locomotives left LIRR service 1949
Montauk trains dieselized 1950
Last four (4) K4s leased locomotives left LIRR service October, 1951
Greenport passenger trains dieselized October, 1951
PRR G5s #5741 appeared on LI as relief engine for
LIRR G5s #21 August, 1955
Last steam-pulled revenue trains (behind G5s #’s October 8, 1955
35 and 39)
Last operation of LIRR steam: pulling railfan extra October 16, 1955
(behind G5s #39)
ELECTRIC LOCOMOTIVES:
Display of indication lights on the front of MUs is 11/27/32
discontinued
Class DD1 gets pin-striped for
N.Y. World’s Fair. 1939
New color scheme includes LIRR keystone logo
Class
DD1 @ Morris Park Shops begins use of
new DD1 lay-up yard near elevated Montauk 1944
branch
Some class DD1 units get Tichy color scheme early 1950
PASSENGER CARS:
Wooden cars used between steel cars in same train 1915
consist outlawed in tunnels
Least year wooden cars used in revenue service 1927
Futura lettering 1940 – 1941
Old-style Dulux gold lettering in “Penn Roman” 1942
font re-done with letters spaced further
apart
Original 1905-era class MP41 MU cars last ran in 1950
passenger service on Mitchel Field shuttle:
Tichy
color scheme: Slate gray body, dark
green Beginning
11/1/49
undercarriage, bright aluminum roof until 11/1/52
Named for designer Lester C. Tichy (1905-1981) (period of painting)
Large
marker light added to rear of steam cars.
Headlight of electric cars modified to be large May 24, 1951
marker light when used as last car on train
MU cars end doors painted orange Starting in 1952
TRAIN INFORMATION:
“REX” Trains = Trains consisting of all REA and/or baggage cars
Train service inaugurated to Kings Park State Hospital 1911
Train service inaugurated to Central Islip State Hospital 1911
PRR “K” card system in service 5/23/28
Train service inaugurated to Pilgrim State Hospital 6/24/34
Last hospital train providing service onto Kings Park State timetable of 5/69
Hospital grounds
Last hospital train providing service to Kings Park State timetable of 5/70
Hospital terminating on the Kings Park station
siding with bus and cab service to the hospital
Last year of the hospital train providing service to 1971
Central Islip State Hospital
Last hospital train to Pilgrim State Hospital and return 5/21/78
PARLOR CAR SERVICE:
Parlor car service provided by Woodruff Parlor Car 1870s - 1892
Company
LIRR takes control of Woodruff property and oper- 1892 - April 1, 1926
ates their own parlor service
Pullman Company service inaugurated, using April 1, 1926 – Labor
Pennsy’s pool of Pullman equipment Day/1942
PRR takes over parlor service 1946 – 1958
LIRR Special Services Department formed 1957
LIRR acquires 2 parlor cars and develops its parlor October, 1958
service
STRUCTURES & YARDS:
Morris Park Shops opened: 1889
Large coaling tower at L. I. City built: 1902-03
Turntable on dock adjacent to Dutch Kills, L. I. City
built: 1903-04
Storage tracks at L. I. City added: 1903-04
North Yard (Wheelspur Yard) enlarged and connect- 1903-04
ion via double slip switches to Dock Yard south
of tracks at Dutch Kills installed:
Holban Yard (Hillside/Hollis, NY) opened: 1906
(Name was a combination of Hollis and St. Albans)
Station signs indicating mileage from L. I. City Sept. 8, 1910
and mileage to end of branch discontinued
with opening of Pennsylvania Station and
mileage now being determined from that
terminal. (mileage from Penn Sta. indicated
in employee timetables eff. that date with
the exception of the Montauk branch which
still used
Morris Park wooden coaling tower built 1911
Morris Park smoke washer bridge and
mechanism installed 1914
Branch terminal engine houses razed by PRR edict Beginning in 1928
(Oyster Bay razed: 8/4/29)
PRR Keystone signs on stations Starting in late 1929
PRR Keystone signs on towers Starting in 1937
(“BS” tower got a make-shift keystone
sign in 1929 per LIRR valuation photo)
Morris Park roundhouse:
Fascia above bays removed 1935-36
Morris Park wooden coaling tower razed Winter/1944-45
Morris Park concrete coaling tower built Fall/1944
Cone-style roof removed from Morris Park Shops 1944
water tower
Morris Park smoke washer mechanism removed Spring/1945
from support bridge
Morris Park smoke washer bridge removed July/1946
Overhead piping near Morris Park locomotive shop Early 1946
and turntable “garden” tracks in use
Full 2nd floor added over Jamaica station waiting Sept. 1, 1961
room and opened for
service (per The Long
Island Railroader)
PAINT SCHEMES:
Tuscan Red with Dulux gold lettering in “Penn Until 1940-41
Roman” font (all passenger cars, loco tenders)
Tuscan Red with gold Futura lettering 1940-41
(some passenger cars, loco tenders)
Tuscan Red with Dulux gold lettering in “Penn 1942-1950+
Roman” font spaced further apart (all passenger
cars, loco tenders)
and numbers in “Penn Roman” font. Pilots
painted white at a later date.
ALCO S1, S2 units delivered in black with gold Starting 1946–1955
lettering and numbers in “Penn Roman” font.
Pilots painted white at a later date.
ALCO RS1 units delivered in black with gold Starting 1949-advent
lettering and numbers in “Penn Roman” font of Tichy
Tichy: Applied to all psgr cars, some DD1 electric 11/1/49 to 11/1/52
locos, an elec. shop switcher and ALCO RS1 units. through 1955
RS1 units repainted up until 11/1/52. Only loco-
motives wore the
FM C-liners arrived in this scheme in Jan. 1950.
Dark gray with orange end doors and dark green 1955-1961
roof (all psgr. cars) per Keystone magazine:
LIRR holds press run of 5 new air-conditioned 5/23/55
P72 cars to Greenport. Tichy scheme abandoned
in favor of dark
gray body and dark green roof.
Dark gray with orange nose (diesel locomotives) 1955-1961
“Dashing Dan” logo added (per “Long Island Rail- February, 1959
roader”, Issue of
2/12/59)
Charcoal gray (Goodfellow gray) (all psgr. cars) 1962-1964
Charcoal gray (Goodfellow gray) with orange nose
(diesel locomotives)
**see “Misc. LIRR Trivia” for more
Charcoal gray with orange stripe (N.Y. World’s Fair 1964-1968
colors: passenger cars)
Charcoal gray (Goodfellow gray) with orange wave
(diesel locomotives)
MTA blue and yellow (diesel locomotives) 1968-1976
MTA Platinum Mist (passenger cars) 1968-end of push-
pull service
EMPLOYEES:
Towermen begin working 8-hour days. 3rd shift October, 1907
(trick) added to jobs as a result.
Crossing Watchmen and Trafficmen
were both Until
1928 – early
part
of the LIRR Police Department. 1930s
“Trafficman” was a
promotion from “Crossing
Watchman.” When the PRR took over actual
operation
of the LIRR they both made part of
the
MOW Dept. A Watchman or Trafficman
could
bid for a job in the track dept and vice
versa.
The uniform gradually disappeared
starting
with this transfer of authority. The
job eventually went from prestigious to run-
of-the-mill. (Information per Art Huneke: 11/8/07)
MISCELLANEOUS:
LIRR keystone logo with “Long Island” spelled in full: 1906
Photograph extant of the new ferryboat “Hempstead,”
built in 1906, on her shakedown run, sporting key-
stone logos on her twin stacks. (Logo first appears
on LIRR passes in 1915)
Last LIRR employee timetable (ETT No. 58) September 8, 1910
in large, oversize format, usually creased down
center to fit in uniform coat pocket
First LIRR employee timetable (ETT No. 59) in November 3, 1910
bound format resembling PRR-style ETTs.
LIRR keystone logo with “LIRR” intertwined first 1917
appears on LIRR advertisements in the travel
magazine “The Open Road” and in the outdoor
sports and games magazine “Following the Ball”.
(Info and photographic proof courtesy of Art Huneke)
First LIRR employee timetable (ETT No. 108 ) in May 23, 1928
official PRR-style bound format with station list-
ing in front by branch and blank pages in back
on which general orders were to be pasted
“Dashing Dan” logo first introduced to the public on 1956
The back cover of the LIRR Annual
Report (per “Long
Island Railroader”, Vol. 2, No. 22: 10/24/57)
“Dashing Dan” logo begins being applied to loco- February, 1959
motives
and passenger cars (per “
roader”, issue of 2/12/59)
“Dashing Dan” logo appears on Form LI-1 system 6/21/59
timetables
REMITTANCES:
Remittance in cash was sent via express messenger. Years back it was most likely the Long Island Express Company. The cash would be placed in a heavy envelope, sealed, and large needle with heavy thread/twine shoved through the cash remittance to keep anyone along the way from sneaking one or two bills out of the batch without cutting the string, and sealing wax melted over the ends of the string and the envelope seal and embossed with the metal wax sealer of the specific station.
This procedure was explained by George G. Ayling, Agent/operator at CI who, back in 1909, started his LIRR career as an express messenger at Brentwood.
EXPRESS
SERVICES:
Corwin & Munsell Express 1858 - 1868
United States Express Co. ?
Westcott’s Long Island Express c. 1869 - 1882
Dodd’s Express 1882
Long Island Express Co., created by the LIRR, 1882 - 1913
handled local baggage and express shipments.
Adams Express Co., a nation-wide concern, took 1913
over L.
service to the nation.
American Railway Express Co. was created during 1917
WWI by the United States Railroad Administration
(USRA) which nationalized the express businesses
of
Southern Express Co. and Wells, Fargo & Co.
Express. (Federal administration ended in 1920).
American Railway Express Co. was transferred to March/1929
the Railway Express Agency (REA) which was
owned and operated by 86 American railroads.
GENERAL DATA:
GENERAL
ORDER #60, EFFECTIVE 5/24/09:
BETHPAGE BRANCH (Bethpage Jct. to Bethpage Brick Works) WILL BE CONSIDERED A SIDING.
GENERAL
ORDER: EFFECTIVE 1921:
BETHPAGE
AND CREEDMOOR BRANCHES AND CENTRAL EXTENSION “HC” TO BETHPAGE JCT. WILL BE
CONSIDERED SIDINGS.
GENERAL
ORDER #111-25C, EFFECTIVE 1/8/30:
MONTAUK BRANCH: END OF DOUBLE TRACK, LOCATED 4,135’ EAST OF SAYVILLE STATION, RELOCATED 3,000’ WEST OF FORMER LOCATION (ACCOUNT MONTAUK HWY. [ROUTE 27] GRADE CROSSING ELIMINATION PROJECT.)
GENERAL
ORDER #111-5B/49C, EFFECTIVE 5/14/30:
MANHATTAN BEACH BRANCH: MAIN TRACK FROM EMMONS LANE TO AVENUE Z, OUT OF SERVICE
GENERAL
ORDER #113-19C, EFFECTIVE 2/16/31:
WEST LEG OF WYE, EASTPORT, OUT OF SERVICE.
GENERAL
ORDER #113-30C, EFFECTIVE 4/14/31:
MAIN
LINE: LETTER “G” REMOVED FROM ALL
AUTOMATIC BLOCK SIGNALS.
GENERAL
ORDER #115-18C, EFFECTIVE 2/19/32:
GENERAL
ORDER #117-6C, EFFECTIVE 1/21/33:
STEAM LOCOMOTIVES ARE RESTRICTED FROM USING WYE AT WADING
RIVER.
GENERAL
ORDER #401BC, EFFECTIVE 9/15/35:
BRANCH BETWEEN WEST HEMPSTEAD STATION AND “MT” (MINEOLA) REDESIGNATED SIDING.
GENERAL
ORDER #1006C, EFFECTIVE 3/29/39:
SINGLE TRACK FROM A POINT 1,550’ EAST OF EAST LEG OF WYE, PORT
(Last revenue train was on 10/9/38. DK)
GENERAL
ORDER #1002B/1013C, EFFECTIVE 5/3/39:
SAG HARBOR BRANCH OUT OF SERVICE: 5/3/39
ETT
#22, EFFECTIVE 6/21/53:
“NORTH SIDE BRANCH” BECOMES “PORT WASHINGTON BRANCH”
GENERAL
ORDER #216, EFFECTIVE 10/3/55:
ROCKAWAY BEACH BRANCH OUT OF SERVICE SOUTH OF OZONE PARK
AND WEST (GEOGRAPHICALLY) OF FAR ROCKAWAY.
GENERAL
ORDER #1-21, EFFECTIVE 12/27/66:
LEAD TRACK FROM EAST END OF JERICHO TURNPIKE OVERGRADE BRIDGE
TO
GENERAL
ORDER #119, EFFECTIVE 10/1/73:
HAND-OPERATED
ELECTRIC LOCKED SWITCH IN NO. 1 TRACK LOCATED 1,800 FEET EAST OF FLORAL PARK
LEADING TO CREEDMOOR LEAD TRACK REMOVED FROM SERVICE.
GENERAL
ORDER #GN1-48, EFFECTIVE 2/15/83:
TURNTABLE TRACK AT
MISCELLANEOUS LIRR TRIVIA:
Veteran LIRR
engineer Ben Baptist started out as a fireman with the New York Central
Railroad and was the fireman of record aboard the famous NYC 4-4-0 locomotive
#999 pulling the “Empire State Express” between New York and Chicago’s
Columbian Exposition in 1893, which, at one point in the trip exceeded a speed
of 100 miles-per-hour. #999 was later
placed on display at the 1939-40
After the Jamaica Bay trestle fire of May 7-8, 1950, all trains to Rockaway Park via Valley Stream and Far Rockaway were considered as operating along the Far Rockaway branch. (per Art Huneke)
Thomas Goodfellow was named General Manager of the LIRR in 1954
and became president of the LIRR from January 1, 1956 until May 28, 1967 (per
Art Huneke and Dave Morrison)
SECONDARY
TRACK----A designated track upon which trains and engines may be operated
without timetable authority, train orders or block signals, subject to
prescribed signals and rules and special instructions. (from
Rules of the Operating Department 1982 Definitions, courtesy of J. J. Earl)
**Fairbanks-Morse
C-liner #2404 had yellow lettering in the early 1960s. It was the only LIRR
diesel so lettered. When I was going to HS in the early 60's, I frequently saw
this engine passing by “WIN.” It was kind of unique. (Dick
Makse)
A round sign
displaying the letter “B” was hung near the motorman’s window of an MU car to
denote a train bound for Brooklyn (Flatbush Avenue) that would NOT be making a
stop at Jamaica. A similar sign
displaying “NY” meant the train was bound for Penn Station and would NOT be
making a stop at Jamaica. (per Mark Smith,
LIRR engineer, retired.)