LIRR #439 Morris Park Photo: Steve Hoskins, Archive: Steve Lynch

LIRR #439 LI City Float Yard 05/05/1974 

LIRR #441 Yard A Photo: Steve Hoskins, Archive: Steve Lynch

LIRR #441 Yard A view north

LIRR  #447 Yard A with Idler (reach) car
Photo: Steve Hoskins Archive: Dave Keller

LIRR #447 Yard A 05/75 Photo: Tim Darnell

ALCO S1, S2 units delivered in black with gold Starting 1946–1955 lettering and numbers in “Penn Roman” font 

ALCO S1, S2 units delivered in black with gold Starting 1946–1955 lettering and numbers in “Penn Roman” font 

LIRR #456 Morris Park Photo: Steve Hoskins, Archive: Steve Lynch

Here are the LIRR Alco S1's, about half are unaccounted for since John Scala's book "Diesels of the Sunrise Trail" published in 1984. As always, any updates, corrections, etc. are welcome! Research: Tim Darnell

407-April 6, 1977 to SIRTOA from the LIRR. Data: John Scala

Staten Island Rapid Transit, will be sold when new power arrives.
Clifton, NY 05/25/07 Photo: Bob Anderson

Sold to: Catskill Mountain Railroad Departed Staten Island by truck on April 30. Unit was delivered to Mt. Tremper on May 6, 2010 reassembled and running on May 7.  Info: Otto Vondrak

417-Sitting at Colonie, NY with a cracked engine block, privately owned.

419-Farmers Commission, Upper Sandusky, OH, active, used infrequently. 
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Grain elevator in Sandusky, OH 07/11/09 Photos: Mike Koehler

420-Archer Daniels Midland (ADM), Decautur, IL, stored out of service with cracked block and electrical fire damage.
c. 07/2008 used for parts Photo: Mike Koehler

  9/1/2010 ex-LIRR #420 at ADM Photo: Mike Koehler

ADM railcar repair took the loco, and painted it for use during their safety campaign for the year, and is using it as the facility "billboard." The new road number is actually the street address of the building, it is parked in front of their facility in Decatur IL. 

For now I would call it "saved" but since the cab was severely burned, I doubt it will ever be "restored." This is as fitting an end as we might hope for, at least better than being scrapped.  Mike Koehler

The following were reported in John Scala's book "Diesels of the Sunrise Trail" published in 1984.
A recent search turned up nothing, so the dispositions of these are unknown:
 
404-Island Creek coal (no cab)
405- Went to a few owners in Texas.
413- Went to Wyandotte Dolomite, Carey, OH through dealer G. R. Silcott


Here are the LIRR Alco S2 dispositions: 

The 445 was scrapped 2008, and 452 sits at NY&LE, just the cab & frame remain, disposition unknown. 
The 454 was leased in the 1980's to a small RR in IL, nothing found on it.
The 444 went to Lubrizol in Texas, unknown if it's still there.
The 439, 440, 442, 443, 451, 453, 455, 457 were all rebuilt after leaving LI, some lost their cabs or had a modified cab replacement, and some had replacement engines installed. A few were done by Naporano, and others by Southern Rails Inc. Sometimes, the modifications were so extreme, it's hard to tell it was an Alco S unit at one time!

The two SIRT Alcos to Downeast Scenic Railroad, Maine. It may be a tourist operation. (not confirmed) 


Laurinburg & Southern #144 (was LI 439) 5/20/1995 Location: Hamlet, NC Collection Of: Patrick Treadaway 

Laurinburg & Southern #144 (was LI 439) 12/08/2001 Location: Goldsboro Milling, Goldsboro, NC. Collection Of: Craig Zeni

Tim Darnell Update: 01/23/09