LIRR Fan
Trips
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G5s #39 Railfan Extra taking on
water eastbound Ronkonkoma 6/05/1955 Archive: Dave Keller
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H10s #107 and train
of Tichy coaches at station platform – Mitchel Field – Westbury, NY –
10/26/52 (George E. Votava photo, Dave Keller archive)
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Morris Park
Shops turntable - c. early 1960's Photo: Steve Hoskins
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LIRR Trip Flyers
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"Montauk
High Speed Rail Tour" flyer 2/22/61 Archive: Brad Phillips
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Montauk Hgh Speed RDC
Rail Tour schedule 2/22/1961 Archive: Brad Phillips
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"Homecoming
'86" RS-3 #1556 flyer 1986
Archive: Brad Phillips
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Maintenance
of Way Association Meeting in NY
September 20, 1916
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MOW Association
Meeting NY-Trip Guide 09/20/1916
Archive: Steve Swirsky
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Reverse side Trip Guide Map 09/20/1916
Archive: Steve Swirsky
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Trip left Penn Station around 2 PM,
traveling to Long Beach, with an hour off the train. Return to Penn was via Valley Stream and
Rockaway crossing Jamaica Bay trestle. Descriptions of routes, Hell Gate as under construction, Sunnyside et al. Train was scheduled back into Penn around 5
PM. Steve Swirsky
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Joint Railfan Trip
Committee Fan Trip October 31, 1948 |
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Freshly-painted MU
double-deck car #1294 is pulling a railfan extra southbound at the
station at The Raunt. This station stop was located on a tuft of land
in Jamaica Bay. In this view looking north on October 31st, 1948
from the pedestrian crossover, we see this train consisting of the
double-deck car at the head end, a regular passenger car and an
open-air, gondola car coupled at the rear to allow railfans to take
photos while the train was in motion. (Bill Rugen photo, Art Huneke
archive, Dave Keller data) |
This
fantrip left Woodside and went east onto the Rockaway Beach Branch by
WIN and went to Rockaway Park with a photo stop over the bay at The
Raunt station. It changed ends at Rockaway Park, ran to Far Rockaway
and Valley Stream via the hand-thrown switch at Hammel in a rare move,
until the fire of 1950, and then went west over the Atlantic Branch
through Cedar Manor and Locust Manor. Onward to Jamaica, the Morris
Park Shops, Jamaica, west to WIN, changing directions to go east to
Port Washington and finally changing ends for the last time to go back
to Woodside. Info: Mike Boland |

Fantrip at The Raunt gondola 10/31/1948 Archive: Mike Boland |

Fantrip at The Raunt - MU
double-deck car #1294 10/31/1948 Archive: Dave Keller

MP70B MU #1294 at Track 1, Beach 116th St. Station, Rockaway Park 10/31/1948 Archive: Mike Boland |

Fantrip at Locust Manor 10/31/1948 Archive: Mike Boland |

Locust Manor 10/31/1948 Photo: Harold Smith Archive: Mike Boland |

LIRR personnel and railfans 10/31/1948 Archive: Mike Boland
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Fan
Trip "Historians' Holiday" October 26, 1952
Long Island Railroader
November 1952 - Archive: Dave Morrison
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Fan Trip Cover - 10/26/1952 Archive:
Art Huneke |

Fan Trip Printed Schedule - 10/26/1952 Archive: Art Huneke |

NRHS trip Fresh Pond Station - View E 10/26/1952
Photo: George Votava Archive: Mike Boland |

NRHS trip Jericho Tpke., Creedmoor Branch 10/26/1952
Photo: George Votava Archive: Mike Boland |

The Special traveled from Jamaica to Valley Stream over the
Atlantic Branch which was still on the surface. This is the west
end of Valley Interlocking which was also still at ground level.
10/26/1952 Photo: Max Hubacher Archive: Art Huneke |

Special being flagged over Hempstead Turnpike, West Hempstead
10/26/1952 Photo: Max Hubacher Archive: Art Huneke |

Fan Trip Historians' Holiday Schedule - 10/26/1952 Archive:
Jeff Erlitz |

LIRR #107 passing under the EL at New Lots, Bay Ridge Branch Fantrip
10/26/1952
Archive: Art Huneke

Bay Ridge Yard - View W Fantrip 10/26/1952 Archive: Art Huneke |

H10 #107 Creedmoor Branch 10/26/1952 (Votava-Boland) |
Railway and Locomotive Historical Society - Greenport Special -
June 13, 1953 |

Railway and Locomotive Historical Society
6/13/1953 - LI Railroader 7/1953
Archive: Art Huneke |

Railway and Locomotive Historical Society
Souvenir Ticket
6/13/1953 Archive: Art Huneke |

Railway and Locomotive Historical Society
Greenport Special Schedule
6/13/1953 Archive: Art Huneke |

Greenport Special Fan trip 6/13/1953 LI Railroader 7/1953 Archive: Mike
Boland |

Railway and Locomotive Historical Society - Greenport Special
LIRR #38 - 6/13/1953 Photo/Archive: Art Huneke |

Railway and Locomotive Historical Society - Greenport Special
LIRR #38 on the Greenport turntable - 6/13/1953 Photo/Archive: Art
Huneke |
ERA
Rail Fan Special - October 31, 1954 - Bay Ridge Branch
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ERA Rail Fan Special Flyer
10/31/1954 Archive: Art Huneke |

ERA Rail Fan Special - Souvenir Ticket 10/31/1954 Archive:
Art Huneke |

LIRR G5s #50 trip
to Vanderveer Park Passenger
Extra
at LI City 10/31/1954 Photo/Archive: Art Huneke
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G5s #50 Bay Ridge Livonia Ave., New Lots 10/31/1954
Photo: George Votava Archive: Mike
Boland |

LIRR #50run-by at Vanderveer Park 10/31/1954
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LIRR #50 G5s at
Flatbush Ave - Vanderveer Park 10/31/1954
Photo/Archive: Art Huneke
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LIRR #50 trip to Vanderveer Park 10/31/1954
Photo: James J. Kelly |

LIRR G5s #50 Extra East
arrives at Oyster Bay 10/31/1954
Photo/Archive: Art Huneke |

H10s #111 pulling railfan Extra #50 westbound through Holban Yard,
Hollis
10/31/1954 Archive: Dave Keller

H10s #111 at water tank preparing to relieve G5s #50 Extra East
Oyster Bay 10/31/1954 Archive: Dave Keller |

ERA Rail Fan Special - LIRR H10s
#111 waiting to back onto the
Passenger Extra #50 West in the Oyster Bay Yard 10/31/1954
Conductor Bob Smith, center. Archive: Mike Boland

H10s #111 became
Extra #50 West
12/1954 LI Railroader page 5 |

ERA Rail Fan Special - LIRR G5s #50 Extra East at the Oyster Bay
water tank turning duties over to H10s #111 for the reaming trip
action.
10/31/1954 Archive: Richard Glueck |

H10s #111 awaiting to relieve eastbound G5s #50 with railfan Extra
leaving
Oyster Bay station. - 10/31/1954 Archive: Dave Keller |
Branford ERA G5s #39 Railfan Extra June 5, 1955 to Greenport
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LIRR G5s #39
Railfan Special
Excursion flyer
6/05/1955 Photo/Archive: Art Huneke
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LIRR G5s #39
Railfan Extra trip
ticket 6/05/1955 Photo/Archive: Art Huneke
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G5s #39 Railfan Extra taking on
water eastbound Ronkonkoma
6/05/1955
Archive: Dave Keller
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G5s #39 Railfan Extra at Greenport dock 6/05/1955
Photo: Gene Collora Archive: Mike Boland |

G5s #39 Railfan Extra at Greenport
6/05/1955
Photo: Frank Zahn Archive: Mike Boland |

LIRR G5s #39 Railfan Extra
at Greenport turntable 6/05/1955
Photo: Roy W. Schnoor Archive: Dave Keller |

LIRR G5s #39 Railfan Extra at Greenport for coal top off prior
to return trip westbound View E 6/05/1955 Photo/Archive: Art Huneke
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Completed in 1844, the Greenport Line was used as a connection to Boston via ferry. When the New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad was built through Connecticut, the line became a local carrier only. Fast forward one hundred and eleven years, #39 would be the final steam locomotive to travel on this line. On June 5, 1955, the Long Island Railroad organized a fantrip from Jamaica to Greenport and back utilizing G5s #39, as she was recently overhauled. The train sold out, and plenty of railfans had their cameras in hand which is a big part as to why we have so may photos of #39! She is seen here on the Greenport turntable as many railfans look on. Note how the turntable is air powered, so the locomotive's brake line is attached.
Railroad Museum of LI (RMLI) Research: Dave Keller |

LIRR G5s #39 Railfan Extra at Mattituck View W
6/05/1955 Photo/Archive: Art Huneke
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LIRR G5s #39 Railfan Extra at Greenport after being turned on the
table. View E 6/05/1955
Photo/Archive: Art Huneke
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Branford ERA Special at Hicksville 6/05/1955 (Votava-Boland)
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LIRR G5s #39
Railfan Extra at Greenport taking water
View E 6/05/1955
Photo/Archive: Art Huneke
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G5s #39 westbound on the return trip of the June, 1955 Railfan
extra, took the Calverton siding for Train #4214. The former freight house is at
the right, in use as a private residence. View SE 6/05/1955 Archive: Dave Keller
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G5s #39 waiting on the Calverton siding as eastbound LIRR #2006
Train #4214 passes.
View SE 6/05/1955 Photo/Archive: Art Huneke
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G5s #39 Railfan Extra arrival in Ronkonkoma 6/05/1955
(Votava-Boland) |

G5s #39 Railfan Extra - Ronkonkoma 6/05/1955 (Votava-Boland) |

LIRR G5s #39 Railfan Extra
tender taking water at Ronkonkoma
View SE 6/05/1955 Archive: Dave
Keller
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G5s #39 westbound under
Ronkonkoma Ave. Ronkonkoma 6/05/1955.
Stencil on the
bridge (far right) shows it was painted 10/1954. Info: Dave Keller
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Fan
Trip September 9th, 1956 RDC - Bay Ridge Branch, Evergreen Branch,
and West Hempstead Branch |

RDC Railfan Extra LIRR #3101 and #3121 Bushwick 9/09/1956
Photo/Archive: Art Huneke |

RDC Railfan Extra LIRR #3101 and #3121 Evergreen Branch - Ridgewood
Station 9/09/1956 Photo: Art Huneke |

RDC Railfan Extra Evergreen Branch Palmetto St., Ridgewood 9/09/1956
Archive: Dave Keller |

RDC Railfan Extra close-up Evergreen Branch Palmetto St. Ridgewood
9/09/1956 Archive: Dave Keller |
ERA Fan
Trip September 23rd, 1956 - MU's to Beach Branches |

MPB-54c heading across Reynold's Channel (Wreck Lead) trestle. View S
- 9/23/1956 Photo: Frank Pfuhler Archive: Daniel V. Brown, Jr. |

MU fantrip Brooklyn Manor station view N
9/23/1956 (Seibel-Boland) |

MU fantrip Brooklyn Manor station view N
9/23/1956 (Seibel-Boland) |
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The first car (above) was
an MPB54c combine with ASC while the second car, another combine with
a lower baggage door and no speed control was banned from headend
operation. The other three cars were two MP54AT motorized trailers
that had their headend controls, headlights, markers, etc. removed
when the program began in 1951 right after the two horrific 1950
crashes and MP54Ac #1661, which later had its ASC removed and became a
motor trailer although I believe it kept its headlight housings.
Mike Boland |
Fan
Trip April 28th, 1957 RDC - Bushwick, Creedmoor, Old Northport, Oyster Bay,
and Rockaway Beach Branches |

RDC Fan Trip - Creedmoor Branch 4/28/1957
Photo/Archive: Art Huneke |

Fan Trip RDC at Oyster Bay 4/28/1957
Photo: Everett White Archive: Bill
Mangahas
Note: The last car on the train at the left in the image is in Tichy
colors: Dave Keller |

BUDD RDCs running a railfan extra over the English Kills swing bridge
on the Bushwick branch in Maspeth, NY on April 28, 1957
Archive: Dave Keller
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RDCs #3121, #3101 Rockaway Beach Branch, Whitepot Jct. 4/28/1957
Photo/Archive: William Rugen |
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Fan Trip RDCs 4/28/1957 - Creedmoor Branch Hillside Ave. at Cross
Island Parkway
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Fan Trip October, 1958
RDC - TIA to Greenport
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The
Transit Improvement Association (TIA) was mostly interested in
promoting modern public transit – in decades when the highway folks
were most influential. I believe they had begun in the late 30’s,
gathering signatures on petitions to fight motorization of Third Ave
Railways streetcar lines – making speeches on the cars, etc. In the
late 40’s they ran
PCC (Presidents’ Conference Committee) fan trips to parts of Brooklyn
and Queens where those cars were not usually seen, to try to build
support for more PCC’s. Publicizing the use of RDC’s would fit into
that type of effort!
A round trip to Greenport would be a reasonably full plate for such a
fantrip, so they very likely didn’t go anywhere else. RDC trips had
already been run on many LIRR branches closer to the City – Bay ridge,
Bushwick, Ozone Park, Degnon Terminal. Going all the way to Greenport
would be attractive for the novelty,
In that period, the cost for a day’s charter of the RDC’s was modest -
some $500, and the LIRR was quite reasonable about arranging routings.
This at a time when most of the other RR’s in the NY area (especially
the NY Central) were quite uncooperative in such things. Henry
Raudenbush |

Fan trip TIA Greenport RDC next to a FM C-liner
- View NW 10/1958 Photo: Everett White Archive: Bill Mangahas |

Fan trip TIA Greenport RDC - View NE
10/1958 Photo: Everett White Archive: Bill Mangahas |

Fan trip TIA RDC at Greenport Station - View NE
10/1958 Photo: Mark Smith Archive: Dave Morrison |

Fan Trip TIA RDC at Ronkonkoma Station - View NE 10/1958 Photo:
Everett White Archive: Bill Mangahas |
Fan
Trip Montauk RDC High Speed Rail Tour February 22, 1961
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RDC Flyer
2/22/1961
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All material
collection:
Brad Phillips
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Fan Trip RDC
Movement Notice
2/22/1961
Fan rip RDC ticket 2/22/1961
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Fan Trip RDC
Amagansett 2/02/61 Photo: Alfred R. Jaeger
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Fan Trip RDC 2/02/1961 Long Beach trestle
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Fan Trip RDC 2/02/1961 Long Beach trestle
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Fan Trip RDC
2/02/61 Shinnecock Canal
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LAWYERS CLUB OF BROOKLYN -
SPECIAL EXCURSIONS September 27, 1961 |

Lawyers Club of Brooklyn Special Train - RS1 Extra at Atlantic Avenue,
Brooklyn
near Nostrand Avenue 7/27/1961 Archive: Mike Boland

Lawyers Club of Brooklyn Special - RS3 #1555 Extra eastbound at Sayville
7/17/1963
Photo: Norman Kohl Archive: John Scala |

Lawyers Club of Brooklyn Special Flyer 7/27/1961
Archive: Brad Phillips
EQUIPMENT: One (1) 1000 HP
Diesel engine, headed east, two (2) Parlor-Lounge cars (Onondaga Club east
and Seneca Club) -one (1) Gondola (drop-end type No. W-33 and portable
wooden platform) and one (1) caboose (No. 56) west. NOTE: The Lounge
portion of both Parlor-Lounge cars must be headed east. |
Fan
Trip LIRR Electric Inspection Tour October 21, 1961 |

LIRR Electric Inspection
Tour - ERA 10/21/1961
Archive: Jeff Erlitz |
Covers most of the LIRR
electric division including:
Port Washington Lynbrook
Long Island City Salisbury (Meadowbrook)
Valley Stream Long Beach
Ozone Park West
Hempstead

LIRR - Progress of Electrification 9/151948 Archive: Jeff Erlitz
Note: Added here to show branch lines.
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ERA fan trip at Clinton Rd. Station, Garden City 10/21/1961
Photo: Richard Adams Archive: Tim Darnell |

ERA fan trip at Garden City Station,
10/21/1961
Photo: Richard Adams Archive: Tim Darnell |

ERA fan trip at Mitchel Field 10/21/1961
Photo: Richard Adams Archive: Tim Darnell |
NRHS
- Fan
Trip November 5, 1961 to Greenport
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NRHS - LV Chapter
Return Coupon
11/05/196 -
Archive: Brad Phillips
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Tour Department notice 10/27/1961 Greenport fantrip 11/05/1961 -
Archive: Brad Phillips |
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NRHS - LV Chapter fantrip schedule. Note: The RDC’s were not
available and the “standard” consist was substituted. (Much better!)!
It was a beautiful fall day and we had our window in the combine open all
the way. Archive: Brad Phillips |

LIRR RS3 #1560 westbound
train at Cutchogue 11/05/1961
View SE 11-5-61
(Landau-Phillips)
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Fall fantrip - RS3 #1560 at Livonia Avenue 11/05/1961 - Photo/Archive:
Brad Phillips |

LIRR RS3 #1560 Train at Yaphank 11/05/1961 View NW
Photo/Archive: Brad
Phillips
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LIRR RS3 #1560 Train at Yaphank 11/05/1961 View NW
Archive: Dave Keller
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3-car
train eastbound at Yaphank behind LIRR
#1560 in the old color
scheme. Note the two new P72 cars at the rear and the older combine.
This photos were taken November 5, 1961 and yet the combine's door and
windows are open. Yaphank Ave., crossing then at grade, is to the far
left. You can make out the crossbucks when you zoom in on the photo
above right. Info: Dave Keller
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LIRR RS3 #1560 Greenport turntable
Photo: Gerald H. Landau Archive: Jim Gillin
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LIRR RS3 #1560 train at Greenport ready to return to Jamaica 11/05/1961
Photo: Gerald H. Landau
Archive: Jim Gillin |
MOUNTFORD CANNON BALL - Fan
Trip September 9, 1962 to Montauk |
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Mountford Cannonball at Mineola 9/22/1962 Archive: Dave Morrison |

FM #2007 Mountford Cannonball at Babylon
9/22/1962 Archive: Brad Phillips |

Mountford Cannonball at Babylon 9/22/1962
Archive: Brad Phillips |
NRHS LUXURY
EXCURSION - Fan
Trip September 30, 1962 to Montauk |

Parlor Car Trip ticket 9/30/1962 Archive: Brad Phillips
A fan trip 9/30/1962 to
Montauk. The consist was: FM #2404, Heavyweight parlors: "Tuscarora
Club", "Commack", "Manhasset" and Observation car "Jamaica 1st".
Dave Keller

FM #2404 NRHS Special at Montauk 9/30/1962 Photo/Archive: John Scala |
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NRHS LUXURY
EXCURSION - Fan
Trip September 30, 1962 to Montauk flyer hand out material Archive:
Brad Phillips |
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FM #2404 NRHS Railfan Extra No.2404 eastbound at Shinnecock Canal
View NW 9/30/1962 Photo: eBay |

FM #2404 NRHS Railfan Extra No.2404 West Montauk Station 9/30/1962
Photo: George E. Votava Archive: Dave Keller |

LIRR FM CPA-20-5 #2404 East Hampton 9/30/1962
Photo: James Gillin
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LIRR FM CPA-20-5 #2404 East Hampton - View W 9/30/1962
Photo/Archive: Brad Phillips |

JAMAICA Parlor Observation at East Hampton - View E 9/30/1962
Photo: eBay |

JAMAICA Parlor Observation at East Hampton - View E 9/30/1962
Photo/Archive: Brad Phillips |

Parlor car trip to Montauk - View W 9/30/1962
Photo: James Gillin
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Parlor car trip to Montauk - View E 9/30/1962
Photo/Archive: Brad Phillips |

Solid Parlor Car
Train Flyer 9/30/1962
Archive: Jim Gillin
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LIRR FM CPA-24-5 engine
#2404, cars were Tuscarora Club, Manhasset, Commack, Jamaica. The whole
train was turned, intact, on the wye at Montauk with a few feet to
spare. I remember being on the platform during the move and
wondering whether we were going to have wet wheels on the tail of the
wye! Art Single |
LUXURY
EXCURSION TRIP ON THE LONG ISLAND RAIL ROAD
Welcome
aboard the New York Chapter, National Railway Historical Society’s all
parlor car train to Montauk. You will be traveling by parlor car on the
route of the “Cannon Ball”. Although special trains for fans have been
run over this trackage before, none has been done with a train consisting
of only parlor cars and the observation car Jamaica.
The
Long Island Rail Road is unusual, in these times, in that it is one of the
few railroads out seeking more passenger business. The emblem of
“Dashing Dan”, the commuter, and that of the “Weekend Chief” both
of which may be seen on the outside of the cars are indications of this.
There is much summer traffic to the resort areas of Long Island,
particularly along the south shore to places such as Fire Island and the
Hamptons. Finding that some people prefer a luxury ride via parlor cars,
the railroad has for the last few years been building up its fleet to
handle the growing number of people who use them. These cars may be seen
on practically all diesel powered trains running to the east end of the
Island on a weekend, particularly on a Friday afternoon. By such heavy
volume arose the ‘New” Cannon Ball whose first section during the
summer could be seen often with 16 parlor cars plus the observation.
Today’s trip will not be anywhere near as long as the summertime Cannon
Ball, but the ride inside will be exactly the same.
The
desire to provide better service is not always coupled with the financial
ability to provide the equipment to do so, particularly if such service is
only seasonal. Such is the case with the Long Island Rail road which must
watch its pennies. Fortunately, at this time, other railways are
curtailing passenger service and their equipment is being offered for sale
at low cost. The LIRR has taken advantage of this situation and is adding
to their fleet of parlor cars by purchasing second had but comfortable
equipment. A list of all their parlor cars is included in this brochure.
YOUR
ATTENTION
Is
directed to the following information as to how the trip may be made more
pleasant for you.
1.
Porters are in each car for the convenience and service to you. They can
readily provide refreshments of all sorts (Remember, we have a 12:00pm
opening on Sundays in this state), but the cost of these together with
gratuities are not included in the fare and must be settled individually.
2.
The buffet-diner will be open for dinner around noon. Second helpings are
in order for those that desire them. The waiters will be glad to assist
you in anyway, but here again tips are not included in the cost of the
dinner so please take care of them individually.
3.
The observation car’s rear platform is open to all, so please you fresh
air friends don’t camp out there for the whole trip. Someone also will
be waiting to get their dose of air.
4.
Several stops to photograph the train will be made. Those desiring
pictures are asked to disembark promptly so that pictures may be taken
without people getting in the way of other’s cameras. These stops will
be announced before hand.
5.
During the Montauk layover, ample opportunity will be provided for
pictures of our own equipment as well as that which belongs to other
trains. It is possible there will be a scheduled train leaving Montauk at
2:14pm. (A current timetable is not available at this writing)
Undoubtedly, many people will want pictures of themselves on the
observation platform (just like in the good old days) or perhaps in front
of the locomotive, so it is requested that you “dyed in the wool” fans
give them equal opportunity to do so.
6.
On the return, stops will be made at Babylon and Mineola for the benefit
of those who don’t wish to ride all the way back to Jamaica.
7.
Following are some standard railroad safety rules which you might follow:
a. Never step on a rail; step over it.
b. Never cross tracks nearer than 20 feet from a standing car.
c. Don’t try to board or alight from a moving train.
d. Don’t crawl under cars, go around.
e. Never run; always walk and pay attention to where you are going.
f. Remember, safety first, always.
The
trip committee sincerely hopes everyone has a pleasant journey and if
there are any questions or problems, please let us know.
SCHEDULE
Lv
Jamaica . . . . . . . . . . 9:25am
East
Hampton
(photo stop)
Shinnecock
(movie run)
Ar
Montuak . . . . . . . . . 12:24pm
Lv Montauk . . . . . . . . . . 3:00pm
Babylon
(for those that wish to leave)
Mineola
(for those that wish to leave)
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Jamaica . . . . . . . . . . . 5:21pm This
material was provided to the attendees. Thanks
to Art Single for providing this information.
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Bike
Hike May 5, 1963
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May
5, 1963 "Bike-Hike" trip which ran for several years sponsored
by the American Youth Hostels. The RS-3 is hauling our train (3 or
4 baggage cars for bikes; plus bar car and coaches) and the FM
is probably the Cannonball laying over until Monday morning. These trips
ran annually for quite a while. I don't remember what the reason
for stopping them was, but perhaps the end of baggage service on the RR.
The
most interesting thing to see were the bikers. While biking is all
the rage now, it was an unusual sight back in 1963 to see several
hundred people packing bikes on a train. The bikes were carried in
baggage cars and what a zoo at unloading time! Newsday usually
carried a long article in the following Monday paper with photos. The
trains ran to both Montauk and Greenport over the years.
The
train would run express from Jamaica to Southampton, let off bikers, and
proceed to Montauk. The bikers would than bike to Montauk for
a late afternoon departure back to Jamaica.
Back
in 1962 I didn't have the $$ to ride a parlor car special. The
Bike-Hike train was pretty cheap as I recall, so made for a great fan
trip (without the photo stops, though). Info/ticket: Brad Phillips
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Bike-Hike FM #2404
RS3
#1556 Montauk 5/05/1963
Photo: Brad Phillips
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Bike-Hike FM #2404 Parlor
Cars - Montauk 5/05/1963
Photo: Brad Phillips
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RDC
Fan Trip
June 23, 1963 |

RDC ERA fan trip schedule 6/23/1963
Archive: William Madden |

RDC ERA fan trip info 6/23/1963
Archive: William Madden |
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BUDD RDC Fan Trip - Babylon temporary station/ticket office during the
grade crossing elimination project. View E 6/23/1963
Photo/Archive:
Dave Keller |

RDC ERA fan-trip at Bay Ridge Yard - View E
6/23/1963 Photo: George J. Abere
taken from the top of one of the float bridges. Archive: James Scullin The photo is from the 1963 (ERA) Electric Railroaders Assn.
Budd Car RDC fan trip to Bay Ridge. The LIRR Marine Division (barges)
ended in 1962 so the Bay Ridge Yard of the NY Connecting (Hells Gate)
Railway yard shown was already abandoned. Notice the catenary wires
still intact. James Scullin
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Fan
Trip October 13, 1963
NRHS Double Deck Rail Tour
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Double Deck Rail Tour Flyer 10/13/1963 Archive: Brad Phillips |

Double Deck
Rail Tour Schedule 10/13/1963 Archive: Brad Phillips

Ticket Double Decker
Rail Tour 10/13/1963 Archive: Brad Phillips |

Double Deck Rail Tour
10/13/1963 West
Hempstead
Archive: Brad Phillips |

Double Deck Rail Tour
10/13/1963 East
Williston
Archive: Brad Phillips |

Double Deck Rail Tour Westwood -View E 10/13/1963 (Votava-Boland) |

Double Deck Rail Tour Westwood -View W 10/13/1963 (Votava-Boland) |

Double Deck Rail Tour - LIRR #1327-1341-1333 10/13/1963 West Hempstead
View SE (Votava-Boland) |

Double Deck Rail Tour - LIRR #1327-1341-1333 - View N 10 /13/1963
West Hempstead (Votava-Boland) |

NRHS Excursion
10/13/1963 Belmont Park Photo/Archive: Brad Phillips |

Double Deck Rail Tour - Belmont 10/13/1963 (Maywald-Boland)

Double Deck Rail Tour - Port Washington 10/13/1963 Photo: MP70
Archive: Houser Collection - Paul De Luca
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LUXURY EXCURSION Fan
Trip May 30, 1964 to Montauk |
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"...The
New York Chapter, National Railway Historical Society, will operate a
de luxe special consisting of parlor cars, dining car, and an OPEN END
PLATFORM OBSERVATION CAR. No coaches. All seats reserved. Porter on
every car..."
LIRR
Luxury Excursion Parlor Car Train - NRHS 5/30/1964 Archive: Jeff
Erlitz |
Fan
Trip
November 1, 1964 BUDD RDC North Shore LIRR Rail Tour |

Fan
Trip 10/01/1964 BUDD RDC North Shore Rail Tour Souvenir Ticket
Archive: Brad Phillips
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Fan trip RDC on Old Northport
11/01/64 Photo: Brad Phillips

End
of line at Route 25A - Fort Salonga Rd. Fan trip RDC at
Old Northport - View S 11/01/1964 Photo: Brad Phillips

Route 25A - Fort Salonga Rd./Lincoln Ave. Fan
trip RDC at
Old Northport - v\View SE 11/01/1964 |

North Shore LIRR Rail Tour - Oyster Bay - Port-Jefferson 11/01/1964
Archive: Jeff Erlitz |

Fan trip LV-NHRS and Trolley
Museum of NY
notice of LIRR RDC trip - 11/01/64
Archive: Brad Phillips
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Fan trip
LIRR notice of LIRR RDC trip 11/01/64
Archive: Brad Phillips |
New
York Railroad Enthusiasts
April 24, 1966 |
I rode this fantrip on April 24, 1966 as it
originated at Hunterspoint Avenue and backed west of F where it
reached the freight only Montauk Cut Off joining the Montauk
Branch at Bliss Tower. Proceeding on the Montauk Branch, east to
Jamaica, where we picked up late comers, went east on the main line to
the Hempstead Branch as far as Garden City, and went "straight ahead"
on freight only track eastbound for a distance and eventually backed
up and used a connection to the line to Mineola which at the time
according to the trip brochure was "to be abandoned in the near future
when a grade crossing elimination project gets under way at Mineola".
Continuing to run in reverse to a connection with the main line and
after completing the move we were properly pointed east and continued
east all the way to Greenport. A good number of HW parlor cars and
apparently coaches too were in the consist. I believe the Mineola
portion of this route was abandoned soon after this trip took place.
An old timer told me that the line up to Mineola was known as the "Tigertown
Branch". Noel Weaver |

LIRR C420 #210
Garden Mitchell Field Secondary near Newsday 04/24/1966
Photo: James Gillin
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LIRR 1966 Mineola Garden
City Map
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LIRR C420 #210
turned at Greenport 04/24/1966
Photo: James Gillin
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LIRR #2038
Parlor "Setauket" at Greenport Station
04/24/1966
Photo: James Gillin
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We left Jamaica on the
Main Line and then down the Hempstead Branch to Garden. From there
we went out the Garden-Mitchell Field secondary several miles.
The first photo was taken there, near Newsday and the Garden City
freight yard. We then backed to Garden and continued up the line
to Nassau. From there the trip went non-stop to Greenport.
The next two photos were taken at Greenport. The C-420 being
turned and the "Setauket" in front of the station ready to
return to Jamaica. The weather was poor, typical for a fan trip.
James Gillin |
Fan trip Lancaster Chapter- NRHS May 15, 1966 |

LIRR #214 arrival at Montauk 05/15/1966
Photo: Jim Gillin |

P-70 coaches at
Montauk 05/15/1966
Photo: Jim Gillin |

Strasburg's
"Paradise" on the wye
05/15/1966
Photo: Jim Gillin |

LIRR #214
departure to New
York and Lancaster,
PA. 05/15/1966
Photo: Jim Gillin |

View from
Montauk Manor
05/15/1966 Photo: Jim Gillin |

Return Ticket Stub |

PRR Transportation
notices 1 |

PRR Transportation
notices 2 |

Trip Itinerary
Details 1 |

Trip Itinerary
Details 2 |

Trip Itinerary Details 3 |

Lancaster Chapter- NRHS Info |
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This one ran in May, 1966 from Lancaster, PA to Montauk. It made only two stops
enroute, North Philadelphia, PA to receive passengers and opposite Sunnyside yard to change engines. A GG-1 was used from Lancaster to Sunnyside and
two C-420s to Montauk. It was run by the Lancaster Chapter- NRHS. I boarded in North Philadelphia. The train also carried the Strasburg RR business car
"Paradise" [ex-Reading], which was turned in Montauk. I rode in the Strasburg's "Paradise" from Sayville to Babylon. The speedometer in the 'Paradise" hit 85mph going through Bay Shore, don't know have they managed that with the governors on the C-420s.
Archive/Info/Photos: Jim Gillin |
ERA
- OFF THE BEATEN TRACK - November 19, 1967 |
Announcing
an unusual inspection trip over electrified and non-electrified lines
of the Long Island Rail Road QFF THE BEATEN TRACK in Brooklyn, Queens,
Nassau and Suffolk Counties.
The special train will leave Jamaica and proceed to Port Jefferson,
Mineola, Garden City, Long Island City and Bushwick. Among the unusual
trackage to be covered will be the Port Jefferson Branch, Kings Park
State Hospital spur, the freight-only Old Northport trackage, the soon
to be abandoned freight line between Garden City and Mineola, the
seldom traveled Old Montauk Division between Jamaica and Long Island
City and the industrial and unique Bushwick Branch.
Archive: Electric Railroaders Association
The
11/19/1967 ERA trip with the RDCs (left) was
cancelled because of their collision at Holbrook one month before the
trip. It was replaced with this trip, same
date
below. Jeff Erlitz |
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Nice shot, nice train
composed of RS3 1555, two P72s, an American Flyer Osgood-Bradley car
(either from B&M or BAR), apparently a 28-1 parlor car and open-end
observation car SETAUKET.
ERA
Fantrip passing Mt. Olivet - 11/19/1967 Photo: Frank Zahn Archive:
Mike Boland
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ERA fantrip - 11/19/1967
Archive: Bill Madden |
BR&W Steam #60 Railfan Extra - November 26, 1967 |

"Steam-In"
flyer 10/29/67 and 11/26/67
Archive: Brad Phillips |
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BR&W Steam #60 Schedule 11/26/1967
Archive: Brad Phillips
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LIRR's one
and only Steam Excursion (in the post-steam era). On November 26,
1967, LIRR ran a steam excursion from Jamaica to Montauk and return.
This excursion was sponsored by Ron Ziel, and ran with Black River &
Western 2-8-0 No. 60. There were about 15 cars including PB54 combines
bracketing a string of P54 coaches and a bar car, and trailing a LIRR
parlor and Ziel's Sag Harbor & Scuttle Hole open end observation car.
The train ran east via Hicksville and west via Valley Stream. I rode
the trip (at age 14) and took some photos. First at Jamaica, a West
Islip water stop, a Southampton coal stop, and finally arriving at
Montauk. James Mardiguian |

SH&SH Railroad "Steam-In" drumhead
11/26/1967 Archive: John Scala |
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BR&W Steam #60 Handout 11/26/1967 Archive: Bill Madden |

Morris Park LIRR RS1 #462 - BR&W #60 1/25/1967
Photo/Archive: Richard Glueck

Saturday evening, at the Morris Park Shops under floodlights, on
November 25th, 1967,
BR&W #60 awaits the morning departure of the "Steam-In" excursion to
Montauk from Jamaica. Richard Glueck |

Morris Park BR&W #60 - RS1 #462 1/25/1967
Photo/Archive: Richard Glueck |

Black River & Western #60 ready to depart at Jamaica Station.
11/26/1967 Photo/Archive: James Mardiguian |
Black River &
Western #60 arriving at Jamaica 11/26/1967
Photo/Archive: Brad Phillips |

Black River & Western #60 taking water at West Islip - View W
The Patchogue Scoot is passing by westbound to Babylon Station.
11/26/1967 Photo/Archive: James Mardiguian |

Black River
& Western #60
at PD Tower eastbound 11/26/1967 Photo: Richard F. Makse |

Black River & Western Bellport 11/26/1967 Photo/Archive: Brad Phillips

Black River & Western Steam Trip - Observation car "Halvpalm" at
Brookhaven - View E 11/26/1967 Photo/Archive: Brad Phillips |

Black River & Western Brookhaven 11/26/1967
View W Photo/Archive: Brad Phillips |

Black River
& Western #60
Mastic, west of MP64
11/26/1967 Photo: Richard F. Makse |

Black River &
Western #60 at
Shinnecock Canal eastbound 11/26/1967 Photo: Richard F. Makse |
Black River &
Western #60 1-26-67 1/26/1967
Photo/Archive:
Richard Glueck |

Black River & Western #60 at Southampton Station to take coal.
11/26/1967 Photo/Archive: James Mardiguian
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Black River & Western #60 approaching Montauk Station.
11/26/1967 Photo/Archive: James Mardiguian |

Black River &
Western #60 at being turned on Montauk Wye
1/26/1967 Photo/Archive: Brad Phillips |

Black River & Western Steam Trip - Montauk 11/26/1967
View W Photo/Archive: Brad Phillips |

Black River
& Western #60
Montauk 11/26/1967
Photo/Archive: Richard Glueck |

Black River
& Western #60
Montauk Wye Archive: Dave Keller
Note: The observation tail sign reads: "Sag
Harbor & Scuttle Hole Rail Road Steam-In."
The
trip only ran once on Sunday November 26th, 1967. I was a volunteer
car host on the trip in the very last coach. There were several photo
stops along the route and, as my coach had very few passengers, I was
able to get a few photos.
They took paying passengers from East Hampton to Montauk and return.
I helped collect tickets as there was a huge crowd that boarded in
East Hampton; we never did get them all!
The train died on the
return trip at the Montauk Highway bridge in Massapequa Park. We sat
for probably two hours. Living in Amityville, I literally could have
detrained and walked home within 30 minutes (I was sorely tempted
after an hour sitting in an unheated coach). We all were curious about
the delay, but no word was passed. I later was told that the last load
of coal was bad and that the clinkers(1) won out. I hadn’t heard about a
calculated stall. Very interesting. If that was so, they could have
done a better job of positioning a diesel to enable a faster
recovery.
I didn’t get back home until after midnight. Never-the-less, it was a
great (and historic) trip and a lot of fun to have been part of the
crew. Brad Phillips
Note
1:
A clinker is actually a hunk of carbon which forms a mass large enough
to impede the proper combustion in the firebox. In coal firing they
are in the coal bed and can form on the tube sheet in a configuration
somewhat like a honeycomb. If unattended to the fire then hits this
growing mass and deflects making firing difficult.
The October trip, as told,
by the late Stu McCloud, who had been a LIRR Road Foreman of Engines
and worked his way higher up into management as follows:
Stu indicated there were lots of Transportation Department Staff and
other managers that did not want this steam engine to be brought onto
the LIRR. The reasons were many, but I don't recall the reasoning. Anyway, Stu was either the engineer on the run or he was in the cab as
an official.
Stu told me he was under
orders to "Give the fans a nice trip, BUT don't allow that engine to
come back to Jamaica under steam." He stated the trip ran fine, but on
the way back to Jamaica, he assured that the engine died and had to be
hauled dead to Jamaica. Stu said that the feelings on the "Third
Floor" were this would be the last time that steam would ever run
again on the LIRR.
This is my best recollection of what Stu McCloud (RIP) told me. And
now you know the rest of the story... Dave Morrison |
ERA
- OFF THE BEATEN TRACK - April 21, 1968 |
Announcing
an unusual inspection trip over electrified and non-electrified lines
of the Long Island Rail Road OFF THE BEATEN
TRACK in Queens, Nassau and Suffolk Counties.
The special train will leave Woodside and proceed to Shea Stadium
where we will enter the remains of the long-abandoned
Whitestone Branch, Among the unusual trackage to be covered will be
the Central Islip State Hospital, freight-only Montauk
Cut-Off, little used Montauk Branch between Long Island City and
Jamaica, and the freight-only Camp Upton Junction Branch.
A HIGH-SPEED run to Greenport on the Main Line will be a highlight.
Many interesting and unusual photo stops and movie runs have been
planned. The open platform private car SETAUKET will bring
up the rear of the train, The days of varnish and railroad barons will
be relived with this splendid car that brings back memories of the
days of old.
Archive: Electric Railroaders Association

ERA fantrip OFF THE BEATEN TRACK eastbound at POND - 4/21/1968
Photo: Randy Curlin Archive: Tim Darnell |
ERA M1 RAILFAN
EXTRA - April
20, 1969 |

M1 Railfan
Extra view
E Mineola 4/20/1969 |

M1 Railfan
Extra view
NE Mineola 4/20/1969 |

M1 Railfan
Extra West
Hempstead 4/20/1969 |

M1 Railfan
Extra West
Hempstead 4/20/1969 |

M1 Railfan
Extra West
Hempstead 4/20/1969 |
M1 Railfan
Extra Valley Stream 4/20/1969 |
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M1 Train Railfan
Extra Long Beach 4/20/1969
(Grotjahn-Keller) |

M1 Railfan
Extra New Hyde Park 4/20/1969 |
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Collection: Matt Kowal
except as noted |
ERA
Fan trip
"Extra Montauk East" - Oyster Bay & Montauk November 9, 1969 |

ERA "Extra Montauk East" flyer 11/09/1969
Archive: Brad Phillips |

ERA "Extra Montauk East" ticket 11/09/1969
Archive: Brad Phillips |

LIRR
#228 Excursion Oyster Bay Photo: Joe Testagrose
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Locust Valley Photo: Joe Testagrose |

East Williston Photo: Joe Testagrose |
The
consist of the excursion special train included Century 420 locomotive
228, the former B&O bedroom lounge observation, the two former
Union Pacific club lounge cars, two former Kansas City Southern
coaches, two unidentified cars (can't get a good look at them in any
of the photos) and the former FEC tavern lounge observation.
Info: Jack Deasy
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Greenport & Shelter Island Express - All Parlor flyer - May 17, 1970
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Greenport & Shelter Island Express - All Parlor flyer 5//7/1970
Archive: Noah Caplin |
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ERA fan trip
handout/schedule
7/17/1970 Archive: Bill Madden/Jeff Erlitz |
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After arrival of the eastbound at Greenport, locomotive 224 is cutoff the head end.
It will be turned on the turntable and will be run around to the west end of the train for
the return to New York City. Photo:
Joe Testagrose
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Locomotive 224 has been turned on the turntable and is now on the west end of
the train for the return from Greenport to New York City.
Photo: Steve Zabel
Archive: Joe Testagrose
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Awaiting departure,
LIRR Road n' Rail bus 501 from Greenport to Huntington
parked near the head end of the excursion train for the benefit of photographers.
Photo: Steve Zabel
Archive: Joe Testagrose
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The westbound excursion does a photo run-by under the one lane bridge at
Bridge Lane east of the Cutchogue station. Photo:
Joe Testagrose
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The westbound excursion train does a photo run-by at milepost 81 between Mattituck and Laurel.
Photo: Joe Testagrose
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Departing Greenport westbound, the consist was ALCO C-420 locomotive 224 trailed by the former Florida East Coast tavern-lounge-observation car (renamed
APAQUOGUE), a former New Haven sleeper, a former PRR sleeper, another former New Haven sleeper, a former Union Pacific club lounge car, and the former Baltimore & Ohio bedroom-lounge-observation car (renamed AMAGANSETT). The consist of six cars was assembled from LIRR's recently acquired fleet of lightweight streamliner cars assigned to parlor car service.
Info: John Deasy
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Farewell
to the Doubledeck - May 8, 1971
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"Farewell to the
Doubledeck" flyer 5/08/1971 Archive: Brad Phillips
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This 4-car train of
Double Deckers was on a fantrip, and I was there. The train made a tour of electrified
trackage, and this was the one and only time such stock traversed the Port Jeff branch. That was on 8 May, 1971. The location shown is Robbins Lane, Syosset where the Landia Plant of the Fairchlld Camera and Instrument Co. was located. They (the camera people) urged the LIRR to build a station there halfway between Hicksville and Syosset, when they built their new huge plant there. Most of the employees lived in Queens, where the old plant was, which the company outgrew and the new plant then consolidated everything under one roof. Four trains a day stopped there, but traffic dwindled as people moved to the Island. When the M1's and high level platforms (and third rail to this location) were coming, the station was abandoned rather than go to the expense of high
platforms. Karl Groh Archive: Joe Testagrose
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Halloween
Excursion - October 31, 1971
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The date is Sunday October
31, 1971 and the train is photographed at the Long island City
passenger yard. The consist is Alco RS-3 locomotive 1555, bedroom
lounge observation 2001 AMAGANSETT, one of the two former Erie
Lackawanna “Phoebe Snow” tavern lounge observation cars (2081
AQUEBOGUE or 2082 ASHAROKEN), a former PRR six bedroom lounge car, and
a heavyweight car, most likely parlor observation 99 JAMAICA, which is
the former 2038 SETAUKET. Locomotive 1555 has been repaired after
being damaged in a grade crossing accident and derailment at
Manorville on the head end of The Shelter Island Express on Friday
evening August 21, 1970. If you have more information on the
destination of this Halloween 1971 excursion, please advise. Photo by
Gerald H. Landau. Collection of Joe Testagrose. Research
courtesy of Jack Deasy
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LIRR Excursion - June 17,
1973
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The
date is Saturday June 17, 1973 and the 5 car train is photographed at
the Long Island City yard. The consist is Alco RS-3 locomotive 1556,
the former B&O bedroom lounge observation (2001 AMAGANSETT), a
former UP club lounge car (either 2072 TUCKAPAUSHA or 2073 TUCKAHOE),
a former EL “Phoebe Snow” tavern lounge observation (either 2081
AQUEBOGUE or 2082 ASHAROKEN), and two other cars. Photo by Steve Zabel.
Collection of Joe Testagrose.
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The eastbound train is
photographed at Shinnecock Hills on the Montauk Branch. Alco RS-3
locomotive 1551 leads the consist. What happened to locomotive 1556
which we saw on the head end of the train at Long Island City? We
suspect 1556 was bad ordered and replaced by the 1551. Photo by Steve
Zabel. Collection of Joe Testagrose.
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The eastbound train is
photographed at Amagansett on the Montauk Branch. Photo by Steve Zabel.
Collection of Joe Testagrose.
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Locomotive 1551 has
been turned on the Montauk wye and will lead the westbound train back
to Queens. Now we see clearly that the two cars on the west end of the
train are heavyweight parlor observation 99 JAMAICA and a former PRR
six bedroom lounge. Photo by Steve
Zabel. Collection of Joe Testagrose.
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Preparing for
departure from Montauk and the trip back to Queens. Montauk Manor
overlooks the scene. Photo by Steve
Zabel. Collection of Joe Testagrose.
Research courtesy: John
Deasy
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ERA
Farewell to the Ping Pong - May 11, 1974 |

The first part of the trip will take the P-54's
to unfamiliar territory--the electrified Long Beach, West Hempstead
and Brooklyn lines. With an RS-1 diesel locomotive on each point, the
excursion will pause for memorable photos on the Reynolds Channel
Bridge, the Vanderbilt Avenue Yard, Flatbush Avenue Terminal and the
elevated line to Brooklyn. To complete the excursion, the train
will make a round trip on the scenic Port Jefferson branch--a
farewell.
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New
York Railroad Enthusiasts June 22, 1975
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I
recall reading (at a friend’s home) an article in the June 21 (1975)
edition of Newsday about the excursion, and headed out to Montauk the
following morning to investigate for myself. Sure enough…in
the consist of a regularly-scheduled weekend train (positioned at the
easternmost end) were the three cars mentioned in the newspaper –
Pins’ “signature” Pennsylvania 120 and his (then-recent
acquisition) Shenandoah, along with the NYRE’s own private car,
Eugene Field. Info: Ed Frye
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George Pins' Pennsylvania 120
at Hunterspoint Ave
Photo: Richard F.
Makse
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Privately owned
passenger cars EUGENE FIELD, SHENANDOAH and PRR 120 passing PD tower
en-route from Hunterspoint Avenue to Montauk on Friday June 20, 1975.
Info: John Deasy Archive: Art Huneke
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LIRR parlor Aquebogue, in its own consist, laying-over beside the
Pennsylvania 120 (George
Pins) Research/Photo: Ed Frye
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I photographed the train from the roof of Jamaica station on 6/20/1975. Here's that shot. That's George Pins' 120 (I believe it was called the Queen Mary) on the rear.
This was Friday
June20th, 1975. My recollection is that the PV's were on the rear of the Advance
Cannonball -old train #12. I rode the train to Jamaica, but I find it amazing that I was able to get to the roof of Jamaica so quickly from track 8.
Info/Photo: Richard F. Makse
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George Pins' private car
PRR 120, purchased from Penn Central, parked at the east end track
in Montauk Yard is adjacent a LIRR consist with tavern lounge
observation 2081 AQUEBOGUE positioned at the east end.
As I see it, the
significance of the photos is that it was very rare for LIRR to
operate privately owned passenger cars on their lines. On this
day (June 22, 1975), there were three (3) privately owned cars (PRR
120, SHENANDOAH and EUGENE FIELD) that made the trip from
Hunterspoint Avenue to Montauk and back on LIRR, apparently in a
consist with other LIRR cars.
One other minor point
... PRR 120 had been the President's car on PRR ... LIRR was a PRR
property for many years ... the eastern end of track at Montauk
would be the easternmost point on the combined PRR/LIRR system.
Research: John
Deasy
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George Pins-owned Shenandoah, ex-B&O 10-roomette, 6-double-bedroom sleeper 7053, ex-C&O 2655 City of Petoskey, nee-C&O 2655 City of Athens (P-S 1950). Car was painted Tuscan Red to coincide with the livery of Pennsylvania 120.
Research/Photo: Ed Frye
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New York Railroad Enthusiasts 1456 Eugene Field. Formerly Nord Photo Engineering 1456 Silver Messenger (rebuilt to a 4-double-bedroom lounge configuration, and operated as a mobile classroom/product demonstration car); nee-Frisco 14-roomette, 4-double-bedroom sleeper Eugene Field (road number 1456). According to David Randall (RPC Publications), this car also operated in the 1978 “Chessie Steam Special” as a dormitory for concession personnel). New York Railroad Enthusiasts returned the car to its Frisco heritage, namely in the
letterboard, nameboard, and (1456) road number. Research/Photo: Ed
Frye
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For your reference, I reproduced an image (from Wayner’s Pullman and Private Car Pictorial) of Eugene Field as it
appeared under the ownership of Nord Engineering (renamed Silver Messenger). Research/Photo: Ed Frye
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Gas Turbine/Electric
Special - November 13, 1977
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"Gas Turbine/Electric
Special" 11/13/1977
Archive: Brad Phillips

"Gas Turbine/Electric
Special" flyer 11/13/1977
Archive: Brad Phillips
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ERA "Gas Turbine/Electric Special" souvenir coupon
NY Penn and Calverton round trip 11/13/77 Archive: Bill
Mangahas

ERA "Gas Turbine/Electric Special" fantrip schedule
11/13/1977 Archive: Bill
Mangahas |
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Penn Station - Start of Trip Nov 13, 1977 Photo/Archive: Bill Mangahas |
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Long Island City - Nov 13, 1977 Photo/Archive: Bill Mangahas |
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Forest Park - Nov 13, 1977 Photo/Archive: Bill Mangahas |
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Republic - Nov 13, 1977 Photo/Archive: Bill Mangahas |
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Grumman - Nov 13, 1977 Photo/Archive: Bill Mangahas |

ERA "Gas Turbine/Electric Special" at Peconic Siding
11/13/1977 Photo/Archive: Bill
Mangahas
Note: Actually the Calverton spur (Grumman) location. |
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Hicksville - Nov 13, 1977 Photo/Archive: Bill Mangahas |

"Gas Turbine/Electric
Special" at Kings
Park Hospital
l1/13/1977 Archive: Brad Phillips |
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Jamaica - End of Trip Nov 13, 1977 Photo/Archive: Bill Mangahas |
Electric Railroaders' Association - Push-Pull Special March 22nd, 1980 |
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ERA fantrip schedule
3/22/1980 Archive: William Mangahas

ERA fantrip ticket 3/22/1980
Archive: Brad Phillips |
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ERA fantrip flyer
3/22/1980
Archive: William Mangahas |
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Jamaica - Mar 22, 1980 William Mangahas |
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Belmont Park - Mar 22, 1980 William Mangahas |
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Garden City Secondary - Mar 22, 1980 William
Mangahas |
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Long Beach - Mar 22, 1980 William Mangahas |
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Long Beach - Mar 22, 1980 William Mangahas |
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Valley Stream - Mar 22, 1980 William Mangahas |
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Hunterspoint Ave - Mar 22, 1980 William Mangahas |
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Bushwick Branch - Mar 22, 1980 William Mangahas |
Electric Railroaders' Association
Morris Park Shop Tour
September 9th, 13th & 20th, 1980 |

ERA Morris Park Shop Tour
September 9th, 13th & 20th, 1980

ERA Trip Guidelines |

LIRR Diesel Roster 9/09/1980 |

ERA Morris Park Shops Map - 9/09/1980
Material courtesy: Brad Phillips
MORE Morris Park Shops Tour
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Electric Railroaders' Association Special April
7th, 1984 |
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LIRR Montauk Special - April 7, 1984 Archive: William Mangahas
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LIRR Montauk Special scheduled list of photo stops - April 7, 1984
Archive: William Mangahas |
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Jamaica start of trip April 7, 1984 -
Photo/Archive: William Mangahas |
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Clinton Rd - April 7, 1984 - Photo/Archive: William Mangahas |

Garden City Secondary - Meadowbrook station
platform remains (Info: Dave Keller)
April 7, 1984 View W Photo/Archive: William Mangahas |
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Garden City Secondary - Meadowbrook station platform remains
April 7, 1984 - View SW Photo/Archive: William Mangahas |

Westbound at Nassau Boulevard on the Hempstead Branch, #620 is in the
lead of an Electric Railroaders' Association Special on April 7, 1984.
The passenger extra, with #227 on the east end, has just visited the
Garden-Mitchel Secondary. Info/Photo/Archive: Jay Bendersky |
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Montauk - April 7, 1984 - Photo/Archive:
William Mangahas |
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Montauk - April 7, 1984 - Photo/Archive: William
Mangahas |
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Switching Montauk - April 7, 1984 -
Photo/Archive: William Mangahas |
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Amagansett after the run-around by #227 at
Montauk - April 7,
1984
Photo/Archive: William Mangahas |
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Amagansett - April 7, 1984
Photo/Archive: William Mangahas |
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Hampton Bays - April 7, 1984 - Photo/Archive:
William Mangahas |
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Jamaica end of trip April 7, 1984 -
Photo/Archive: William Mangahas |
LIRR
G5s #39 Fund Special Excursion October 5, 1985
Photos/Archive: John Fusto,
except as noted
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Excursion Ticket 10/05/1985 Archive: William Mangahas

LIRR Excursion
Flyer 10/05/1985
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FA2 power car #602 led, C420s #222-226 exists 3/4 mile tunnel on
former
4-track Bay Ridge Branch 10/05/1985.
Photo: Jay Bendersky Archive: William Mangahas |

LIRR #602 Bay Ridge Yard - Photo/Archive: William Mangahas

LIRR ALCO C420
#222, 226 Bay Ridge Yard
Photo/Archive: William Mangahas |

East New York - Oct 5, 1985
Photo: Jay Bendersky Archive: William Mangahas

Bay Ridge - Oct 5, 1985
Photo/Archive: William Mangahas
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LIRR ALCO C420
# 222, 226 run-by at Forest Park
10/05/1985 - Photo/Archive: William Mangahas
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LIRR ALCO FA2 #602 at Forest Park
10/05/1985 - Photo/Archive: William Mangahas |

Port Washington - Oct 5, 1985 Photo/Archive: William Mangahas |

Clinton Rd - Oct 5, 1985 Photo/Archive: William Mangahas |
LIRR
G5s #39 Fund Special Excursion June 7, 1986
Photos/Archive:
John Fusto, except as noted
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"Railfantastic
Excursion" flyer - 6/07/1986 Archive: Brad Phillips

Special Train Excursion Ticket - 6/07/1986 Archive: William Mangahas |

Mineola -
6/07/1986 Archive: William Mangahas |

Oyster Bay -
6/07/1986 Archive: William Mangahas |

Oyster Bay yard 6/07/1986 |

Oyster Bay Turntable
6/07/1986
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Greenport Station - 6/07/1986 Archive: William Mangahas |

Greenport Station 6/07/1986
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Greenport 6/07/1986
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Medford - 6/07/1986 Archive: William Mangahas |

RMLI, Riverhead - 6/07/1986 Archive: William
Mangahas
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Electric Railroaders' Association
Bay Ridge Special
October 18, 1986 |

ERA Special Train ticket 10/18/1986 Archive: William Mangahas |

Proceeding south for the 11.4 mile trip from Fresh Pond to Bay Ridge,
LIRR FA2 #605 "tunnels" under the Cemetery of the Evergreens and
emerges, both into daylight and Brooklyn, under the Atlantic Ave 1914
Grade Crossing Elimination Project. Note: Under the signal,
still evident, is the 1914 build date.
10/18/1986 - Photo/Archive: William Mangahas
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ERA Bay Ridge Special MP15AC #150 at Sixth
Avenue, Bay Ridge
10/18/1986 - Photo: Eric Oszustowicz Archive: William Mangahas |

ERA Bay Ridge Special LIRR Parlor "Morris Park" at Parkville Junction
10/18/1986 - Photo/Archive: William Mangahas |

ERA Bay Ridge Special FA2 #605 at Parkville Junction
10/18/1986 - Photo/Archive: William Mangahas |

ERA Bay Ridge Special FA2 #605 at Livonia Avenue
10/18/1986 - Photo/Archive: William Mangahas |

ERA Bay Ridge Special FA2 #605 at LIRR Yard A,
LI City
10/18/1986 - Photo/Archive: William Mangahas |

ERA Bay Ridge Special crossing the Meadowbrook
Parkway, Garden City
10/18/1986 - Photo/Archive: William Mangahas |

ERA Bay Ridge Special - Garden City Secondary
10/18/1986 - Photo/Archive: William Mangahas
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LIRR
G5s #39 Fund Special Excursion November 15, 1986
Photos/Archive:
John Fusto, except as noted
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LIRR #619 F9 LI City 11/15/1986
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LI City 11/15/1986
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Speonk Station 11/15/1986
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Speonk Yard 11/15/1986
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Shinnecock Bridge runby 11/15/1986
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Southampton Freight House 11/15/1986
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Amagansett Freight House & Extra 11/15/1986
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Montauk Station 11/15/1986
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Montauk Yard 11/15/1986
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"Railfanning
The Montauk Branch" flyer 11/15/86
Archive: Brad Phillips
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The New Haven
Railroad Historical and Technical Association (NHRHTA) May 16,
1987
Photos/Archive:
William Mangahas, except as noted
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NHRHTA Logo |

NHRHTA passing HAROLD Tower, LI City Harold - May 16, 1987 |

NHRHTA at Harold LI City - May 16, 1987 |

NHRHTA Harold LI City May 16, 1987 |

NHRHTA New Haven EMD FL-9 #2002 built in 1957 at LI City - May 16,
1987 |

NHRHTA New Haven #2002 at Utica Ave - May 16, 1987 |

NHRHTA New Haven #2002 at Parkville Jct. - May 16, 1987 |

NHRHTA at Bay Ridge, Brooklyn view W - May 16, 1987 |

NHRHTA Bay Ridge May 16, 1987 |

NHRHTA Fresh Pond Jct. view E - May 16, 1987 |

NHRHTA Fresh Pond Jct. May 16, 1987 |

NHRHTA Fresh Pond Junction - May 16, 1987 |

NHRHTA Passing DB Cabin May 16, 1987 |
LIST
Heritage Special May 14, 1988
Photos/Archive: John Fusto,
except as noted
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"Heritage
Special" flyer 5/14/88
Archive: Brad Phillips
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Archive: John Fusto
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LIRR GP 38-2
#268 Riverhead 05/14/1988
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LIRR F7
# 621 Riverhead 05/14/1988
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Greenport Dock 05/14/1988
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LIRR F7 # 621 Greenport
05/14/1988
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Greenport Freight House
05/14/1988
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LIRR F7 # 621 runby at Mill Creek Southold
05/14/1988
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Mill Neck cab view from
LIRR F7 # 621 05/14/1988
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Sea Cliff cab view from
LIRR F7 # 621 05/14/1988
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East Williston cab view from
LIRR F7 # 621 05/14/1988
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Locust Valley cab view from
LIRR F7 # 621 05/14/1988
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LIRR F7 # 621 Oyster Bay
05/14/1988
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Oyster Bay Yard lead, cab
LIRR F7 # 621 cab view 05/14/1988
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LIST
Freight Branch Excursion September
10, 1989 - "Caboose Coach trip"
LIRR maps by Jeff Erlitz and Bill
Madden c.1970s Info: Richard F. Makse
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LIST Freight Branch
Excursion 09/10/1989
Mixed Train Announcement Mailer Archive: John Fusto
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LIRR
SW103 at Yard A. On the way to the Garden-Mitchel Field Secondary, the
train stopped behind Morris Park and swapped SW103 for the FA609 and
C-420s #225 & 229. (photos below)
Photo: John Fusto
The
trip consist was as follows: cabooses #64, 56, 65 & 51 then the two coaches #2913, 2975, then cabooses #62, 50, 70 & 63 and finally the
LIRR SW103, LIRR FA ALCO #609, LIRR ALCO C420 #229, 225
Info: John Fusto
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"Kabin-Kar-Trek 1989" Jamaica Storage Yard. JJ Earl
watching from the rear of LIRR #64
prior to departure leaving Jamaica
8:00AM Archive: JJ Earl

"Kabin-Kar-Trek 1989" LIST car hosts
9/10/1989 Archive: Mike Boland |

Arrive Yard
"A" 8:33AM Photo/Archive: JJ Earl

Run engine around to W/E (reverse the train) Leave 9:05AM
Photo/Archive: JJ Earl
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LIST Freight Branch Excursion Fan Trip Itinerary
Archive: John Fusto
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North Shore Freight
Branch west of Yard A
East River to Thomson Ave. 1989 Map: Jeff Erlitz |

North Shore Freight
Branch Yard A Thomson Ave. to 39th St. Map: Jeff Erlitz |

Montauk Cutoff
Map: Jeff Erlitz |

Photo: John Fusto

Degnon Terminal 1989
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This trip also had
a "runby" into/out of the Degnon terminal. The engine couldn't
get the train out of Degnon, however, so they had to double the hill!
Attached is a pic (though the vantage point isn't great) of this move.
This was the last move into Degnon, as the switch was removed shortly
afterwards. John Fusto

Fresh Pond Map: Jeff Erlitz

New York Cross Harbor Interchange Photo: John Fusto
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About
mid-day on the Bay Ridge branch between 5th and 6th Ave. just south of
64th Street with a Sea Beach train going by as it
climbs out of the subway on its way to Coney Island.
Photo/Archive: JJ Earl
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Here LIRR
SW103 takes a "breather" as folks get a "2 trains for 1
shot" as JJ Earl called it!
Photo/Archive: JJ Earl
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Bushwick Branch Terminal
Map: Jeff Erlitz
Eastbound on
the Bushwick Branch
Photo: John Fusto
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Bushwick Branch Lead - Fresh
Pond Secondary
Map: Jeff Erlitz
Eastbound West
Yard approaching "Pond Tower" passing under NYCTA
Myrtle Ave line NYCRR trestle in the distance
Photo: John Fusto
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Map 1989
LI City - Blissville Area
Archive: John Fusto Map: Jeff Erlitz |

Haberman
Montauk Branch
Map: Jeff Erlitz |

Glendale -
Atlas Terminal
Map: Jeff Erlitz |

Richmond Hill
Map: Jeff Erlitz |
The west end
portion was handled by the LIRR SW #103 swapped for the LIRR C420 #229
as we passed Morris Park. LIRR #103 had no speed control and our
next destination was into controlled territory east of Jamaica.
Commentary: JJ Earl.
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Hillside
Area Holban Yard
Map: Jeff Erlitz |

Hempstead
Branch from Main at Bellerose
Map: Jeff Erlitz |

Hempstead
Branch
Map: Jeff Erlitz |

Garden City - Mitchel Field
Secondary
Map: Jeff Erlitz |

LIRR #64 At the
Garden Secondary, prior to the runaround move.
Photo/Archive: JJ Earl
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At the
Garden Secondary, LIRR C420 #229 running around the train for the trip
back to Jamaica and the Storage Yard
Photo/Archive: JJ Earl
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Caboose Trip 09/10/1989 Semaphore 10-89
by Gene Collora
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LIRR #229, 225,
609 Clinton Rd, Garden City 09/10/1989
Photo: Al Castelli They were
repainted for that trip in August 8/89 Retired by 11/01/89

LIRR #229, 225,
609 Run-by Clinton Rd, Garden City 09/10/1989 Photo: John Fusto
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New Haven FL-9 to Ronkonkoma 1989 |

Ronkonkoma NH EMD FL-9 #2023-2006 - View E - 1989 Photo/Archive: Dan
Marra |

NH EMD FL-9's #2006-2023 at Ronkonkoma Station platform - 1989
Photo/Archive: Dan Marra |
Connecticut Cannonball October 27, 1990 |

LIST-NRHS
Danbury-Waterbury Branches CT "Connecticut Cannonball"
10/27/1990
Photo: Gene Collora Archive: Mike Boland |

Waterbury Station, CT- LIST trip 10/271/990 Photo/Archive:
Steve Rothaug |
Trip
chairman and LIST VP Gene Collora obtained approval of both Amtrak and
MetroNorth to run a train over the Hellgate Bridge and on to the
Danbury and Waterbury Branches. MetroNorth had visited the LIRR
earlier so perhaps it was time for the LIRR to do some visiting off
Long Island. This was the first time a complete train of LIRR
passenger equipment, including push-pull parlor cars, operated on
"foreign" rails.
Coach tickets were $45 and parlor car seats were $90; a box lunch was
sold aboard for passengers. The train, as scheduled, ran on Saturday,
October 27, 1990 with photo stops and run-bys scheduled. This was
quite an accomplishment and a large undertaking proving to be a huge
success and provided a landfall of money for the LIST-NRHS chapter.
Mike Boland |
Hudson River Cannonball
September 28, 1991 |
It operated from
Jamaica via Hell Gate Bridge to Poughkeepsie and return. The trip went
from New Rochelle, via MO Tower in the Bronx, to the Hudson Line and
return. Gene Collora |

LIRR #605 Hamburg, NY
photo runby 9/28/1991
Photo: Henry Maywald Archive: Mike Boland |

LIRR #605 Hamburg, NY photo runby view S 9/28/1991
Photo: Henry Maywald Archive: Mike Boland |
SW1001 #102, #104 Harold Protect Engines C61 P72-Cars LIST Fan Trip Greenport
October 3, 1992
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LIST Fan Trip Greenport
October 3, 1992
outgoing schedule |

LIST Fan Trip Greenport
October 3, 1992
return schedule |

LIST Fan Trip Greenport
October 3, 1992
Souvenir Ticket |
Archive: Steven R. Torborg
unless noted |

Harold Protect Engines
#102, #104 Fan Trip to Greenport 10/03/992 Photo: Joe Sam
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LIRR #104
Bethpage 10/03/1992 Photo: Kevin Gulau
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LD (Riverhead ) Harold Protect Engines SW1001 #102 - #104, C61, gondola,
P72 cars
10/03/992 - Photo/Archive: Peter Lombardi |

Harold Protect Engines #102, #104 Fan Trip 10/03/992 Laying up Greenport
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Fan Trip Harold Protect Engines
#102, #104, C61 Greenport
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LIST
Dover Plains Limited October 16, 1993
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LIST Announcement Dover
Plains Limited 10-16-93
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METRO-NORTH Orders
10-16-1993
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Semaphore November 1993 Article
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Dover Plains 10-16-93 Photo: John Fusto

Dover Plains LIRR
#607 10/16/1993
Photo: Joe Hagan
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MP15s Dover Plains
10/16/1993 Photo: John Fusto
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FA 607 Dover Plains
10/16/1993 Photo: John Fusto
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Fresh Pond run-by 10/16/1993
- Photo: Bernie Ente Archive: Mike Boland |

Approaching Hell Gate
Bridge 10/16/93 Photo: John Fusto
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LI City 10/16/1993 Photo: John Fusto
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LI City 10/16/1993 - Photo: John Fusto
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Dover Plains Joe 'Pappy'
Hagan 10/16/1993
Photo: Joe Hagan

Dover Plains Limited LIRR #607 Hell Gate approach return trip
10/16/1993 Photo/Archive: Bill Mangahas
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LI City 10/16/1993 Photo: Bernie Ente Archive: Mike Boland |

Dover Plains LIRR
#607 MetroNorth FL9AC #2007 10/16/1993 Photo: Joe Hagan

Dover Plains LIRR
#607 Harold Fagerberg 10/16/1993 Photo: Joe
Hagan
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160th Anniversary Special
train to Greenport on July 23, 1994 |

Ms. Valerie
Stillman and Amtrak official F. Clarke Hampe on the platform of CANNON
BALL during the 160th anniversary special train’s layover at Greenport
on July 23, 1994. Photo: Valerie Stillman

LIRR 160th anniversary
special train arrival at Greenport 7/23/1994. LIRR
locomotive #259, with the Cannonball” herald, and #266 prior to running around to the
west end of the consist for
the return trip.
Archive: Mike Boland |

Dr. James Stillman (platform) poses with the late LIRR President Charles
Hoppe (left) and Conductor Tom Scaccia CANNON BALL
160th Anniversary Special lays-over at Greenport 7/23/1994 Photo:
Valerie Stillman
Our yard crew
made up the special late that night/early that morning. Steve Parisi
was my Engineer, Paul Carnevale III was my Assistant, and Joe Voll was
the Utility man. Trainmaster Carol Mills oversaw the operation, and
rode the special, also. Pullman hitches were given making up the train
as the family resided on the car that night. Info: Ben
Jankowski
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LIRR 160th anniversary
special train after arrival at Greenport 7/23/1994. LIRR
locomotive #259 with “The Cannonball” herald is spotted next to Dr.
James Stillman’s private car CANNON BALL, before running around to the
west end of the consist for
the return trip. Photo: Valerie Stillman |

LIRR #266 east end swap with #259 for return trip from Greenport - 160th
Anniversary Trip
7/23/1994 Photo: Frank Conte Archive: Mike Boland |

Private car CANNON BALL160th Anniversary Trip at Greenport
7/23/1994 Photo: Frank Conte Archive: Mike Boland |

NEWSDAY 160th Anniversary
Trip to Greenport 7/23/1994 Archive: Mike Boland |

LIRR #259 private car CANNON BALL160th Anniversary Trip at Greenport
7/23/1994 Photo: Frank Conte Archive: Mike Boland |

LIRR President Charles Hoppe (right) Vincent Seyfried 160th Anniversary Trip
to Greenport
7/23/1994 Photo: Frank Conte Archive: Mike Boland
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LIRR President Charles Hoppe (left) with photographer Frank Conte
160th Anniversary Trip
7/23/1994 Archive: Mike Boland |

LIRR President Charles Hoppe receiving plaque at the 160th Anniversary
Trip to Greenport
Ceremony
7/23/1994 Archive: RMLI |

Private car CANNON BALL160th Anniversary Trip to Greenport
7/23/1994 Photo: Frank Conte Archive: Mike Boland |

LIRR President Charles Hoppe
reading the presentation plaque at the 160th Anniversary Trip to
Greenport
Ceremony
7/23/1994 Archive: RMLI |

National Anthem Ceremony - 160th Anniversary Trip
7/23/1994 Photo: Frank Conte Archive: Mike Boland |
NRHS National Directors
Convention - November 11-13, 1994
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The
NRHS National Directors Convention was held at Ronkonkoma. (Holiday Inn
on Veterans Highway) south of the station. It was a three day affair.
Mr. Prendergast, LIRR President in 1994, addressed the membership on one
of evenings at the Holiday Inn. On the 11th, the trip took us to the
Hillside shops, Wreck Lead, W. Babylon via Babylon Branch, returned to
KO via the Central Branch to "B" and on to KO via the Main.
Info: Joe Hagan
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NRHS
Directors Convention - Hillside Shops 11/11/1994 Photo: Joe Hagan
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NRHS Directors
Convention - Wreck Lead Bridge GP38-2 #251-252 11/11/1994 Photo:
Joe Hagan
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LIST
30th Anniversary Special 1966 - 1996 May 4, 1996
This trip was the
30th Anniversary Special for the LIST Chapter. Operated on 5/4/96 over
Hell Gate Bridge to Beacon, NY then via Maybrook Line to Hopewell Jct.
and Danbury, CT and return
to LI. Info: Gene Collora |
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MP15AC #154 LIST fantrip at ex-NYC signal-bridge Hudson Division, Beacon
ready to depart for Maybrook Line. 5/04/1996 Archive: Mike
Boland
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MP15AC #154 LIST fantrip at CP HOPE, Hopewell Jct. yard.
5/04/1996 Archive: Mike Boland |

MP15AC #154 LIST fantrip - The last photo stop of the day along Whaley
Lake
west of Danbury, CT. 5/04/1996 Archive: Mike Boland |

LIST fantrip - LIRR #622 fantrip Danbury, CT 5/04/1996 Archive:
Mike Boland |

LIST fantrip - LIRR
#622 fantrip Danbury, CT 5/04/1996 Photo/Archive: Joe
Saullo |
LIST-NRHS
Fall Harvest - October 11, 1997 |
October 11, 1997 and the arrival of the new
bi-level fleet is imminent, meaning the end of unrestricted excursions.
This trip takes us to Oyster Bay and Greenport, with a visit to the
Railroad Museum of Long Island. Our stop at Oyster Bay provides a
walking tour of the yard, along with a view of the sign showing the
soon-to-be Oyster Bay Railroad Museum! Our power for this trip was
a pair of GP38-2's and an ALCO FA Power Pack.

LIST Fall Harvest Special Trip 10/11/1997
Ticket Jamaica - Oyster Bay - Greenport
Info:
Photos/Archive: Steve Torborg
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LIST Fall Harvest Special Trip Schedule 10/11/1997 |

LIST Fall Harvest Special Trip 10/11/1997
Oyster Bay Railroad Museum future site sign |

LIST Fall Harvest Special Trip GP38-2 #252
10/11/1997 |

LIST Fall Harvest Special Trip FA #614 10/11/1997 |

LIST Fall Harvest Special Trip at Greenport
10/11/1997 |
LIST-NRHS
Mixed Freight - April 17, 1999 |

Semaphore May 1999 - LIST-NRHS - LIRR Mixed Freight Fantrip 4/17/1999 |

Mixed Freight Fantrip flyer/ticket 4/17/1999
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LI City after the run-around LIRR FA1 #614,
MP15AC #171, and GP38-2 #260

The three engine lash-up enroute runby |

Material/Photos/Archive:
Steve Torborg |

MP15AC #171 |

GP38-2 #260 |

LIRR Caboose #61 |

LIRR Caboose #56 |

LIRR Caboose #C-66 |

LIRR three caboose #51, #56, #C-66 |

LIRR Fire Protection Car #5000 |

Freight consist - Fantrip 4/17/1999 |


Stopping at the former Holban Yard, a crew of LIRR inspectors
demonstrated how trucks and wheelsets are repaired out along the ROW in
an emergency situation. Robert Schwenker, in yellow garb, and
Mike Shurman, are seen performing the
demonstration. On hand was the MOW 03F freight wreck and commodity
welder wreck truck to facilitate the repair. Photo/Archive: Steve
Torborg Info: Robert Schwenker
Holban Yard truck repair - 4/17/1999 |
ERA
Special September
25, 1999 |

ERA Special Brochure/Ticket
9/25/1999

ERA Special fantrip LI City
9/25/1999

ERA Special fantrip Shea Stadium
9/25/1999 |

ERA Special fantrip schedule
9/25/1999
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ERA Special fantrip Auburndale Station
9/25/1999

ERA Special fantrip Richmond Hill
9/25/1999

ERA Special fantrip Richmond Hill sign
9/25/1999

ERA Special fantrip Richmond Hill yard
9/25/1999 |

ERA Special fantrip Babylon
9/25/1999 |

ERA Special fantrip Island Park Station
9/25/1999 |

ERA Special fantrip Island Park Station
location #2 - 9/25/1999 |

ERA Special fantrip end at Jamaica
9/25/1999 |
Information/Photos/Archive: William Skeats |
The ERA Special on 9/25/1999. They were letting us off for a runby. Sun didn't work for me, so
I ran out to where photo #2 was taken. The Geeps would not fit under the Station
Canopy so we were not able go any further. The crew member with the blue
shirt is the machinist who rode along to ensure FA #614 was operable. Before
the trip he had to get FA #614 running. It ran fine and was sent to the
Main Line for the Greenport Scoot after our trip. |
NYCRR
Historical Society -
June 17, 2000 |
"Queens Ledger"
July 6, 2000:
Railroad Fans Visit New York & Atlantic Railway
Over one hundred railroad historians from all over the country met at
the Glendale yard of New York & Atlantic Railway on Saturday, June 17.
The occasion was the annual meeting of the New York Connecting Railroad
Society. The main interest of this group is the rail route, built in
1917, which crosses over the Hell Gate Bridge from the Bronx to Queens.
The tracks soar over Astoria on a high viaduct, and then continue
through Woodside, Maspeth, and Middle Village using a series of smaller
bridges and tunnels. The main junction is in Glendale at the rail yard
on Otto Road. The tracks then travel into Brooklyn and eventually end at
the waterfront in Bay Ridge, near 65th Street.
This rail route is used by many freight trains each day. It passes
through one of the most densely populated urban areas in the world, and
yet trains go virtually unnoticed. This is because the route was
thoughtfully constructed without any grade crossings to delay traffic.
As part of the festivities, the New York & Atlantic Railway operated a
special inspection train to Bay Ridge. Two bright green locomotives, a
passenger coach, and a caboose carried the participants on a 22-mile
round trip to Bay Ridge. The train posed for photos at many scenic
locations along the way. The weather was hot and humid, but everybody
aboard had a great time. Submitted by: Bernard Ente |
June 17, 2000,
Queens, NY:
Saturday
and the New York Connecting Railroad (NYCRR) Fan Trip over the New York
& Atlantic had arrived. And a HOT
one it was; with temperatures hovering in the mid to high 90's. Seems
the weatherman had saved his best NY City "dog days" three "H" special
combination; hot, humid, and hazy, for us. Steve Lynch |

NY&A #261 NYCRR fantrip - Atlantic Ave. Bay Ridge Branch 6/17/2000
Photo/Archive: Mike Boland |

NYCRR fantrip ex-LIRR P72 #2940 - Atlantic Ave. Bay Ridge Branch
6/17/2000 Photo/Archive: Mike Boland |

On the way to the New Lots curve. NYA GP38-2 #268 on the north point,
an ex-LIRR bay window caboose, LIRR passenger coach #2940, and NYA
GP38-2 unit #261 south point.
Photo/Archive: Steve Lynch |

NY&A NYCRR fantrip Bay Ridge 65th St. Yard - 6/17/2000
Photo/Archive:
Mike Boland |

The engineers and crew hoping to get a breeze back in the cab.
Thanks NYA for the day! Photo/Archive: Steven Lynch |
Farewell to the M1
Fantrip November 4, 2006
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Farewell Trip M1 Pamphlet
Archive: Bob Bender
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M1 #9609 Farewell
Trip East Williston view N 11/04/2006
Archive: Matt Kobel
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M1 #9338 Farewell
Trip East Williston view S 11/04/2006
Archive: Matt Kobel
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M1 #9609
arriving Vanderbilt Yard 11/04/06
Photo: Gary Chatterton
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M1
#9609 last car snaking through Garden City
11/04/06 Photo: Jorge Catayi
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M1 #9609
Vanderbilt Yard 11/04/06
Photo: Jorge Catayi
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M1 #9609
arriving Penn Station 11/04/06
Photo: Gary Chatterton
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LIRR #160 at Jamaica Station
11-04-06
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LIST
Fantrip Bay Ridge Branch - June 2, 2007
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LIST fantrip June 2, 2007 that ran from POND down
the Bay Ridge Branch to 65th Street. Power
was NYA MP15AC's 159/151 with NYA’s P72 coach. All units ex-LIRR.
Archive: Mike Boland |
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