LIRR Passenger Car Rosters - Trains

Roster: LIRR Early Passenger Cars
Research: Vincent Seyfried LIRR History Vol VII

Roster: LIRR Steel Coaches & Electric M.U. with conversions
Research: Henry Raudenbush and Jeff Erlitz, courtesy of George Chiasson

Roster: LIRR Passenger-Baggage-Combine-Cars
              LIRR Passenger-Baggage-Combine-Cars Additional Data
           LIRR Passenger-Baggage-Combine-Cars Supplementary  Notes 
Research: Koehler, Seyfried, MTA 1972

Roster: LIRR Modernization Numbers - Old Cars
Research: Bob Kingman

Roster: LIRR Steel and Composite Passenger Car Roster 
           LIRR Steel Passenger Car Roster Notes
Research: Jeff Erlitz 9/24/2018
 


A great little 1966 info-graphic of LIRR service showing one-way trip counts...so many changes (most for the better).  There are more than twice as many weekday trains through Harold today. The Lower Montauk Branch service (4 daily one-way trips) is gone.  The East Williston EMU turnback operation on the short segment of the electrified Oyster Bay Branch (44-30=14 daily one-way trips) is gone. All of the short turns that must have annoyed passengers at Northport and Smithtown are gone.  Photo/Archive/Info: Bill Lipfert
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LIRR MP41 operations. Map courtesy of Herb George's Change at Ozone Park.  Red route lines added and map captioned by Dave Keller and Chuck Blardone of  "The Keystone"


Weekend Chief parlor interior - 1962 LIRR PR Dep't.
 

Heavyweight parlor interior 7/08/1968
Photo/Archive: Richard Makse

Parlor car flyer -1962 Archive: Gary Doster
 

Parlor car schedule -1962 Archive: Gary Doster
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LIRR FA2 #601 Haberman 6/09/1978 View W

ALCO FA2 #601 is on the rear of a push-pull train eastbound passing the Haberman station westbound platform.  The view is looking east.  The station platform at the left was used for westbound trains.  Eastbound trains stopped on the west side of the 49th St. crossing (behind photographer) (Dick Makse info). 1942-era Maspeth holding yard at far right.  

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Photo: George C. P. Redding. LIRR FM H-16-44 # 1504 with an Oyster Bay train on Montauk branch,  June, 1960. George did not give an exact location, but Dick Makse says it is at Glendale Jct. and George was standing on the Rockaway Beach branch trestle over the Montauk branch. The connecting track is behind the sand tower. Archive: Jim Gillin
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LIRR #218 west of Quogue, Train #9, June 1969
Archive: Jim Gillin

 

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LIRR MP75 MU's leaving Babylon crossing Carll's Creek westbound on the temporary track.  Note the beginnings of the grade crossing elimination project in the background.  09/1963 Photo/Archive: Jim Gillin
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LIRR C420 #226 Pilgrim State Hospital Station 1976
Archive: Dave Keller
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Alco C420 #222 with 3-car hospital train eastbound at Pilgrim State Hospital Station, Brentwood
10/1977 - Photo: Art Huneke,  Archive: Dave Keller
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Richmond Hill storage yard 04/08/1947
Photo: LIRR Archive: Jim Gillin
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LIRR RS-3 #1551 TR 4 at Nepeague Meadows Road between Amagansett and Montauk
 c. 1960 Photo: LIRR Archive: Jim Gillin
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World's Fair Station August, 1964 Photo/Archive: Jim Gillin
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"Mets Hot Streak Express", LIRR #1560 with heavyweights #2038 SETAUKET and #2037 TUSCARORA CLUB, at Babylon Photo: Steve Hoskins Archive: Steve Lynch
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LIRR #214 12th Street view W New Hyde Park 7/27/1973
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LIRR DE30AC #412, #413 with C3cars Train #651
Smithtown Photo: Neil Feldman

LIRR #P161 eastbound train at Greenport Station 1992
Photo/Archive: Dan Marra

LIRR #166 eastbound train passing Oakdale Station
1992 - Photo/Archive: Dan Marra

Note: Some MP15ac's were converted to a power cab option and numbered with a "P" before or after the road number.  This option allowed the throttle to be set to an equivalent of notch 6 to turn the generator at a steady speed.  #161 converted 4/1984  Info: John Scala

05/05/2025