EARLY
PRE-HISTORY
When the first diesels arrived, they only had “ LONG ISLAND” in gold lettering, a practice
used on the steam tenders for example:
LIRR #39 G5s at Oyster Bay Archive: Art Huneke
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This
unit arrived in July 1949 as the last of the S1 group built 6/46 - 7/49 in
the "classic" PRR gold serif lettering on black
unit.; as previously applied to the steam tenders as seen above. LIRR
ALCO S1 #421 LI City 3/12/52 Archive: Gary Stuebben
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TICHY
HERALD
The Tichy herald
was applied only to the passenger diesels, not the
passenger equipment. (November
1949) This herald consisted of a
white map of
Long Island
on a light blue rectangle, offset with a black rectangle giving a shadow
effect. Printed over the map
was a large black “plus sign” with the letters L, I, R, R in each
corner of the “plus”; these represented the four corners of
Long Island
served by the Railroad.
The
first delivery (12/1948?-2-3/1949) of RS-1's came in black. (#461-465)
That scheme didn't last very long and were repainted in the Tichy livery
(In November 1949 Alco RS-1 #465 became the first unit with the new Tichy
herald along with the Tichy paint scheme. The
remaining RS1 units (#461-464) were repainted up until 11/1/52.
When the remaining RS-1's arrived (#466-469 4/1950), the FM C-Liners arrived in 1950 (#2001-08 6/8-1950),
and the H16-44s arrived (1501-09 10/1951) with this paint scheme applied upon their delivery.
Info:
John Scala
LIRR
#1501 H16-44 at Morris Park Shops 1953 (Bill
Rugen - Art Huneke)
1.Orange
pilot
2. Light slate gray paint scheme with white numbers
3. LIRR map logo
4. Block lettering
Tichy:
Applied to all passenger cars, some DD1 electrics (period of painting
11/01/49 to 11/01/52), GE 44 tonner #400, an electric shop switcher, ALCO
RS1 units. through 1955
RS1 units repainted up until 11/1/52. FM C-liners arrived in this
scheme in Jan. 1950.
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RS-1 #467 Oyster Bay
11/07/1950 Photo:
George E. Votava, Archive: Dave Keller
Trust Plate LIRR RS1 #469 - G5s #42 -Morris Park 5/27/1950
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Trust Plate LIRR RS1 #467 Oyster Bay 11/07/1950 |
FM H16-44-1503 MP Shops 1953 Archive:
Dave Keller
FM C-Liner close-up of cab Tichy
Logo c.1954
Archive: Dave Keller
LIRR #2404 FM CPA24-5 c. 6/1950+
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The
Tichy colors were applied to passenger cars as well, with MP54 electric
coach #1901 being the first to wear them.
According to the December 1949 issue of the employee magazine, Long
Island Railroader, these colors consisted of a bright aluminum color
roof, slate gray body, and dark green underbody.
“Lettering is in aluminum, and numerals are in red against an
aluminum background.”
Tichy block lettering with color scheme: Slate gray body, dark green undercarriage,
white and/or black painted roofs. Named for designer Lester C. Tichy (1905-1981)
On
the RS-1s, “the engine number has been repeated in large silhouetted
aluminum numerals mounted in a blue frame on either side of the head
end,” and had red pilots and black cab roof.
The C-Liners differed slightly, with the engine number appearing on
the nose in a “battleship” style with a shadow effect.
Also, the roof was an aluminum color like on the coaches.
The H16-44s had slate gray applied on the body and roof, with red
pilots.
The GE 44 tonner, #400, also had the Tichy colors but with a modified
herald. This was a “plus
sign” with the horizontal line in red and the vertical line and LIRR
letters in white. There was no map
and blue and black rectangles; definitely a one-of-a-kind herald.
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LIRR #1 in "Tichy scheme" white roof and black roof car
coupled
Oyster Bay
07/22/1956 (George E. Votava - Dave Keller)
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Tichy Spotting Features:
1. White or black roof
2. Light slate gray paint scheme
3. NOT used on passenger cars after 1955-56
4. Block lettering
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LIRR #1 P54 steam car Ronkonkoma
2/1970 Goodfellow
scheme Photo/Archive: Dave Keller
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LIRR #2004 CPA20-5 eastbound Bay
Shore 9/04/1955
Tichy schemed loco
pulling a mixed consist train. (1) The 1955 Pullman Standard P72 coaches (in their as delivered "Goodfellow"
scheme) are the 4th and 5th cars in this eastbound train approaching the station at
Bay Shore on September 4, 1955 (Will Faxon, Jr. photo, Dave Keller
archive)
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lirr #2008 Montauk c.1950s Archive: Gary Everhart
LIRR #2001 Tichy scheme Morris
Park Shops
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LIRR FM CPA20-5 # 2005 and westbound train is nearing "B" tower
on the Main Line at Bethpage Junction. The Central Branch track to
Babylon is seen at the far right in this 1952 SE view Archive: Dave Keller
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Note 1: The first press run
of new air conditioned Pullman Standard P72 passenger cars arrived on the
LIRR 05/23/55. Destined for Greenport, in the "Goodfellow" dark
grey color scheme, it's possible that some of the C-liners still in
Tichy scheme could have been pulling some of these new cars but it would
not have been for very long.
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LIRR #2402 westbound at pedestrian
crossing SUNY Stony Brook passing BK semaphore block signals c.1950s
(John Krause-Gary Everhart)
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lirr #2008 eastbound passing West Yard Port Jefferson c.1950s
Archive: Gary Everhart
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LIRR #2402 CPA24-5 on Oyster
Bay turntable 3/14/53 (Faxon-Keller)
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Tichy scheme MP54 #1827 at end of
track Hamilton Beach
view NE 6/25/55 (Rugen-Keller)
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LIRR #2008 FM CPA20-5 et. al. Port Jefferson 1957
Archive: Dave Keller
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This was a Jules Krzenski
photo shot in the West Yard. While 1957 showed locomotives in a
transition, the passenger cars had already undergone their repainting,
primarily due to the remodeling (and subsequent renumbering) that began in
December, 1954.
By 1955, I'd say pretty much ALL of the Tichy-schemed passenger cars had
been repainted. Info: Dave Keller
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LIRR #2404 westbound
Sheep Pasture Road overpass-west of Port Jefferson
1957 (J. P. Krzenski photo, Dave Keller archive)
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LIRR #2404 FM-CPA24-5 Train #621
westbound
Flowerfield Station 8/26/55 (W. A. Higginbotham - Dave Keller)
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LIRR #1495 MP54 Brooklyn 1956
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LIRR P54 MP54s Alco S2 caboose #1
Morris Park Yard
view E at signal S79 Photo: Frank Pfuhler
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MP54 Tichy dark roof LI City
- western Yard A
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Tichy MP54 Combine Morris Park
west of "DUNTON"
view NW c.1950
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MP70Bc Tichy scheme c.1953 Archive: Steven Waldman |
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