"LIRR YPD131 on the River Track" Long Island Rail Road's YPD131 crew backs a bulkhead flat into a set of retired Budd M3s awaiting scrap at Wheelspur in Long Island City.

"Repair Shuttle on the Lower Montauk" A New York & Atlantic extra crew shuttles a recently repaired Waste Management flat to Waste Managment's "Review Ave" facility in Long Island City. Th... (more)

"Alco Power Pack Ready for Scrap" Long Island Rail Road's rebuilt Alco Power Pack, LI 3100, sits on the River Track at Wheelspur Facility in Long Island City awaiting the scrapper's torch.... (more)

"More M3 Junk"

Long Island City Switcher at rest before rush hour. SEE RailPictures PHOTO ID 427028 for new paint-new scheme on the 103

"NYAR M3 Scrap Move at BLISS" New York & Atlantic Railway's RS-20 crew pauses at BLISS on the Lower Montauk while shuttling 4 FICX flats loaded with LIRR M3s from Long Island Cit... (more)

"Cutting the Trucks" It's snowing, but that doesn't stop the guys at Frontier Metals from torching the trucks of 2 Budd M3 Pairs; (LI 9822/ LI 9821) and (LI 9820/ LI 9819), as they prepare... (more)

"NYAR M3 Scrap Move at LIC" New York & Atlantic Railway's RS-20 crew prepares to shuttle 4 FICX flats loaded with LIRR M3s from Long Island City to Fresh Pond Yard via the Lower Montauk. T... (more)

"Retired M3s at LIC" 2 M3 pairs (LI 9822/ LI 9821) and (LI 9820/ LI 9819) sit on the "River Track" at Wheelspur Facility waiting to be de-trucked, loaded onto flat cars and transported to ... (more)

"Pullman Standard P72 on a Flatcar" LIRR Pullman Standard P72 Coach 2933 sits loaded onto FICX Flatcars on the "River Track" at Wheelspur Facility waiting to be transported to Frontier Met... (more)

"Scrap M3 & a Barge at Wheelspur" An M3 pair (LI 9812 & LI 9863) and two Pullman Standard P72 Coaches (LI 2907 & LI 2933) sit loaded onto FICX Flatcars on the "River Track" at Wheelspur Fa... (more)

"Ready to Ship" An M3 pair (LI 9812 & LI 9863) and two Pullman Standard P72 Coaches (LI 2907 & LI 2933) sit loaded onto FICX Flatcars on the "River Track" at Wheelspur Facility waiting to ... (more)

"LIRR Scrap Line at Wheelspur" An M3 pair (LI 9812 & LI 9863) and two vintage P72 Coaches (LI 2907 & LI 2933) sit on the "River Track" at Wheelspur Facility waiting to ... (more)

"Spotting One at Wheelspur" New York & Atlantic Railway's RS-20 shoves a boxcar of rice into New Yung Wah Trading at Wheelspur Facility in Long Island City. Both of NYAR's PR20B locomotive... (more)

An extra train was operated from Long Island City to Valley Stream, NY and return for crew familiarization and training purposes. This train ran using a DE30AC locomotive, 3 MARC coaches and a LIR... (more)