Train from Montauk passing the signals and Powerpack 613 on the school house track.

A westbound diesel-powered train (with engines on both sides) passes through Woodside, possibly deadheading.

A set of M3s heads out to Far Rockaway on the left while a set of newer M7s head out for Huntington on the right, both passing JAY Interlocking Tower.

"LI 165 Tows Rerailed M7s at Jamaica" Long Island Rail Road Extra 165 tows a rerailed Bombardier M7 pair past HALL Tower (blocked by electrical boxes) at Jamaica. Earlier that mor... (more)

Change at Jamaica

A westbound Long Island Rail Road train threads its way through the maze of trackage at the railroad's large Jamaica Station in Jamaica, Queens, New York NY. This ... (more)

A Long Island Railroad westbound set of Bombardier M7s passes by the Forest Hills station in Queens.

"Rerailing at Jamaica" Long Island Rail Road crews work to rerail a train that derailed earlier that morning over one of the many switches at JAY Interlocking just west of Jamaica... (more)

Winding Its Way East

On almost all of Long Island's many, many trains, "Change at Jamaica" is the phrase uttered repeatedly by conductors as they make their way through the... (more)

"Tunnel Motor" Grilles ... Because of All the Tunnels?

LI 163 one of 23 MP15AC diesels owned by the Long Island Rail Road. On January 25, 2017, this switcher was found trundling thr... (more)

Long Beach Branch in Lynbrook

A Long Island train from Long Beach, headed to Atlantic Terminal, approaches the Lynbrook station in Hempstead, New York, on January 25, 2017. (Lynbroo... (more)

MP15ACs 157, 165 and 154 are pictured on the west end of a cut of hoppers in the Wellwood DEF siding.

Two M7s meet under the PLSs at Forest Hills. If you're looking for rare signals, NYC is the place. LIRR has PLSs in volume, and is still installing new ones. SIRT is in the same position with i... (more)

"Long Island Wreck Extra at Atlantic Terminal" LIRR Wreck Extra 100 sits on Track 5 at Atlantic Terminal ready to depart east on the Atlantic Branch to Hillside Yard. Wreck Exta 1... (more)

"SW1001s at Vanderbilt Avenue Yard" Long Island Extra 100 idles at Vanderbilt Avenue a.k.a "VD" Yard on a brisk morning with LIRR SW1001 #100 and New York & Atlantic Railway SW1001 #101. Th... (more)

"SW1001s on the Atlantic Branch" Long Island Extra 100 heads west on the Atlantic Branch towards VD Yard with LIRR SW1001 #100 leading New York & Atlantic Railway SW1001 #101. The power was... (more)