Weekend layover equipment back when Long Island was Alco-land!
The only direct train from Penn Station to Oyster Bay, rounding the curve just outside Mineola Station heading north.
Long Island Rail Road Huntington-bound train #7624 with ten Bombardier M7 EMU cars on the Main Line at Bellerose.
Long Island Rail Road Montauk-bound train #8706 with EMD DM30AC #513 and four C3 bilevel cars on the Main Line at Bellerose.
The crew stops for a photo at the old waldbaums warehouse siding 1985.
2402 throttles nearing the end of the the shoefly around the work zone. For more color views from that day, click here
An outbound negotiates the shoefly passing construction of the elevated. For more color views from that day, click here
Here's a suburban train negotiating a shoefly to get around construction of the elevated right of way. For more color views from that day, click Railroad: Long Island RailroadLocomotive: FM CPA20-5Location: Hicksville, New York, USALocomotive #: LI 2007Train ID: commuterPhoto Date: July, 1964
John was out shooting the LIRR construction of the elevated on this day and captured this view at a nearby platform. For more color views from that day, click Railroad: Long Island RailroadLocomotive: Fairbanks Morse H12-44Location: Hicksville, New York, USALocomotive #: LI 1503Train ID: commuterPhoto Date: July, 1964
