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 Railroad
Locomotive: FM CPA20-5
Location: Hicksville, New York, USA
Locomotive #: LI 2007
Train ID: commuter
Photo 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 Railroad
Locomotive: Fairbanks Morse H12-44
Location: Hicksville, New York, USA
Locomotive #: LI 1503
Train ID: commuter
Photo Date: July, 1964

Two different "eras" of LIRR paint schemes are represented in this photo of equipment on weekend layover. 270 wears the classic wave scheme while 260 wears the later high-visibility scheme.

A friendly track worker reminds his colleague that trains often come through at MAS on the mainline when you least expect it.

An M3 car awaits service at Hillside.

A set of LIRR M7s on a Babylon Branch train pull to a stop at the very short platforms at Forest Hills (which can only accomdate the first four cars), coming out of the setting sun on the Long Isl... (more)

To commemborate its 175th anniversery of passenger operations, LIRR ran an excursion on this day. It's sitting at Ronkonkoma, before leaves electrified territory, and continues to Greenport. It's ... (more)

Today, the LIRR ran an excursion for its 175th Anniversery of operations out to Greenport. The lashup included DE30AC # 420(facing east), four C3 bilevels, and DE30AC # 414. Here, we have the set... (more)