LI 607 - Long Island RR

Name	Type	Comments	Date

Daniel Hanna	General	cool looking passenger locomotive	1/14/2015 6:33:05 PM

Tom Beckett	General	Nice portrait of an FA in the 70's paint scheme. Definitely Mineola-that's the Mineola Blvd overpass in the background. Judging by the Impala in parking lot immediately to the right of the unit, I'd go for 1978. That scheme lasted til about 1980, as all power was painted in the same colors as the 1977 delivered GP 38-2's. Side note to Daniel Hanna-they did look cool as passenger power, but the FA's were built as freight units. This one was originally delivered to Western Maryland in Jan 1951 as their 303 and was acquired by the LIRR in May 1972. It was still running on the Island when I moved away from Queens in 1988; I think it was retired in the 90's when new diesel hauled cars came on line.	1/15/2015 1:58:11 AM

LI 607 - Long Island RR
Nice shot of the end power car of an eastbound train next to the Mineola, NY, station platform. Mike Woodruff helped locate and date this photo. He mentioned that the 607 got those nose marker lights in the fall of 1975, but it's clearly summer in your shot. By 1979, the 607 had small "607" numerals centered on the nose, just above the pilot. Therefore, this photo was taken by an unknown photographer between 1976-78.
Date: 6/1/1977	Location: Mineola, NY	Views: 402	Collection Of: Gary Everhart
Locomotives: LI 607(Power Car)			Author: Gary Everhart

Picture Categories: Roster,Passenger,Action		This picture is part of album: Long Island FA2 #607

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