MP-15ac's out & about

[Norton]

I saw them heading up the Oyster Bay branch earlier today.

[LINYARailfan]

Today 11/10,
164 and 154 were seen in Mineola heading eastbound around 10:15am with 3 yellow track laying cars and two flat cars.
And at 11:46am 163 was seen on the roustabout move heading westbound with 6 C3s and DE30AC 403 trailing.

[Train2009]

Today 11/10,
164 and 154 were seen in Mineola heading eastbound around 10:15am with 3 yellow track laying cars and two flat cars.
And at 11:46am 163 was seen on the roustabout move heading westbound with 6 C3s and DE30AC 403 trailing.

#154 was seen yesterday morning at 10:42 AM going by the Hillside Support facility station westbound light to Fresh Pond yard, it went by Queens Village at 12:57 PM in the afternoon with a flat car of track pieces, 8 FTSX flat cars with concrete ties on it and 2 bulkhead flat cars loaded with Concrete ties too for Belmont Park. At 1:51 PM #154 went westbound to Holban yard.

#167 was seen moving around Richmond yard after 10:30 AM that same morning, it was caught again but this time in Queens Village at 2:15 PM headed eastbound and returned westbound at around 3:05 PM.

The move with #163 from late this morning it was the trainset which it had equipment trouble west of Hampton Bays on the 1:04 AM Montauk Branch train from Jamaica to Montauk.

Edit: At 4:15 PM late this afternoon a 13 car work train with Hopper cars went by Bethpage with #150 and #161 headed westbound.

[tj48]

166 and 168 sandwiching the fire protection tank car and a sandite car moving slowly eastbound on the grade between Wyandanch and DPA overpass.

[LINYARailfan]

Today 11/13 around 12:28PM 160 and 152 were headed westbound in Garden City on the sandite train. Are the sandite trains running during the day now? I always used to see them running at night?

[gregorygrice]

Today 11/13 around 12:28PM 160 and 152 were headed westbound in Garden City on the sandite train. Are the sandite trains running during the day now? I always used to see them running at night?

They've been running during the day for a couple of weeks now, as needed.

[LINYARailfan]

And later today 154 and 165 were seen in Mineola heading westbound on a lite engine move at around 3:43PM

[LINYARailfan]

Today 11/17,
152 and 160 were seen on the Sandite train on the Hempstead branch at around 3:54pm heading on to the Garden City Secondary. They headed westbound on the Hempstead branch through Garden City around 4:26pm right after train 6759.
Later this evening 172 and 165 were seen on the fuel pad in Morris Park. 172 has recently been repainted in the same scheme as 150, 154, and 166.

[Norton]

Saw 160 and another engine (missed the number) on the Sandite train eastbound through Mineola around 11:00 am today.

[Train2009]

Saw 160 and another engine (missed the number) on the Sandite train eastbound through Mineola around 11:00 am today.

It was #152 leading I caught it the other morning too 11/25 at New Hyde Park as it went by at 10:50 AM which it came right after train #8016. #167 was the Jamaica on that day too and #154 was coupled on a 6 car C3 set at Richmond Hill.

[Train2009]

Today 11/17,
152 and 160 were seen on the Sandite train on the Hempstead branch at around 3:54pm heading on to the Garden City Secondary. They headed westbound on the Hempstead branch through Garden City around 4:26pm right after train 6759.
Later this evening 172 and 165 were seen on the fuel pad in Morris Park. 172 has recently been repainted in the same scheme as 150, 154, and 166.

I saw the Sandite train before 3:30 PM that afternoon headed east in Queens Village, #172 went out at lunchtime that same day headed east light before 12:30 PM.

[Train2009]

At around 9:30 AM this morning MP15AC #163 and #168 were seen in Queens Village headed eastbound to Garden City on the Sandite train, it came back westbound at just after 12:10 PM this afternoon. It hung out at the station until 1:03 PM when it was headed up the Main Line eastbound.

[LINYARailfan]

Tonight 12/8 ,
158, 171, and 166 were seen on the fuel pad in Morris Park. 171 has also been recently repainted in the same paint scheme as the 166.
And
150 was the Jamaica protect this evening

[Train2009]

Tonight 12/8 ,
158, 171, and 166 were seen on the fuel pad in Morris Park. 171 has also been recently repainted in the same paint scheme as the 166.
And
150 was the Jamaica protect this evening

Earlier that day yesterday 12/8 at 11:08 AM in the morning RF1 with #164 and #154 went westbound light past New Hyde Park, it returned eastbound at 2:38 PM in the afternoon also light.

[LINYARailfan]

Today 12/12 at 11:21 AM 167 and 150 were seen heading west on the Sandite train on the Garden Mitchell Secondary and at 11:35 heading west on the Hempstead Branch through Garden City.
I have provided a link of this extremely RARE appearance of the Sandite train on the Garden Mitchell Secondary east of Washington Avenue.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HXlZn90 ... e=youtu.be
Enjoy