MP-15ac's out & about

#154 was the Jamaica protect today, a CE move out of Morris Park with MP15AC #171, #153 and #160 was seen this morning in Queens Village at 10:49 AM following train #8016. The CE move went back westbound to Morris Park past Queens Village this afternoon following train #7701 at 12:45 PM with #160 and #153 as they were towing #163 and #165.

RF1 with MP15AC #171 and #163 were seen running light twice, this morning at 10:15 AM it went past New Hyde Park westbound from Atlantic Pipe and this afternoon at 3:43 PM between Queens Village and Hollis as it was headed back eastbound to Atlantic Pipe from Fresh Pond. #164 was the Jamaica Protect.

153 was the Jamaica protect as of 3:45pm today 1/21 and there was a single CE crew with 150 headed eastbound at around the same time on track 9 in Jamaica.

And later in the evening 1/21 152 was seen on the CE Extra heading westbound through Mineola around 8:15PM.

Tonight caught a quick look at an MP-15ac running long hood forward moving pretty quickly east towing what looked like the "decapitated" FA unit behind it on the grade between Wyandanch and Deer Park Ave.

At 11:26 AM #168 was seen running light past Queens Village this morning headed westbound.

#152 was the Jamaica protect today.

So the 8100 still exists,that was a Power Pack converted to 480 VAC HEP for the C-1 testing.

#150 was the Jamaica protect today.

#150 ended it's Jamaica protect job this morning as it took over by #160 as it went by the station at 12:05 PM this afternoon from Morris Park. #158 and #154 went by New Hyde Park this morning at 10:23 AM light from Atlantic Pipe to Holban yard to picked up 33 Hopper cars along with #157, the 33 car train was seen in Jamaica this afternoon at 1:35 PM headed to Fresh Pond. #157,#154 and #158 went back eastbound at 3:35 PM for Atlantic Pipe.

Just saw a pair of MP15s (didn't catch the numbers) with an M3 sandwiched in-between moving west of Lindenhurst very slowly. Assume that's the car that's the modified sandite car?

If it was a single car, it was one of the two M1s... if a pair, one of the two M3 pair conversions, though I do not believe the second pair is completed yet.

When it snows/ices, the function is alcohol sprayer service and not sandite.

Heres the latest on the mp15s;
Last Thursday 171 was seen on the track with the three SW1001s that are currently oos.
Today 3/21 at around 3:20pm I spotted the 166 in new paint coupled to DE 30 404 and I saw 172 idling on track 5 at Jamaica and then was seen as the Jamaica protect as of 3:38pm.

160 was the LIC Switcher. It looked very ugly, with literally more of the 1970s paint than the 2000s paint, and a big splotch of rust near the front. Stunk, too.

It's a burn mark, not rust.