One Upon Time At KO, 2 GP7s, 2GP9s 4 RS3s, a Ping Pong &

I took this picture one lazy Sunday afternoon, sometime in August if I remember. Sorry about the damage to the slide but if I ever thought ahead thirty plus years, I may have taken steps to prevent it from happening.
Notice the ping pong car.

That damage might be able to be restored to origional properities in photoshop.

Emfinite, give input on it.

Where is KO?

"KO" is the station initials for Ronkonkoma.

KO = Ronkonkomo?

No. 60 was a GP-7, not a GP-9. It was leased from the B&A (Bangor & Aroostok) frpm 4/1/74 to 3/10/76 . I can't make out the number on the Geep on the left.

GP7, GP9, who really cares? They all look the same to me anyway. Hey, its only been a minimum of thirty years since I took the photo. Memory aint what it used to be. Why quible over 150 hp anyway?

Very Nice Paul Any Photo's of 1556 like to see some.

<< GP7, GP9, who really cares? They all look the same to me anyway. >>

Railfans live for the differences. LOL!

The LIRR leased five GP-9s from National around the same time they leased the GP-7's from the B&A.

There's a picture of 1556 in the book, Diesels of the Sunrise Trail, by John Scala.

Well, ok here are some more...
Ronkonkoma

Ronkonkoma Wye

Greenport

Proof that I was there. (me at 16)


I am so glad I still have these.

Paul:

Those would have been some terific shots had you not ruined the batch with that last one at Greenport!!!

Thanks for sharing them. Great stuff . . . . great memories!

Dave Keller

I remember a system on either the B&A engines or the PNC engines, ( I can't remember which, its been 30 years, but I lean towards the B&A) Where the valve to the Engine horn was inside the engine compartment, and attached to it was a rope cord like a clothes line. This rope came through the wall behind the engineers controll stand, and up over the stand on a pulley, leaving a rope cord in front of the engineer to pull to sound the horn. Well as luck would have it one friday afternoon, the cord broke, leaving only only about a foot of it extending out from the wall behind the engineers stand. Rather then cancel the train, a collector on the train (me) was assigned to sit on a milk crate between the wall and engine stand to man the horn. Talk about a fun ride to KO! Does anyone remember what engines had that system?