Can anyone identify where these photos were taken?

went to a tag sale in Glen Head over the weekend and noticed some LIRR photos. I was happy to see they were from Norman E. Kohl. When I went to pay, the woman running the sale sold me Norman was her godfather/uncle and they lived in the same house. I assume these photos are from Norman's collection. They're both dated but neither have a location. One appears to be S2 457 on a freight while the other is of a freight headed by RS2 1520. Can anyone tell me where they might be?


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First one looks like it could be west of St albans on the montauk branch, second one I have no clue.

Ist one looks like it's in Hicksville coming up the embankment of the elevation project where Atlantic Pipe is now (Hicksville station can be seen to the far right).


2nd looks to be at the top of Cold Spring Hill.

Cant be hicksville, its electrified, and hicksville was not electrified for years after that.

I don't believe those are third rail boards in the foreground in front of the locomotive.

I'd say the second is somewhere along the Port Jefferson or Main Line in single track territory, but too generic a background.

First one is DEFINITELY Hicksville during grade crossing elimination, looking east towards the station.

Second I'd guess Cold Spring or around the Kings Park area, east of Lawrence Rd.

emfinite wrote:First one is DEFINITELY Hicksville during grade crossing elimination, looking east towards the station.

Emfinite: Nice, perhaps just west of MP 24 block with block factory off to the left? Far right track has elevation (grade crossing elimination finished 7/1964 Hicksville)

Second I'd guess Cold Spring or around the Kings Park area, east of Lawrence Rd.

Norman Kohl took photos along the Port Jeff and Oyster Bay branches Sounds good!

Swingman had ID'd these spots earlier in thread, also.


Billbarman: Is the S2 457 in Hicksville the same date of 2/1764? Thanks.

First pic is Atlantic Pipe siding. The second could be anywhere a cut is, on any branch.

Billbarman wrote:went to a tag sale in Glen Head... RS2 1520. Can anyone tell me where they might be?.."

1964 G.O. 1113 LIRR Hicksville Elevated Station Interlocking Diagram 09/19/64 Archive: Dave Keller shows the Atlantic Pipe Siding

Billbarman: Can you tell us the back ID info on Kohl's photo on this one, in any? Thank you.

Sure, I posted the back of the 1520 photo in my first post, but the back of the 457 photo states it was taken on February 22th 1964, a few days after the 1520 photo. As I mentioned before, no location was specified on either one.

[quote="emfinite"]First one is DEFINITELY Hicksville during grade crossing elimination, looking east towards the station.

E: I agree with you here - The Mineola-Huntington Electrification dates from 1969-70...

Hicksville - at the time it was built - was only the second high-level platform station in LIRR Diesel territory...Richmond Hill was once the only station with this distinction...

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