Old Equipment Technology

Didn't want to "pollute" the existing thread. Here's the state-of-the-art LIRR NEW SIGNALS and SPEED CONTROL Railway Age 1952:
http://www.trainsarefun.com/lirr/lirrex ... ralist.htm


map and diagram Page 2

Great maps! Its amazing how the railroad advanced so quickly in the 1940s and 50s and then just stopped and remained almost unchanged for 30 yrs.

When did Port Jefferson Branch get ASC? I think it was the first diesel territory to get it.

Most of the speed control was installed after the Richmond Hill Wreck on Thanksgiving eve in 1950.
Here is a rare video, never saw this before..

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Engine 277 wrote:Most of the speed control was installed after the Richmond Hill Wreck on Thanksgiving eve in 1950.
Here is a rare video, never saw this before.. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hGkpFq-J7ZA" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

http://www.trainsarefun.com/lirr/lirrwr ... wrecks.htm" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; 50% down the page: November 22, 1950 Collision at Richmond Hill west of Jamaica Station

Regarding the Richmond hill wreck, I think the brakeman on the hempstead train was still on the railroad when I started working there. In any case there were Commuters who were on that train who told me about it. They said for years very few people would ride in the head and rear cars of trains. I was told by several old timers about the large Markers, they called them Rudolf's as in the red nosed reindeer.

Engine 277 wrote:Regarding the Richmond hill wreck, I think the brakeman on the hempstead train was still on the railroad when I started working there. In any case there were Commuters who were on that train who told me about it. They said for years very few people would ride in the head and rear cars of trains. I was told by several old timers about the large Markers, they called them Rudolf's as in the red nosed reindeer.

"Rudolph's" in the wake of the Richmond Hill disaster in 1950, they found that the engineer on the second train probably did not see the small markers on the first train. The brakeman were given red lenses to put over the rear headlight to act as a large marker when they ran the engine around, and affixed to the rear end of the train when changing ends. They were called "Rudolph's" (as in red nosed reindeer) or Rudy's. Info: Art Huneke