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Also on that page is a photo of an RDC pulling a T-54 coach (left side, right in the middle of the page). Seems like I read that this violated the warranty requirements of the RDCs - true?

Help: Nassau 1 and Nassau 3 ???

Reacher-Car-W27_Gondola-W5_Rail-Flats-R3-R34_LI-City_1-1973_Huneke.jpg They were used to allow the switching engines to reach the cars on the float without actually going out on the float (switchers being rather heavy). Somewhere I also found: Float Bridge Reach-In Cars 434903, 497?83, 497993, 497999

The C-420 L-1 models were #200 through #221
The C-420 L-2 models were #222 through #229

The major visual difference between the L-1 and L-2 being the trucks. See Steve's excellent C-420 roster page.

The long hood was much safer in grade crossing accidents. And I was told folks would hang bricks from overpasses, so the long hood certainly made for a much smaller "target".

RGlueck wrote:FWIW, I have a spare unpainted ALCO Models LIRR version in brass, I'd be willing to sell for $125 + shipping. It does have some speckles from the decayed packing foam on the surface.

Makes sense to dead end Main Street. Trying to tunnel under essentially four tracks and not impact service would be a major undertaking. Glad to hear about the effort to preserve Nassau Tower.

Maybe I missed it.. how will the grade crossings be eliminated? Bridges or underpasses? I assume they are not elevating all the tracks. Particularly interested in my old hangout at Nassau Tower just east of Mineola station.

Question.. did any other railroads use something similar to an arch roof MP54? Would love to talk someone (Con-Cor,Rapido?) into producing a model but if the LIRR ones were the only ones, then it's probably hopeless. I have a couple of MP54 brass models and Funaro & Camerlengo make a ping-pong t...

OK, color me confused. I thought the MP-75s were the powered versions (engineer's window, headlight, etc.). The image above appears to be a trailer - were they converted to trailers when the numbers were changed? Were the zipcars the powered versions as originally delivered in 1963? Clarification pl...

In the 1960's, there was agray and orange reach car at Bay Ridge, with an orange cabin on it. Emblazoned in the rear-end of the house was a black bat, lifted directly from the "Bat-Man" television show logo. Over it was neatly painted "Bat-Car". I tried to post a picture of it, ...

Yes, yes, yes! Great detail on the look of the buildings in back, the 55 gallon drums and associated detritus, the green grass along the rails, weathering on the cabooses, etc.

The C-Liners were 2000 or 2400 horsepower.. perhaps the LIRR didn't feel it would ever have a need to MU two of them? The RS-1 was 1000 HP and the RS-3 was only 1600 HP, so MU might have made more sense for them.

The chains are 40 link/inch chain - good hobby shops have it. I bought a couple of packs of metal lift rings (used as details on diesels). I count off 16 links and cut, then carefully open each lift ring, hook the end of the chain and squeeze the lift ring closed. Then I drill holes in the end of th...