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Thanks for the additional identification! Seems like they're "melting" at the sills just as all the others in attempted preservation did. Really, this was a terrible slip in historic preservation for the LIRR and the history of Long Island commuters. I guess public money would have been ca...

The blue stripe MP54 is a classic of the transition period. Was she in work service? Storage? Just a rare and classic LIRR shot from the period.

"Those were Metro North M-3As I photographed, not M-1s.
The photos are from 1983-85."

How can you tell? Dear God, I am getting old!

I find it incredulous that these "new" M1 cars, much heralded, could possible be gone. I hope you caught some MP54, MP70, and MP72's that day.

If there is a square foot of grass on Long Island, it must be covered with pavement or concrete. Isn't that a law down there?

Is it capable of turning a locomotive today?

Sunday, August 28th, and tie crews were active replacing ties between WInterport and Frankfort. Several machines active at once, and probably 100 ties changed.

No, she's off her trucks and used to store junk for tourists. Further up the road you'll see an Ingersoll-Rand ex-MEC motor coach, likewise de-trucked and used as part of a restaurant. Even further up the road is a BAR mech reefer for sale.

Operations Canadian Pacific Railway operates multiple routes in the State of Maine with the base of operations in Brownville. Routes include the Moosehead East Subdivision from Brownville to the Canadian Border at Beattie Township, the Bangor Subdivision from Brownville to Northern Maine Junction, t...

People have money for what they want. Inflation will eventually even out, although it will likely never disappear.. I agree with your viewpoint regarding an assembled and greased G5s. Getting it under a shed roof will be another important step to protect it. Having an LIRR steam locomotive with all ...

At the present, I think OBRM has a plan which might potentially bear fruit. Getting the 35 together again, recovering all her pieces and parts and assembling the locomotive in near working condition will help revive some interest in an operable G5s. Ideally, both 35 & 39 could be rebuilt and ope...

Interesting approach to a restoration question. Getting the locomotive ready to operate and accommodating the needs of the LIRR might just do it. Give them a flawless locomotive with compliance to the operating standards required. Run it off the Island to show that it's entirely functional and relia...

I'll be happier when I see installation.

In my critical eye, I'm seeing a major track upgrade. There are enough new tie bundles to substantially rebuild from Hampden to Frankfort. I have not seen ribbon rail dropped.

Does anyone know the radio frequency used on Maine's Hermon to Searsport branch?
I'd like to be able to find out when a train is due on the branch.