A Saturday morning work train heads to Port Jefferson with 15 loads of concrete ties.

"Cube on the Curve @ Lynbrook"

On March 31st, 2025, Long Island Rail Road Extra 172, with MP15AC 172, rounds the curve at Lynbrook, New York as it tows a short gondola rail train west... (more)

"LI Work Train @ Babylon Tower"

On a foggy March 31st, 2025, Long Island Rail Road Extra 172, with MP15AC 172, approaches Babylon Tower as it tows a short gondola rail train through ... (more)

"LI Work Train by the Signals @ West Islip"

On a foggy March 31st, 2025, Long Island Rail Road Extra 172, with MP15AC 172, approaches the Babylon 60 and S384 signals as it tows a sho... (more)

"LI Work Train Smokes Up Oakdale"

On a foggy March 31st, 2025, Long Island Rail Road Extra 172, with MP15AC 172, covers Oakdale-Bohemia Road in smoke as it tows a short gondola rail ... (more)

"LI Work Train @ Mastic Station"

On a foggy March 31st, 2025, Long Island Rail Road Extra 172, with MP15AC 172, tows the a short gondola rail train past the site of the former Mastic... (more)

LIRR job dropping off empty gondolas outside New York & Atlantic Railway yard in Glendale.

Hitchhiking in New York.

"Smoking Out Elmont"

Long Island Rail Road extra 172 smokes out Elmont Station as it heads west up the Main Line towards Holban Yard with side dumps cars in tow on March 19th, 2022.<... (more)

"Work Trains Under Threatening Skies" Two Long Island Rail Road work trains idle on standby under some threatening skies on the Main Line in Westbury, NY. Both trains are droppin... (more)

Long Island Rail Road's "Work 1" ducks under 80th Street on the Lower Montauk with a friendly wave from the number 2 engineer on the roster.

I always wondered what the end of a 146-year tradition would look like. Well, this was it; a lone MP15AC serving as a chase engine (to inspect possible third rail damage) and a flashing EOT of th... (more)

The Long Island Railroad once used a fleet of 23 MP15ACs for Pull-Pull Commuter service. Now retired, the remaining 19 that still belong the LIRR are used for work trains and protect service. Here... (more)