"Emergency Turn on the GMS"

Long Island Rail Road Hempstead Branch train 756X clears Garden Interlocking's easterly limits and treks onto the Garden Mitchell Secondary (GMS... (more)

"LIRR Rescue at Islip" Long Island Railroad Extra 163 tows disabled train 2703's equipment west past the Islip station house on the Montauk Line in Islip, NY. 2703 suffered locomotive is... (more)

"LIRR Tow Job at Water Mill" Long Island Railroad Extra 163 tows disabled train 2703's equipment west past the former Water Mill station on the Montauk Line in Water Mill, NY. ... (more)

"LIRR Tow Job by Valley" Long Island Railroad Extra 163 tows disabled train 2703's equipment west past Valley Tower on the Montauk Line in Valley Stream, NY. 2703 suffered loco... (more)

Trains On Trucks. For a variety of reasons, the delivery of Kawasaki USA built M9s for MTA LIRR from Lincoln, Nebraska, to Yonkers, New York has been shifted to trucks. On the afternoon of ... (more)

"Electric Trains to Oyster Bay?"

On the night of April 18th, 2021, LIRR Bombardier M7 pair 7604/7603 sits tied down on the runaround track at Oyster Bay station, shortly after being... (more)

Batteries To The Bay. MTA LIRR M7s 7603 and 7604 (Bombardier), were brought to the station in Oyster Bay, New York for a press conference with Long Island Rail Road President Phil Eng. On the morn... (more)

Batteries To The Bay. MTA LIRR M7s 7603 and 7604 (Bombardier), were brought to the station in Oyster Bay, New York for a press conference with Long Island Rail Road President Phil Eng. On the morn... (more)

Batteries To The Bay. MTA LIRR M7s 7603 and 7604 (Bombardier), were brought to the station in Oyster Bay, New York for a press conference with Long Island Rail Road President Phil Eng. On the mor... (more)

In what may possibly be the final eastward movement ever of a Budd M3 on LIRR rails, the 9938 leads a set of 10 beleaguered cars for temporary storage in Ronkonkoma Yard. This train will join abou... (more)

Train 6202 eastbound over the bridge that spans Hashamomuck Pond on the LIRR Main Line. Next stop Greenport. DE30AC 403, coach 4046, cab car 5016 and DE30AC 404.

"LIRR's Longest Electric Consist?" In a rare event on April 12th, 2021, Long Island Rail Road train 4210 is seen passing Floral Park station westbound on the Main Line with a whopping 18-c... (more)

Crossover. An inbound LIRR train crosses onto Track 2 to arrive at Jamaica Station. The complex interlockings here feature numerous double crossovers, single and double slip switches, an... (more)

City Switcher. LIRR 161 idles on a siding track near Long Island City Station on the Lower Montauk Branch. There is typically a locomotive here, presumably as a protect unit for the term... (more)

"Against the Current of Traffic at Nostrand" A westbound Long Island Rail Road train runs down Track 2 on the Atlantic Branch Viaduct while heading towards Atlantic Terminal in B... (more)