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Viewing Album: LIRR: Reich ~> "Present-Day Roster" ~ 1963
By:
Thomas C. Ayers
Dates:
4/1/1963 - 4/1/1963
Album Info:
Here is a three-page article by Sy Reich entitled "Long Island Rail Road: Present-Day Roster." It was published originally in the April 1963 issue of "Railroad" magazine, pages 25-27.
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Title:
LIRR "Present-Day Roster," Page 25, 1963
Description:
Here is page one of a three-page article by Sy Reich entitled "Long Island Rail Road: Present-Day Roster." It was published originally in the April 1963 issue of "Railroad" magazine, page 25. Photo Caption: "Sixteen-hundred Alco horses pant briefly at LIRR's Cold Spring Harbor station before climbing the grade to Huntingdon." Photo by Gene Collors. Prominent here is LIRR engine #1552, an AGP-16MSC built by the American Locomotive Company in September of 1955 and rated at 1,600 horsepower. (NOTE: There's a typographical error in the "Diesel Locomotives" table: the Railroad Class for the 1600 HP Alco RS-3 should be "AGP-16msc," not "AGP-15msc.")
Photo Date:
4/1/1963
Upload Date:
9/15/2023 11:07:04 PM
Location:
Cold Spring Harbor, NY
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
Station,Passenger
Locomotives:
LI 1552(RS3)
Views:
174
Comments:
0
Title:
LIRR "Present-Day Roster," Page 26, 1963
Description:
Here is page two of a three-page article by Sy Reich entitled "Long Island Rail Road: Present-Day Roster." It was published originally in the April 1963 issue of "Railroad" magazine, page 26. Notable here is a description of "Union Switch & Signal's automatic speed-control system on a typical multiple-unit Long Island car."
Photo Date:
4/1/1963
Upload Date:
9/15/2023 11:09:03 PM
Location:
Morris Park, NY
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
Locomotives:
LI 1507(H-16-44)
LI 2007(CPA20-5)
Views:
170
Comments:
0
Title:
LIRR "Present-Day Roster," Page 27, 1963
Description:
Here is page three of a three-page article by Sy Reich entitled "Long Island Rail Road: Present-Day Roster." It was published originally in the April 1963 issue of "Railroad" magazine, page 27. Middle Photo: Depicted here is LIRR #401, the AA-2 diesel-powered boxcab built by Alco/GE/Ingersoll-Rand in February of 1926, rated at 400 horsepower, and retired in June of 1951 after 25 years of faithful service.
Photo Date:
4/1/1963
Upload Date:
9/15/2023 11:15:09 PM
Location:
Morris Park, NY
Author:
Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:
Passenger
Locomotives:
LI 2004(CPA20-5)
LI 401(60 Ton)
Views:
174
Comments:
0
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