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-photo by Bernard Ente
RETIRED LIRR LOCOMOTIVES AND EQUIPMENT:

The LIRR removed five more cab units from their roster on Oct. 2, 1999. The retired units included ALCO FA-1M #616, enroute to a tourist line in Canada, EMD F-7Ms 620, 621 and #622. Also retired was an F-9M #619. These units were sold to the Semiole Gulf RR in Florida and to Hydro Power in NJ.
In March of 2000, the LIRR removed the remaining ALCO FA cab units: 607, 614, and 615 from their roster andmoved them to NY&A's Fresh Pond yard as seen above. These Alcos were shipped out on 3/13/00 via CSX. These three were the last of the cab units from the LIRR (FA's or EMD F units).
These engines were replaced by the new DE-30's and DM-30's currently in operation. Watching these engines pull a long double-decker train at night is quite an impressive sight especially at one of the many grade crossings on the Island.

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LIRR-Long Island City yard -Spring '99, Queens, New York
These GP38-2's are now off the LIRR's roster for good.
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LIRR excursion train, "End of an Era". Location is Dutch Kills Bridge, Long Island City, Queens- Sept. 25, 1999. --photo by Bernard Ente.

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ACTIVE LIRR EQUIPMENT PHOTO SECTION

photo by Kevin Katta
LIRR worktrain parked on the siding at Wellwood Av. crossing

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LIRR's new DE-30AC at Hicksville station -Summer '99 --
Photo by Mike Scholz
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Providence and Worcester lashup resting in Fresh Pond Yard...with a late afternoon Eastbound LIRR set passing under Bridge 35 -Summer '99. -photo by Kevin Katta

Once each week in the warmer months, usually on Thursday after 11 p.m., the Providence & Worcester R.R. brings a unit train of specially designed beige-colored hoppers to Fresh Pond directly from Connecticut. On Sunday evenings, these stone-filled hoppers are hauled out to Medford, LI, to Prima Asphalt. Usually attached to the consist from P&W is a unit train of LIRR hoppers loaded with ballast destined for LIRR M.O.W. Both of these loads originate from the Tilcon quarries up in Connecticut. The P&W has haulage rights on MNCRR and on CSX trackage over the Hell Gate Bridge. Once the motive power uncouples (typically 4 or 5 engines), they and the crew lay over until Friday morning and then make the return trip following rush hour (on Metro-North). The engines return to Fresh Pond late Sunday evening to pick up the empties-they head back to New England on Monday morning. This movement is suspended in the winter months because of the frozen ground. Service resumes again each April.
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--photo by K. Katta
Here's a view of the newly repainted Metro-North FL-9s #2012 with 2013 trailing, in the classic N.Y. Central Lightning Stripe scheme taken at Peekskill, NY station. -Oct. 2, 1999. 2012 is still used on occasion on the Danbury Branch of the old NH in Connecticut;
2013 will be dislayed at the Danbury Rail Museum.

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photo by Kevin Katta
CP Rail Kenwood Yard-Albany, NY Apr '05

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