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Brrr, It's Freezing LIRR Photos


Neil Feldman

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Snowy pictures taken today at St. James as we look east down the railroad on the Port Jeff Branch:

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DM30AC 517 leads this 8 car set of Train 6681 as it arrives at St. James:

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DM30AC 520 on the rear of Train 6681:

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Train 6680 (Extra from Penn Station) arrives at Smithtown (Note this is using the same equipment used before as Train 6681):

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Train 6660 in the siding at Smithtown after 6661 passes:

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A bonus of Train 6681 in Black and White:

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See why it was freezing?????? :o

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Thanks guys for the replies/compliments. 400-422 are DE30AC's (Diesel-Electric) with no third rail pickup. 500-522 are DM30AC's (Diesel-Electric/Electric Dual-Mode) with Third Rail Pickup. The photo of 517, and 520 on Train 6681 is an extra train from Port Jefferson to Penn Station. The DE30AC's (such as 401 pictured) can't go into the East River Tunnels because they are not Dual-Mode. 503 was involved in a electrical short with a shopping cart hitting the third rail shoe in Greenlawn (non-electrified territory) causing the whole frame to melt, and as a result of that, EMD did a write-off on it even though it was still under warranty at that time. 503 rests in the Bone Yard behind Morris Park.

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Thanks! I did that with the right reflexes as it was coming in at about 35-40 MPH at the crossing to the station. I was behind the railing, which is right next to the track, so that's where you got the almost head-on shot. Anyways, here are 2 more shots taken at Port Jefferson (1/22) of what came in as Train 6656, and would leave at 5:42PM as Train 6659:

 

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Taken just as nightfall is coming down!

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Yes, and no! Thursday night, Train 656 had 2 cab cars on the west end of its consist, and sometimes for snow purposes, an engine is put on each end of the consists. Of coarse on DM sets, one engine on each end must be used for 3rd rail in Penn Station. But here is Train 658 I took tonight (Friday, 1/28) in a light snowfall:

 

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