When Green and Yellow Ruled the Main Line...

Back in the day when things were interesting on the Long Island Railroad. Taken on the wye at KO some time in 1976. [/b]

Is that a GP-10 or a GP-9?

Niel, it's a 1700hp GP9. GP10 was a designation that the I.C.RR gave GP9s that were rebuilt at the Paducah Shops. They are very unique looking as they have a big huge air filter box that extends from one carbody side across the roof to the other side.
Peducah GP10

Nice pictures Paul. I can remember the Precision units blasting thru NHP. But my favorites were the Bangor & Aroostook GP's. I thought the name was cool!(what did I know? I was a kid!)

May 1976 at Sunnyside Yd.
Can anyone tell me how to post an image? (not on a webpage)

Tim

Montauk, July 1974. I used to love those 4-unit lashups!
Tim

Now that's what I'm talking about TS! Thanks! All these old pictures are making me feel nostalgic for the 70's. Hmm...now where did I put my Led Zeppelin 8 track tapes??

Glad you liked, RR! Don't tell me you still have something to play those 8-tracks on! My all-in-ones (stereo) usually died after putting a penny on the reccord player needle for too long!

Somwhere around here I have a slide that has two BAR geeps (blue), an RS-3 and PNC 1702 all on the K.O. wye. The IC picture came from Ellwood's site. I posted it as an example of a Peducah rebuild. I did not take that picture. And, to top it off, I never knew that PNC 1505 was ever on the Island! From the looks of her I would say they kept her well hidden.
Now the younger ones on the LIRR forum know why I say the Seventies were kind to me. It was most exciting.

Paul, They had 3 blue GP-7s (1505, 1506, 1507) that were ex-FEC and were leased for about 6 months.
In my first shot (at Sunnyside) the 3rd unit was a GP-10 #980.
All in all, they had 11 PNC units and 8 BAR's when the lease expired on the C-420s. 6 of those (BAR 69, 72, 74, and PNC 1701, 1702, 1706) were equipted with ASC while on the LIRR.
Heres the roster:
GP-7 #117 PNC
GP-9 #136 PNC
GP-9 #172 PNC
GP-10 #980 PNC (chop nose)
GP-9 1503 PNC
GP-7 1505-1507 FEC blue & yellow
GP-9 1701, 1702, 1706 PNC (1702 chop nosed)

and BAR:
GP-7 #60, 62, 64, 65, 66, 69, 72, 74

There are 2 things I regret: Not taking more pictures during the 70's on LI and not getting the ones I did take out of my ex-wife's house before she threw them out!

And TS, I do have an 8 track deck, an Audiovox, brand new in the box waiting to be installed in the proper vehicle.

Thats wild about those three Geep 7's from PNC. I never saw them and trust me, I was always at Ronkonkoma during those years. I had a ride from K.O to Greenport in the cab of one of the BAR units (Blue), Many a ride in the four green / yellow PNC 9s (980 was a Geep 10), and even "got some" in the cab of 1702...
I never bothered with 8-track. I went for casset decks my self.

BAR 69 rolls The Shelter Island Express east thru Mineola on a Friday afternoon in August 1974. Next stop - Riverhead. Look closely and you will see that parlor car 2000 AMAGANSETT is the first car in the 4 car consist.

Photo by Tim Darnell.

Paul
You forgot to mention the Big Black Readings that were also leased around the same time.

I never saw the Reading units either. Damn. Anyway, I was thinking about posting a pix of a 16 year old me in the cab of one of the PNC units at Greenport. I just dont know if I should.