MP-15ac's out & about

The 153 was the Jamaica protect today. Saw it around noon.

Last night 8/14 at 10:10PM 152 and 163 were seen on the RFX1 crew heading eastbound "glass out" in Mineola with seventeen FTSX flat cars with concrete ties and the HARSCO Track renewal system equipment for the double track project.

This past Saturday 8/18, 157 was in Garden City with five gondolas

#157 was the Jamaica protect today, at 10 AM #154 was pulling a single PTTX #142641 with a track section westbound this morning. For the trip eastbound the RF crew had #158 leading and #154 trailing with 8 open gondolas with a Excavator as it went by at 12:35 PM this afternoon, the work train catch was caught at New Hyde Park.

Spotted #161 over at Sunnyside Yard at around 4:00-4:30 PM.

Last night 8/27, 154 was headed west around 10:35PM in Mineola with the rail recovery train with 153 trailing on the rear.
Today 8/28, 153 and 154 were seen on the RF Extra on the Garden City Secondary at around 11:17AM. It picked up five gondolas and headed west around 12:11PM.

Has anyone noticed three OOS MP-15's on the LILCO siding in Hicksville ?

Saw them today for the first time on a train passing by.

grobtech wrote:

Teutobergerwald wrote:Anybody know why the 162, 169 & 170 were moved from the Port Jefferson yard to the Hicksville LIPA spur? Less prone to vandalism? And any word as to their fate- scrapping or rebuild ?

As per the RFP for new Tier IV work locomotives all 19 of the E15s that the LIRR owns (4 were sold to NYAR of the original 23) will be traded in towards the purchase of 20 new engines. This means even the equipment that is OOS are going too. All seven of the E10s will be part of the trade as well.

BM: 162, 169 and 170 as noted were moved to the Hicksville PSE&G siding from Port Jefferson
for further storage. I have seen these three MP15s myself and I do think it is a good move to
include these three units in any kind of trade-in towards new locomotives...MACTRAXX

From Yesterday 8/31/2018,

Yesterday morning at 10:06 AM right after NYA RS40 cleared Queens Village MP15AC #154 was running light eastbound from Holban yard to Garden City, it came back westbound at 11:53 AM/11:54 AM also running light.

#158 was seen in Jamaica on protect duty but was seen again in the afternoon at 1:33 PM headed eastbound to Belmont Park, it came back 20 mins later from Belmont light then headed eastbound out to Long Island.

#163 was trailing on a CE move with DE30AC #400 at 2:05 PM eastbound from Morris Park.

Mactraxx wrote: 62, 169 and 170 as noted were moved to the Hicksville PSE&G siding from Port Jefferson
for further storage. I have seen these three MP15s myself and I do think it is a good move to
include these three units in any kind of trade-in towards new locomotives...MACTRAXX

Perhaps three units have some serious mechanical issues making it not worth repairing ?

#152 was the Jamaica protect yesterday Saturday 9/8, on that same day at 10:56 AM in the morning the RF crew with #161 running light was headed down to Holban yard as it passed Queens Village. At 12:14 PM just before LIRR Hempstead Branch eastbound train #6718 arrived at the station in the afternoon the RF crew was seen headed from Holban yard with MP15 #161 and #163 with a gondola and 7 open cut gondola cars, the open cut gondola cars got taken off at Atlantic Pipe. The gondola car got stayed on for the trip to the Double track project site.

#165 was seen as it's Jamaica protect this afternoon, #158 was coupled with #166 and #167 was sitting next to SW1001 #100 at Richmond Hill yard this morning. Also today #153 was seen on a work train in the Harold interlocking area.

Today 9/16,
At 1:40pm, 161 was seen at the Clinton Road station in Garden City. At 2:35pm it headed west lite from Garden City on the RF1.
Later in the afternoon, 172 was seen near Harold with an eight car ballast train.
And at 9:00pm, 166 was seen on or near the fuel pad in Morris Park.
And 165 was the Jamaica protect this evening.
Thats all on MP15AC sightings for today.

Saw the 157 westbound, cab-forward, through Northport with a single double-decker car, yesterday afternoon around 2:25pm. Don't know if it was just a coach, or a control cab car. The 157 looks like a blue & white heritage engine, at this point.

Today 9/19
152 and 160 were in Garden City around 11:00AM on the Garden City Secondary. At around 1:00PM they headed back west lite.