My LIRR Website Update July 2024

http://www.trainsarefun.com/lirr/lirrwebsiteupdate.htm

An interesting shot of freight and Passenger action at the West End of the railroad in Long Island City.
A Freight pulled by an Alco switcher on the Montauk Cutoff passes above an MU train led
by as MP-54C as it rushes westbound into one of the tunnels leading to Pennsylvania Station.
View E 5/1961. Photo: Gene Collora Archive: Eugene Powell

Great stuff, as always.

Steve: As usual a decent monthly update...

The Gene Collora photo dating from May 1961 looks eastward. The MU train is entering Line 4 at left.
The track alongside leads to Line 2 behind...Out of the photo to the left is the #7 Flushing Line tunnel
entrance/beginning of elevated structure and to the right is the Hunterspoint Avenue LIRR Station.
MACTRAXX

Thanks, Folks... The photo MACTRAXX refers to is on the Montauk Cutoff page: http://www.trainsarefun.com/lirr/montau ... cutoff.htm

Here's another looking eastward, also:
Long Island City, NY 7/12/1974 Photo: Vincent J. Benkovitz, Archive: Mike Woodruff
Locomotives: PC 4875 (GG1), LIRR MTA Alco S1 (Info: Paul Strubeck)

Love the N&W and IC boxcars in that consist!!!!

Does anyone know the heritage of the 50’ boxcar? I’m thinking C&O
What about the tankers? Any guesses?