by jhdeasy
2001 SYOSSET
2002 OYSTER BAY
2003 SOUTH SHORE
2004 LOCUST VALLEY (renamed SYOSSET in 1973 after 2001 SYOSSET was wrecked/retired)
I've given the four heavyweight private commuter club cars of the 1960s and 1970s a page of their own at my LIRR parlor Cars website, because LIRR did not consider them parlor cars and they were not listed on the roster of cars for parlor service.
http://www.dominionrailvoyages.com/jhd/lirr/page7.html
I'm looking for some info pertaining to these four cars:
a. The year 2001 was wrecked.
b. The years 2002, 2003 and 2004 were retired.
c. The runs these cars were usually assigned ... I believe one was Port Jefferson, one was Oyster Bay and one was Speonk.
d. Any good anecdotal information.
After these heavyweight commuter club cars were retired, were any of the lightweight cars from the parlor car fleet reassigned to replace them in private commuter club service for some period of time? For example, 2073 TUCKAHOE (x-UP club lounge) and x-DL&W/EL tavern lounge observation cars 2081 AQUEBOGUE and 2082 ASHAROKEN were on the roster until 1979. I have a note that 2081 AQUEBOGUE was used for South Shore commuter club service from June 1976 to November 1977, without being renumbered/renamed. 2000 AMAGANSETT (renamed MORRIS PARK in 1976) was another potential candidate for reassignment to commuter club service.
Here are two of my photos of 2081 AQUEBOGUE on the rear of a late afternoon eastbound train loading at Hunterspoint Avenue and departing from that station. My records say I took the photos in 1978, but don't note a train number or departure time. Are these photos of the car serving the South Shore commuter club on a train to Speonk?
http://www.dominionrailvoyages.com/jhd/lirr/2081_3.jpg
http://www.dominionrailvoyages.com/jhd/lirr/2081_5.jpg
2002 OYSTER BAY
2003 SOUTH SHORE
2004 LOCUST VALLEY (renamed SYOSSET in 1973 after 2001 SYOSSET was wrecked/retired)
I've given the four heavyweight private commuter club cars of the 1960s and 1970s a page of their own at my LIRR parlor Cars website, because LIRR did not consider them parlor cars and they were not listed on the roster of cars for parlor service.
http://www.dominionrailvoyages.com/jhd/lirr/page7.html
I'm looking for some info pertaining to these four cars:
a. The year 2001 was wrecked.
b. The years 2002, 2003 and 2004 were retired.
c. The runs these cars were usually assigned ... I believe one was Port Jefferson, one was Oyster Bay and one was Speonk.
d. Any good anecdotal information.
After these heavyweight commuter club cars were retired, were any of the lightweight cars from the parlor car fleet reassigned to replace them in private commuter club service for some period of time? For example, 2073 TUCKAHOE (x-UP club lounge) and x-DL&W/EL tavern lounge observation cars 2081 AQUEBOGUE and 2082 ASHAROKEN were on the roster until 1979. I have a note that 2081 AQUEBOGUE was used for South Shore commuter club service from June 1976 to November 1977, without being renumbered/renamed. 2000 AMAGANSETT (renamed MORRIS PARK in 1976) was another potential candidate for reassignment to commuter club service.
Here are two of my photos of 2081 AQUEBOGUE on the rear of a late afternoon eastbound train loading at Hunterspoint Avenue and departing from that station. My records say I took the photos in 1978, but don't note a train number or departure time. Are these photos of the car serving the South Shore commuter club on a train to Speonk?
http://www.dominionrailvoyages.com/jhd/lirr/2081_3.jpg
http://www.dominionrailvoyages.com/jhd/lirr/2081_5.jpg