Long Island Railroadt

* This rendering has history. I don't do "fantasy" paint schemes for prototype railroads, as it's enough of a challenge getting the actual colorations right in the first place. However . . . this was designed in 1976 (with pen and ink, colored with felt-tip pens) when I thought the Long Island should have purchased the F-40-PH instead of the GP-38-2.

** Former D&H Units, Goodfellow scheme modified with a wide blue stripe running the length of the locomotive between orange ends.

Passenger Cars
LI Class	Builder	Type	As Delivered	World's Fair	MTA Phase I	MTA Phase IIa	MTA Phase IIb
P-72	Pullman-Standard	Coach	2901-2980	2901-2980	2901-2980
PT-72	Pullman-Standard	Coach				2777-2899	2777-2899
BG-72	Pullman-Standard	Bar-Generator			2101-2104
PP-72	Pullman-Standard	Parlor			2001,2002,2011-2021	2001,2002,2011-2021	2001,2002,2011-2021
PT-75	Pullman-Standard	Coach			2701-2736	2701-2736	2701-2736

MTA Long Island Rail Road Map

I spent a number of my formative years on the eastern end of Long Island, in the hamlet of East Quogue. My only memory of seeing a train was when my uncle was discharged from the U.S. Army in the very early '60's and the family went to the Quogue(?) station to pick him up. It was at night, and all I remember was a headlight pointing to the east. I would have sworn it was an EMD F-Unit until I learned that the LIRR did not have any EMDs in those years. It would have been a C-Liner, but I have absolutely no memory of that distinctive shape in the dark. The topography of the island being what it is, I remember hearing trains frequently, and looking for them when we crossed the Montauk line on Lewis Road, but I don't remember seeing any trains when we lived there. Years after we moved back to the Philadelphia area, I managed to capture a few FA's, GP-38-2's and MP-15AC's on film over the years when we visited, but never saw the Centuries, or any engine in the "World's Fair" colors. The link below showed what I missed, and was a primary source for the above listed color schemes. Tim Darnell and Brian Woodruff's photos were used extensively for the original MTA Blue and Yellow schemes. This particular chapter has been quite an adventure.

Thanks to Dave Keller, Dick Gluek, Tim Darnell, and Steve Lynch for supplying the expertise, photos, critique, information, and time in helping to fine-tune these images.

A really good source for prototype information for the Long Island Rail Road is http://www.trainsarefun.com/lirr/lirrcontents.htm

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