![LIRR-L152-BuildersPlate-070482-FarmingdaleAlCastelli.jpg (39797 bytes)](LIRR-L152-BuildersPlate-070482-FarmingdaleAlCastelli_small.jpg)
LIRR #152 Builder Plate
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The
LIRR MP15-AC Engine Roster
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Photo:
LIRR MP15-AC cab #157 - 9/2023 Photo/Archive: Jerry Carmine
By the
early 1970's , the LIRR was looking to replace the first L1's (C420's),
RS1's, Rs3's, and S1's. ALCO was not building engines in the
US
and the carrier was not buying MLW engines from
Canada
. The serious option considered was GE and the UB18's . However, when the
new Master Mechanic came from the
Milwaukee Road
(which just ordered MP 15's), the order was placed for MP15's and the
GP38's.
The class "E15's" were mostly used on the
Oyster Bay
branch. Rarely were they used as power to KO (
Ronkonkoma
), but were used on the weekday scoot to Greenport (GY). There were times
they were used as a second unit to Pt. Jeff and Montauk on heavier trains,
but this was not the norm as the heavier Montauk trains rated two E20's
(GP38's)
In the
later years, the LIRR used them as HEP units (600 VDC HEP, another LIRR
oddity).
OB
trains would have one at one end running HEP, the other pulling the train,
or a GP-38-2 at the other end. The HEP unit would idle at notch 3 or so I
think, and not supply traction power. This lasted until the bi-levels came
on. Bizzare but it worked and IIRC, the LIRR saved good amount of $ doing
it...
The Chief
Mechanical Officer at the time selected them. He felt, as most
Long Island
railroaders at the time believed, that a small road switcher would be the
best choice for our operation. The short-haul-quick-turnaround type of
scheduling was ideal for a road switcher. The unit would accelerate quickly
and had a top speed that could keep our schedules.
They were also very low cost and inexpensive to operate, which was quite
important at the time they were purchased. The
Milwaukee Road
had lots favorable experience with EMD products and the CMO had been a
former
Milwaukee Road
employee.
History would show that they were a good selection for the job and an
excellent replacement for the RS-3's.
As stated above, the LIRR had a long history with ALCO products, but
they were unfortunately no longer available. Had they been, then the LI
would have most likely remained an ALCO customer. LI Tool
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LIRR #150-172 Class:
E-15, Builder: GM EMD Order #766043 23 units, Serial Numbers: #766043-1 to
23, Model: MP15-AC, HP:
1,500,
Trucks: 2-2 Effort: 65,750 Weight: 263,000
Delivery Date: 3/04/1977 30 years in service.
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![lirr150_jamaica-1997_davidpirmann.jpg (63908 bytes)](lirr150_jamaica-1997_davidpirmann_small.jpg)
LIRR #150 Jamaica
1997
Photo: David Pirmann
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![lirrr150_Obay.jpg (123210 bytes)](lirrr150_Obay_small.jpg)
LIRR #150 Oyster Bay |
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![lirr151obay03-83johnvolpi.jpg (64250 bytes)](lirr151obay03-83johnvolpi_small.jpg)
LIRR #151 Oyster Bay 3/1983
Photo: John Volpi
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#151 and #156 Pine Aire Siding 12/2001
Photo: John Volpi
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![151maspeth07-12-2006johnmccluskey.jpg (265301 bytes)](151maspeth07-12-2006johnmccluskey_small.jpg)
Maspeth 7/12/2006
Photo: John McCluskey
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![151Riverhead01-29-07AlCastelli.jpg (69687 bytes)](151Riverhead01-29-07AlCastelli_small.jpg)
Riverhead 1/29/2007
Photo: Al Castelli
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![nya151-155pineaire03-30-07williamskeats.jpg (66412 bytes)](nya151-155pineaire03-30-07williamskeats_small.jpg)
NYA #151,
#155 Pine Aire 3/30/2007
Photo: William Skeats
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![lirr151_fpond_06-20-2007_joegregory.jpg (177862 bytes)](lirr151_fpond_06-20-2007_joegregory_small.jpg)
Fresh
Pond 6/20/2007
Photo: Joe Gregory
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![152Obay09-14-86AlCastelli.jpg (68562 bytes)](152Obay09-14-86AlCastelli_small.jpg)
LIRR #152 Oyster Bay 9/14/1986
Photo: Al Castelli
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![lirr152-150_westislip-05-03-2005_KevinKatta.jpg (246977 bytes)](lirr152-150_westislip-05-03-2005_KevinKatta_small.jpg)
LIRR #152-150 West Islip 5/03/2005
Photo: Kevin Katta
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![](LIRR-152_9222003_JoeTischner_small.jpg)
LIRR #152 9/22/2003
Photo/Archive: Joe Tischner |
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![lirr153ashtrainMikeKoehler.jpg (113695 bytes)](lirr153ashtrainMikeKoehler_small.jpg)
LIRR #153 Smithtown Ash Train Westbound
Photo: Mike Koehler c.1985
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![LIRR-L153-011886-HicksvilleAlCastelli.jpg (73224 bytes)](LIRR-L153-011886-HicksvilleAlCastelli_small.jpg)
Hicksville 1/18/1986
Photo: Al Castelli
![lirr153.jpg (57137 bytes)](lirr153_small.jpg)
LIRR #153
Photo: Mike Koehler
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![LIRR-L153-151-111486-SouthamptonAlCastelli.jpg (74309 bytes)](LIRR-L153-151-111486-SouthamptonAlCastelli_small.jpg)
Southampton 11/14/1986
Photo: Al Castelli
![lirr153railtrain-speonk05-19-05williamskeats.jpg (92127 bytes)](lirr153railtrain-speonk05-19-05williamskeats_small.jpg)
Speonk 5/19/2005 rail
train
Photo William Skeats
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![lirr153_mitchelfield_3-2007_joegregory.jpg (153086 bytes)](lirr153_mitchelfield_3-2007_joegregory_small.jpg)
LIRR #153 Mitchel Field 3/2007
Photo: Joe Gregory
![lirr153Smithtown6-07-2006.jpg (95389 bytes)](lirr153Smithtown6-07-2006_small.jpg)
LIRR #153 Smithtown 6/07/2006
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![lirr154.jpg (37315 bytes)](lirr154_small.jpg)
LIRR #154
![lirr154Smithtown.jpg (63049 bytes)](lirr154Smithtown_small.jpg)
LIRR #154 Smithtown
Photo: Mike Koehler
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![LI154b.jpg (58770 bytes)](LI154b_small.jpg)
LIRR #154 Morris Park c.1990's
Photo: Bobby Kasza
![LIRR-L154-152-032192-FarmingdaleAlCastelli.jpg (181812 bytes)](LIRR-L154-152-032192-FarmingdaleAlCastelli_small.jpg)
Farmingdale 3/21/1992
Photo: Al Castelli
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![154Wellwood01-05-06AlCastelli.jpg (73499 bytes)](154Wellwood01-05-06AlCastelli_small.jpg)
Wellwood Ave 1/05/2006
Photo: Al Castelli
LI City 3/20/2006
Photo: John McCluskey
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LI City 3/20/2006
Photo: John McCluskey
![MP15AC-154_new-paint_Fresh-Pond-Yard_10-22-2017_GregGrice.jpg (126453 bytes)](MP15AC-154_new-paint_Fresh-Pond-Yard_10-22-2017_GregGrice_small.jpg)
Fresh Pond Yard #154 in new
paint
10/22/2017 Photo: Greg Grice
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![](LIRR-new-GM-155_Engineer-DennisPDemitry_Ziel-house-Water-Mill_4291977_Ziel-Queens-Public-Library_small.jpg)
LIRR new GM#155 - Engineer Dennis P. Demitry Photo: Ziel house in Water Mill
4/29/1977
Archive: Queens Public Library
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![lirr155pondtowerMikeKoehler.jpg (66199 bytes)](lirr155pondtowerMikeKoehler_small.jpg)
LIRR #155 Fresh Pond light
move westbound
1984
Photo: Mike Koehler
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Transferred to NYA in the late
90's wearing blue and white. See #156
LIRR #155 was painted in NYA
green almost immediately after take over.
Info: John Volpi
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![lirr155_fpond_06-20-2007_joegregory.jpg (243435 bytes)](lirr155_fpond_06-20-2007_joegregory_small.jpg)
Fresh Pond 6/20/2007
Photo: Joe Gregory
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![LIRR-L156-120885-FarmingdaleAlCastelli.jpg (62564 bytes)](LIRR-L156-120885-FarmingdaleAlCastelli_small.jpg)
LIRR #156 Farmingdale 12/08/1985
Photo: Al Castelli
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![156Smithtown02-03-03JohnVolpi.jpg (87342 bytes)](156Smithtown02-03-03JohnVolpi_small.jpg)
LIRR #156 Smithtown
2/03/2003
with NYA logo. Photo: John Volpi
![156Pine-Airesiding12-2001JohnVolpi.jpg (85353 bytes)](156Pine-Airesiding12-2001JohnVolpi_small.jpg)
LIRR #156 Pine Aire
siding 12/2001 NYA logo. Out of Service about 2 years. Photo/Info: John Volpi
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Transferred to NYA in the late
90's wearing blue and white with NYA logo applied. Perhaps first unit
with new logo. Info: John Volpi
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![156maspeth03-13-2006johnmccluskey.jpg (135471 bytes)](156maspeth03-13-2006johnmccluskey_small.jpg)
Maspeth 3/13/2006
Photo: John McCluskey
![lirr156_fpond_06-20-2007_joegregory.jpg (206305 bytes)](lirr156_fpond_06-20-2007_joegregory_small.jpg)
Fresh Pond 6/20/2007
Photo: Joe Gregory
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![157Hicksville04-05-86AlCastelli.jpg (53577 bytes)](157Hicksville04-05-86AlCastelli_small.jpg)
LIRR #157 Hicksville 4/05/1986
Photo: Al Castelli
![LI157.jpg (57990 bytes)](LI157_small.jpg)
LIRR #157 Morris Park c.1990's
Photo: Bobby Kasza
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![lirr157Hicksville-04-05-86AlCastelli.jpg (83943 bytes)](lirr157Hicksville-04-05-86AlCastelli_small.jpg)
Hicksville # 157 4/05/1986
Photo: Al Castelli
The yard is the one on West John
St, west of the Hicksville station and across from Nassau County's Cantiague
Park.
NYAR has it now & it's where the Twin Forks ex-PRR LIRR steel hack
is. Behind the loco is the mainline, west is to the right. The track I'm
standing on and the one to the right lead into the yard behind me. The loco
is on a siding that runs east. Info: Al Castelli
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![lirr157MikeKoehler.jpg (70497 bytes)](lirr157MikeKoehler_small.jpg)
Farmingdale(?) Central branch #157
drilling freight
Photo: Mike Koehler
![lirr157MikeKoehler2.jpg (35654 bytes)](lirr157MikeKoehler2_small.jpg)
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![lirr157_licity_03-20-2006_johnmccluskey.jpg (235841 bytes)](lirr157_licity_03-20-2006_johnmccluskey_small.jpg)
LI City 3/20/2006
Photo: John McCluskey
![lirr157_wellwoodave_8-11-2007_joegregory.jpg (227128 bytes)](lirr157_wellwoodave_8-11-2007_joegregory_small.jpg)
Wellwood Ave 8/11/2007
Photo: Joe Gregory
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![](MP15AC-158-new-EMD-visible-knuckle-Morris-Park_3-1977_small.jpg)
New #158 with EMD visible on the knuckle
Morris Park 3/1977
![](MP15AC-158-new-EMD-visible-knuckle-Morris-Park-turntable_3-1977_small.jpg) |
![158-160Farmingdale03-02-86AlCastelli.jpg (60714 bytes)](158-160Farmingdale03-02-86AlCastelli_small.jpg)
Farmingdale #158 3/02/1986
Photo: Al Castelli
![lirr158.jpg (63287 bytes)](lirr158_small.jpg)
LIRR #158 Smithtown
Photo: Mike Koehler |
![158Smithtown07-21-2006johnvolpi.jpg (173883 bytes)](158Smithtown07-21-2006johnvolpi_small.jpg)
Smithtown
#158 7/21/2006
Photo: John Volpi |
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Ronkonkoma #158, #157 and #166
Ballast Train
5/09/2007
Photo: William Skeats
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![159-082486-FarmingdaleAlCastelli.jpg (78495 bytes)](159-082486-FarmingdaleAlCastelli_small.jpg)
LIRR #159 Farmingdale 8/24/1986
Photo: Al Castelli
![lirr159salttrainMikeKoehler.jpg (71758 bytes)](lirr159salttrainMikeKoehler_small.jpg)
Smithtown Salt Train eastbound
Photo: Mike Koehler
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![lirr159 -226_eastofsmithtown_5-29-85_johnvolpi.jpg (115395 bytes)](lirr159_-226_eastofsmithtown_5-29-85_johnvolpi_small.jpg)
East of Smithtown 5/29/1985
Photo: John Volpi
![159Smithtown5-11-2001JohnVolpi.jpg (89632 bytes)](159Smithtown5-11-2001JohnVolpi_small.jpg)
NYA #159 Smithtown
5/11/2001
Photo: John Volpi
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![159NYAPrimaAsphalt11-13-04JohnVolpi.jpg (138114 bytes)](159NYAPrimaAsphalt11-13-04JohnVolpi_small.jpg)
NYA #159 Prima
Asphalt 11/13/2004
Photo: John Volpi
![159bayridgebranch06-02-07joetischner.jpg (66892 bytes)](159bayridgebranch06-02-07joetischner_small.jpg)
NYA #159 Bay Ridge Branch 6/02/2007
Photo: Joe Tischner
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Transferred to NYA in the late
90's wearing blue and white.
Info: John Volpi
![159jamaica08-03-2007adammoreira.jpg (84580 bytes)](159jamaica08-03-2007adammoreira_small.jpg)
NYA #159 Jamaica Station 8/03/2007
Photo: Adam Moreira
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![lirr160-Holban_c1970s_stevehoskins.jpg (69171 bytes)](lirr160-Holban_c1970s_stevehoskins_small.jpg)
LIRR #160 Holban c.1970's
Photo: Steve Hoskins
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![lirr160FPond.jpg (59699 bytes)](lirr160FPond_small.jpg)
Fresh Pond
Photo: Mike Koehler
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![lirr160_licity_03-20-2006_johnmccluskey.jpg (91182 bytes)](lirr160_licity_03-20-2006_johnmccluskey_small.jpg)
LI City 3/20/2006
Photo: John McCluskey
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![160FarewelltotheM1Fantrip11-04-06.jpg (79691 bytes)](160FarewelltotheM1Fantrip11-04-06_small.jpg)
Farewell to the
M1Fantrip
11/04/2006
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![lirr161_morrispark.jpg (60540 bytes)](lirr161_morrispark_small.jpg)
LIRR #161 Morris Park switching Sunrise Fleet parlor #2021 c.1970's
Photo/Info: Tim Darnell
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![lirr161ronk10-22-84johnvolpi.jpg (62544 bytes)](lirr161ronk10-22-84johnvolpi_small.jpg)
Ronkonkoma 10/22/1984
Photo: John Volpi
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![LI161.jpg (66003 bytes)](LI161_small.jpg)
LIRR #161 Morris Park
c.1990s
Photo: Bobby Kasza
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![lirr161_licity_03-20-2006_johnmccluskey.jpg (239773 bytes)](lirr161_licity_03-20-2006_johnmccluskey_small.jpg)
LI City 3/20/2006
Photo: John McCluskey
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![LI162.jpg (55340 bytes)](LI162_small.jpg)
LIRR #161 Morris Park
c.1990s
Photo: Bobby Kasza
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LIRR #162 Port Jefferson
President's Day 2/22/2001
Photo: John Volpi
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![MP15AC-162_BoneYard_MPark_BobbyKasza.jpg (60001 bytes)](MP15AC-162_BoneYard_MPark_BobbyKasza_small.jpg)
LIRR #162 at Bone Yard
Morris Park
9/2006 Not in service on the dead line.
Info/Photo: Bobby Kasza
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![LI163.jpg (76555 bytes)](LI163_small.jpg)
LIRR #163
Morris Park c.1990's
Photo: Bobby Kasza
![lirr163ashtrainMikeKoehler.jpg (89556 bytes)](lirr163ashtrainMikeKoehler_small.jpg)
LIRR #163 Smithtown Ash Train WB
Photo: Mike
Koehler
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![lirr163-06-11-07joegregory.jpg (77978 bytes)](lirr163-06-11-07joegregory_small.jpg)
LIRR #163 6/11/2007
Photo: Joe Gregory
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![lirr163_regopark_03-13-2006_johnmccluskey.jpg (237937 bytes)](lirr163_regopark_03-13-2006_johnmccluskey_small.jpg)
Rego Park 3/20/2006
Photo: John McCluskey
![165regopark03-13-2006johnmccluskey.jpg (273342 bytes)](165regopark03-13-2006johnmccluskey_small.jpg)
Rego Park 3/20/2006
Photo: John McCluskey
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LI City 3/20/2006
Photo: John McCluskey
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![lirr164MikeKoehler.jpg (63240 bytes)](lirr164MikeKoehler_small.jpg)
LIRR #164 Ash Train
Photo: Mike
Koehler
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![lirr164viewwestbordenave_joegregory09-07.jpg (73345 bytes)](lirr164viewwestbordenave_joegregory09-07_small.jpg)
LIRR #164 view west
Borden Ave, LI City 9/2007
Photo: Joe Gregory
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![lirr165-Mineola_c1970s_stevehoskins.jpg (61274 bytes)](lirr165-Mineola_c1970s_stevehoskins_small.jpg)
LIRR #165 Mineola c.1970's
Photo: Steve Hoskins
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![lirr165_regopark_03-13-2006_johnmccluskey.jpg (273342 bytes)](lirr165_regopark_03-13-2006_johnmccluskey_small.jpg)
Rego
Park 3/13/2006
Photo: John McCluskey
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![LIRR-L166-082486-FarmingdaleAlCastelli.jpg (68521 bytes)](LIRR-L166-082486-FarmingdaleAlCastelli_small.jpg)
LIRR #166 Farmingdale 8/24/1986
Photo: Al Castelli
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![lirr166_licity_listtrip1993.jpg (84149 bytes)](lirr166_licity_listtrip1993_small.jpg)
LI City LIST Trip 1993
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![lirr166stjames05-84johnvolpi.jpg (48505 bytes)](lirr166stjames05-84johnvolpi_small.jpg)
St. James 5/1984
Photo: John Volpi
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![166Ronkonkoma12-14-03JohnVolpi.jpg (61750 bytes)](166Ronkonkoma12-14-03JohnVolpi_small.jpg)
LIRR #166
Ronkonkoma 12/14/2003
Photo: John Volpi
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![lirr167MTAbobbykasza.JPG (103610 bytes)](lirr167MTAbobbykasza_small.JPG)
LIRR #167 Morris Park 9/2002
Photo: Bobby J. Kasza
![lirr167smithtownMikeKoehler.jpg (76594 bytes)](lirr167smithtownMikeKoehler_small.jpg)
Smithtown work train c.1983
Photo: Mike Koehler
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![lirr167bobbykasza.jpg (67364 bytes)](lirr167bobbykasza_small.jpg)
Morris Park 10/2002
Photo: Bobby J. Kasza
![lirr167bobbykasza2.jpg (65644 bytes)](lirr167bobbykasza2_small.jpg)
Morris Park 10/2002
Photo: Bobby J. Kasza
Experimental Scheme Info: John Volpi
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![167WellwoodSiding12-20-03JohnVolpi.jpg (107447 bytes)](167WellwoodSiding12-20-03JohnVolpi_small.jpg)
LIRR #167 Wellwood
Siding 12/20/2003
Photo: John Volpi Latest scheme
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![lirr168greenport1980.jpg (36123 bytes)](lirr168greenport1980_small.jpg)
LIRR #168 Greenport 7/1980. Consist is the Sunday evening train from Greenport to
Jamaica. Parlor observation LIRR 2082 ASHAROKEN is immediately behind the
locomotive.
Photo/Info: Jack Deasy
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Ronkonkoma c.1979
Photo: Len Torney
![lirr168_ronk_c1979_lentorney.jpg (13270 bytes)](lirr168_ronk_c1979_lentorney_small.jpg)
Ronkonkoma c.1979
Photo: Len Torney
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![lirr168_Huntington_8-19-1984_johnvolpi.jpg (112422 bytes)](lirr168_Huntington_8-19-1984_johnvolpi_small.jpg)
Huntington 8/19/1984
Photo: John Volpi
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![lirr168.jpg (65918 bytes)](lirr168_small.jpg)
Morris Park 4/07/2007
Photo: Dietrich Ryan
![lirr168lesterzmudzinski.jpg (110655 bytes)](lirr168lesterzmudzinski_small.jpg)
Heading out of the siding, MP15AC #168 leads a ballast train eastbound.
Lindenhurst, Wellwood Ave. siding
11/11/2004 Photo: Lester
Zmudzinski
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![lirr169-hillside.jpg (61190 bytes)](lirr169-hillside_small.jpg)
LIRR #169 Hillside c1970's
Photo: Steve Hoskins
![lirr169-new.jpg (74426 bytes)](lirr169-new_small.jpg)
As newly delivered, no M on the nose...
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![lirr169-yardA_c1970s_stevehoskins.jpg (84041 bytes)](lirr169-yardA_c1970s_stevehoskins_small.jpg)
LI City Yard A c1970's
Photo: Steve Hoskins
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![MP15ac-169-158-Freight-East-Patchogue-1-7-90.jpg (45541 bytes)](MP15ac-169-158-Freight-East-Patchogue-1-7-90_small.jpg)
LIRR #169, #158 Patchogue 1/07/1990
Alan Tillotson photo, Dave Keller archive
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![MP15AC-169_BoneYard_MPark_BobbyKasza.jpg (56220 bytes)](MP15AC-169_BoneYard_MPark_BobbyKasza_small.jpg)
LIRR #169 Bone Yard Morris
Park
9/2006
Photo: Bobby Kasza
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![lirr170PsmithtownMikeKoehler.jpg (60561 bytes)](lirr170PsmithtownMikeKoehler_small.jpg)
LIRR #170 Smithtown
Photo: Mike Koehler
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![lirr170ronkonkoma05-85johnvolpi.jpg (86067 bytes)](lirr170ronkonkoma05-85johnvolpi_small.jpg)
Ronkonkoma
5/1985
Photo: John Volpi
![lirr170PMikeKoehler.jpg (54353 bytes)](lirr170PMikeKoehler_small.jpg)
LIRR #170P **
Photo: Mike Koehler
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![lirr170_riverdaleIL-05-01-1977_Kim Piersol.jpg (195046 bytes)](lirr170_riverdaleIL-05-01-1977_Kim_Piersol_small.jpg)
Riverdale, IL
delivery 5/01/1977
Photo: Kim Piersol
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#170 at St. James10/08/2003
Photo: John Volpi
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![lirr171SmithtownMike Koehler.jpg (77536 bytes)](lirr171SmithtownMike_Koehler_small.jpg)
LIRR #171 Smithtown
Photo: Mike Koehler
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![lirr171PronkonkomaMikeKoehler.jpg (65298 bytes)](lirr171PronkonkomaMikeKoehler_small.jpg)
171P Ronkonkoma c.1985
Photo: Mike Koehler
![lirr171obay07-82johnvolpi.jpg (95367 bytes)](lirr171obay07-82johnvolpi_small.jpg)
Oyster Bay 7/1982
Photo: John Volpi
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![lirr171greenport11-13-97williamskeats.jpg (49077 bytes)](lirr171greenport11-13-97williamskeats_small.jpg)
Greenport 11/13/1997
Photo:
William Skeats
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![lirr171smithtown8-28-2003.jpg (99979 bytes)](lirr171smithtown8-28-2003_small.jpg)
Smithtown
8/28/2003
Photo: John Volpi
![lirr171MTAbobbykasza.jpg (121027 bytes)](lirr171MTAbobbykasza_small.jpg)
Morris Park c. mid-1990's
Photo: Bobby J. Kasza
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![LI172.jpg (49382 bytes)](LI172_small.jpg)
LIRR #172
Morris Park c.1990's
Photo: Bobby Kasza
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![LI172-106.jpg (50817 bytes)](LI172-106_small.jpg)
LIRR #172-#106 Morris Park
c.1990's
Photo: Bobby Kasza
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![LIRR-L172P-111486-AmagansettAlCastelli.jpg (60705 bytes)](LIRR-L172P-111486-AmagansettAlCastelli_small.jpg)
LIRR #172P Amagansett
11/14/1986
Photo: Al Castelli
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![lirr172-156_Obay_10-94-johnvolpi.jpg (198940 bytes)](lirr172-156_Obay_10-94-johnvolpi_small.jpg)
#172-#156 Oyster Bay 10/1994
Photo: John Volpi
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![lirr172_licity_03-20-2006_johnmccluskey.jpg (218693 bytes)](lirr172_licity_03-20-2006_johnmccluskey_small.jpg)
LI City 3/20/2006
Photo: John McCluskey
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![lirr172_haroldprotectengine09-12-06bBobbykasza.jpg (119885 bytes)](lirr172_haroldprotectengine09-12-06bBobbykasza_small.jpg)
Harold Pprotect Engine
9/12/2006 Photo: Bobby Kasza
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**Notes on the MP15s with
"P" numbers:
Some MP15ac's were converted
to a power cab option and numbered with a "P" before or after
the road number. This option allowed the throttle to be set to an
equivalent of notch 6 to turn the generator at a steady speed. Energy was
channeled to a 4-point jumper to the train. These conversions allowed
these engines to supplement the Alco & EMD cab unit power cabs
which had problems in cold weather. These operated in push-pull service
with another MP15ac or a GP38-2 as the motive power.
Dates of the conversions:
#171 was first unit,
converted to full power cab configuration on 1/19/82, then to the option
in 2/82
#170 in 1/82
#169, #172 in 2/82
These four units were surplus
power from freight service.
The following are in number
order:
#161 in 4/84
#162 in 2/84
#163 in 11/83
#164 in 10/83
#165 in 10/83
#166 in 10/83
#167 in 9/83
#168
in 8/83
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#167 had "hump" (creeper) control, but it was removed when given the power cab option and put into #150.
#168 had Microphor L.T.P. (Low Temperature Protection) unit installed in 3/83.
Source: Diesels of the Sunrise Trail by: John Scala
Notes thanks to: Al Castelli
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