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Nostalgia & History > ex-L&N FA-2 #604 on LI RR at JamaicaNY -- Sept 77Date: 06/28/09 10:38 ex-L&N FA-2 #604 on LI RR at JamaicaNY -- Sept 77 Author: gcm (1) #604 is outbound by Hall Tower at Jamaica. Used as head end power, the traction motors were removed.
(2) These units were first used on the Long Island RR around 1971. (3) A major intersection of Long Island lines at Jamaica. #604 has been saved and is at the Illinois RR Museum.    Date: 06/28/09 12:52 Re: ex-L&N FA-2 #604 on LI RR at JamaicaNY -- Sept 77 Author: dschlegel Does anyone know if any of these ex L&N units were some of the power that L&N got from the L&NE? I recall reading that the L&NE's RS-2's mostly went to the L&N, but don't remember what became of their FA units.
Date: 06/28/09 15:08 Re: ex-L&N FA-2 #604 on LI RR at JamaicaNY -- Sept 77 Author: Anonymous User dschlegel Wrote:
------------------------------------------------------- > Does anyone know if any of these ex L&N units were > some of the power that L&N got from the L&NE? I > recall reading that the L&NE's RS-2's mostly went > to the L&N, but don't remember what became of > their FA units. None of the FA's/FB's that L&N picked up from the L&NE were in the batch that ended up on the LIRR, having been previously retired and traded in. Date: 06/28/09 16:18 Re: ex-L&N FA-2 #604 on LI RR at JamaicaNY -- Sept 77 Author: 90mac When I was in Minneola back in 1983 I remember them, they had BLISTERING Nathan M3's!!!
Rare even in 83. TAH Date: 06/28/09 19:25 Re: ex-L&N FA-2 #604 on LI RR at JamaicaNY -- Sept 77 Author: zephyrus I remember that locomotive well. It was actually acquired by the Portola Railroad Museum (now the Western Pacific Railroad Museum) and the intent was to paint it into UP colors. It was at the center of much discussion (along with a set of ex-VIA FPA and FPB that went to Grand Canyon) as to why a Western Pacific museum had those engines. There was some talk of painting it into SP&S colors, but then IRM wanted it, so it went to its new home.
Z Date: 06/28/09 19:50 Re: ex-L&N FA-2 #604 on LI RR at JamaicaNY -- Sept 77 Author: NH2006 Nice!
My memory of the LIRR is the same cluttered existence, even with the new lipstick containers. Date: 06/29/09 07:37 Re: ex-L&N FA-2 #604 on LI RR at JamaicaNY -- Sept 77 Author: wabash2800 Is that last photo a flyover that train is running on?
Date: 06/29/09 08:21 Re: ex-L&N FA-2 #604 on LI RR at JamaicaNY -- Sept 77 Author: joemvcnj Yes. The 2 portals you see are the Atlantic Branch tracks heading east to Valley Stream. Except for the buildings on the left and the train, that picture could have been taken today.
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