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Owner: Long Island Rail Road Company
Model:EMD MP15ACBuilt As:LI 159 (MP15AC)
Serial Number:766043-10Order No:766043
Frame Number:766043-10Built:3/1977
Other locos with this serial:  NYA 159(MP15AC) LI 159(MP15AC)
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LI 159
Title:  LI 159
Description: 
Photo Date:  10/20/1978  Upload Date: 12/3/2019 3:56:49 PM
Location:  Morris Park, NY
Author:  Tim Darnell
Categories: 
Locomotives:  LI 159(MP15AC) LI 161(MP15AC)
Views:  470   Comments: 1
LI 159
Title:  LI 159
Description: 
Photo Date:  5/12/1979  Upload Date: 12/3/2019 3:56:42 PM
Location:  Oyster Bay, NY
Author:  Tim Darnell
Categories: 
Locomotives:  LI 159(MP15AC)
Views:  393   Comments: 0
LI 159
Title:  LI 159
Description:  Actual day not recorded.
Photo Date:  10/1/1979  Upload Date: 5/17/2020 11:43:31 PM
Location:  Morris Park, NY
Author:  Tim Darnell
Categories: 
Locomotives:  LI 159(MP15AC) LI 161(MP15AC)
Views:  209   Comments: 2
RF extra
Title:  RF extra
Description:  A single MP 15 rolls east through Hicksville station with a handful of cars. RF 65 has just passed through in the opposite direction, so this train is not the return of RF 65 to the south shore. LIRR freight operations could be confusing at times. This is one of them!! MP 15's were the common power for the outlying locals at the time. The RS 3's were gone about three years at this point, and the remaining C 420's were on the "road" trains from Yard A to the east end, and sometimes still held down a commuter run.
Photo Date:  3/20/1980  Upload Date: 12/8/2017 4:55:47 AM
Location:  Hicksville, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Station
Locomotives:  LI 159(MP15AC)
Views:  403   Comments: 0
LI 159 arriving Oyster Bay
Title:  LI 159 arriving Oyster Bay
Description:  Actual date not known
Photo Date:  7/1/1982  Upload Date: 11/15/2024 7:18:21 PM
Location:  Oyster Bay, NY
Author:  Tim Darnell
Categories: 
Locomotives:  LI 159(MP15AC)
Views:  18   Comments: 2
Freight power
Title:  Freight power
Description:  The power for the freights running from Holban Yard often sat out on a ready track along the main line. At that time, C420s were the usual power on the road trains, with MP15s handling the lighter work. Heres a pair of Centuries and an MP15 waiting for their next trip east in the evening.
Photo Date:  7/12/1983  Upload Date: 11/23/2013 1:57:31 AM
Location:  Hillside, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Roster,Yard
Locomotives:  LI 227(C420) LI 226(C420) LI 159(MP15AC)
Views:  1056   Comments: 0
Local freight
Title:  Local freight
Description:  One of the locals that works the Montauk Branch, probably RF 7, though that job usually got C 420's, passes through Fresh Pond on its way back to yard A at Sunnyside.
Photo Date:  9/13/1983  Upload Date: 11/25/2013 1:28:38 AM
Location:  Fresh Pond, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Yard,Action
Locomotives:  LI 153(MP15AC) LI 159(MP15AC)
Views:  710   Comments: 0
LI 159
Title:  LI 159
Description: 
Photo Date:  12/31/1983  Upload Date: 3/17/2013 4:54:44 PM
Location:  Sunnyside, NY
Author:  Philip M. Goldstein
Categories: 
Locomotives:  LI 159(MP15AC)
Views:  359   Comments: 0
LI 159
Title:  LI 159
Description: 
Photo Date:  12/31/1983  Upload Date: 3/17/2013 4:54:46 PM
Location:  Sunnyside, NY
Author:  Philip M. Goldstein
Categories: 
Locomotives:  LI 159(MP15AC)
Views:  270   Comments: 0
LI 159
Title:  LI 159
Description: 
Photo Date:  12/31/1983  Upload Date: 3/17/2013 4:54:47 PM
Location:  Sunnyside, NY
Author:  Philip M. Goldstein
Categories: 
Locomotives:  LI 159(MP15AC)
Views:  258   Comments: 0
LI 159
Title:  LI 159
Description: 
Photo Date:  12/31/1983  Upload Date: 3/17/2013 4:54:48 PM
Location:  Sunnyside, NY
Author:  Philip M. Goldstein
Categories: 
Locomotives:  LI 159(MP15AC)
Views:  230   Comments: 0
Circus train and position lights
Title:  Circus train and position lights
Description:  The Ringling Bros circus train passes under the position light signals at the east end of Queens Village station. They mark the west limit of Queens interlocking. The train is headed for a power swap to Amtrak E 60s and Jersey.
Photo Date:  12/6/1985  Upload Date: 2/12/2012 8:12:33 PM
Location:  Queens Village, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Station,Signal,Action
Locomotives:  LI 166(MP15AC) LI 154(MP15AC) LI 159(MP15AC)
Views:  1059   Comments: 1
Circus cars to Jersey
Title:  Circus cars to Jersey
Description:  The Ringling Bros train passing through Queens Village on the LIRR, animal cars head out. How did I know they were animal cars?? Breathe deep!!!
Photo Date:  12/6/1985  Upload Date: 10/14/2014 2:30:37 AM
Location:  Queens Village, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  RollingStock,Action
Locomotives:  LI 166(MP15AC) LI 154(MP15AC) LI 159(MP15AC)
Views:  875   Comments: 1
LIRR 606
Title:  LIRR 606
Description:  Laying over for the weejend. 606 was recently rebuilt.
Photo Date:  6/1/1986  Upload Date: 12/8/2007 9:15:10 PM
Location:  Oyster Bay, NY
Author:  Tim Darnell
Categories: 
Locomotives:  LI 606(Power Car) LI 159(MP15AC)
Views:  1292   Comments: 0
Circus train going away
Title:  Circus train going away
Description:  The Ringling Bros circus train made an annual trip to Long Island, playing a string of shows at the Nassau Coliseum in Uniondale. The train would use the Mitchell Field Secondary to stage for the shows. Here we see it rolling through Forest Hills with the only instance I can think of where "foreign" equipment ran through onto Long Island-a Conrail caboose.
Photo Date:  12/8/1986  Upload Date: 2/12/2012 7:46:53 PM
Location:  Forest Hills, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  RollingStock,Station,Signal,Action
Locomotives:  LI 166(MP15AC) LI 154(MP15AC) LI 159(MP15AC)
Views:  1180   Comments: 1
Lite power
Title:  Lite power
Description:  This lite power move, most likely an RF 7, since that train used to do most of the "as needed" work on the west end, passes Bellerose station.
Photo Date:  3/22/1987  Upload Date: 4/20/2015 1:51:51 AM
Location:  Bellerose, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Signal,Action
Locomotives:  LI 159(MP15AC) LI 154(MP15AC)
Views:  493   Comments: 0
In and out
Title:  In and out
Description:  No, not burgers....an eastbound Oyster Bay train meets and inbound M1 set from Huntington at Queens.
Photo Date:  6/16/1987  Upload Date: 5/2/2015 4:01:13 AM
Location:  Bellerose, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Signal,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  LI 159(MP15AC)
Views:  330   Comments: 0
Lite MP 15s
Title:  Lite MP 15s
Description:  This pair of MP 15s was running light toward Jamaica. If you stayed on the platform at Bellerose long enough, youd see just about anything the LIRR had to offer.
Photo Date:  8/9/1987  Upload Date: 5/23/2015 3:24:06 AM
Location:  Bellerose, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Station,Action
Locomotives:  LI 159(MP15AC) LI 155(MP15AC)
Views:  563   Comments: 0
RF 7
Title:  RF 7
Description:  RF 7 has pulled down the Bay Ridge branch for head room after picking up the Conrail interchange at Fresh Pond. It will soon find an unpleasant surprise, as several cars have derailed back at the switch to the LIRR at Fremont tower.
Photo Date:  2/5/1988  Upload Date: 6/27/2015 3:19:38 AM
Location:  Fresh Pond, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  LI 157(MP15AC) LI 159(MP15AC)
Views:  378   Comments: 0
Working in the yard
Title:  Working in the yard
Description:  RF 7s power works at the east end of Fresh Pond yard, posing on the Cypress Hills St over pass before backing into the yard.
Photo Date:  2/6/1988  Upload Date: 6/27/2015 3:22:00 AM
Location:  Fresh Pond, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Bridge,Action
Locomotives:  LI 159(MP15AC) LI 157(MP15AC)
Views:  449   Comments: 0
LIRR 159
Title:  LIRR 159
Description:  Moving thru yard A onto the Montauk cut off
Photo Date:  5/13/1995  Upload Date: 4/4/2012 9:09:13 PM
Location:  Long Island City, NY
Author:  Richard Gorddard
Categories:  Yard,Action
Locomotives:  LI 159(MP15AC)
Views:  449   Comments: 0
Engine Move
Title:  Engine Move
Description:  Westbound @ Knickerbocker Ave
Photo Date:  9/7/1996  Upload Date: 3/29/2012 9:24:26 PM
Location:  Holbrook, NY
Author:  Richard Gorddard
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  LI 159(MP15AC)
Views:  369   Comments: 0
Running Light
Title:  Running Light
Description:  Westbound at Pond Rd
Photo Date:  9/7/1996  Upload Date: 3/29/2012 9:08:27 PM
Location:  Ronkonkoma, NY
Author:  Richard Gorddard
Categories:  Roster,Action
Locomotives:  LI 159(MP15AC)
Views:  328   Comments: 0
Light Engine Move #159 running extra light
Title:  Light Engine Move #159 running extra light
Description:  Light Engine Move #159 running extra light
Photo Date:  9/7/1996  Upload Date: 3/29/2012 9:28:34 PM
Location:  Holbrook, NY
Author:  Richard Gorddard
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  LI 159(MP15AC)
Views:  334   Comments: 0
Westbound Freight
Title:  Westbound Freight
Description: 
Photo Date:  7/18/1998  Upload Date: 4/4/2012 9:27:55 PM
Location:  Pinelawn, NY
Author:  Richard Gorddard
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  LI 159(MP15AC)
Views:  305   Comments: 0
LIRR 159
Title:  LIRR 159
Description: 
Photo Date:  7/18/1998  Upload Date: 8/18/2013 9:23:55 PM
Location:  Farmingdale, NY
Author:  Richard Gorddard
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  LI 159(MP15AC)
Views:  319   Comments: 0
Westbound Frieght Train
Title:  Westbound Frieght Train
Description: 
Photo Date:  7/18/1998  Upload Date: 8/18/2013 9:27:08 PM
Location:  Farmingdale, NY
Author:  Richard Gorddard
Categories:  RollingStock,Action
Locomotives:  LI 159(MP15AC)
Views:  207   Comments: 0
Heading Westbound
Title:  Heading Westbound
Description: 
Photo Date:  7/18/1998  Upload Date: 8/18/2013 9:51:44 PM
Location:  Farmingdale, NY
Author:  Richard Gorddard
Categories:  RollingStock,Action
Locomotives:  LI 159(MP15AC)
Views:  328   Comments: 0
Switching at Farmingdale
Title:  Switching at Farmingdale
Description: 
Photo Date:  7/18/1998  Upload Date: 8/18/2013 9:55:19 PM
Location:  Farmingdale, NY
Author:  Richard Gorddard
Categories:  RollingStock,Action
Locomotives:  LI 159(MP15AC)
Views:  256   Comments: 0
Farmingdale Team Yard
Title:  Farmingdale Team Yard
Description: 
Photo Date:  7/18/1998  Upload Date: 8/18/2013 11:34:49 PM
Location:  Farmingdale, NY
Author:  Richard Gorddard
Categories:  RollingStock,Yard,Action
Locomotives:  LI 159(MP15AC)
Views:  298   Comments: 0


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