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"Long Island Rail Road," Page 37, 1960
Title:  "Long Island Rail Road," Page 37, 1960
Description:  Here is page two of a two-page article entitled "Long Island Rail Road: Roster compiled by Savas Stavropoulos." It was published originally in the August 1960 issue of "Railroad" magazine, page 37. Top Photo: Shown here is LIRR engine #49, a G-5S (4-6-0) "Ten Wheeler" built in Juniata during August of 1929. Third Photo Down: Shown on the right is LIRR engine #50, a G-5S (4-6-0) "Ten Wheeler" built in Juniata in November of 1929. Bottom Photo: Shown on the left is LIRR engine #21, a G-5S (4-6-0) "Ten Wheeler" built in Juniata during January of 1924.
Photo Date:  8/1/1960  Upload Date: 1/17/2017 12:00:47 AM
Location:  Floral Park, NY
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:  Roster,Steam
Locomotives:  LIRR 49(4-6-0) LI 465(RS1) LIRR 50(4-6-0) LIRR 21(4-6-0)
Views:  696   Comments: 0
"Locomotives Of The Long Island Railroad," Page 90, 1936
Title:  "Locomotives Of The Long Island Railroad," Page 90, 1936
Description:  Here is page three of a three-page article entitled "Locomotives Of The Long Island Railroad." It was published originally in the May 1936 issue of "Railroad" magazine, page 90. Top Photo Caption: "No. 22, one of the world's heaviest class of Ten-Wheelers." Engine #22 is a G-5S (4-6-0) "Ten-Wheeler" built in Juniata during January of 1924. Bottom Photo Caption: "No. 212 being dismantled at the Morris Park Yards in May, 1934." Engine #212 is a D-16SB (4-4-0) "American" built in Juniata in 1905 and retired in 1936.
Photo Date:  5/1/1936  Upload Date: 12/18/2021 5:09:49 AM
Location:  Morris Park, NY
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:  Steam
Locomotives:  LIRR 22(4-6-0) LIRR 212(4-4-0)
Views:  194   Comments: 0
LIRR 24, G-5S, c. 1948
Title:  LIRR 24, G-5S, c. 1948
Description:  Here is a photo of Long Island Rail Road engine #24, a G-5S (4-6-0) "Ten-Wheeler" built in Juniata during January of 1925. The photographer's name, the exact date, and the location are not recorded. Henry C. Westenberger Collection; #14 of 29.
Photo Date:  8/15/1948  Upload Date: 8/28/2018 1:34:23 AM
Location:  Morris Park, NY
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:  Steam
Locomotives:  LIRR 24(4-6-0)
Views:  292   Comments: 0
"Trains" Magazine, November 1942
Title:  "Trains" Magazine, November 1942
Description:  Here is a photo taken by Mr. Norman E. Kohl. It was published originally as the frontispiece in the November 1942 issue of "Trains" magazine. Partial Caption: "Cyclops, Class G-5. With its one eye glowing and its face shining black and sweaty in the yard floodlights, locomotive 25 of the Long Island Rail Road rests after its day of pulling suburban passenger trains." Partially visible here is LIRR engine #25, a G-5S (4-6-0) "Ten-Wheeler" built in the Pennsylvania Railroad's Juniata Erecting & Machine Shops during January of 1925. The date and the location are not recorded.
Photo Date:  11/1/1942  Upload Date: 10/10/2019 12:05:46 PM
Location:  Oyster Bay, NY
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:  Night,Steam
Locomotives:  LIRR 25(4-6-0)
Views:  299   Comments: 0
"We Salute the LIRR," Page 43, 1959
Title:  "We Salute the LIRR," Page 43, 1959
Description:  Here is page two of a two-page article entitled "We Salute the Long Island Rail Road on Its 125th Anniversary." It was published originally in the August 1959 issue of "Railroad" magazine, page 43. Top Right-Hand Photo Caption: "No. 27, Juniata-built Ten-Wheeler, with 12 passenger cars near Mill Creek [NY] (July 26, 1940)." Shown here is LIRR engine #27, a G-5S "Ten-Wheeler" built in Juniata during January of 1925. Bottom Left-Hand Photo: Shown here (L to R) are partial views of LIRR engines #2006, and #2005. Both are FP-20SC's built by Fairbanks-Morse in 1950.
Photo Date:  8/1/1959  Upload Date: 1/16/2017 11:43:56 PM
Location:  Morris Park, NY
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:  RollingStock,Yard,Steam,Passenger
Locomotives:  LI 320(UNKNOWN) LI 403(UNKNOWN) LIRR 27(4-6-0) LI 2006(CPA20-5) LI 2005(CPA20-5)
Views:  618   Comments: 0
LIRR 31, G-5S, c. 1952
Title:  LIRR 31, G-5S, c. 1952
Description:  Here is the first of five photos via Edward Highland. Shown here is Long Island Rail Road engine #31, a G-5S (4-6-0) "Ten-Wheeler" built in Juniata expressly for the LIRR during September of 1928. The presence of a baggage car suggests that this is a line-haul passenger train. Also note the electrified third-rails. The photographer's name, the exact date, and the location are not recorded.
Photo Date:  11/14/1952  Upload Date: 10/12/2023 8:33:12 AM
Location:  Jamaica, NY
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:  Station,Steam,Passenger
Locomotives:  LIRR 31(4-6-0)
Views:  118   Comments: 0
"Mass-Production Ten-Wheeler," Page 22, 1973
Title:  "Mass-Production Ten-Wheeler," Page 22, 1973
Description:  Here is page three of a nine-page cover article by Bert Pennypacker entitled "The Mass-Production Ten-Wheeler." It was published originally in the October 1973 issue of "Trains" magazine, page 22. Photo Caption: "Long Island owned 31 G-5s Ten-Wheelers, Nos. 20-50, and used them on virtually all nonelectrified routes. On November 18, 1947, G-5s No. 32 nears her destination of Ronkonkoma [N.Y.] with a mainline local. Sisters 35 and 39 survive as display exhibits." Photo by C.V. Parkinson. Shown here is Long Island Railroad engine #32, a G-5S (4-6-0) "Ten-Wheeler" built in Juniata during September of 1928. Notable here is a "G5s Construction Record."
Photo Date:  10/1/1973  Upload Date: 9/8/2022 8:17:28 AM
Location:  Ronkonkoma, NY
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories: 
Locomotives:  LIRR 32(4-6-0)
Views:  100   Comments: 0
LIRR 33, G-5S, c. 1935
Title:  LIRR 33, G-5S, c. 1935
Description:  Weingetz. Here is an original photo by Frederick W. Weingetz, Jr., that was taken in Oyster Bay, New York, c. 1935. Shown here is Long Island Rail Road engine #33, a G-5S (4-6-0) "Ten-Wheeler" built in Juniata expressly for the LIRR during September of 1928. Many thanks to Mr. Robert Hess for identifying this location correctly.
Photo Date:  8/14/1935  Upload Date: 9/29/2021 8:39:30 AM
Location:  Oyster Bay, NY
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:  Yard,Steam
Locomotives:  LIRR 33(4-6-0)
Views:  182   Comments: 0
LIRR 38, G-5S, c. 1935
Title:  LIRR 38, G-5S, c. 1935
Description:  Weingetz. Here is an original photo by Frederick W. Weingetz, Jr., that was taken in Oyster Bay, New York, c. 1935. Shown here is Long Island Rail Road engine #38, a G-5S (4-6-0) "Ten-Wheeler" built in Juniata expressly for the LIRR during October of 1928. Many thanks to Mr. Robert Hess for identifying this location correctly.
Photo Date:  8/14/1935  Upload Date: 9/29/2021 8:40:42 AM
Location:  Oyster Bay, NY
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:  Yard,Steam
Locomotives:  LIRR 38(4-6-0)
Views:  209   Comments: 1
LIRR 39, G-5S, 1955
Title:  LIRR 39, G-5S, 1955
Description:  Here is an original photo by an unidentified photographer that was taken in Hicksville, New York, on 5 June 1955. Shown here is Long Island Rail Road engine #39, a G-5S (4-6-0) "Ten-Wheeler" built in Juniata during May of 1929. The crew has stopped to take on more water during the course of a railran excursion to the nether regions of eastern Long Island.
Photo Date:  6/5/1955  Upload Date: 5/17/2018 2:00:36 AM
Location:  Hicksville, NY
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:  Steam,Passenger
Locomotives:  LIRR 39(4-6-0)
Views:  698   Comments: 1
LIRR 39, G-5S, 1955
Title:  LIRR 39, G-5S, 1955
Description:  Here is a postal card from the Henry C. Westenberger Collection. No Postmark. Mr. Joseph Stark, photographer. Photo Caption: "LIRR 39. 4-6-0 No. 39 takes on water at Hicksville, N.Y., during a fan trip on June 5, 1955. In 1980, the Class G-5s locomotive was undergoing extensive restoration in Riverhead for future rail excursions." Long Island Rail Road engine #39 is a G-5S (4-6-0) "Ten-Wheeler" built by the Pennsylvania Railroad in Juniata during May of 1929.
Photo Date:  6/5/1955  Upload Date: 8/16/2018 1:19:47 AM
Location:  Hicksville, NY
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:  Steam,Passenger
Locomotives:  LIRR 39(4-6-0)
Views:  486   Comments: 0
SRC 90
Title:  SRC 90
Description: 
Photo Date:  12/8/2023  Upload Date: 12/12/2023 9:20:34 AM
Location:  Strasburg, PA
Author:  Nicholas Dixon
Categories: 
Locomotives:  SRC 90(2-10-0) SRC 8618(SW8) SRC 972(4-6-0) LIRR 39(4-6-0)
Views:  128   Comments: 0
LIRR 43, G-5S, c. 1929
Title:  LIRR 43, G-5S, c. 1929
Description:  Here is a photo by H.W. Pontin via Rail Photo Service. Shown here is Long Island Rail Road engine #43, a G-5S (4-6-0) "Ten-Wheeler" built by the Pennsylvania Railroad in Juniata during May of 1929. Note the third rails installed between the tracks. Many thanks to Mr. Robert Hess for identifying this locomotive correctly (see comment below). The exact date and the location are not recorded. John S. Fisher Collection; #9 of 26.
Photo Date:  9/22/1929  Upload Date: 6/2/2022 11:53:38 AM
Location:  Jamaica, NY
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:  Bridge,Steam,Passenger
Locomotives:  LIRR 43(4-6-0)
Views:  118   Comments: 1
LIRR 43, G-5S, c. 1952
Title:  LIRR 43, G-5S, c. 1952
Description:  Prevosto. Here is a photo by an unidentified photographer that was taken in Modena, Pennsylvania, c. 1952. Shown here is Long Island Rail Road engine #43, a G-5S (4-6-0) "Ten-Wheeler" built in Juniata during May of 1929. Note that the bell and the main driving rods have been removed in preparation for scrapping.
Photo Date:  2/2/1952  Upload Date: 7/20/2024 7:44:06 AM
Location:  Modena, PA
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:  Steam
Locomotives:  LIRR 43(4-6-0)
Views:  69   Comments: 0


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