Long island Railroad GP38 2's

[@atomsmash100]

You have to admire how much life the LIRR got out of these, but the locomotives and cars were beyond long in the tooth by this point.

[@thehouseofhorsepowerautobo4506]

So cool! Thank you for sharing! I remember these from my childhood.

[@julianheyward5467]

this is when the LIRR was the LIRR, real trains, real locomotive power.

[@Hobinator17]

So what do they have now? Fake trains? What pulls them, imaginary locomotives?

[@gandlar5489]

These were truly amazing locomotives.I remember them when I was at Stony Brook in mid 1980s and these were the main locomotives used by LIRR.

[@allencollins6031]

The Checkmate Inn lol

[@divisioneight]

They looked really sharp in that blue and white color scheme, even all dirty as they were then. Through all the rust and brake dust on them, those engines purred so nice. I used to ride the east end of the Oyster Bay AM train with GP38 number 271 doing the work. Seats were limited, so I would ride in the vestibule outside watching the scenery pass by, and listening to the diesel working. Got covered in brake dust, but it didn't matter much to me then. Being out with the '38's was worth it!

[@gmp3699]

Excellent video! Thanks for posting. I used to ride these classic loco's to Port Jeff and the North Fork back in the day. Brings back nice memories.

[@cehayes74]

Real Trains from back in the day, I hate that LIRR got rid of the Protect Engines !!!

[@christopherkevin8194]

@@train259 I was their when all started especially these trains in the fantastic video

[@nyar271]

It's crazy to think that this was a time I wasn’t even around, and boy do I wish I could be around for those days... it’s also hard to imagine at one point the surviving GP38s that NYA has used to serve for LIRR.

[@bradleyogden5688]

Is that long flat box just ahead of the engineer LIRRs answer to a cab signal equiipment box?

[@pbatommy]

GOD how I miss these!

[@aerobee58]

Great video.GP-38 #237's throttle up sounds awesome leaving the station.Nice to see LIRR passengers from back then.Thanks for posting.

[@mrmrlee]

I grew up in Oyster Bay and remember some interesting diesel engines that were used. I even remember some in red, white and blue colors around the bicentennial in 1976!

[@ThalionXII]

I was just a kid living on Long Island in 1995 and I never once saw double decker cars when I used to watch the trains I remember the double decker cars replacing the older single cars years later.

[@KB2CWN]

By far, the best engines the LIRR ever ran

[@AviationMetalSmith]

The last train, with the C1's and power car 3100, was interesting. I caught 3100 several times on video, on the Oyster Bay branch.

[@Long_island_2017]

I would love to see archival footage of the freight trains traveling on the Kings Park Railroad Spur to the hospital carrying coal. If there's footage of the KPSH spur that be awesome!

[@Nudnik1]

Rode these alot Had a "bar car" lol Ronkonkoma, Patchogue etc

[@TheAnunnaki-NYC]

WOW, I didn't know they had the double deckers with a B-unit that far back in the 90's. I thought those came out in 98. Was it just the newer Electric/diesel locos that was started in 98?

[@engineerpat5290]

LOVE THE ARCHIVE FOOTAGE!!

[@engineerpat5290]

@@train259 wow!!!! wish those days were still around!!!

[@engineerpat5290]

@@train259 WOW

[@VoteWithABullet]

2:38 those two people running across the tracks and not even looking to see if a train was coming. That could’ve been deadly mistake.

[@kurtkauffman4326]

Glad to see the GP38-2's running in pairs & not run an "elephant style" lashup.

[@ernestpassaro9663]

Ny&a still runs at least one

[@smartassstevie]

i wish i would have rode them when i lived in ny. i don't think my mom would of let me go around riding trains by myself all day at the age of 12. gonna miss seeing them go over me on the way to school in sunnyside.

[@anthonyvenini6801]

Sounds like opening the throttle to notch 8 after the Highball from the Conductor!

[@KB2CWN]

These are the engines and passenger cars I remember on Long Island and going back from that era. Been gone since 1994, and I don't think these are around anymore right?

[@ENTERTAINMENT35]

KB2CWN yeah they're gone. I know just 4 or so GP38's are around for freight service of some kind but that's about it. The ones I've seen are usually located before you get to Farmingdale and Deer Park on the side tracks and they're colored green and black now

[@1575murray]

Most of the cars were scrapped long ago they were in such bad condition that a lot of them had rust perforation in the floors so you could see the roadbed underneath the train.

[@NorthEasternMotionProductions]

Those GP38-2s sound like F40PHs from Amtrak.

[@hectorhardy4781]

Like lirr

[@LIRRFAN]

they were leased to new york and atlantic (261,268,270,271) the lirr still owns the geeps and use them during emergency situations like plowing out the eastern branches during a snow storm.

[@JonhMunoz1]

Looks pretty bie with those back then now here cool

[@derekrohan9619]

Huh?

[@gandlar5489]

What's the name of the locomotive that's pushing at the end of the train?

[@LongIslandCityLayout]

In the first clip, that's an Alco FA-1.

[@gandlar5489]

Thank you.These were great locomotives.

[@tomahawkseven]

No more GP38's for the LIRR, however, they are still used for Atlantic Freight. The last car I believe was an Alco.

[@train259]

Yes 261, 268, 270, 271,

[@LIRRFAN]

usually at fresh pond yard in fresh pond queens along with the p-15's (151,155,156,159) otherwise they would be at pineair which is along the mainline between dp (deer park) and brentwood, or out east between ko (ronkonkoma) and southold your best bet would be in riverhead.

[@ross4329]

i hated ridding the pulman cabs back in the day in the hot steamy humid summers it sucked!!!!

[@IIIJFRIII]

O man awsome! Thank you, do you know what yard the keep them at?? I just want to know so my father and I can go look at them.

[@emorycooper695]

IIIJFRIII morries park yard for what you want

[@coolconfuzer]

ARE THERE ANY GP38s active for the LIRR? AND WHAT TRAIN WAS THAT AT THE END AT 0:50?

[@LongIslandCityLayout]

LIRR retired all of their GP38-2s. Four of them run on New York and Atlantic railroad. The locomotive at 0:50 was an Alco FA-1.

[@generationll]

What ever happened to the ALCO PA/FA on the rear?

[@train259]

Some have gone to Museum's and Railroad tour lines.

[@ENTERTAINMENT35]

I forgot that they used to have 2 locomotives together like that every now and then. Was there any reason for that?

[@JBS319]

so, were any of those the cannonball express?

[@sethkimmel7312]

Can anybody recommend any N scale passenger coaches that look close to these ones. I'd love to model LIRR in N scale...

[@derekrohan9619]

I have some custom HO in LIRR

[@thehouseofhorsepowerautobo4506]

I know this is years old, but you can try micro trains in talent Oregon 🙂

[@IIIJFRIII]

did they sell all these to new york and atlantic?

[@1575murray]

No a number of them were sold to other railroads after being rebuilt. There are many of these engines still working in revenue service all over North America almost 50 years after being introduced by EMD. I think of them as a second generation version of the GP7/9.

[@train259]

NYA has 261, 268, 270, 271.

[@itskevinjustkevin]

born in the wrong generation