LIRR on the wrong Island...………
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Steve, I marvel at the realism of your trains and layout. I can't wait to see more.
Tom
Steve, Awesome layout and the rolling stock looks so real. Marvelous !!
- Tom
Thank you Steve! Always good to see Long Island rolling stock,especially in such realistic scenes even if it’s on the wrong island.
Andy
Absolutely great!
great stuff --like I am back on LI as a kid in the '60's
Steve,
Your work on these scenes is just top notch. I love seeing pictures of your layout.
Sweet!!!!
Beautiful! Any Island as long as its Long Island....
Hi Steve
The elevated scenes remind me of Sunrise Highway. I lived 2 blocks from the Pt Jefferson line Northport station. Your pics bring back the visuals.
Ray
Awesome work! Thanks for posting.
I guess the car float was busy getting that train from Queens to Richmond.
I believe the LIRR never had full length RPO cars. The LIRR have combination Baggage RPO mail cars on some of the long distance trains to Eastern LI. The US Mail service on the LIRR was terminated on October 1962. I was a mail clerk on some of these trains until October 1961 when I resigned from the US Mail service.
nyow99 posted:I believe the LIRR never had full length RPO cars. The LIRR have combination Baggage RPO mail cars on some of the long distance trains to Eastern LI. The US Mail service on the LIRR was terminated on October 1962. I was a mail clerk on some of these trains until October 1961 when I resigned from the US Mail service.
They did have 60' RPO's but...……..
The Lionel LIRR RPO is incorrect and just a cookie cutter car made universal for all roads from a marketing standpoint. The 737 never had that many windows and also contained a large baggage door. Later on it was assigned to MOW service. Problem with the LIRR and toy train makers is that the LIRR customized or purchased cars that were unique to their road. I like the detail on the car and it complements Weavers old B-60 series baggage car.
Unless MTH , Atlas O or Lionel steps up to producing Ping Pongs, Pullman 2 door commuter style coaches, double deckers and P75 electric Zip cars, we will never have true LIRR accuracy, just more common incorrect cookies that true fans may not want.
With todays 3d Printer production it should be cost effective to offer them or really anything that has not been offered in O yet.
It's 3r and a long time ago, so who really cares?
Interesting comments on the rpos and other cars. Great photos.
3rd rail did some brass mp54 and some coaches and combo car for the LIRR in brass and in three rail at least 10 years ago— they were super nice problem for me was they were in prr Tuscan and not in the orange and gray— I asked Scott Mann when they were announced to please consider changing the paint scheme to no avail— there are enough LIRR fans I bet if Scott did another run with the 60’s paint and good sound system they would sell out in a heartbeat—
That's just spectacular! Thanks for sharing!
Sunrise
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