Railroads in BOP

 NEW- YORK METROPOLITAN TRANSIT SYSTEM 

Long Island Railroad

An roster of locomotives, switchers and coaches make up the LIRR fleet, lets see what trains are in this fleet shall we?

DE-10 "Alligator"                                                                         

these suckers are rarely seen alone (1)

GP-38s & MP-15 AC

is that a freight locomotive? (2)

                               

P-72 P-75 trainsets 

the OG roster

DD51 "Twinpeaker" or "double-D"

the poster-boy of the LIRR (3)

Comet II &III trainsets

cabcar from metro north?(4)

F-40PH 

the train, the engine the legend (5)

FP-45  

Fine Santa-fe merchandise (6)

(1) Imported all the way from the far east ,the JNR DE-10 or "alligator" as they are called in North Americas they have been seen as far are Rock Island and Union Pacific. These Diesel-Hydraulic locomotives had found use on the New York Central line, more specifically on the Long Island Railroad Freight fleet and pulling the rush-hour trains trailing behind the GP-38s & F40 phs. These trains are know for their role as a shunter locomotive in the freight yards pushing and pulling freight-cars.  The DE-10's are equipped with a K5LA  horn and E-bell, though a hydraulic bell is option. The locomotives have been modified to operate on the Third rails of the eastern corridor and LIRR electric lines.
(2) the GP-38 diesel locomotive was one of the many diesel locomotives apart of the the long island railroad fleet along with other diesel-hydraulic trains. along with the MP-15AC switcher these would have been one of the many train sets that would have been hitched up with the P-72 and 75 trainsets.
(3) This is another JNR DD-51 hydraulic-diesel locomotive or "Twinpeak" called by the personnel of the Chesapeake railroad system, Soo line , New Hampshire and CSX. The double ended hydraulic diesel locomotives are used in pushing and pulling freight cars and passenger cars up and down the main line. Such trains are also have 3rd rail modifications to the LIRR's electric lines for the rush hour trains on the weekdays to Penn Station. the locomotive has a nathan P5 horn and a pneumatic bell.

(4) The Comet II cars were built by Bombardier Transportation, which acquired the rights to the railcar's design from Pullman. The first order of cars was built for NJ Transit between 1982 and 1983. A second order, the Comet IIB, was purchased in 1988. These cars feature long end-doors with trapdoors over the stairs for use at both low-platform and high-platform stations. The cars are similar to the MBTA's BTC-1 and CTC-1 cars, built in 1978 by Pullman Standard. These cars were intended for use on lines formerly operated by the Central Railroad of New Jersey, operators of the Blue Comet train to Atlantic City. This led to the NJ Transit series of single-level cars becoming known as Comets. These cars have been overhauled by AAI Corporation and Alstom between 1999 and 2003 to make them aesthetically and technologically similar to the Comet IV series and are now compatible with later equipment. 

(5)The design of the F40PH was based on the EMD GP40-2 freight road-switcher and shared that locomotive's turbocharged EMD 645E3 V16 cylinder, two-stroke, water-cooled diesel engine (prime mover). The prime mover developed 3,000 hp (2.2 MW) at 893 RPM. The main (traction) generator converts mechanical energy from the prime mover into electricity distributed through a high voltage cabinet to the traction motors. Each of the four traction motors is geared to a pair of driving wheels; the gear ratio determines the maximum speed of the locomotive.A standard F40PH has a gear ratio of 57:20, permitting a maximum speed of 103 mph (166 km/h).Some Amtrak F40PHs were delivered with a 56:21 gearing for 110 mph (177 km/h).The first thirty locomotives were built with a 1,500-US-gallon (5,700 l; 1,200 imp gal) fuel tank; all subsequent units were built with a 1,800-US-gallon (6,800 l; 1,500 imp gal) tank. Beginning with the EMD F40PH-2, introduced in 1985, the prime mover developed 3,200 horsepower (2.4 MW). Many of the original F40PHs were updated to match that output. The locomotives were 56 feet 2 inches (17.1 m) long. A standard F40PH weighs 260,000 lb (117,934 kg).

(6) The FP-45, The EMD FP45 is a cowl unit type of C-C diesel locomotive produced in the United States by General Motors Electro-Motive Division (EMD). It was produced beginning in 1967 at the request of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway, which did not want its prestigious Super Chief/El Capitan and other passenger trains pulled by freight style hood unit locomotives, which have external walkways.