I had to wait till after April 1 as there would have doubters... 1. Thank you Ray Jensen for offering to photocopy/send the book with the West Chem photos 2. I...
The Official Railway Equipment Registry (ORER)info requests on the two cars: GATX 3040, built in 1973, is leased to West Chemical Products Inc. and it comes...
First: The response from several of you was appreciated. Thank you. OK: Mark C.[STHSD]posted his scans of West Chem. I sent my 5MB tiffs to Bill Mosteller, of...
Hi all, Thanks again for the input on correctly painting LI engines. I recently finished an undedorated Atlas H16-44, and have posted a photo of it:...
Orange - Floquil D&RGW orange tinited with some SP scarlet until it resembeled color photos at least to my eye. In hindsigsht maybe skightly too deep and...
Looks pretty acceptable to me Brandon. I certainly would NOT: (A) Respray paint it and (B) Have a problem running your LIRR model on my layout and have an...
Hello Steve and all. Just what we all need-another message group to spend our precious little spare time on. However, like most of us here, I just can't get...
Welcome, Kevin.  I am not a modeler but we do like the same period in LIRR history. I am more of a train collector. Are you the same Kevin whose name I see...
Yes, I am a director and soon to be VP of the Chapter. I also run their website. http://www.nrhs-list.org/ <http://www.nrhs-list.org/> Are you a chapter...
Hi Kevin, Yes, I am a member of LIST, have been since the early 1970,s The first time I joined Ron Ziel was President. I lived in Babylon and was with the...
I am not a LIST member yet. I live in Fla also. I spend most of my time in Fort Pierce working for the FEC Railway, but have a house in Summerfield by the...
... From: Richard To: longislandrailroad@yahoogroups.com Sent: Thursday, April 15, 2010 6:55 PM Subject: Re: [longislandrailroad] Re: New member and L.I.S.T. I...
I was born and raised on Long Island and after I moved to Florida I went to work for the FEC. Rwy. I've been working on the railroad for 27 years now. My...
Ziel and I were, at one time, very good friends. When George Foster died I bought his collection. Like the FEC, the LI's history is fascinating. ... From:...
Seth: For the benefit of newer folks; perhaps tell us a bit about Ron Ziel, the Foster collection; and may I add Fred Weber to the list? Best, Steve...
Steve, I think you can and should feel free to add anybody you wish to the list. Ziel: Not a lot to say. At one time as exalted in LIRR collecting as the ...
Kevin Katta wrote: (my favorite period-1950's and the '60's). I do plan on modeling in HO, the LI City floats and Degnon Br in the mid 60's. 1. Transition Era...
Thanks Seth. Fred Weber was a gifted LIRR photographer and I just wanted his name introduced. He is in the era (B&W photos - Steam)prior to major book...
Thank you, Steven: Interestingly, I don't think I have seen Weber's name before, but the late George Votava is legendary. George photographed all over the...
Steve, This has been a question of mine that I can't seem to get a definite answer on. Are the main colors of LI tugs orange & black or red (like a faded red)...
Steve, Seth, et all: Least we forget John Krause for great LIIR photos. With all the LIRR fans down here maybe we should consider getting to gether for a LIRR...
Seth: Fred Weber was a Jamaica commercial photographer who did contract work for the LIRR for many years. As best as I recall from my LIRR PR days, he was...
Red perhaps in the early days (someone verify this for us), "...but they were clearly orange for the vast stint of their life. Plenty of shots in Flagg's...
Queens Borough Public Library site: Compliments of Dave Keller looking this up for us. Perhaps someone on "the Island" can scope this out a bit with Queens...
East/west view is going to be hard because you'd have to climb the embankment. Even if someone is willing to climb up there and trespass, the view will only be...
