Long Island Rail Road Company (LI) 1552 - Alco RS3

Here is page one of a three-page article by Sy Reich entitled "Long Island Rail Road: Present-Day Roster." It was published originally in the April 1963 issue of "Railroad" magazine, page 25. Photo Caption: "Sixteen-hundred Alco horses pant briefly at LIRR's Cold Spring Harbor station before climbing the grade to Huntingdon." Photo by Gene Collora. Prominent here is LIRR engine #1552, an AGP-16MSC built by the American Locomotive Company in September of 1955 and rated at 1,600 horsepower. (NOTE: There's a typographical error in the "Diesel Locomotives" table: the Railroad Class for the 1600 HP Alco RS-3 should be "AGP-16msc," not "AGP-15msc.")

Stitching of two photos. Actual date not known.

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Short hood to short hood. 135 photo.

Only time I shot one at my home station. Actual date not known. 126 Instamatic photo.

Long Island Alco RS3 1552 gets underway at Bethpage with a solid Ping Pong consist. Date of photo approximate.

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Cab signal trouble? 1552 to the rescue! 126 photo, Exact date not known.

Gotta love fresh paint, and on this to boot! But it was retired shortly after, sadly.

A leased BAR Geep with l pair of LI RS3s at the Ronkonkoma engine facility. Date of photo approximate.

A leased BAR Geep with a pair of LI RS3s at the Ronkonkoma engine facility. BAR 60 is five years older than LI 1552 and would outlive her by over 20 years. Date of photo approximate.

Uh oh, look alive, the brass is here! Long Island Rail Road officials and their inspection train in the yard at Oyster Bay. Date of photo approximate.

The eastbound "Scoot" approaches the platform at Holtsville, NY, just east of Ronkonkoma. Date approximate.

LIRR RS3s reflected in a puddle at the enginehouse in Ronkonkoma, NY. Delivery of this group of RS3s in 1955 killed off the last of LIRR steam. Date approximate.