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Owner: Long Island Rail Road Company
Model:EMD MP15ACBuilt As:LI 166 (MP15AC)
Serial Number:766043-17Order No:766043
Frame Number:766043-17Built:4/1977
Other locos with this serial:  LI 166(MP15AC)
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LI 166
Title:  LI 166
Description: 
Photo Date:  6/1/1977  Upload Date: 5/28/2020 10:57:19 PM
Location:  Pinelawn, NY
Author:  Tim Darnell
Categories: 
Locomotives:  LI 166(MP15AC)
Views:  215   Comments: 1
LI 166
Title:  LI 166
Description:  Actual day not recorded.
Photo Date:  6/1/1977  Upload Date: 5/28/2020 10:57:22 PM
Location:  Pinelawn, NY
Author:  Tim Darnell
Categories: 
Locomotives:  LI 166(MP15AC)
Views:  199   Comments: 1
Pushing
Title:  Pushing
Description:  An Oyster Bay train leaves Glen St with MP15s on both ends, this one providing traction in push mode.
Photo Date:  11/2/1983  Upload Date: 11/28/2013 2:20:49 AM
Location:  Glen Cove, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Station,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  LI 166(MP15AC)
Views:  461   Comments: 0
Circus train and position lights
Title:  Circus train and position lights
Description:  The Ringling Bros circus train passes under the position light signals at the east end of Queens Village station. They mark the west limit of Queens interlocking. The train is headed for a power swap to Amtrak E 60s and Jersey.
Photo Date:  12/6/1985  Upload Date: 2/12/2012 8:12:33 PM
Location:  Queens Village, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Station,Signal,Action
Locomotives:  LI 166(MP15AC) LI 154(MP15AC) LI 159(MP15AC)
Views:  954   Comments: 1
Circus train at Garden
Title:  Circus train at Garden
Description:  The Ringling Brothers circus train comes off the Mitchell Field Secondary, which it used to get access to the Nassau Coliseum, at Garden Tower, and is now on the Hempstead Branch
Photo Date:  12/6/1985  Upload Date: 7/29/2012 12:32:07 AM
Location:  Garden City, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Station,Action
Locomotives:  LI 166(MP15AC) LI 154(MP15AC) LI 159(MP15AC)
Views:  996   Comments: 0
Circus train at Harold
Title:  Circus train at Harold
Description:  The Ringling Bros train rolls through Harold interlocking in Sunnyside as it head for Long Island City and a power swap to Amtrak E 60s for the trip through Penn Station.
Photo Date:  12/6/1985  Upload Date: 10/14/2014 3:03:08 AM
Location:  Sunnyside, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Signal,Action
Locomotives:  LI 166(MP15AC) LI 154(MP15AC) LI 150(MP15AC)
Views:  807   Comments: 0
Circus cars to Jersey
Title:  Circus cars to Jersey
Description:  The Ringling Bros train passing through Queens Village on the LIRR, animal cars head out. How did I know they were animal cars?? Breathe deep!!!
Photo Date:  12/6/1985  Upload Date: 10/14/2014 2:30:37 AM
Location:  Queens Village, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  RollingStock,Action
Locomotives:  LI 166(MP15AC) LI 154(MP15AC) LI 159(MP15AC)
Views:  804   Comments: 1
Oyster Bay train
Title:  Oyster Bay train
Description:  An Oyster Bay branch train makes a late day stop at Glen Head behind the typical MP 15
Photo Date:  3/4/1986  Upload Date: 11/18/2014 2:21:06 AM
Location:  Glen Head, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Station,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  LI 166(MP15AC)
Views:  369   Comments: 0
RF 65
Title:  RF 65
Description:  RF 65 originated at Pinelawn and worked west on the Main Line to Hicksville, then either up the Port Jefferson Branch, or to the Montauk Branch via B tower and the Central Branch. Here we see it passing through the new high level platforms at Farmingdale just after the morning rush making its trip to Hicksville to work the yard there, then on to the rest of the days assignments.
Photo Date:  10/21/1986  Upload Date: 12/17/2014 2:13:52 AM
Location:  Farmingdale, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Station,Action
Locomotives:  LI 150(MP15AC) LI 166(MP15AC)
Views:  588   Comments: 0
Circus train going away
Title:  Circus train going away
Description:  The Ringling Bros circus train made an annual trip to Long Island, playing a string of shows at the Nassau Coliseum in Uniondale. The train would use the Mitchell Field Secondary to stage for the shows. Here we see it rolling through Forest Hills with the only instance I can think of where "foreign" equipment ran through onto Long Island-a Conrail caboose.
Photo Date:  12/8/1986  Upload Date: 2/12/2012 7:46:53 PM
Location:  Forest Hills, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  RollingStock,Station,Signal,Action
Locomotives:  LI 166(MP15AC) LI 154(MP15AC) LI 159(MP15AC)
Views:  1096   Comments: 1
Circus train
Title:  Circus train
Description:  The Ringling Brothers circus train has passed Garden Tower and is now headed west on the Hempstead Branch. Lead unit 166 seems to have lost its "P" designation since last year's train, though it got a new "M" on the nose.
Photo Date:  12/8/1986  Upload Date: 7/29/2012 12:29:02 AM
Location:  Garden City, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  LI 166(MP15AC) LI 158(MP15AC) LI 150(MP15AC)
Views:  1174   Comments: 0
On the Hempstead Branch
Title:  On the Hempstead Branch
Description:  The Ringling Brothers train passes Nassau Blvd station en route to the Main Line at Queens, then on to Amtrak for a trip through Penn Station to its next gig at the Meadowlands in Rutherford NJ
Photo Date:  12/8/1986  Upload Date: 7/29/2012 12:34:10 AM
Location:  Garden City, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Station,Action
Locomotives:  LI 166(MP15AC) LI 158(MP15AC) LI 150(MP15AC)
Views:  724   Comments: 0
Ringling Bros train
Title:  Ringling Bros train
Description:  The Ringling Brothers circus usually played the Nassai Coliseum in Uniondale in late November and December. They would run the train out on the Mitchell Field Secondary to access the Coliseum, as it was the closest place to it, and where they could tie up a 60 odd car train. The morning after the circus closed, the train would run west via the Hempstead Branch and Main Line to Long Island City, where Amtrak power would go on, and it would run to Jersey via Penn Station. Here we see it coming around the curve at Floral Park.
Photo Date:  12/8/1986  Upload Date: 12/19/2014 3:44:54 AM
Location:  Floral Park, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Station,Action
Locomotives:  LI 166(MP15AC) LI 150(MP15AC) LI 158(MP15AC)
Views:  798   Comments: 1
Circus train and classic station
Title:  Circus train and classic station
Description:  The Ringling Brothers train passes Forest Hills on its way to an Amtrak connection in Long Island City.
Photo Date:  12/8/1986  Upload Date: 12/19/2014 3:48:16 AM
Location:  Forest Hills, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Station,Action
Locomotives:  LI 166(MP15AC) LI 150(MP15AC) LI 158(MP15AC)
Views:  724   Comments: 0
LI 166
Title:  LI 166
Description: 
Photo Date:  7/1/1987  Upload Date: 5/2/2020 12:01:45 AM
Location:  New Hyde Park, NY
Author:  Tim Darnell
Categories: 
Locomotives:  LI 166(MP15AC)
Views:  274   Comments: 2
Pushing to Jamaica
Title:  Pushing to Jamaica
Description:  An Oyster Bay train has made its stop at Mineola and the MP 15 on the east end is now pushing to a connection with the rest of the world at Jamaica. This was standard power for some trains on that line in the 80s. Note the parlor just ahead of the diesel. This was the train set that had the subscription car for the high end commuters on it, now returning to Jamaica.
Photo Date:  7/1/1987  Upload Date: 5/5/2015 2:01:07 AM
Location:  Mineola, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Station,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  LI 166(MP15AC)
Views:  318   Comments: 0
An Alco, and MP 15, and an EL surprise
Title:  An Alco, and MP 15, and an EL surprise
Description:  This RF 57, a weekend only freight that was mostly a relief job working customers needing a switch, rolls west at Bellerose with a mix of power, and one of ELs Greenville Car hoppers, many of which were still in service over ten years after EL vanished.
Photo Date:  8/16/1987  Upload Date: 5/23/2015 3:19:45 AM
Location:  Bellerose, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  RollingStock,Station,Signal,Action
Locomotives:  LI 222(C420) LI 166(MP15AC)
Views:  301   Comments: 0
RF 57
Title:  RF 57
Description:  RF 57 ran on weekends, using whatever was handy, although generally that meant one of the eight remaining C 420s, MP 15s would sometimes mix in, as on this Sunday afternoon. The Alco/EMD pair is westbound with 21 cars.
Photo Date:  8/16/1987  Upload Date: 5/23/2015 3:26:01 AM
Location:  Bellerose, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Station,Action
Locomotives:  LI 222(C420) LI 166(MP15AC)
Views:  410   Comments: 0
Above Tulip Av
Title:  Above Tulip Av
Description:  An Oyster Bay train rolls over the Tulip Av overpass as it makes its way toward Mineola with an MP 15 providing the lights.
Photo Date:  11/15/1987  Upload Date: 6/11/2015 3:24:53 AM
Location:  Floral Park, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Bridge,Station,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  LI 166(MP15AC)
Views:  499   Comments: 0
MP 15 from Ronkonkoma
Title:  MP 15 from Ronkonkoma
Description:  Most of the time, Ronkonkoma trains got FAs, but sometimes an MP 15 would show. Today we have one, 166 is the power pack leading into Jamaica.
Photo Date:  12/6/1987  Upload Date: 6/17/2015 3:47:28 AM
Location:  Floral Park, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Bridge,Station,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  LI 166(MP15AC)
Views:  235   Comments: 0
Bring on the snow
Title:  Bring on the snow
Description:  A major snowfall was predicted for this day-the NY area got over 14"-and many places let their employees out early, including mine. Instead of going home like any sensible person, I went out to shoot train pictures. As the storm was getting started, I caught this Oyster Bay train blasting through New Hyde Park. By 6 PM, things would be thoroughly bogged down in the snow.
Photo Date:  12/18/1987  Upload Date: 6/18/2015 2:10:52 AM
Location:  New Hyde Park, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Winter,Station,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  LI 166(MP15AC)
Views:  223   Comments: 0
East under the signals
Title:  East under the signals
Description:  An eastbound Ronkonkoma train rolls under the signal bridge at Queens Village. It will cross over one track to Main Line track 2 here and roll on to Mineola.
Photo Date:  1/29/1988  Upload Date: 6/25/2015 3:52:42 AM
Location:  Queens Village, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Station,Signal,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  LI 166(MP15AC)
Views:  224   Comments: 0
Into the tunnel
Title:  Into the tunnel
Description:  An Amtrak train rolls toward the East River tunnels as it makes its way from Sunnyside to Penn Station to take on riders. Seen from the stairway to the LIRR Hunterspoint Av station. Note the Ringling Bros train in the background, being staged to unload for their engagement at Madison Square Garden.
Photo Date:  3/22/1988  Upload Date: 7/3/2015 4:11:13 AM
Location:  Sunnyside Yard, Hunters Point, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Station,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  AMTK 606(E60) LI 161(MP15AC) LI 160(MP15AC) LI 166(MP15AC)
Views:  751   Comments: 0
Ringling Brothers train
Title:  Ringling Brothers train
Description:  The Ringling Brothers circus train passes Nassau Blvd station on the Hempstead Branch after leaving Nassau Coliseum on the Mitchell Field secondary en route to Amtrak at Long Island City
Photo Date:  3/22/1988  Upload Date: 10/8/2011 3:24:08 AM
Location:  Garden City, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Station,Action
Locomotives:  LI 161(MP15AC) LI 166(MP15AC) LI 160(MP15AC)
Views:  2150   Comments: 0
Getting out on the main
Title:  Getting out on the main
Description:  Not exactly main line running, but close. The Ringling Brothers train has permission onto the Hempstead Branch at Garden, and is clearing the Mitchell Field Secondary as it gets underway to Long Island City to spot the train for the circus visit to Madison Square Garden.
Photo Date:  3/22/1988  Upload Date: 7/3/2015 5:01:58 AM
Location:  Garden City, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  LI 161(MP15AC) LI 166(MP15AC) LI 160(MP15AC)
Views:  575   Comments: 0
Bright wagons
Title:  Bright wagons
Description:  The circus train is partly intermodal, as all of its roadway equipment is loaded on trailer flats and run to the next venue. Here are some of them in this going away shot at Garden.
Photo Date:  3/22/1988  Upload Date: 7/3/2015 5:04:02 AM
Location:  Garden City, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  RollingStock,Action
Locomotives:  LI 161(MP15AC) LI 166(MP15AC) LI 160(MP15AC)
Views:  603   Comments: 0
Nassau Blvd
Title:  Nassau Blvd
Description:  The Ringling Brothers train approaches Nassau Blvd in Garden City, its train stretched out back into downtown. Looks almost like a real intermodal train.
Photo Date:  3/22/1988  Upload Date: 7/3/2015 5:26:43 AM
Location:  Garden City, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  LI 161(MP15AC) LI 166(MP15AC) LI 160(MP15AC)
Views:  600   Comments: 0
Track 4
Title:  Track 4
Description:  Sometimes the LIRR would run the circus train across to track 1 at Queens, as it runs the Main Line to Harold, where Amtrak power takes over. Today, the movement director has decided to run it on track 4, since it will go to Yard A, and not be handed off to Amtrak. It will take the freight bypass tracks on the south side of Jamaica station, then run the Montauk Branch, entering Sunnyside Yard A to back down to the old staging yard for the LI City ferry. There it will spot the cars for unloading.
Photo Date:  3/22/1988  Upload Date: 7/3/2015 5:11:04 AM
Location:  Queens Village, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Station,Signal,Action
Locomotives:  LI 161(MP15AC) LI 166(MP15AC) LI 160(MP15AC)
Views:  544   Comments: 0
Down the ramp
Title:  Down the ramp
Description:  The Ringling Brothers train rolls down the ramp on the secondary from Bliss as it enters Yard A at Sunnyside. That's the Chrysler Building directly behind the power.
Photo Date:  3/22/1988  Upload Date: 7/3/2015 5:15:26 AM
Location:  Sunnyside Yard, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Yard,Action
Locomotives:  LI 161(MP15AC) LI 166(MP15AC) LI 160(MP15AC)
Views:  621   Comments: 0
Spotting cars
Title:  Spotting cars
Description:  The Ringling Brothers train is being spotted by the MP 15s here in an old ferry yard. The equipment and livestock will be unloaded here and taken through the Midtown Tunnel, then across 34th St to the Garden.
Photo Date:  3/22/1988  Upload Date: 7/3/2015 5:18:07 AM
Location:  Sunnyside Yard, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Yard,Action
Locomotives:  LI 161(MP15AC) LI 166(MP15AC) LI 160(MP15AC)
Views:  585   Comments: 1
Shoving back
Title:  Shoving back
Description:  RF 7 pushes its interchange cars for Conrail onto one of the "yard" tracks at Fremont, on the ex New Haven. WNOP17 will arrive shortly to make the swap with the LIRR.
Photo Date:  6/16/1988  Upload Date: 7/28/2015 2:31:09 AM
Location:  Fresh Pond, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Yard,Action
Locomotives:  LI 166(MP15AC) LI 152(MP15AC)
Views:  382   Comments: 0
Here comes Conrail
Title:  Here comes Conrail
Description:  The power for RF 7 sits to the side as WNOP17 arrives from Oak Point yard in the Bronx. Theyll swap cars and the CR job will be on its way back in 30 minutes. Since CR sold the Bay Ridge line to the LIRR several years earlier, the job from the Bronx is now a turn, since CR does not have to work the branch.
Photo Date:  6/16/1988  Upload Date: 7/28/2015 2:36:24 AM
Location:  Fresh Pond, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Yard,Action
Locomotives:  LI 166(MP15AC) CR 2810(B23-7)
Views:  354   Comments: 0
No Garden
Title:  No Garden
Description:  RF 7 pulls past Garden tower as it comes off the Mitchell Field Secondary, one of the more industrial areas of the Island.
Photo Date:  6/16/1988  Upload Date: 7/28/2015 2:39:45 AM
Location:  Garden City, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  LI 166(MP15AC) LI 152(MP15AC)
Views:  516   Comments: 0
LIRR 166
Title:  LIRR 166
Description: 
Photo Date:  10/16/1990  Upload Date: 10/18/2005 4:52:48 PM
Location:  Peekskill, NY
Author:  Joe Saullo
Categories: 
Locomotives:  LI 166(MP15AC)
Views:  769   Comments: 0
LIRR freight with 166 in the lead
Title:  LIRR freight with 166 in the lead
Description:  TC-81 is seen in the background
Photo Date:  9/12/1992  Upload Date: 8/8/2019 3:25:41 PM
Location:  Jamaica, NY
Author:  Richard Gorddard
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  LI 166(MP15AC)
Views:  201   Comments: 1
Westbound Scoot
Title:  Westbound Scoot
Description: 
Photo Date:  3/6/1993  Upload Date: 8/4/2019 2:36:14 PM
Location:  Riverhead, NY
Author:  Richard Gorddard
Categories:  Yard,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  LI 166(MP15AC)
Views:  197   Comments: 0
Arriving at Riverhead
Title:  Arriving at Riverhead
Description: 
Photo Date:  3/6/1993  Upload Date: 8/4/2019 2:36:44 PM
Location:  Riverhead, NY
Author:  Richard Gorddard
Categories:  Station,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  LI 166(MP15AC)
Views:  174   Comments: 0
LI 166
Title:  LI 166
Description: 
Photo Date:  3/6/1993  Upload Date: 8/4/2019 2:37:32 PM
Location:  Riverhead, NY
Author:  Richard Gorddard
Categories:  Yard,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  LI 166(MP15AC)
Views:  156   Comments: 1
LI 166 at the station with an ex LIRR electric MU Railway Post Office Care in the background
Title:  LI 166 at the station with an ex LIRR electric MU Railway Post Office Care in the background
Description: 
Photo Date:  3/6/1993  Upload Date: 8/4/2019 2:37:50 PM
Location:  Riverhead, NY
Author:  Richard Gorddard
Categories:  Station,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  LI 166(MP15AC)
Views:  198   Comments: 1
LI 166
Title:  LI 166
Description: 
Photo Date:  3/20/1993  Upload Date: 8/4/2019 2:35:19 PM
Location:  Riverhead, NY
Author:  Richard Gorddard
Categories:  Roster,Station,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  LI 166(MP15AC)
Views:  183   Comments: 1
LI 166
Title:  LI 166
Description: 
Photo Date:  5/29/1993  Upload Date: 8/6/2019 5:14:02 PM
Location:  Riverhead, NY
Author:  Richard Gorddard
Categories:  Yard
Locomotives:  LI 166(MP15AC)
Views:  212   Comments: 1
Double header on the Scoot
Title:  Double header on the Scoot
Description: 
Photo Date:  7/23/1994  Upload Date: 8/6/2019 5:12:13 PM
Location:  Riverhead, NY
Author:  Richard Gorddard
Categories:  Roster,Action
Locomotives:  LI 166(MP15AC)
Views:  165   Comments: 1
LI 160/166/156
Title:  LI 160/166/156
Description: 
Photo Date:  8/13/1994  Upload Date: 8/6/2019 4:46:03 PM
Location:  Morris Park, NY
Author:  Richard Gorddard
Categories:  Roster,Yard
Locomotives:  LI 160(MP15AC) LI 166(MP15AC) LI 156(MP15AC)
Views:  388   Comments: 0
Busy Day At Riverhead
Title:  Busy Day At Riverhead
Description:  Two passenger trains at Riverhead at one time is unusual train to the left is a training train.
Photo Date:  4/8/1995  Upload Date: 10/14/2012 9:36:02 PM
Location:  Riverhead, NY
Author:  Richard Gorddard
Categories:  RollingStock,Station,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  LI 166(MP15AC) LI 167(MP15AC)
Views:  413   Comments: 0
Two MP-15ACs, two paint schemes,  one railroad
Title:  Two MP-15ACs, two paint schemes, one railroad
Description:  LIRR 166 & 167
Photo Date:  4/8/1995  Upload Date: 11/3/2012 12:16:06 AM
Location:  Riverhead, NY
Author:  Richard Gorddard
Categories:  Roster,RollingStock,Station,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  LI 167(MP15AC) LI 166(MP15AC)
Views:  604   Comments: 0
LIRR MP-15 ac #166
Title:  LIRR MP-15 ac #166
Description:  LIRR MP-15 ac #166
Photo Date:  8/12/1995  Upload Date: 4/1/2012 10:02:27 PM
Location:  Morris Park, NY
Author:  Richard Gorddard
Categories:  Yard
Locomotives:  LI 166(MP15AC)
Views:  443   Comments: 0
LI 166 & 262
Title:  LI 166 & 262
Description: 
Photo Date:  8/12/1995  Upload Date: 10/31/2017 11:34:36 PM
Location:  Morris Park, NY
Author:  Richard Gorddard
Categories:  Roster,Yard
Locomotives:  LI 166(MP15AC) LI 262(GP38-2)
Views:  386   Comments: 0
Turntable at Morris Park
Title:  Turntable at Morris Park
Description: 
Photo Date:  8/12/1995  Upload Date: 10/31/2017 11:40:15 PM
Location:  Morris Park, NY
Author:  Richard Gorddard
Categories:  Yard,Action
Locomotives:  LI 166(MP15AC)
Views:  231   Comments: 0
MOW
Title:  MOW
Description:  Two MP-15ACs work some MOW gons on the west end of the yad
Photo Date:  7/15/2006  Upload Date: 11/10/2006 6:56:29 PM
Location:  Mattituck, NY
Author:  Richard Gorddard
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  LI 153(MP15AC) LI 166(MP15AC)
Views:  608   Comments: 0
LI 166 heads up today's ballast train
Title:  LI 166 heads up today's ballast train
Description: 
Photo Date:  10/28/2007  Upload Date: 10/28/2007 4:16:01 PM
Location:  Long Island City, NY
Author:  John McCluskey
Categories: 
Locomotives:  LI 166(MP15AC) LI 153(MP15AC)
Views:  666   Comments: 1


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