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Owner: Long Island Rail Road Company
Model:Rebuilt Alco Power CarBuilt As:WM 304 (FA2)
Serial Number:78607Order No:20606
Frame Number:Alco prime mover # 11722Built:1/1951
Notes:ex-WM FA2 304
Other locos with this serial:  WM 304(FA2) LI 608(Power Car) LI 3100(Power Car) LIRR 608(Power Car)
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LI 608
Title:  LI 608
Description:  Actual date not known. 35mm photo.
Photo Date:  1/1/1970  Upload Date: 3/29/2022 9:54:15 PM
Location:  Oyster Bay, NY
Author:  Tim Darnell
Categories: 
Locomotives:  LI 608(Power Car)
Views:  126   Comments: 1
LI 608
Title:  LI 608
Description:  Actual date not known. 35mm photo.
Photo Date:  1/1/1970  Upload Date: 3/29/2022 9:54:05 PM
Location:  Oyster Bay, NY
Author:  Tim Darnell
Categories: 
Locomotives:  LI 608(Power Car)
Views:  128   Comments: 1
LI 608
Title:  LI 608
Description:  Going away shot of a Ronkonkoma-Jamaica train at Bethpage showing the cab car on the east end of the consist. LIRR 608 was originally WM 304.
Photo Date:  6/30/1972  Upload Date: 4/6/2022 10:20:17 PM
Location:  Bethpage, NY
Author:  Mike Woodruff
Categories: 
Locomotives:  LI 608(Power Car)
Views:  113   Comments: 0
LI 608
Title:  LI 608
Description:  FA-2m 608 (formerly WM 304) leads a westbound train out of the station at Bethpage, with a C420 shoving on the rear. Date approximate.
Photo Date:  8/1/1972  Upload Date: 1/26/2007 12:55:09 PM
Location:  Bethpage, NY
Author:  Mike Woodruff
Categories: 
Locomotives:  LI 608(Power Car)
Views:  945   Comments: 0
LI 468
Title:  LI 468
Description:  An FA is towed to Morris Park to have a braking issue resolved. Since its brakes are cut out, the coach is along to provide extra braking, as the FA probably outweighs the RS1. Date approximate.
Photo Date:  8/1/1972  Upload Date: 12/21/2008 8:23:17 PM
Location:  Bethpage, NY
Author:  Mike Woodruff
Categories: 
Locomotives:  LI 468(RS1) LI 608(Power Car)
Views:  1724   Comments: 0
LIRR #608 at Bethpage 08-01-1972
Title:  LIRR #608 at Bethpage 08-01-1972
Description: 
Photo Date:  8/1/1972  Upload Date: 12/28/2015 1:06:12 AM
Location:  Bethpage, NY
Author:  Brian Woodruff
Categories:  Roster,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  LI 608(Power Car)
Views:  925   Comments: 0
LI 608
Title:  LI 608
Description:  Commuter trains congregate at Ronkonkoma on a Sunday afternoon, waiting for Monday morning rush hour. Date approximate.
Photo Date:  12/1/1972  Upload Date: 1/29/2007 12:18:05 PM
Location:  Ronkonkoma, NY
Author:  Mike Woodruff
Categories: 
Locomotives:  LI 608(Power Car) LI 224(C420) LI 214(C420)
Views:  1388   Comments: 0
LI 608
Title:  LI 608
Description:  Still has one WM 5-chime horn!
Photo Date:  5/1/1973  Upload Date: 6/24/2016 10:20:37 PM
Location:  Mineola, NY
Author:  Tim Darnell
Categories:  Roster,Station,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  LI 608(Power Car)
Views:  597   Comments: 0
LI 608
Title:  LI 608
Description:  Before the nose vent & with its 5 chime horn still. 126 Instamatic photo.
Photo Date:  4/24/1974  Upload Date: 1/8/2022 10:21:28 PM
Location:  Oyster Bay, NY
Author:  Tim Darnell
Categories: 
Locomotives:  LI 608(Power Car)
Views:  144   Comments: 0
LI 608 still with its WM 5 chime horn.
Title:  LI 608 still with its WM 5 chime horn.
Description:  Actual date not known. 126 Instamatic photo.
Photo Date:  1/1/1975  Upload Date: 2/5/2022 8:12:39 PM
Location:  Mineola, NY
Author:  Tim Darnell
Categories: 
Locomotives:  LI 608(Power Car)
Views:  100   Comments: 2
LI 398
Title:  LI 398
Description: 
Photo Date:  12/1/1975  Upload Date: 4/1/2020 11:35:47 PM
Location:  Morris Park, NY
Author:  Tim Darnell
Categories: 
Locomotives:  LI 398(25 Tonner) LI 608(Power Car) LI 214(C420)
Views:  390   Comments: 1
LIRR Sunday lineup
Title:  LIRR Sunday lineup
Description:  The usual Sunday lineup of commuter trains laying over in the old yard at Ronkonkoma. This scene has completely changed since 30 years ago.
Photo Date:  2/29/1976  Upload Date: 2/26/2006 11:27:56 PM
Location:  Ronkonkoma, NY
Author:  Vincent J. Benkovitz
Categories: 
Locomotives:  LI 213(C420) LI 608(Power Car)
Views:  1186   Comments: 0
LI 608
Title:  LI 608
Description:  ex-WM unit, still has WM 5-chime horn!
Photo Date:  11/1/1976  Upload Date: 11/16/2004 8:04:14 AM
Location:  Mineola, NY
Author:  Tim Darnell
Categories: 
Locomotives:  LI 608(Power Car)
Views:  1205   Comments: 1
LI 608
Title:  LI 608
Description:  608 pulling onto track 1 with train from Oyster Bay, as a NY Penn-bound train arrives on track 2. Actual day not recorded.
Photo Date:  6/1/1977  Upload Date: 5/24/2020 11:01:47 PM
Location:  Jamaica, NY
Author:  Tim Darnell
Categories: 
Locomotives:  LI 608(Power Car)
Views:  242   Comments: 2
LIRR FA Power car # 608 at Higbee Lane
Title:  LIRR FA Power car # 608 at Higbee Lane
Description: 
Photo Date:  8/1/1978  Upload Date: 8/14/2009 6:57:07 PM
Location:  West Islip, NY
Author:  Michael Desoi
Categories:  Passenger
Locomotives:  LI 608(Power Car)
Views:  826   Comments: 0
FA old style
Title:  FA old style
Description:  The LIRR was in paint scheme transition in the late 1970s. They had received their new GP 38s-their first EMDs-in a blue and white scheme inspired by the Milwaukee Roads bicentennial unit. Other power was starting to make the transition, but the new scheme had not made it onto everything yet, and the FAs were still in the gray with blue stripe at the window band level. One of them is going away under the signals on an Oyster Bay train, hanging onto its old paint just a little longer.
Photo Date:  8/24/1978  Upload Date: 11/27/2016 4:49:31 AM
Location:  Queens Village, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Station,Signal,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  LI 608(Power Car)
Views:  419   Comments: 1
LI 608
Title:  LI 608
Description:  Rare scheme designed by employees that "lost" to a management scheme
Photo Date:  6/1/1979  Upload Date: 6/29/2016 9:49:53 PM
Location:  Richmond Hill, NY
Author:  Tim Darnell
Categories: 
Locomotives:  LI 608(Power Car)
Views:  483   Comments: 1
LI 608
Title:  LI 608
Description:  A very rare experimental paint scheme that only lasted a few months!
Photo Date:  6/1/1979  Upload Date: 7/13/2008 9:48:10 AM
Location:  Richmond Hill, NY
Author:  Tim Darnell
Categories: 
Locomotives:  LI 608(Power Car)
Views:  828   Comments: 0
LIRR 601, 608
Title:  LIRR 601, 608
Description:  Changing of the colors! 601 in the old scheme, and 608 in the soon to be standard red, blue & white.
Photo Date:  7/19/1979  Upload Date: 1/1/2007 9:46:41 AM
Location:  Oyster Bay, NY
Author:  Tim Darnell
Categories: 
Locomotives:  LI 601(Power Car) LI 608(Power Car)
Views:  1668   Comments: 0
LI 608 on WB Ronkonkoma train
Title:  LI 608 on WB Ronkonkoma train
Description: 
Photo Date:  8/20/1979  Upload Date: 5/19/2020 12:41:58 AM
Location:  Mineola, NY
Author:  Tim Darnell
Categories: 
Locomotives:  LI 608(Power Car)
Views:  267   Comments: 2
 LIRR FA Power cab 608 heads out of the station
Title:  LIRR FA Power cab 608 heads out of the station
Description: 
Photo Date:  8/21/1979  Upload Date: 1/23/2009 7:23:05 PM
Location:  Babylon, NY
Author:  Michael Desoi
Categories:  Passenger
Locomotives:  LI 608(Power Car)
Views:  800   Comments: 1
LI 608
Title:  LI 608
Description:  Actual day not recorded.
Photo Date:  11/1/1981  Upload Date: 5/9/2020 9:28:46 PM
Location:  Oyster Bay, NY
Author:  Tim Darnell
Categories: 
Locomotives:  LI 608(Power Car)
Views:  202   Comments: 1
LIRR 255 and an FA
Title:  LIRR 255 and an FA
Description:  Some of the crews did not like running from the FA cab units, and where they had a chance, would wye the GP 38s and use them as leaders. Heres one such example at Mineola.
Photo Date:  4/16/1983  Upload Date: 11/18/2011 1:05:06 AM
Location:  Mineola, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Station,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  LI 255(GP38-2) LI 608(Power Car)
Views:  910   Comments: 0
Light power to Morris Park
Title:  Light power to Morris Park
Description:  No, this is not the power for a freight!! The Montauk Branch was often used to run non revenue moves between Long Island City and Jamaica, such as this one, an MP 15 taking an FA to Morris Park for servicing.
Photo Date:  7/18/1984  Upload Date: 6/26/2014 12:59:05 PM
Location:  Fresh Pond, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  LI 156(MP15AC) LI 608(Power Car)
Views:  788   Comments: 0
Montauk FA
Title:  Montauk FA
Description:  FA 608 takes up the rear of today's 4012.
Photo Date:  11/16/1986  Upload Date: 12/19/2014 4:18:18 AM
Location:  Bellerose, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Station,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  LI 608(Power Car)
Views:  505   Comments: 0
E Williston
Title:  E Williston
Description:  One of the more pictuesque stations on the Long Island is at East Williston. It has the distinction of being the only station on the Oyster Bay branch with electric MU service even if only one train per day, a westbound in the morning.
Photo Date:  3/7/1987  Upload Date: 11/28/2012 1:15:16 AM
Location:  East Williston, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Station,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  LI 608(Power Car)
Views:  632   Comments: 1
Classic power, classic station
Title:  Classic power, classic station
Description:  An FA leads an Oyster Bay train toward Mineola, passing the 1896 East Willison station.
Photo Date:  3/12/1987  Upload Date: 4/20/2015 3:01:50 AM
Location:  East Williston, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Station,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  LI 608(Power Car)
Views:  422   Comments: 0
Coming and going
Title:  Coming and going
Description:  The westbound train from Oyster Bay has arrived, and is making its stop, as the eastbound pulls away in the right distance. At this time, Long Island was about the only place in North America where you could see a pair of FAs meeting.
Photo Date:  3/13/1987  Upload Date: 4/20/2015 2:46:38 AM
Location:  Locust Valley, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Night,Station,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  LI 615(Power Car) LI 608(Power Car)
Views:  557   Comments: 0
Late afternoon view
Title:  Late afternoon view
Description:  In the late afternoon during the summer, the sun swung around to the north side of the tracks, and this angle was possible. We see an Oyster Bay train crossing Carnation Av as it rolls through Floral Park station en route to connections at Jamaica The exhaust from the generator set in the FA makes it look like it is actually powering this train. Nice thought!!
Photo Date:  8/16/1987  Upload Date: 5/22/2015 2:44:48 AM
Location:  Floral Park, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Station,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  LI 608(Power Car)
Views:  419   Comments: 0
Classic power, classic station
Title:  Classic power, classic station
Description:  An FA leads this Oyster Bay train toward Jamaica at the classic Victorian era Sea Cliff station.
Photo Date:  8/16/1987  Upload Date: 5/23/2015 3:15:52 AM
Location:  Sea Cliff, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Station,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  LI 608(Power Car)
Views:  486   Comments: 0
Title: 
Description:  PC-7 power car 608 gets hacked up into power car 3100
Photo Date:  6/22/2009  Upload Date: 6/22/2009 5:33:28 PM
Location:  Queens (Borough), NY
Author:  Bobby J. Kasza
Categories: 
Locomotives:  LI 608(Power Car)
Views:  1147   Comments: 0
LIRR 608
Title:  LIRR 608
Description: 
Photo Date:  6/22/2009  Upload Date: 6/22/2009 5:42:33 PM
Location:  Queens (Borough), NY
Author:  Bobby J. Kasza
Categories: 
Locomotives:  LI 608(Power Car)
Views:  2402   Comments: 0


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