Lived on Long Island for 62 years before moving to Colorado to be with family. Rode the MP-54s back in the 60s; miss the moanin' and groanin' of the motors, plus the distinct odor of ozone. All the pre M1 MUs had the rather distinctive Westinghouse controller, which was based on elevator controls! Some of the engineers were almost as old as the MP-54s, and so were a lot of the conductors. Lots more variety of rolling stock in those days, with old and new cars mixed together in trains. Unique "doubledeckers" too, which were roundly disliked by conductors, cleaners and a lot of ladies! Many ancient cars on the diesel lines , heated by steam. LIRR was big ALCO customer, and the RS-3s had a very distinctive burble. I also remember the destruction of Penn Station, which was a tragedy. Thank God they saved Grand Central! The LIRR starts service tomorrow to "Grand Central Madison", which was nothing more than a wild dream in my day. Colorado is nice, but you can't get a good "hard roll", and there's no "Change at Jamaica"!

Amazing to see the rail system in this way. On one hand it is said to be antiquated. It was built a long time ago. Some rails had been there for decades. On the other hand it is something that these miles or railway had been built as far back as the mid 1800s and they still work and can be used to transport people and products. There is just an enchanting element to the entire rail system.

Awesome video. I grew up in Long beach. In the 80's when I was about 6 or 7 years old, one of my dad's friends was an LIRR operator. One day he let me drive the train over the trestle on a train that was returning to LB. It was a cool experience. PS. It was the old bridge that swung out.

Man! I miss LIRR so **much** ! Tempted to go back to New York just to ride again 😊

0:01 Long Beach 5:38 Island Park 10:23 Oceanside 12:22 East Rockaway 14:25 Centre Avenue 17:04 Lynbrook 20:52 Valley Stream 31:32 Jamaica 41:53 Woodside 52:14 New York - Penn Station

another great ride it sounds like a flat spot on one of the wheels

I’ve done this run many times from Forest Hills to Long Beach and back whenever I need some ocean therapy. An enjoyable ride.

It's pretty cool watching this after playing this route in tsw4 on Xbox in the M7.

Lived in Rockville Centre during WWll and visited East Rockaway frequently. Went to elementary school in Oceanside…Terrell Avenue School while living on Calais Court…fond but distant memories.

This will be good. So glad the M3s are back.

a very enjoyable video. I, a country boy, was amazed to see kudzu vine growing on long Island! Growing well too. I must have seen maybe eight patches. Then too, oh the vines! so many vines, even right down to the near Manhatten!

Love these videos, but oh, that flat-spotted wheel!

Thanks for posting. My uncle was an engineer on the Long Island Rail Road and he influenced me to become an engineer too. This video reminds me of him, although he hated running the M series, but stuck mostly with diesel jobs.

With this line coming to train sim, this is my practice reference 😂

Amazing. Thank you so much for taking the time to, not only record, but to post this.

Thanks for putting up[ this channel. I have come to have a whole new respect for the LIRR, esp the Jamaica Station Shuffle

Great weather! Great view! Great video!

This is my favourite video out of all of them...

W Hempstead shuttle on the left

Great Video I actually rode an M3 on Metro North the same day

Why such a drastic speed restriction going over the bridge at the start? Does that bridge work? Thanks for the ride-along!! Used to take the LIRR to Patchogue MANY times with the diesel swap at Jamaica!

Awesome video.

Now this is cool. I've never been to either.

Hi from Detroit - Cool ride along. 🚂

I just realized there are double 3rd rails on the Long Beach bridge !

This video illustrates an interesting and enlightening cultural and regulatory contrast between the LIRR and my employer, a major US airline. A similar workplace video at said airline is in direct violation of company policy, a policy that is partially crafted due to regulatory oversight.

Awesome video bro

US right of ways are amazing. All the vegetation and a 3rd rail that some unknowing trespasser or animal could come in contact with. With no fencing!

These new LIRR timetables are an absolute mess because there’s no timed connections at Jamaica anymore. My home station is Hewlett on the Far Rockaway branch but I often find myself going to Lynbrook so I don’t have to wait 10-15 minutes at Jamaica for a transfer. Also the fact that they eliminated through service to Atlantic Terminal was also an awful decision. They have since brought back through service to Brooklyn but only for the MORNING rush. There’s very few trains that go to places other than Jamaica from Brooklyn during the evening rush. There’s a few trains to Freeport and only ONE to Hempstead. The only branch that runs through service to Brooklyn at all times is West Hempstead which is not a high ridership line. I have cousins that live in West Hempstead and they always go to Mineola when they take the train into Manhattan.

Got a flat spot on a wheel

Valley Stream Station only serves 8 cars

we need to see a metro north

Hopefully an M3 will be sent to Grand Central so we can get a good video of that.

What's with the flat spot on the wheel? I heard this on fright trains but not commuter trains.

why are there what appear to be two 3rd rails over lead draw bridge?

What are all those series of bells ringing indicate , Thank you for these videos

Seems to be distance distortion. I get that with my GoPro. Makes me seem fast on my bicycle 😉

What's with the bell on the LIRR train? It's getting annoying. : 0

What's up with track 21?

What happened as the train entered the east river tunnel? Emergency brake?

Was that you who made the Lynbrook announcement?

Why is M3s back?

from garden city....agonizing to watch....sorry!

The head car has flat spots,bad.

If you have a question look at the comments. Odds are it's been asked. No need to tell him there isn't a flat spot on the wheel. You would be the 80th person to say so lol. Don't ask about the bells either. 😂🤣😂

The New York , Long Island area seems outdated, beat down and gross. Cool video though , happy I don't live there. Cheers !