Steam Up LIRR 39

06/05/2026

🚂I’ve Been Working At RMLI!🎶

We are THRILLED to show off a video that was put together of our dedicated volunteers IN ACTION, working on Long Island Rail Road #39! 100% of it’s contents is entirely recorded by us (and entirely free of AI) including the EXCELLENT musical performance by Steven Sanflippo and Joe Costa (be sure to come back in the near future to see the actual live performance that was recorded as well, as the raw footage was too good to only use audibly)! Please take the time to watch and enjoy the video; including some words at the end from RMLI Social Media Coordinator: Noah Heilman.

We ask that you would consider making a TAX-DEDUCTIBLE donation today, to show your support for our committed volunteers and our goal of seeing LIRR #39 IN STEAM! We truly cannot do this without your help, though we continue to strive daily to see her completed!

🚂 All Contributions Can Be Made At:
https://checkout.square.site/merchant/ML8TY6YHNF9E6/checkout/2YODEM2XVQBSBAQA5PFOWSNT?src=embed

We truly cannot thank our volunteers enough, for the work they put in to preserving this HISTORIC locomotive, but also for their invaluable service to the Railroad Museum of Long Island! Every one of us (all the way up to RMLI President: Don Fisher) are 100% volunteers, that do what we do to preserve our important railroad heritage; for future generations to come and enjoy! We also could not be where we are as an organization, and with our Steam Up LIRR #39 Project WITHOUT YOU; so thank you to all those who support us and our vision! We truly appreciate everyone who helped us get to where we are now, and those who continue to help see us progress towards an OPERATION LIRR #39; and a museum that continues to preserve our shared history!

Check Out Our Dedicated LIRR #39 Website At:
http://steamup39.org
🚂THANK YOU!!!❤️

06/03/2026

🚂CONGRATULATIONS MATIAS!🎉

Last weekend we were VERY HONORED to present Matias (and his family), his GRAND PRIZE of a FULL SET OF LIRR #39 StayBolt Caps IN PERSON (at the Railroad Museum of Long Island, in Riverhead NY)! He spent his VERY OWN tooth fairy money on 4 tickets to our fundraising raffle, and was the LUCKY WINNER! We were very encouraged by his generosity, and his excitement to accept his Staybolt Caps (with him planning to show them off soon at school; HOW’S THAT FOR A SHOW AND TELL!)

Its little moments like these that remind us of the reason we truly do what we do (as the Railroad Museum of Long Island); getting kids excited about railroad preservation, and building memories that they will have for a lifetime! We are certain that Matias will cherish these pieces of Long Island Rail Road #39, and will be even more excited to see her IN STEAM! We honestly do it all for the kids, as without them… railroad preservation as we know it… dies with our current generation. So take the time TODAY to show your children and grand children your layout, bring them to a museum, or take them on a train ride… as it’s for their future we work to preserve the past!

We hope you have been encouraged by this gesture of good will by one of our youngest railroaders, and take the opportunity to follow his example; and support this IMPORTANT restoration today! Matias (as well as ALL of you) deserve to see an OPERATIONAL #39, for ourselves and our children!

Contributions Can Be Made Below, Thank You:
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🚂THANK YOU MATIAS!⭐️

06/01/2026

🚂PROGRESS MADE!!!📈

We are very thankful to Transcontinental Railfan for sharing our most recent fundraising update of $342,885, in THIS WEEK’s Railfan Updates And Announcements! We truly appreciate his assistance in this restoration, and for his dedication to railroad preservation!

We ALSO had a FANTASTIC WEEKEND in Riverhead with our MUSEUM FLEA MARKET, and Steam Up LIRR #39 Table. The weather on Saturday may have been a bit chilly, and damp; but we braved the weather. Overall it was a very productive weekend for the project, with many donations being made to the campaign from our thoughtful visitors! We truly enjoyed educating the public on the significance of LIRR #39, her history, and the IMPORTANCE of this restoration. Thank you to everyone who continues to support our MISSION to bring this HISTORIC LOCOMOTIVE back into STEAM, for the first time since her retirement in 1955!

🚨STAY TUNED FOR MORE EXCITING NEWS!🚨

Please Support The Project Today At:
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🚂Thank You Everyone!!!❤️

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05/30/2026

🚂GIGANTIC RMLI Flea Market Starts TODAY!🛍️

We would like to encourage everyone to join us TODAY (and TOMORROW Sunday May 31st) at the Railroad Museum of Long Island (in Riverhead New York) for our GIGANTIC MUSEUM RAILROAD FLEA MARKET! We are all set up and READY to go on the exciting weekend; now all we’re missing is YOU!

We Have All Sorts Of Exciting Treasures Like:

🚂 MODEL TRAINS In Various Gauges

🎁 Fun TOYS And GIFTS For The Kids

📚 Railroad Literature For Train Historians

🎥 Various Train Movies/Media

👕 RMLI (and other train themed) Apparel
(Including our LIRR #39/Strasburg hats!)

⭐️ ALL Our LIRR #39 Fundraising Merch!

Be sure to stop out and look around, and enjoy the museum while you are here. We will also have our Steam Up LIRR #39 Promotional Table set up to sell our EXCLUSIVE merchandise (which 100% of #39 merch sales goes towards). Hope to see you there, you sure don’t want to miss out on this opportunity to see EVERYTHING our museum gift shop has to offer (AT ONCE)!

Check Out Our Museum Website Today At:
https://www.rmli.org/

Our NEW LIRR #39 EXCLUSIVE Website:
http://steamup39.org

Support Us DIRECTLY At:
https://checkout.square.site/merchant/ML8TY6YHNF9E6/checkout/2YODEM2XVQBSBAQA5PFOWSNT?src=embed
We Need Your Help To Make This Happen
🚂Thank You!!!❤️

05/28/2026

‼️OFFICIAL LIRR #39 FUNDRAISING UPDATE‼️

The Railroad Museum of Long Island (and Steam Up LIRR #39 Team) is VERY PROUD to announce our LATEST FUNDRAISING UPDATE!

⭐️As Of 5/28/2026 The Fund Sits At $342,885⭐️

This is a VERY EXCITING boost in funding, as we work our way towards our micro-goal of $400,000 (a little over $57k away); and towards raising the full $1.5 million required to FINISH LIRR #39! We are VERY appreciative to ALL of our friends and supporters, who stick with us as we continue to fight; to see our museum’s beloved G5s: Long Island Rail Road #39 RESTORED TO OPERATION! We would also like to thank our partners at the Strasburg Rail Road for their continued cooperation and commitment, to seeing this (soon to be) LIVING piece of Long Island/ Pennsylvania Railroad history OPERATE on their rails for ALL TO SEE AND ENJOY!

We ask that YOU would help us continue to make progress towards preserving our shared railroad heritage IN MOTION, by supporting the project TODAY!

🚨Ways To Help Include:🚨

🚂 Donating Directly To Our Steam Up LIRR #39 Fund Online At: https://checkout.square.site/merchant/ML8TY6YHNF9E6/checkout/2YODEM2XVQBSBAQA5PFOWSNT?src=embed
Or Finding An Individual Or Business That Would

🚂 Following THIS Page, And Our Other Social Media Accounts (Including Instagram And Twitter/X)

🚂 Liking And Sharing Our Content, To Help Further Our Outreach

🚂 By Purchasing Our LIRR #39 Fundraising Merchandise (Whether In Person At The RMLI, An Outreach Event, Or Online At: https://rmli.square.site/shop/engine-39/9?page=1&limit=30&sort_by=category_order&sort_order=asc)

🚂 By Viewing Transcontinental Railfan’s Fundraising Playlist At: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLWNvlmmQsfyhBGe3B0pI0-iesH0ZPjvB7&si=lRKCpDGPZQhdWvdX
(With 100% Of Ad Revenue Being Donated To The Campaign)

We TRULY CANNOT THANK YOU ENOUGH, for your support in this undertaking! The Railroad Museum of Long Island strives DAILY, to see this HISTORIC LOCOMOTIVE restored at last! All we wish to do, is to see is her IN STEAM! Our Commuter Darling deserves it!🚂❤️

05/26/2026

🚂WATCH THIS VIDEO, TO SUPPORT LIRR #39!🎥

We at the Railroad Museum of Long Island are VERY APPRECIATIVE, to long time friend of the Steam Up LIRR #39 Project: Transcontinental Railfan; for his continued support of this HISTORICALLY CRUCIAL RESTORATION! He has posted yet another video of LIRR #39’s Pennsylvania Railroad 3-chime whistle, in use by the Strasburg Rail Road’s Canadian National #89; to his FUNDRAISING VIDEO PLAYLIST!

ALL AD REVENUE FROM THIS VIDEO, and the ENTIRE PLAYLIST will be donated to the project; so PLEASE make sure to give it a watch (and share it with your friends, to further its reach)! The video is but a TASTE of the excitement of having a FULLY OPERATIONAL Pennsy-Designed G5s, IN SERVICE on the Strasburg’s “Road To Paradise”!

Please Check Out The FULL PLAYLIST:
https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLWNvlmmQsfyhBGe3B0pI0-iesH0ZPjvB7&si=lRKCpDGPZQhdWvdX

THANK YOU EVERYONE, for your continued support in this MISSION to bring our “Commuter Darling” Engine #39 BACK INTO STEAM, so that the COUNTRY may enjoy her! We truly encourage everyone to give the video a watch (at just 2-minutes long), and to consider contributing towards the restoration.

All Contributions Can Be Made Online At:
https://checkout.square.site/merchant/ML8TY6YHNF9E6/checkout/2YODEM2XVQBSBAQA5PFOWSNT?src=embed
🚂THANK YOU!!!❤️

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05/24/2026

🏆And The WINNERS Are!🏆

We are VERY EXCITED to announce the FOUR WINNERS of our Long Island Rail Road #39; STAYBOLT CAP RAFFLE FOR RESTORATION!

The drawing was made at the Railroad Museum of Long Island (Greenport location), immediately following the Caboose Concert today. Our Ancient Mariner: STEVEN SANFILIPPO, pulled the 4 winning tickets which are…

🏆 Grand Prize Winner is: Matias Mendez McGay

🥇 Large StayBolt Cap Winner is: Joe Costa

🥈 Medium StayBolt Cap Winner is: Ivan Frantz

🥉 Small StayBolt Cap Winner is: Dresden Heilman

CONGRATULATIONS to all of our winners, and we truly want to THANK EVERYONE who participated! All funds raised from this raffle go EXCLUSIVELY into the Steam Up LIRR #39 Fund, to FULLY RESTORE the locomotive! We’ve made some great fundraising progress over the past month, and will be making a FULL FUNDRAISING UPDATE SOON! Stay Tuned for more!

If you missed out on this opportunity to support the restoration, don’t worry we are ALWAYS accepting donations towards the project on our website below:
https://checkout.square.site/merchant/ML8TY6YHNF9E6/checkout/2YODEM2XVQBSBAQA5PFOWSNT?src=embed
We will also be doing more EXCITING fundraisers over the next coming months as well, that you will definitely NOT WANT TO MISS!
🚂THANK YOU!!!🏆

05/22/2026

🚨LAST CALL!🚨

We are putting out one last call to ENTER into our EXCLUSIVE Long Island Rail Road #39, Staybolt Cap Raffle; where YOU CAN OWN a piece of #39!

⏱️ The OFFICIAL CLOSING of the raffle is THIS SATURDAY (MAY-23rd) at MIDNIGHT, and the drawing will take place on Sunday (May-24th) immediately following our Caboose Concert at the Railroad Museum of Long Island (IN GREENPORT, NEW YORK).

🎟️ Tickets Cost $5 Each (As A Donation)
Which Can Be Made HERE:
https://checkout.square.site/merchant/ML8TY6YHNF9E6/checkout/2YODEM2XVQBSBAQA5PFOWSNT?src=embed
With ALL PROCEEDS Funding The Restoration!

⭐️ This LIRR #39 Promotional Raffle will have FOUR LUCKY WINNERS, with each going home with A PIECE of our beloved LIRR #39!

🥇 FIRST PRIZE - A FULL SET Of StayBolt Caps
(1 - Large W/ Sleeve, 1 - Large W/O Sleeve, 1 - Medium, And 1 - Small StayBolt!)

🥈Second Prize - A LARGE StayBolt Cap!

🥉Third Prize - A MEDIUM StayBolt Cap!

🏅 Fourth Prize - A SMALL StayBolt Cap!

Don’t miss out on this opportunity to support the Steam Up LIRR #39 project, AND add real Pennsylvania Railroad designed components (belonging to LIRR #39) TO YOUR COLLECTION! Best of luck to all entries, and we truly appreciate your support for our vision; of a FULLY OPERATIONAL #39!
🚂THANK YOU!!!❤️

05/19/2026

🚂LETS STEAM UP LIRR #39!💨

🎬 We are VERY EXCITED to unveil our FULL Steam Up LIRR #39 promotional video, created by Nick Ozorak of Streamliner Media! The film was unveiled at our 2026 Pennsylvania Railroad Technical and Historical Society meeting in Gettysburg; and was prominently displayed on our fundraising table, for the membership to enjoy. Now we hope you will enjoy it as well, and consider supporting us in our mission to RESTORE Long Island Rail Road #39 TO OPERATION!

🎥 The video explains the historical importance of #39’s restoration, and the significance of our contract with the Strasburg Rail Road. Our contract dictates that we are responsible to raise $1.5M (with Strasburg funding the other 55% of the costs), that means for only ~$1M more; we can see:

🚂 The FIRST Pennsylvania Railroad G5s IN STEAM

🚂 The FIRST Long Island Rail Road Steam Locomotive To See Service In Preservation

🚂 The FIRST Pennsy Steam Locomotive To Run On The STRASBURG RAILROAD since 1989

🚂 The FIRST Purpose Built COMMUTER Steam Locomotive to return to REVENUE SERVICE; Since The End Of The AGE OF STEAM, In The United States (A missing piece in railroad preservation)

⭐️ The Steam Up LIRR #39 Project aims to fulfill ALL OF THESE, by bringing this nearly CENTURY OLD (Pennsy Era) Long Island POWERHOUSE; BACK INTO STEAM! We humbly ask that YOU would consider joining our efforts to achieve this MONUMENTS MISSION by:

🌟 Donating Monetarily Towards The Project At:
https://checkout.square.site/merchant/ML8TY6YHNF9E6/checkout/2YODEM2XVQBSBAQA5PFOWSNT?src=embed
(All Donations Are Tax Deductible To The Fullest Extent Of The Law!)

🌟 Asking Your Employer (Or Business) To Match A Contribution, Or Donate For A Tax Deduction (The RMLI Is A Recognized 501(c)3, With Donations Being Tax Deductible)

🌟 Checking Out Our BRAND NEW Steam Up LIRR #39 Website At:
http://steamup39.org

🌟 Following This Page, And Sharing/ Liking Its Content; To Further Its Reach Online.

We TRULY APPRECIATE your support, and look forward to the day WE ALL can witness this locomotive; in all her glory, running on Strasburg’s “Road To Paradise”!
🚂THANK YOU!!!💨

05/17/2026

💥A BIG Weekend For LIRR #39!💥

We are PROUD to report on a VERY SUCCESSFUL weekend for the Railroad Museum of Long Island, and the Steam Up LIRR #39 Project!

🚂 Firstly we had a GREAT WEEKEND attending the annual meeting of the Pennsylvania Railroad Technical & Historical Society (alongside our friends in the Long Island Chapter), and are grateful for their support of our restoration of Pennsy Built G5s: LIRR #39! The meeting was a FANTASTIC OPPORTUNITY to meet many like minded individuals who share our love of PRR STEAM, and technical innovation! Everyone was very interested to hear about our recent progress towards our contract with the Strasburg Rail Road, and see our NEW PAINTED KEYSTONE (with the unpainted sand cast bronze plate being prominently displayed last year)! We are VERY thankful to everyone who stopped by to converse, and contribute towards our MISSION TO PRESERVE PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD HISTORY IN MOTION! We look very much forward to returning again in the future, and strongly suggest YOU join the PRRT&HS national organization.

Organization Information Found Below:
https://www.prrths.org/

📚 On top of running our RMLI museum site in Riverhead, we had a group of dedicated volunteers set up an informative outreach table at the Middle Country Library, in Centereach, NY. There volunteers displayed a small taste of the MANY model trains we have in our Lionel Visitor Center; and gave out information regarding the restoration of LIRR #39!

⭐️ If you missed out on seeing us at either of these events, and you want to be a part of HISTORY, please consider supporting the project today! All donations of ANY SIZE, go a long way towards bringing Long Island Rail Road #39 BACK INTO STEAM; to be cherished for GENERATIONS!

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ALSO Entries into our EXCLUSIVE LIRR #39 Staybolt Cap Raffle END THIS SATURDAY (May-23rd) at MIDNIGHT, and will be drawn on Sunday the 24th in Greenport following the boxcar concert.