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Tom Beckett's Collection
 
1/19/2025
 
 
 
 
 
Owner: Long Island Rail Road Company
Model:EMD GP38-2Built As:LI 272 (GP38-2)
Serial Number:766041-1Order No:766041
Frame Number:766041-1Built:3/1977
Notes:3/77
Other locos with this serial:  LI 272(GP38-2) LLPX 2256(GP38-2) GMTX 2285(GP38-2)
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Far out
Title:  Far out
Description:  As far out as you can go on Long Island. A weekend train sits at Montauk, its power coupled up and ready to head west for the weekend weary east enders going to the city to tackle another Monday.
Photo Date:  8/19/1977  Upload Date: 12/2/2016 5:06:15 AM
Location:  Montauk, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Station,Passenger
Locomotives:  LI 274(GP38-2) LI 272(GP38-2)
Views:  705   Comments: 1
Long ride done
Title:  Long ride done
Description:  A train from Jamaica has completed the 100 mile trip from Jamaica, now arriving at the farthest east place on the LIRR behind a pair of just delivered GP 38s in their original paint scheme. Most of the riders have detrained in the Hamptons, but a few hardy souls made the full run to weekend here at the end of the island.
Photo Date:  8/20/1977  Upload Date: 12/13/2016 3:42:04 AM
Location:  Montauk, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Station,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  LI 274(GP38-2) LI 272(GP38-2) LI 261(GP38-2)
Views:  783   Comments: 0
Port Jeff commuters roll to work
Title:  Port Jeff commuters roll to work
Description:  A westbound Port Jefferson train rolls past the Merillon Av station
Photo Date:  1/14/1986  Upload Date: 10/20/2014 2:35:33 AM
Location:  Garden City Park, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Station,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  LI 272(GP38-2)
Views:  356   Comments: 0
GP 38 pushing
Title:  GP 38 pushing
Description:  GP 38s pushing on Long Island was not unusual. Pushing east, however, was. The power pack is on the east end of the train here, MP 15 161 doing the honors leading eastbound.
Photo Date:  5/13/1986  Upload Date: 11/21/2014 12:53:35 AM
Location:  Stony Brook, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Station,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  LI 272(GP38-2)
Views:  486   Comments: 0
Ronkonkoma bound in the rain
Title:  Ronkonkoma bound in the rain
Description:  A Ronkonkoma train makes its Mineola stop on a rainy night.
Photo Date:  6/5/1986  Upload Date: 11/25/2014 12:36:39 AM
Location:  Mineola, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Night,Station,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  LI 272(GP38-2)
Views:  394   Comments: 0
Ronkonkoma bound
Title:  Ronkonkoma bound
Description:  Train 4252 rolls east through Queens interlocking and past Bellerose station
Photo Date:  8/17/1986  Upload Date: 12/8/2014 1:40:49 AM
Location:  Bellerose, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Signal,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  LI 272(GP38-2)
Views:  475   Comments: 0
4012 with 2
Title:  4012 with 2
Description:  A pair of GP 38s lead 4012, as is typical til late October. Even though the summer weekender and vacation season officially ends on Labor Day, many rider still take advantage of the parlor cars til late October. The railroad accomodates these travelers by running the cars til the weather gets too cold for the beach.
Photo Date:  10/12/1986  Upload Date: 12/16/2014 3:46:48 AM
Location:  Bellerose, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Signal,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  LI 272(GP38-2) LI 264(GP38-2)
Views:  690   Comments: 0
Port Jeff bound
Title:  Port Jeff bound
Description:  Train 4652 rolls east this rainy Sunday.
Photo Date:  11/2/1986  Upload Date: 12/20/2014 4:32:46 AM
Location:  Bellerose, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Station,Signal,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  LI 272(GP38-2)
Views:  369   Comments: 0
Port Jeff in the rain
Title:  Port Jeff in the rain
Description:  Were close to the building today due to the rain, a different perspective than the usual perch at the west end of the platform. Im dry as this Port Jefferson train rolls by.
Photo Date:  11/9/1986  Upload Date: 12/20/2014 4:30:48 AM
Location:  Bellerose, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Station,Signal,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  LI 272(GP38-2)
Views:  486   Comments: 0
4012 from a different perch
Title:  4012 from a different perch
Description:  I typically would go to Bellerose on Sunday, since it had the best viewing platform for trains on the Main Line. Occasionally Id go elsewhere, such as todays stop at Queens Village. We see 4012 behind the usual pair of GP 38s passing the Queens Village team yard west of the station. It will blow through the station, then bounce through Queens interlocking on its way to Hicksville and Montauk via the Central Branch.
Photo Date:  8/23/1987  Upload Date: 5/22/2015 2:35:46 AM
Location:  Queens Village, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  LI 272(GP38-2) LI 265(GP38-2)
Views:  528   Comments: 0
A month to go
Title:  A month to go
Description:  A Ronkonkoma train makes its Mineola stop. In another month, the electrification will open to Ronkonkoma, and the diesel trains will largely be history on the Main Line.
Photo Date:  12/13/1987  Upload Date: 6/18/2015 2:21:11 AM
Location:  Mineola, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  LI 272(GP38-2)
Views:  353   Comments: 0


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