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| Title: |
RF 7 |
| Description: |
The maid of all work on the west end is RF 7, called out of Fresh Pond in the morning, and worked Sunnyside, the Atlantic and Long Beach Branches, and the Main Line as far as Mineola-basically as directed, depending on the needs of the day. Here it is returning from switching a shipper in New Hyde Park with a short train. |
| Photo Date: |
5/22/1984 Upload Date: 6/26/2014 3:35:40 AM |
| Location: |
Bellerose, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Station,Action |
| Locomotives: |
LI 152(MP15AC) |
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449 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Taking the branch |
| Description: |
An Oyster Bay train led by an MP15 leaves the Main Line at Nassau Tower. |
| Photo Date: |
1/14/1986 Upload Date: 10/16/2014 2:42:43 AM |
| Location: |
Mineola, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Station,Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
LI 152(MP15AC) |
| Views: |
392 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Oyster Bay late train |
| Description: |
The last Oyster Bay train til morning makes its Mineola stop, the engine sitting under the Mineola Blvd overpass. MP 15s were typical on the branch, especially for off hours trains. |
| Photo Date: |
6/11/1986 Upload Date: 11/22/2014 2:51:44 AM |
| Location: |
Mineola, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Night,Station,Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
LI 152(MP15AC) |
| Views: |
405 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
All quiet |
| Description: |
A Sunday afternoon finds a train in the yard waiting for tomorrows rush, and a westbound with its power on the west end of the train, an MP 15 cab first, ready for morning. |
| Photo Date: |
8/2/1987 Upload Date: 5/22/2015 1:07:40 AM |
| Location: |
Oyster Bay, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Yard,Passenger |
| Locomotives: |
LI 152(MP15AC) LI 611(Power Car) |
| Views: |
558 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Late night at Glen Street |
| Description: |
Glen Cove had two stations, Glen Cove, and Glen Street, which was adjacent to NY 107. An Oyster Bay bound train makes its stop at Glen Street late in the evening behind the usual MP 15. |
| Photo Date: |
1/7/1988 Upload Date: 6/24/2015 4:33:19 AM |
| Location: |
Glen Cove, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Winter,Station,Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
LI 152(MP15AC) |
| Views: |
266 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Locust Valley late night |
| Description: |
An Oyster Bay train behind the usual MP 15 makes its stop at Locust Valley. It will shortly complete its run in Oyster Bay. |
| Photo Date: |
1/7/1988 Upload Date: 6/21/2015 3:04:51 AM |
| Location: |
Locust Valley, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Winter,Night,Station,Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
LI 152(MP15AC) |
| Views: |
244 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Spraying for contact |
| Description: |
The LIRR had a couple of cars specially equipped with tanks of alcohol and spraying equipment to shoot alcohol on the third rail. This reduced the likelihood of ice forming on the third rail, preventing contact, thus making it possible for trains to continue running in snowy weather. Today one of the cars is sandwiched between a pair of MP 15s westbound at New Hyde Park Rd. This must have been a preventive move, as the day is clear. |
| Photo Date: |
2/6/1988 Upload Date: 6/27/2015 4:12:30 AM |
| Location: |
New Hyde Park, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
LI 152(MP15AC) LI 156(MP15AC) |
| Views: |
486 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
New digs |
| Description: |
The Ronkonkoma electrification project eliminated Pine Aire as a starting point for freights. The new reporting terminal for RF 62 and RF 91 is now Deer Park, with the office being in the old passenger station, seen in the distance at right. The elimination of most diesel trains on the line freed up a bunch of units, and MP 15s are now powering these trains, instead of the C 420s that had been doing the honors for many years prior. A pair of MP 15s is at the new starting point, waiting to go out with RF 62 to Riverhead. |
| Photo Date: |
2/13/1988 Upload Date: 6/27/2015 3:17:05 AM |
| Location: |
Deer Park, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Station,Action |
| Locomotives: |
LI 152(MP15AC) LI 158(MP15AC) |
| Views: |
417 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Paving season |
| Description: |
During the road work season, Prema Asphalt in Holtsville, east of Ronkonkoma on the Main Line, would get trainloads of stone for their paving operations. The trains usually ran on Sunday afternoon, symbolled RF 56. This one is passing Bellerose, moving over from track 4 to track 2 at Queens. |
| Photo Date: |
6/5/1988 Upload Date: 7/30/2015 2:58:05 AM |
| Location: |
Bellerose, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Station,Signal,Action |
| Locomotives: |
LI 152(MP15AC) LI 157(MP15AC) |
| Views: |
385 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Jamaica next |
| Description: |
A westbound Oyster Bay train has come off the branch and is picking up passengers for Jamaica and the city. An MP 15 will push the train closer to New York. |
| Photo Date: |
6/11/1988 Upload Date: 7/16/2015 2:57:31 AM |
| Location: |
Mineola, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Station,Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
LI 152(MP15AC) |
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232 Comments: 0 |
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| 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: |
385 Comments: 0 |
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| 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: |
519 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
EL gon |
| Description: |
As CR predecessor roads faded into memory, it was nice to find some of their equipment still running around. In ELs case, it was mostly hoppers and boxcars, but sometimes something else would show up. In this case, it was a gondola that I caught on LIRR freight RF 60, here at Richmond Hill in Queens, somewhat worse for wear 13 years after the fall, but still out there. |
| Photo Date: |
9/10/1989 Upload Date: 11/24/2015 4:31:37 AM |
| Location: |
Richmond Hill, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
RollingStock,Action |
| Locomotives: |
LI 164(MP15AC) LI 152(MP15AC) |
| Views: |
725 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Sunday freight |
| Description: |
On Sunday Sep 10 1989, LIRR ran a fan trip that allowed fans to ride cabooses. It was well attended, and there were many chasers as well. The LIRR is a busy road, and normal activities went on as they always do. One such was weekend freight RF 60, seen here on the Montauk Branch with a pair of MP 15s. The caboose special would be along shortly. |
| Photo Date: |
9/10/1989 Upload Date: 11/24/2015 4:47:40 AM |
| Location: |
Richmond Hill, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
LI 164(MP15AC) LI 152(MP15AC) |
| Views: |
384 Comments: 0 |
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