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| Title: |
RF extra |
| Description: |
A single MP 15 rolls east through Hicksville station with a handful of cars. RF 65 has just passed through in the opposite direction, so this train is not the return of RF 65 to the south shore. LIRR freight operations could be confusing at times. This is one of them!! MP 15's were the common power for the outlying locals at the time. The RS 3's were gone about three years at this point, and the remaining C 420's were on the "road" trains from Yard A to the east end, and sometimes still held down a commuter run. |
| Photo Date: |
3/20/1980 Upload Date: 12/8/2017 4:55:47 AM |
| Location: |
Hicksville, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Station |
| Locomotives: |
LI 159(MP15AC) |
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353 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Freight power |
| Description: |
The power for the freights running from Holban Yard often sat out on a ready track along the main line. At that time, C420s were the usual power on the road trains, with MP15s handling the lighter work. Heres a pair of Centuries and an MP15 waiting for their next trip east in the evening. |
| Photo Date: |
7/12/1983 Upload Date: 11/23/2013 1:57:31 AM |
| Location: |
Hillside, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Roster,Yard |
| Locomotives: |
LI 227(C420) LI 226(C420) LI 159(MP15AC) |
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986 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Local freight |
| Description: |
One of the locals that works the Montauk Branch, probably RF 7, though that job usually got C 420's, passes through Fresh Pond on its way back to yard A at Sunnyside. |
| Photo Date: |
9/13/1983 Upload Date: 11/25/2013 1:28:38 AM |
| Location: |
Fresh Pond, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Yard,Action |
| Locomotives: |
LI 153(MP15AC) LI 159(MP15AC) |
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641 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Circus train and position lights |
| Description: |
The Ringling Bros circus train passes under the position light signals at the east end of Queens Village station. They mark the west limit of Queens interlocking. The train is headed for a power swap to Amtrak E 60s and Jersey. |
| Photo Date: |
12/6/1985 Upload Date: 2/12/2012 8:12:33 PM |
| Location: |
Queens Village, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Station,Signal,Action |
| Locomotives: |
LI 166(MP15AC) LI 154(MP15AC) LI 159(MP15AC) |
| Views: |
959 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Circus train at Garden |
| Description: |
The Ringling Brothers circus train comes off the Mitchell Field Secondary, which it used to get access to the Nassau Coliseum, at Garden Tower, and is now on the Hempstead Branch |
| Photo Date: |
12/6/1985 Upload Date: 7/29/2012 12:32:07 AM |
| Location: |
Garden City, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Station,Action |
| Locomotives: |
LI 166(MP15AC) LI 154(MP15AC) LI 159(MP15AC) |
| Views: |
1003 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Circus cars to Jersey |
| Description: |
The Ringling Bros train passing through Queens Village on the LIRR, animal cars head out. How did I know they were animal cars?? Breathe deep!!! |
| Photo Date: |
12/6/1985 Upload Date: 10/14/2014 2:30:37 AM |
| Location: |
Queens Village, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
RollingStock,Action |
| Locomotives: |
LI 166(MP15AC) LI 154(MP15AC) LI 159(MP15AC) |
| Views: |
806 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Circus train going away |
| Description: |
The Ringling Bros circus train made an annual trip to Long Island, playing a string of shows at the Nassau Coliseum in Uniondale. The train would use the Mitchell Field Secondary to stage for the shows. Here we see it rolling through Forest Hills with the only instance I can think of where "foreign" equipment ran through onto Long Island-a Conrail caboose. |
| Photo Date: |
12/8/1986 Upload Date: 2/12/2012 7:46:53 PM |
| Location: |
Forest Hills, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
RollingStock,Station,Signal,Action |
| Locomotives: |
LI 166(MP15AC) LI 154(MP15AC) LI 159(MP15AC) |
| Views: |
1098 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Lite power |
| Description: |
This lite power move, most likely an RF 7, since that train used to do most of the "as needed" work on the west end, passes Bellerose station. |
| Photo Date: |
3/22/1987 Upload Date: 4/20/2015 1:51:51 AM |
| Location: |
Bellerose, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Signal,Action |
| Locomotives: |
LI 159(MP15AC) LI 154(MP15AC) |
| Views: |
453 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
In and out |
| Description: |
No, not burgers....an eastbound Oyster Bay train meets and inbound M1 set from Huntington at Queens. |
| Photo Date: |
6/16/1987 Upload Date: 5/2/2015 4:01:13 AM |
| Location: |
Bellerose, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Signal,Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
LI 159(MP15AC) |
| Views: |
286 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Lite MP 15s |
| Description: |
This pair of MP 15s was running light toward Jamaica. If you stayed on the platform at Bellerose long enough, youd see just about anything the LIRR had to offer. |
| Photo Date: |
8/9/1987 Upload Date: 5/23/2015 3:24:06 AM |
| Location: |
Bellerose, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Station,Action |
| Locomotives: |
LI 159(MP15AC) LI 155(MP15AC) |
| Views: |
503 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
RF 7 |
| Description: |
RF 7 has pulled down the Bay Ridge branch for head room after picking up the Conrail interchange at Fresh Pond. It will soon find an unpleasant surprise, as several cars have derailed back at the switch to the LIRR at Fremont tower. |
| Photo Date: |
2/5/1988 Upload Date: 6/27/2015 3:19:38 AM |
| Location: |
Fresh Pond, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
LI 157(MP15AC) LI 159(MP15AC) |
| Views: |
333 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Working in the yard |
| Description: |
RF 7s power works at the east end of Fresh Pond yard, posing on the Cypress Hills St over pass before backing into the yard. |
| Photo Date: |
2/6/1988 Upload Date: 6/27/2015 3:22:00 AM |
| Location: |
Fresh Pond, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Bridge,Action |
| Locomotives: |
LI 159(MP15AC) LI 157(MP15AC) |
| Views: |
395 Comments: 0 |
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