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| Title: |
Ronkonkoma train |
| Description: |
A train to Ronkonkoma passes Queens Village with the typical train set on that line. |
| Photo Date: |
11/19/1985 Upload Date: 10/14/2014 3:12:57 AM |
| Location: |
Queens Village, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Station,Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
LI 158(MP15AC) |
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474 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Double barrel |
| Description: |
There was an hour or so in the late afternoon when there were no westbound trains scheduled, and the LIRR Main Line from Queens to Mineola was tutned into a couble barrel shotgun, with trains running east on both tracks. The train on the left is an Oyster Bay train, which will take the branch at Nassau after making its Mineola&stop. The train on the right is a local to Hicksville, making all stops, starting at Floral Park, the only eastbound Main Line train to do so. It was set up so that the Oyster Bay train would pass the local, cross over, and there would be time to restore the plant at Nassau before the local was due to leav{. Most of the time, it actually worked. |
| Photo Date: |
6/3/1986 Upload Date: 11/23/2014 3:59:13 AM |
| Location: |
New Hyde Park, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Station,Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
LI 158(MP15AC) |
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408 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
LIRR 158 |
| Description: |
LIRR 158 leads an Oyster Bay train at its Mineola stop |
| Photo Date: |
6/10/1986 Upload Date: 11/18/2011 12:47:07 AM |
| Location: |
Mineola, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Station,Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
LI 158(MP15AC) |
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839 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Odd pair |
| Description: |
This pair of units was on the wye at Ronkonkoma, a combination not likely to see the road in this configuration |
| Photo Date: |
8/19/1986 Upload Date: 12/7/2014 4:26:20 AM |
| Location: |
Ronkonkoma, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Roster,Yard |
| Locomotives: |
LI 158(MP15AC) LI 617(Power Car) |
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803 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Ringling Bros train |
| Description: |
The Ringling Brothers circus usually played the Nassai Coliseum in Uniondale in late November and December. They would run the train out on the Mitchell Field Secondary to access the Coliseum, as it was the closest place to it, and where they could tie up a 60 odd car train. The morning after the circus closed, the train would run west via the Hempstead Branch and Main Line to Long Island City, where Amtrak power would go on, and it would run to Jersey via Penn Station. Here we see it coming around the curve at Floral Park. |
| Photo Date: |
12/8/1986 Upload Date: 12/19/2014 3:44:54 AM |
| Location: |
Floral Park, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Station,Action |
| Locomotives: |
LI 166(MP15AC) LI 150(MP15AC) LI 158(MP15AC) |
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1037 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Circus train and classic station |
| Description: |
The Ringling Brothers train passes Forest Hills on its way to an Amtrak connection in Long Island City. |
| Photo Date: |
12/8/1986 Upload Date: 12/19/2014 3:48:16 AM |
| Location: |
Forest Hills, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Station,Action |
| Locomotives: |
LI 166(MP15AC) LI 150(MP15AC) LI 158(MP15AC) |
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941 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Riding in style |
| Description: |
Not the crew, which has the spartan accommodations of an MP 15 cab, but the riders in the first car, a subscription only parlor car catering to the high rollers of the area immediately around this station, among others. Seen as the sun sets on a late winter day. The structure at right was once Locust tower, controlling the switch and signals there at the end of double track. Now it is a Nassau County PD substation. |
| Photo Date: |
3/13/1987 Upload Date: 4/20/2015 2:54:28 AM |
| Location: |
Locust Valley, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Station,Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
LI 158(MP15AC) |
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410 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) |
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603 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Pushing it home |
| Description: |
A westbound Oyster Bay train with an MP 15 pushes into Mineola, passing Nassau tower. In 15 minutes, it will be done on this trip as it reaches Jamaica. |
| Photo Date: |
4/21/1988 Upload Date: 7/12/2015 4:09:56 AM |
| Location: |
Mineola, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Station,Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
LI 158(MP15AC) |
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431 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Rolling to a stop |
| Description: |
An Oyster Bay train behind the typical off peak MP 15 comes to a stop at Mineola. |
| Photo Date: |
6/11/1988 Upload Date: 7/16/2015 3:01:04 AM |
| Location: |
Mineola, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Station,Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
LI 158(MP15AC) |
| Views: |
357 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Off peak |
| Description: |
Typical off peak power on the branch was an MP 15 on the east end, and either an FA or power pack equipped MP 15 on the west end. Today we have MP 15 158 doing the honors for this eastbound train at Glen Street. |
| Photo Date: |
6/12/1988 Upload Date: 7/28/2015 2:57:11 AM |
| Location: |
Glen Cove, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Station,Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
LI 158(MP15AC) |
| Views: |
399 Comments: 0 |
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