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Viewing Album: Dad in transit
By:
Tom Beckett
Dates:
1/1/1950 - 3/1/2012
Album Info:
Dad took a lot of photos all over, including on various forms of transit. He rode all over, and this album has shots mostly from New York, but also Boston, DC, and Toronto as well.
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Title:
Woodlawn yard
Description:
The IRT Woodlawn Yard, seen from the lead off the Jerome Av line. We covered several of the Bronx yards on this trip.
Photo Date:
10/27/1974
Upload Date:
2/24/2016 3:49:36 AM
Location:
Bronx, NY
Author:
Tom Beckett
Categories:
Yard,Transit,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:
Views:
97
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0
Title:
Over-under
Description:
The station at Woodside was a great place if you liked main line railroading and transit. Dad is on the LIRR platform as a No 7 Flushing train makes its stop overhead. The IRT platform was a great place to see LIRR action from, which in those days meant C 420s and ping pongs, as well as hand me down long distance cars on the east end trains.
Photo Date:
1/19/1975
Upload Date:
2/29/2016 3:59:37 AM
Location:
Woodside, NY
Author:
Tom Beckett
Categories:
Station,Transit,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:
Views:
114
Comments:
0
Title:
Signs, signs, everywhere theres signs
Description:
Ths one is at the Fifth Av and 53rd St station on the ID Queens line.
Photo Date:
5/29/1975
Upload Date:
12/4/2014 3:52:50 AM
Location:
Manhattan, NY
Author:
Tom Beckett
Categories:
Station,Passenger
Locomotives:
Views:
115
Comments:
0
Title:
Deepest station
Description:
This is the IRT 191 St station on the No 1 line. It is the deepest station on the system, at 180 feet below the street. It was a long ride on the elevator, at least it was in the 70s when we rode. Theyve probably improved them by now. Date is approximate. There was no date on the negative sleeve or the contact sheet.
Photo Date:
7/15/1975
Upload Date:
3/19/2016 4:01:08 AM
Location:
Manhattan Inwood, NY
Author:
Tom Beckett
Categories:
Tunnel,Station,Transit,Passenger
Locomotives:
Views:
43
Comments:
0
Title:
Old elevated line
Description:
The former Orange Line elevated structure is now out of service, and will soon be dismantled, now that the new line is in place. This el has been up since the turn of the century.
Photo Date:
8/25/1975
Upload Date:
2/29/2016 4:25:05 AM
Location:
Boston, MA
Author:
Tom Beckett
Categories:
Passenger,Track
Locomotives:
Views:
61
Comments:
0
Title:
Orange
Description:
No, not Syracuse, though dad was a 1954 grad. The MBTA Orange Line, which, in 1975, had seen a major upgrade, coming off the elevated line it had run since the turn of the century for a new right of way. We see some new cars as we head out of the city.
Photo Date:
8/26/1975
Upload Date:
2/23/2016 4:15:38 AM
Location:
Boston, MA
Author:
Tom Beckett
Categories:
Transit,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:
Views:
88
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0
Title:
New train, new station
Description:
The Orange Line had just had a major rebuild, the elevated portion of the line being taken off the old steel structure, and put on a new concrete viaduct, though some parts were in or under a highway. This is a set of new cars at the new Sullivan Square station. Boston color coded the equipment to match the line it was on, so here, it was orange trains.
Photo Date:
8/26/1975
Upload Date:
2/23/2016 4:22:15 AM
Location:
Boston, MA
Author:
Tom Beckett
Categories:
Station,Transit,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:
Views:
47
Comments:
0
Title:
Charlie wouldnt recognize the place
Description:
The Sullivan Square station on the new Orange Line.
Photo Date:
8/26/1975
Upload Date:
2/23/2016 4:25:12 AM
Location:
Boston, MA
Author:
Tom Beckett
Categories:
Station,Passenger
Locomotives:
Views:
44
Comments:
0
Title:
Kenmore
Description:
We went to Boston in 1975, a trip in which we used the T extensively. Dad took some photos in the system there, this one on the Green Line at Kenmore. For us New Yorkers, used to heavy rail and high level platforms, the low platform to accomodate PCC cars in the tunnels was a novelty.
Photo Date:
8/28/1975
Upload Date:
9/18/2014 2:21:56 AM
Location:
Boston, MA
Author:
Tom Beckett
Categories:
Station,Transit,Passenger
Locomotives:
Views:
146
Comments:
0
Title:
Orange Line
Description:
Dad caught this Orange Line train departing an unnamed station on the T.
Photo Date:
8/28/1975
Upload Date:
9/18/2014 2:23:46 AM
Location:
Boston, MA
Author:
Tom Beckett
Categories:
Station,Transit,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:
Views:
126
Comments:
0
Title:
LIRR from the subway
Description:
This is the view of the LIRR Main Line from the 61 St station of the Flushing Line. I rode this to school every day in the mid 70s, and saw a lot of action down below on the LIRR. Then it was mostly C 420s on the Hunterspoint Av trains, and a wild variety of passenger equipment. Wish now Id had a camera.
Photo Date:
9/14/1975
Upload Date:
3/25/2016 4:30:37 AM
Location:
Woodside, NY
Author:
Tom Beckett
Categories:
Station,Passenger,Track
Locomotives:
Views:
32
Comments:
0
Title:
Watching and waiting
Description:
The view from the 61 St-Woodside platform looking toward 52 St. There was a short hill between the two stations, as well as some curves. You had to keep an eye out for your train as it approached. The sun glints off the rails on a late summer afternoon.
Photo Date:
9/14/1975
Upload Date:
3/25/2016 4:27:27 AM
Location:
Woodside, NY
Author:
Tom Beckett
Categories:
Transit,Passenger,Track
Locomotives:
Views:
29
Comments:
0
Title:
On the avenue
Description:
Fifth Avenue. Dad shot this down the platform view of the IND station at 5th Av and 53rd St. The pillars create an interesting effect.
Photo Date:
6/12/1976
Upload Date:
3/25/2016 3:35:26 AM
Location:
Manhattan, NY
Author:
Tom Beckett
Categories:
Station,Transit,Passenger
Locomotives:
Views:
38
Comments:
0
Title:
Lots of walkways
Description:
The Metro Center station was a transfer point, and had a lot of walkways to speed pedestrian traffic. The lower level was not yet complete at this date, but would come on line the next year. I was back here ten years later. It was quite busy, and the foresight that went into this station was evident.
Photo Date:
8/20/1976
Upload Date:
5/6/2016 2:21:04 AM
Location:
Washington D.C., DC
Author:
Tom Beckett
Categories:
Tunnel,Station,Transit,Passenger
Locomotives:
Views:
46
Comments:
0
Title:
Transfer point
Description:
This view of the Metro Center station shows the Red Line station above, and a new station on a connecting line below. The lines form an "X", and transfer is direct from one line to the other.
Photo Date:
8/20/1976
Upload Date:
5/6/2016 2:23:24 AM
Location:
Washington D.C., DC
Author:
Tom Beckett
Categories:
Tunnel,Station,Transit,Passenger
Locomotives:
Views:
46
Comments:
0
Title:
Hustle
Description:
Riders hustle through the station, now off their train and headed to the street.
Photo Date:
8/20/1976
Upload Date:
5/6/2016 2:25:34 AM
Location:
Washington D.C., DC
Author:
Tom Beckett
Categories:
Station,Transit,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:
Views:
46
Comments:
0
Title:
Platform vie
Description:
A look at the Metro Center station from the Red Line platform. The low angle only reinforces the cavernous effect of the arched station roof. The indirect lighting makes the station look dark, even more so than some of the IND stations I was familiar with in New York, some of which still had at that time, the original incandescent bulbs from the 1930s.
Photo Date:
8/20/1976
Upload Date:
5/6/2016 2:31:14 AM
Location:
Washington D.C., DC
Author:
Tom Beckett
Categories:
Tunnel,Station,Transit,Passenger
Locomotives:
Views:
42
Comments:
0
Title:
The way it was
Description:
Washington had a rail transit system prior to WMATA. It was, like most, a group of streetcar lines. DCs was notable in that it had the wires underground, accessed by a unique "hook" that reached down into the slot in the middle rail to contact for power. An example of this is seen here in the Georgetown section of the city.
Photo Date:
8/20/1976
Upload Date:
5/6/2016 3:13:53 AM
Location:
Georgetown, DC
Author:
Tom Beckett
Categories:
Track
Locomotives:
Views:
73
Comments:
0
Title:
Portrait of the poster as a young man
Description:
Dad got a shot of me riding the Red Line, here at what was then the end of the line at Rhode Island Av.
Photo Date:
8/20/1976
Upload Date:
5/6/2016 2:33:19 AM
Location:
Washington D.C., DC
Author:
Tom Beckett
Categories:
Roster,Station,Transit,Passenger
Locomotives:
Views:
58
Comments:
0
Title:
Waiting...
Description:
Riders wait for the doors to open at Metro Center.
Photo Date:
8/20/1976
Upload Date:
5/6/2016 2:36:56 AM
Location:
Washington D.C., DC
Author:
Tom Beckett
Categories:
Tunnel,Station,Transit,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:
WMATA 1026(Electric M.U.)
Views:
79
Comments:
0
Title:
Lighted map
Description:
The Washington Metro installed these great illuminated maps in their stations-good think, since the stations were so dark. They were a real help, though.
Photo Date:
8/20/1976
Upload Date:
5/6/2016 2:40:20 AM
Location:
Washington D.C., DC
Author:
Tom Beckett
Categories:
Station,Transit
Locomotives:
Views:
45
Comments:
0
Title:
Inside the car
Description:
Dad got this shot of the interior of one of WMATAs cars. It looks a lot like the NYCTA cars, at the time they were getting R 46s, but with-get this-carpet!!
Photo Date:
8/20/1976
Upload Date:
5/6/2016 2:43:16 AM
Location:
Washington D.C., DC
Author:
Tom Beckett
Categories:
RollingStock,Transit,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:
Views:
53
Comments:
0
Title:
Car map
Description:
Like most systems, WMATA had maps in their cars. I was used to New York, so this system was a snap to learn. They did build out all the lines on it, too. At the time, there were only a couple open, but the advantage of the trains for getting around DC-a city that is a real pain in the butt to drive, and park, in, was obvious.
Photo Date:
8/20/1976
Upload Date:
5/6/2016 2:46:29 AM
Location:
Washington D.C., DC
Author:
Tom Beckett
Categories:
RollingStock,Transit,Passenger
Locomotives:
Views:
49
Comments:
0
Title:
Train to Farragut
Description:
This train is making its stop at Metro Center. It has only one stop left, at Farragut North, then it will change ends and go back to Rhode Island Av. The line would eventually run from Rockville Md, through DC, to Silver Spring Md.
Photo Date:
8/20/1976
Upload Date:
5/6/2016 2:50:37 AM
Location:
Washington D.C., DC
Author:
Tom Beckett
Categories:
Tunnel,Station,Transit,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:
Views:
45
Comments:
0
Title:
Railfan window
Description:
One of the good things about the cars that equipped the Metro was that they had good windows in the front, full width of the car. This allowed someone in the front of the car the ability to see everything the motorman saw, as well as watch him run the train, though with automatic train operation, mostly what they did was watch. It was interesting, compared to what I was used to on the NYCTA.
Photo Date:
8/24/1976
Upload Date:
3/26/2016 4:31:05 AM
Location:
Washington, DC
Author:
Tom Beckett
Categories:
RollingStock,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:
Views:
60
Comments:
0
Title:
Rhode Island Av
Description:
The last open stop at this time on the Red Line was Rhode Island Av. Dad got a shot of the station. A plus was the B&O yard down below, which had a B&O geep working farther down. We were staying in a motel in Alexandria, which was a lot cheaper than in DC. We'd drive into the city, passing Potomac Yard going and coming. I saw a lot of Chessie, RF&P, and CR power, but was not able to get photos. The real treat was the night we went past the yard and there was a Chessie train about to roll out on the ex C&O. In consist was WM 7151, one of the red, white and black F 7's. It was after dark, so no photo, but 40 years later, the memory is still vivid.
Photo Date:
8/24/1976
Upload Date:
3/26/2016 4:33:47 AM
Location:
Washington, DC
Author:
Tom Beckett
Categories:
Station,Transit,Passenger
Locomotives:
Views:
47
Comments:
0
Title:
WMATA interior
Description:
The interior of one of WMATAs new cars.
Photo Date:
8/26/1976
Upload Date:
12/5/2014 1:04:17 AM
Location:
Washington, DC
Author:
Tom Beckett
Categories:
RollingStock,Transit,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:
Views:
74
Comments:
0
Title:
Wasington Metro
Description:
In 1976, we went to DC for a week, mostly doing the typical tourists stuff. Rather than drive around, however, we decided it would be easier to park somewhere and take the subway around the city, which was(and is) a good idea. The system at the time was basic, as it had opened only several months earlier, only a start on the great transit system it has turned into. Dad got this shot of a train at one of the cavernous stations that were typical of the line.
Photo Date:
8/26/1976
Upload Date:
12/5/2014 12:56:34 AM
Location:
Washington, DC
Author:
Tom Beckett
Categories:
Tunnel,Station,Transit,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:
Views:
439
Comments:
0
Title:
Cavernous and dark
Description:
The Washington Metro used indirect lighing in its stations, which I always thought were dark compared to other cities, especially New York, where I rode most of the time. Seen from the pedestrian overpass, a look at one of the stations, which looks quite dim from this angle, though the light was better at platform level.
Photo Date:
8/26/1976
Upload Date:
11/19/2015 3:33:06 AM
Location:
Washington, DC
Author:
Tom Beckett
Categories:
Tunnel,Station,Transit,Passenger
Locomotives:
Views:
57
Comments:
0
Title:
Yellow Line
Description:
A Yellow Line train makes its stop. I cant tell what station it is, its too dark there to read the signs.
Photo Date:
8/26/1976
Upload Date:
11/19/2015 3:35:18 AM
Location:
Washington, DC
Author:
Tom Beckett
Categories:
Tunnel,Station,Transit,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:
Views:
55
Comments:
0
Title:
Dark tunnel
Description:
The Washington Metro, compared to New York, with its wide use of direct fluorescent light, was cavernous and dark. Dad shot this train at one of the then new underground stations.
Photo Date:
8/27/1976
Upload Date:
11/3/2015 1:54:54 AM
Location:
Washington, DC
Author:
Tom Beckett
Categories:
Tunnel,Station,Transit,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:
Views:
242
Comments:
0
Title:
Neither rain nor snow
Description:
The New York subways have a lot of underground routes, but in the outer boroughs, there is a fair amount of above ground trackage, such as the Flushing Line. Dad is at 74th St/Broadway, having just come upstairs from the IND Queens Line down below. A train of R 36s enters the station.
Photo Date:
1/21/1978
Upload Date:
3/13/2016 4:14:47 AM
Location:
Jackson Heights, NY
Author:
Tom Beckett
Categories:
Winter,Station,Transit,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:
Views:
84
Comments:
0
Title:
Snowy station
Description:
Like every other outside station this winter, the snow will become a problem. In another week, it will be pushed up to the railings to make room on the platforms. The last of it will not melt til Easter. The 74th St station gets a coating of the white stuff as riders hunker down.
Photo Date:
1/21/1978
Upload Date:
3/13/2016 4:21:12 AM
Location:
Jackson Heights, NY
Author:
Tom Beckett
Categories:
Winter,Station,Transit,Passenger
Locomotives:
Views:
48
Comments:
0
Title:
Young rider of the IRT
Description:
This little boy seems to be having second thoughts about his choice of travel arrangements on the No 7 Flushing train at Grand Central.
Photo Date:
3/16/1981
Upload Date:
3/18/2016 5:25:50 AM
Location:
Grand Central Terminal, NY, NY
Author:
Tom Beckett
Categories:
Station,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:
Views:
95
Comments:
0
Title:
New station
Description:
Actually it was new in 1970 or so, but while the design was classic IND, the materials-mostly terrazo-were quite a departure from the concrete and tile that had been standard for many years. Dad shot the mezzanine of the 6 Av/57 St IND station, served by the B train at all times except rush hours, when the newly established K train, that went to the Broadway Brooklyn elevated via the new Grand St connection, was in service.
Photo Date:
7/15/1985
Upload Date:
11/21/2014 2:41:24 AM
Location:
Manhattan, NY
Author:
Tom Beckett
Categories:
Station,Passenger
Locomotives:
Views:
95
Comments:
0
Title:
Platform level
Description:
The new station was quite bright, much more so than the older ones, since it had fluorescent lights, rather than the bulbs in the older stations. This made the stations much more appealing, and probably safer. At the time, 57th St was the terminal for the B train, two of which are seen here. The train on the left has just arrived; the train on the right will be departing shortly for Coney Island via the Grand St connection, Manhattan Bridge, and the West End line. The cars are R 32s, the typical equipment on this line. When the K ran during rush hour, it almost always got R 9s. If anyone remembers the opening to Welcome Back Kotter, it was the West End line that you saw the high school from, as it is elevated south of 39th St/9 Av in Brooklyn.
Photo Date:
7/15/1985
Upload Date:
11/21/2014 2:48:27 AM
Location:
Manhattan, NY
Author:
Tom Beckett
Categories:
Station,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:
Views:
238
Comments:
0
Title:
Transfer point
Description:
Lenfant Plaza station is a transfer point on the system. Were on the upper level, looking across at the vault for the crossing line, whose station is below. The platforms crossed about midway along, making for a more efficient transfer.
Photo Date:
6/15/1986
Upload Date:
5/13/2016 4:47:00 AM
Location:
Washington, DC
Author:
Tom Beckett
Categories:
Tunnel,Station,Transit,Passenger
Locomotives:
Views:
21
Comments:
0
Title:
They aint all pretty
Description:
Some of the outside stations on the WMATA system were rather functional, such as this on at Suitland MD.
Photo Date:
6/15/1986
Upload Date:
5/13/2016 4:53:48 AM
Location:
Suitland, MD
Author:
Tom Beckett
Categories:
Station,Transit,Passenger
Locomotives:
Views:
33
Comments:
0
Title:
Change here!!
Description:
A Red Line train stops at Lenfant Plaza, allowing riders to transfer below.
Photo Date:
6/15/1986
Upload Date:
5/13/2016 4:50:29 AM
Location:
Washington, DC
Author:
Tom Beckett
Categories:
Tunnel,Station,Transit,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:
Views:
34
Comments:
0
Title:
Lots of options
Description:
The sign on the entrance to the 5th Av station on the No 7 Flushing Line shows the connections to be made there via a pedestrian tunnel from the IRT station to the IND 6th Av Line.
Photo Date:
7/5/1986
Upload Date:
4/1/2016 4:35:52 AM
Location:
Manhattan, NY
Author:
Tom Beckett
Categories:
Station,Passenger
Locomotives:
Views:
51
Comments:
0
Title:
Classic car
Description:
The Toronto Transit Commission was still using a sizeable fleet of these PCC cars in the mid 80s, such as this one on Queen St.
Photo Date:
12/20/1986
Upload Date:
5/5/2016 4:13:53 AM
Location:
Toronto, ON
Author:
Tom Beckett
Categories:
Transit,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:
TTC 4464(PCC)
Views:
218
Comments:
0
Title:
Rush hour
Description:
A crowded car on the Yonge St line.
Photo Date:
12/20/1986
Upload Date:
5/5/2016 4:31:07 AM
Location:
Toronto, ON
Author:
Tom Beckett
Categories:
Station,Transit,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:
TTC 5103(Electric M.U.)
Views:
58
Comments:
0
Title:
On the train
Description:
A view inside one of the TTC transit cars. A lot like most of them, only a little wider, thanks to TTCs 510" gauge.
Photo Date:
12/20/1986
Upload Date:
5/5/2016 4:36:05 AM
Location:
Toronto, ON
Author:
Tom Beckett
Categories:
Transit,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:
TTC 5431(Electric M.U.)
Views:
81
Comments:
0
Title:
Toronto icons
Description:
The CN Tower, and TTC sign, marking the entrance to the subway, are two of the notable features of this familiar Canadian city.
Photo Date:
12/20/1986
Upload Date:
5/5/2016 4:38:07 AM
Location:
Toronto, ON
Author:
Tom Beckett
Categories:
Scenic,Station,Transit
Locomotives:
Views:
56
Comments:
0
Title:
Two is better than one
Description:
A pair of TTC PCCs roll along Queen St in downtown Toronto.
Photo Date:
12/20/1986
Upload Date:
5/5/2016 4:39:20 AM
Location:
Toronto, ON
Author:
Tom Beckett
Categories:
Transit,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:
Views:
189
Comments:
0
Title:
Now arriving
Description:
A TTC train arrives at Queen St.
Photo Date:
12/20/1986
Upload Date:
5/5/2016 4:42:20 AM
Location:
Toronto, ON
Author:
Tom Beckett
Categories:
Station,Transit,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:
Views:
52
Comments:
0
Title:
Headed for the exits
Description:
The passengers who have just debarked from this Yonge St train make their way to the exits.
Photo Date:
12/20/1986
Upload Date:
5/5/2016 4:44:24 AM
Location:
Toronto, ON
Author:
Tom Beckett
Categories:
Station,Transit,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:
Views:
29
Comments:
0
Title:
Late in the evening
Description:
Dad lived on 34th St west of 9th Av, and used the subways to go everywhere. It was not uncommon for him to be out pretty late, and hed take advantage of the conditions to take photos. This shot is somewhere on the no 7 Flushing Line in Queens.
Photo Date:
7/15/1990
Upload Date:
12/5/2014 1:47:46 AM
Location:
Queens (Borough), NY
Author:
Tom Beckett
Categories:
Night,Station,Transit,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:
Views:
83
Comments:
0
Title:
PCC car
Description:
Dad had an eye for historical equipment as well, and these TTC cars fit the bill. They ran into the 1990s(maybe they still are??) as a staple of Torontos surface transit.
Photo Date:
8/26/1990
Upload Date:
12/5/2014 1:14:28 AM
Location:
Toronto, ON
Author:
Tom Beckett
Categories:
Transit,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:
TTC 4494(PCC)
Views:
99
Comments:
0
Title:
R 32s
Description:
By the time this photo was taken, in 1992, the R 32 cars had already been in service for over 25 years, and would see yet another rebuilding that would carry them into their fifth decade of service. Now having been demoted to secondary lines, they carried on, taking over trains that had once been the stomping grounds of "old" cars-R 10s, for example. As one who recalls these cars in their prime, its hard to see them as the old guard. Were at Chambers St in this photo.
Photo Date:
4/17/1992
Upload Date:
5/13/2016 4:29:20 AM
Location:
Manhattan, NY
Author:
Tom Beckett
Categories:
Station,Transit,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:
Views:
44
Comments:
0
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