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| Title: |
Way out layover |
| Description: |
One of the two Yaphank trains sits on the siding there, having completed its trip, the power now on the west end for tomorrows inbound trip. This was the longest Main Line commuter run at the time. |
| Photo Date: |
7/22/1977 Upload Date: 12/2/2016 4:20:09 AM |
| Location: |
Yaphank, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
LI 229(C420) |
| Views: |
398 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Morning line up |
| Description: |
A set of C 420s is on the ready track at Holban Yard, ready to move out with whatever the yardmaster has put together for them. Theyll go east later in the day. Holban, a combination of HOLlis and st alBANs, sat between the two sections of Queens, in a triangle shape, bounded by the Main Line on the north, and the Montauk Branch on the south. The Montauk Branch is seen behind the power, its viaduct crossing over the eastbound Main Line and yard lead just west of the yard at a place called Hillside, where there was an abandoned station. It is used by trains going to Babylon, as well as a few diesel trains going farther east. |
| Photo Date: |
4/26/1979 Upload Date: 11/30/2016 5:04:32 AM |
| Location: |
Hollis, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Roster,Yard |
| Locomotives: |
LI 229(C420) LI 227(C420) LI 228(C420) |
| Views: |
833 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Alcohol train |
| Description: |
The alcohol train is a specially equipped car that sprays an alcohol solution on the third rail to prevent icing, allowing MU cars to maintain good contact in snow and ice conditions. Here it is passing over Little Neck Parkway on the Port Washington Branch. |
| Photo Date: |
1/11/1984 Upload Date: 6/20/2011 1:15:11 AM |
| Location: |
Little Neck, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Winter,Station,Signal,Action |
| Locomotives: |
LI 163(MP15AC) LI 229(C420) |
| Views: |
1249 Comments: 3 |
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| Title: |
Alcohol train 2 |
| Description: |
The alcohol train passes through Little Neck, spraying the third rail to keep it free of snow and ice. |
| Photo Date: |
1/11/1984 Upload Date: 6/20/2011 1:40:14 AM |
| Location: |
Little Neck, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Winter,Station,Action |
| Locomotives: |
LI 163(MP15AC) LI 229(C420) |
| Views: |
764 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Work train |
| Description: |
In June 1984, there was a washout on the Port Washington Branch about 1/2 mile east of Little Neck, which closed the line for a couple of weeks while the repairs were made. These C 420s brought the work train out and were parked at Douglaston station, a very unusual circumstance. View is from the Douglaston Parkway overpass. |
| Photo Date: |
6/14/1984 Upload Date: 6/26/2014 3:41:34 AM |
| Location: |
Douglaston, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Roster,Station |
| Locomotives: |
LI 228(C420) LI 224(C420) LI 229(C420) |
| Views: |
968 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Work train power |
| Description: |
A platform view of the power for the work train that had brought fill for the Little Neck washout. |
| Photo Date: |
6/14/1984 Upload Date: 6/26/2014 3:45:28 AM |
| Location: |
Douglaston, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Roster,Station |
| Locomotives: |
LI 229(C420) LI 224(C420) LI 228(C420) |
| Views: |
845 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
RF 7 |
| Description: |
RF 7 works down the flyover into Yard A at Sunnyide, seen from the fantrip that covered the Bay Ridge line and Mitchell Field Secondary that day. |
| Photo Date: |
10/5/1985 Upload Date: 10/11/2014 3:17:47 AM |
| Location: |
Long Island City, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Bridge,Action |
| Locomotives: |
LI 229(C420) LI 228(C420) |
| Views: |
594 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Freight at Manorville |
| Description: |
Westbound train RF 63 rolls through a blaze of fall color at Manorville NY en route to its tie up at Pine Aire |
| Photo Date: |
10/22/1985 Upload Date: 6/19/2011 3:24:28 AM |
| Location: |
Manorville, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Action |
| Locomotives: |
LI 224(C420) LI 229(C420) |
| Views: |
845 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
RF 63 at William Floyd Parkway |
| Description: |
RF 63 heads west under a local road bridge as it approaches the William Floyd Parkway en route back to Pine Aire |
| Photo Date: |
10/29/1985 Upload Date: 5/15/2011 10:23:36 PM |
| Location: |
Yaphank, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Bridge,Action |
| Locomotives: |
LI 224(C420) LI 229(C420) |
| Views: |
1113 Comments: 3 |
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| Title: |
All Alcos as scoot meets fantrip |
| Description: |
A Project 39 fantrip to Greenport behind C 420s meets the Greenport scoot behind an FA on a lovely day for an excursion |
| Photo Date: |
6/7/1986 Upload Date: 6/20/2011 1:07:05 AM |
| Location: |
Riverhead, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Station,Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
LI 222(C420) LI 229(C420) LI 617(Power Car) |
| Views: |
1088 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
B Tower |
| Description: |
The connection from the Main Line to the Central Branch was controlled by B Tower in Bethpage. Here an Alco powered fantrip to benefit Project 39 heads toward Riverhead on the Main Line, as operator Jay Bendersky hands up the orders. |
| Photo Date: |
6/7/1986 Upload Date: 10/5/2011 11:38:11 PM |
| Location: |
Bethpage, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Signal,Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
LI 222(C420) LI 229(C420) |
| Views: |
708 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Photo stop in the rain |
| Description: |
The Project 39 trip ran in dismal weather. The stop at Oyster Bay was a washout, but some got off to get the shot anyway. |
| Photo Date: |
6/7/1986 Upload Date: 11/21/2014 3:35:43 AM |
| Location: |
Oyster Bay, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Station,Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
LI 222(C420) LI 229(C420) |
| Views: |
429 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Project 39 trip |
| Description: |
A fantrip tobenefit Project 39 ran on June 7 1986, a woefully rainy day in the New York area. Here the train approaches Jamaica to pick up its riders for the trip out to Greenport behind a pair of C 420s with F unit 619. At the time, there were still eight C 420's left, all from the 1968 order. These had hi ad trucks, unlike the first order from 1963. Interestingly, this was not even close to a farewell. These units would carry on into the 1990's before being retired. Note the PRR style dwarf signals, as well as the "hanger" on the platform canopy. |
| Photo Date: |
6/7/1986 Upload Date: 10/7/2014 2:18:51 AM |
| Location: |
Jamaica, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Station,Signal,Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
LI 222(C420) LI 229(C420) |
| Views: |
480 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Arriving in the rain |
| Description: |
The Project 39 fantrip behind C 420s made a run up the Oyster Bay Branch before returning to Mineola and heading for Greenport. Here it is as seen from the yard side of the main. |
| Photo Date: |
6/7/1986 Upload Date: 11/23/2014 2:58:26 AM |
| Location: |
Oyster Bay, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Yard,Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
LI 222(C420) LI 229(C420) |
| Views: |
395 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Smoking it up |
| Description: |
The Project 39 trip ran behind a pair of C 420s, here seen at Queens Village doing what Alcos do, laying down a pall of exhaust. |
| Photo Date: |
6/7/1986 Upload Date: 11/21/2014 3:38:32 AM |
| Location: |
Queens Village, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Station,Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
LI 222(C420) LI 229(C420) |
| Views: |
429 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Great day for a fantrip |
| Description: |
The Project 39 group ran a fantrip to benefit their restoration of LIRR 4-6-0 39, selecting a June Saturday for the trip. It poured, all day. No one will be getting off to see the 39 at Riverhead. The train has arrived, and will wait to meet the westbound scoot from Greenport, then roll on to the end of the line itself. |
| Photo Date: |
6/7/1986 Upload Date: 11/23/2014 3:04:46 AM |
| Location: |
Riverhead, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Station,Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
LI 222(C420) LI 229(C420) |
| Views: |
413 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Pushing on through |
| Description: |
The Project 39 fantrip is on its return to Mineola and the main line, seen here with Alcos pushing the train through Glen Cove. |
| Photo Date: |
6/7/1986 Upload Date: 11/23/2014 3:08:44 AM |
| Location: |
Glen Cove, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Station,Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
LI 222(C420) LI 229(C420) |
| Views: |
417 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Meeting the scoot |
| Description: |
The Project 39 fantrip meets the Greenport scoot with LIRR 267 pushing toward Jamaica, at Riverhead. |
| Photo Date: |
6/7/1986 Upload Date: 11/23/2014 3:14:11 AM |
| Location: |
Glen Cove, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Station,Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
LI 222(C420) LI 229(C420) LI 267(GP38-2) |
| Views: |
648 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Pulling up |
| Description: |
RF 91 pulls up into New Hyde Park station to make the cut for the customer siding just to the east. |
| Photo Date: |
7/8/1986 Upload Date: 12/3/2014 2:46:12 PM |
| Location: |
New Hyde Park, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Night,Station,Action |
| Locomotives: |
LI 229(C420) LI 223(C420) |
| Views: |
415 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Rainy night on the Island |
| Description: |
LIRR train RF 11 arrives at the Pine Aire station late in the evening. It usually passed Mineola around 1:30 AM; this shot was probably taken around 2:30. The crew will go off duty here, and a new crew will switch the train and go east in the morning as Riverhead turn RF 62/63 |
| Photo Date: |
7/10/1986 Upload Date: 7/20/2011 11:20:26 PM |
| Location: |
Pine Aire, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Night,Station,Action |
| Locomotives: |
LI 229(C420) |
| Views: |
437 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
RF 91 |
| Description: |
In a mood shot at the New Hyde Park station, RF 91 arrives and prepares to switch a customer on the westbound track just east of the station. There is a long running track here east of the New Hyde Park Rd crossing that allows the power to reach several customers without having to use the main track for headroom, although they will leave most of their train on track 1 while they switch. Freight on this part of the railroad is done at night as there is less conflict with passenger runs. RF 91 usually runs west from Hicksville in the two hour gap between passenger trains that occurs from approximately 1 to 3 AM. |
| Photo Date: |
7/10/1986 Upload Date: 7/20/2011 11:25:18 PM |
| Location: |
New Hyde Park, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Night,Station,Action |
| Locomotives: |
LI 229(C420) |
| Views: |
402 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Closed up and rolling |
| Description: |
RF 63 has closed up the siding after picking up, and is now getting a move on toward Ronkonkoma from YA-note the block limit sign at right. |
| Photo Date: |
7/29/1986 Upload Date: 12/7/2014 3:51:02 AM |
| Location: |
Yaphank, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Signal,Action |
| Locomotives: |
LI 229(C420) LI 222(C420) |
| Views: |
655 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Done for the day |
| Description: |
RF 63 has returned to Pine Aire and tied up. A new crew will come on after the evening rush and take the train to Fresh Pond as RF 91. |
| Photo Date: |
9/23/1986 Upload Date: 12/14/2014 2:11:07 AM |
| Location: |
Pine Aire, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Yard,Action |
| Locomotives: |
LI 229(C420) LI 225(C420) |
| Views: |
613 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
RF 63 start its westbound trip |
| Description: |
RF 63, the westbound part of the turn from Pine Aire, gathers speed as it heads back toward its terminal and the end of a day switching on the east end. |
| Photo Date: |
10/7/1986 Upload Date: 10/5/2011 11:40:48 PM |
| Location: |
Riverhead, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Action |
| Locomotives: |
LI 224(C420) LI 229(C420) |
| Views: |
627 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Times, they are a changin |
| Description: |
C 420 229 leads RF 63 through Ronkonkoma in October of 1986. The earth work has already started for the Ronkonkoma electrification, as evidenced by the grading done next to the track. The new service will start in January 1988. |
| Photo Date: |
10/14/1986 Upload Date: 7/29/2012 12:44:16 AM |
| Location: |
Ronkonkoma, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Station,Action |
| Locomotives: |
LI 229(C420) |
| Views: |
552 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
RF 63 |
| Description: |
RF 63 passes under the Ronkonkoma Av bridge in the late afternoon sun. Work is underway for the Main Line electrification, which will open in about 15 months. |
| Photo Date: |
10/19/1986 Upload Date: 10/8/2011 2:09:30 AM |
| Location: |
Ronkonkoma, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Bridge,Action |
| Locomotives: |
LI 224(C420) LI 229(C420) |
| Views: |
601 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Museum operation |
| Description: |
No, not the Alcos, though they are getting close. The RR Museum of Long Island is adjacent to the Riverhead station. The power from RF 62 passes while working the team tracks there, in view of one of LIRRs unique double deckers. |
| Photo Date: |
10/21/1986 Upload Date: 12/19/2014 3:15:22 AM |
| Location: |
Riverhead, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
RollingStock,Station,Action |
| Locomotives: |
LI 224(C420) LI 229(C420) |
| Views: |
391 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Pouring it on for Pine Aire |
| Description: |
RF 63 rolls under the old bridge at Ronkonkoma as it hustles home to Pine Aire. |
| Photo Date: |
10/21/1986 Upload Date: 12/19/2014 3:19:01 AM |
| Location: |
Ronkonkoma, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Bridge,Action |
| Locomotives: |
LI 224(C420) LI 229(C420) |
| Views: |
473 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
RF 62 nears Riverhead |
| Description: |
RF 62 is almost to where it will do most of its work today, passing Calverton, one of the more unremarked points on the LIRR. There is not much here at this time, just some relay rail. There was once a station, now long gone. Trains quit stopping here in the 70s. |
| Photo Date: |
10/21/1986 Upload Date: 12/17/2014 2:19:39 AM |
| Location: |
Calverton, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
LI 229(C420) LI 224(C420) |
| Views: |
363 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Through the pine barrens |
| Description: |
RF 62 roll through the pine barrens west of Riverhead as it approaches its days objective. Fall color is starting to show on this late Octover day. |
| Photo Date: |
10/21/1986 Upload Date: 12/17/2014 2:21:30 AM |
| Location: |
Riverhead, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Action |
| Locomotives: |
LI 229(C420) LI 224(C420) |
| Views: |
453 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Broad view |
| Description: |
There was a spot near Yaphank station where you could get an across the field shot of the LIRR. It is here that we see RF 62s power, the usual pair of C 420s. I caught up to him here after chasing some commuter trains and RF 65 near Farmingdale. |
| Photo Date: |
10/21/1986 Upload Date: 12/17/2014 2:23:38 AM |
| Location: |
Yaphank, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Action |
| Locomotives: |
LI 229(C420) LI 224(C420) |
| Views: |
413 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Past the station |
| Description: |
The east end of Riverhead station as RF 62s power passes |
| Photo Date: |
10/21/1986 Upload Date: 12/19/2014 3:16:55 AM |
| Location: |
Riverhead, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Station,Action |
| Locomotives: |
LI 229(C420) LI 224(C420) |
| Views: |
561 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Almost home |
| Description: |
RF 63 passes through Ronkonkoma as it hustles to Pine Aire to get out of the way of the evening rush. The electrification project is progressing. The ties have been replaced, and third rail ties-note every fifth tie is extended-are now installed. |
| Photo Date: |
10/21/1986 Upload Date: 12/15/2014 3:52:04 AM |
| Location: |
Ronkonkoma, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Action |
| Locomotives: |
LI 229(C420) LI 226(C420) |
| Views: |
343 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Made it |
| Description: |
RF 63 is tied up at Pine Aire. The same power will run west later this evening as RF 91 to Fresh Pond. The electrification project is making its mark here, as the third rail has been installed. |
| Photo Date: |
10/21/1986 Upload Date: 12/15/2014 3:55:06 AM |
| Location: |
Pine Aire, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Yard,Action |
| Locomotives: |
LI 229(C420) LI 226(C420) |
| Views: |
306 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Lite RF 7 |
| Description: |
RF 7 was a catch all train that worked whatever needed to be done on the west end, and could be found anywhere. Today its headed east past Bellerose on the main line with a C420 and MP15, probably to handle a customer switch somewhere fairly close. |
| Photo Date: |
2/8/1987 Upload Date: 4/16/2015 3:18:15 AM |
| Location: |
Bellerose, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Station,Action |
| Locomotives: |
LI 229(C420) LI 157(MP15AC) |
| Views: |
410 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
RF 62 |
| Description: |
One of the more obscure places on the Island is Calverton. Location of a National Cemetery, it is a backwater on the LIRR. RF 62 passes en route to Riverhead. |
| Photo Date: |
11/22/1987 Upload Date: 2/12/2012 11:25:06 PM |
| Location: |
Calverton, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Action |
| Locomotives: |
LI 229(C420) LI 224(C420) |
| Views: |
363 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
RF 57 |
| Description: |
A short RF 57 works past Bellerose as it makes its way from Hicksville into Fresh Pond on a Sunday afternoon. |
| Photo Date: |
11/22/1987 Upload Date: 6/17/2015 2:34:23 AM |
| Location: |
Bellerose, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Station,Action |
| Locomotives: |
LI 229(C420) LI 224(C420) LI 154(MP15AC) |
| Views: |
495 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Tucked in |
| Description: |
RF 57s caboose is tucked in behind the power as it passes the station. |
| Photo Date: |
11/22/1987 Upload Date: 6/17/2015 2:40:34 AM |
| Location: |
Bellerose, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Station,Action |
| Locomotives: |
LI 229(C420) LI 224(C420) LI 154(MP15AC) |
| Views: |
510 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
The show goes on |
| Description: |
In the midst of all the hoopla surrounding the opening of the Ronkonkoma electrification, the freight work went on. RF 62 rolls east past the station behind the usual C 420s. |
| Photo Date: |
1/18/1988 Upload Date: 6/22/2015 4:00:09 AM |
| Location: |
Ronkonkoma, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Winter,Station,Signal,Action |
| Locomotives: |
LI 229(C420) LI 223(C420) |
| Views: |
469 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
End of the line |
| Description: |
The remaining 8 C 420s that had been working in freight service on the LIRR sit outside the Morris Park shops after being pulled from service following the opening of the Ronkonkoma electrification. The retirement would be short, as several would return to service, including 225 and 229, which would be repainted in the 1960s era blue and yellow MTA scheme. |
| Photo Date: |
1/21/1988 Upload Date: 2/12/2012 7:41:49 PM |
| Location: |
Jamaica, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Roster,Yard |
| Locomotives: |
LI 229(C420) LI 223(C420) LI 228(C420) LI 222(C420) |
| Views: |
903 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
No more action |
| Description: |
Or maybe there will be. A pair of C 420s rendered surplus sit behind the shop at Morris Park. At this point, their future looks dim, but the Centuries will rise again, and have an indian summer for a few years before finally going to scrap. Note the other equipment stashed with the Alcos-a cupola caboose, a box car, and a retire B 60 baggage car. I can recall seeing these on some east end trains in the 1960's. |
| Photo Date: |
2/5/1988 Upload Date: 6/27/2015 4:39:42 AM |
| Location: |
Morris Park, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Roster,Yard |
| Locomotives: |
LI 229(C420) LI 223(C420) |
| Views: |
238 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Retro Centuries |
| Description: |
Late in their careers, LIRR repainted a couple of C 420s into their as delivered scheme from the early MTA era. Here we see them on a fantrip at Floral Park on the Hempstead Branch. |
| Photo Date: |
9/10/1989 Upload Date: 10/5/2011 11:35:51 PM |
| Location: |
Floral Park, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Station,Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
LI 229(C420) LI 222(C420) |
| Views: |
674 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Caboose fantrip |
| Description: |
In September of 1989, LI Surise Trail NRHS rana trip featuring a ride in LIRR cabooses as part of the trip. The train was handled by C 420s 229 and 225, which had been painted into their as delivered scheme of NYSDOT yellow and blue. Here we see them at Clinton Rd on the Mithcell Field Secondary. |
| Photo Date: |
9/10/1989 Upload Date: 7/29/2012 12:39:55 AM |
| Location: |
Garden City, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Station,Action |
| Locomotives: |
LI 229(C420) LI 225(C420) |
| Views: |
459 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Crossing Clinton |
| Description: |
The Kabin Kar Trek has gone as far out on the Mitchell Field line as it can, and changed ends. It now approaches the old Clinton Rd station in Garden City in a display only an Alco can provide. |
| Photo Date: |
9/10/1989 Upload Date: 11/27/2015 4:57:09 AM |
| Location: |
Garden City, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
LI 229(C420) LI 225(C420) LI 609(Power Car) |
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350 Comments: 0 |
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Clinton Rd station |
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The one remaining station on the Mitchell Field Secondary is at Clinton Rd in Garden City. The Kabin Kar Trek ran out as far as they could go, then stopped here for photos. This is the train behind a pair of MTA painted C 420s smoking past the old station. |
| Photo Date: |
9/10/1989 Upload Date: 11/28/2015 3:57:36 AM |
| Location: |
Garden City, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Station,Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
LI 229(C420) LI 225(C420) LI 609(Power Car) |
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336 Comments: 2 |
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Street side |
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The trip has passed Clinton Rd station, and is now backing up for another go. This time we look from the street side of the station. |
| Photo Date: |
9/10/1989 Upload Date: 11/28/2015 4:05:39 AM |
| Location: |
Garden City, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Station,Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
LI 229(C420) LI 225(C420) LI 609(Power Car) |
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243 Comments: 0 |
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Last lap |
| Description: |
The Kabin Kar Trek is on its last leg as it rolls through Floral Park on its way to drop the tired but happy riders at Jamaica. |
| Photo Date: |
9/10/1989 Upload Date: 11/28/2015 4:10:58 AM |
| Location: |
Floral Park, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Station,Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
LI 229(C420) LI 225(C420) LI 609(Power Car) |
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286 Comments: 0 |
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Bright nose |
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The trip packet for the Kabin Kar Trek promised a surprise, and this was it. They had repainted two of the C 420s in the original MTA blue/yellow scheme, though the blue was a bit darker than as delivered. Still, they looked good. This is the nose of 229 as it sits at Clinton Rd while riders reboard after a runby. |
| Photo Date: |
9/10/1989 Upload Date: 11/28/2015 4:15:01 AM |
| Location: |
Garden City, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Roster |
| Locomotives: |
LI 229(C420) |
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93 Comments: 0 |
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Fantrip meet |
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The LIRR Kabin Kar Trek-a fantrip where passengers could ride in one of eight cabooses on the train-is overtaken by a Port Jeff train as they pass the team tracks. |
| Photo Date: |
9/10/1989 Upload Date: 11/27/2015 4:30:41 AM |
| Location: |
Queens Village, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
LI 254(GP38-2) LI 609(Power Car) LI 225(C420) LI 229(C420) |
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377 Comments: 0 |
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Kabin Kars |
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The LIRR ran a Kabin Kar Trek on this Sunday, covering some of the freight only areas on the west end, including Bushwick Terminal and the Bay Ridge Branch. After swapping power at Jamaica, it ran out the Mitchell Field Secondary behind a set of Alcos. Here is is passing the Queens Village team yard with FA 609 leading a pair of C 420s repainted in the MTA scheme from the 1960s. The Centuries still have their 251 engines, but the FA has had its 244 removed and a Caterpillar engine/generator set installed. It's just along for the ride, but an Alco cab leading a pair of Centuries is still a good looking consist. |
| Photo Date: |
9/10/1989 Upload Date: 11/27/2015 4:38:51 AM |
| Location: |
Queens Village, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
LI 609(Power Car) LI 225(C420) LI 229(C420) |
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321 Comments: 0 |
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