|
| Title: |
Still working both sides |
| Description: |
A C420 is in the midst of its train on RF 7, passing Jamaica station, as a passenger train passes behind another C 420. By this time, the LIRR had all of its 28 GP38-2s in service, and it was becoming unusual to see an Alco on a passenger train. This was quite a catch. |
| Photo Date: |
4/10/1978 Upload Date: 12/2/2016 4:04:18 AM |
| Location: |
Jamaica, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Station,Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
LI 227(C420) LI 224(C420) |
| Views: |
775 Comments: 0 |
|
|
|
| Title: |
Monkey in the middle |
| Description: |
The LIRR was not your typical freight carrier. Their focus was primarily commuters, and they are the busiest commuter road in the US, with 90% of their revenue coming from passengers. Their freight operations were largely an afterthought under the MTA, and could get kind of odd. One such unusual practice was running power mid train. This facilitated switching facing point customer sidings, of which there were quite a few. Thus we find RF 7 with C 420 227 working from the middle as it passes Jamaica station on one of the bypass tracks south of track 8. |
| Photo Date: |
4/10/1978 Upload Date: 11/30/2016 4:53:38 AM |
| Location: |
Jamaica, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Station,Action |
| Locomotives: |
LI 227(C420) |
| Views: |
625 Comments: 0 |
|
|
|
| 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 |
|
|
|
| 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) |
| Views: |
980 Comments: 0 |
|
|
|
| Title: |
Holban power |
| Description: |
A set of power waiting to go out sits on the ready track at Holban Yard. |
| Photo Date: |
9/13/1983 Upload Date: 11/25/2013 1:36:20 AM |
| Location: |
Hillside, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Roster,Yard |
| Locomotives: |
LI 227(C420) LI 226(C420) LI 228(C420) |
| Views: |
985 Comments: 2 |
|
|
|
| Title: |
No room |
| Description: |
A westbound train from Ronkonkoma rolls into Pine Aire station while RF62 looks on from the siding. An eastbound train waits for the westbound to clear. No room at the inn this morning. In an hour, it will be empty. |
| Photo Date: |
8/10/1986 Upload Date: 12/7/2014 4:38:09 AM |
| Location: |
Pine Aire, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Station,Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
LI 172(MP15AC) LI 161(MP15AC) LI 226(C420) LI 227(C420) |
| Views: |
1293 Comments: 0 |
|
|
|
| Title: |
Mixed meet |
| Description: |
A GP 38 powered commuter train meets RF 63 at DK |
| Photo Date: |
8/12/1986 Upload Date: 6/20/2011 1:56:45 AM |
| Location: |
Deer Park, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
LI 227(C420) LI 226(C420) LI 250(GP38-2) |
| Views: |
1027 Comments: 1 |
|
|
|
| Title: |
Switching the team track |
| Description: |
RF 63 switches the team track at Riverhead. |
| Photo Date: |
8/19/1986 Upload Date: 6/20/2011 1:59:00 AM |
| Location: |
Riverhead, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Yard,Action |
| Locomotives: |
LI 227(C420) LI 226(C420) |
| Views: |
1084 Comments: 3 |
|
|
|
| Title: |
Ground work underway |
| Description: |
The prep work for the Ronkonkoma electrification is underway as RF 62 rolls into Ronkonkoma. The electrified line will open in about 16 months, on Jan 18 1988. The C 420s will hang on another few years after that. |
| Photo Date: |
8/19/1986 Upload Date: 12/9/2014 2:13:21 AM |
| Location: |
Ronkonkoma, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
LI 226(C420) LI 227(C420) |
| Views: |
785 Comments: 0 |
|
|
|
| Title: |
Switching |
| Description: |
RF 62 often did extensive switching at Riverhead where there were several sidings and an active team track. Here the power backs down to a hitch with a boxcar as the rest of the train sits on the main. This train did not have radios for the crews, and all moves were coordinated by hand signals. |
| Photo Date: |
8/19/1986 Upload Date: 2/12/2012 10:51:39 PM |
| Location: |
Riverhead, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Station,Action |
| Locomotives: |
LI 227(C420) LI 226(C420) |
| Views: |
1076 Comments: 1 |
|
|
|
| Title: |
Made it back |
| Description: |
RF 63 is in the siding at Pine Aire, having made its Riverhead turn and and upstream trip against the tide of Ronkonkoma bound commuters. Its power will become RF 91 to Fresh Pond later tonight. |
| Photo Date: |
8/19/1986 Upload Date: 12/9/2014 2:15:15 AM |
| Location: |
Pine Aire, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
LI 227(C420) LI 226(C420) |
| Views: |
815 Comments: 0 |
|
|
|
| Title: |
Headed west |
| Description: |
RF 63 has completed switching in Riverhead and is ready to work back to Pine Aire. |
| Photo Date: |
8/19/1986 Upload Date: 2/12/2012 11:09:01 PM |
| Location: |
Riverhead, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Station,Action |
| Locomotives: |
LI 227(C420) LI 226(C420) |
| Views: |
857 Comments: 0 |
|
|
|
| Title: |
Meeting an eastbound |
| Description: |
The challenge for RF 62/63 was to get out to Riverhead, do whatever work it had to get done along the way, and get back to Pine Aire in time to beat the rush hour. They usually made it, though would start to run up against the leading edge of the rush hour parade as they got west of Ronkonkoma. Heres RF 63 meeting train 254 behind class unit 250 at Deer Park. Almost home. |
| Photo Date: |
8/19/1986 Upload Date: 12/7/2014 3:39:12 AM |
| Location: |
Deer Park, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
LI 227(C420) LI 226(C420) LI 250(GP38-2) |
| Views: |
819 Comments: 0 |
|
|
|
| Title: |
Getting underway |
| Description: |
RF 63 is out of town and getting a roll on westbound. It will have work at Yaphank before it heads back to Pine Aire. |
| Photo Date: |
8/19/1986 Upload Date: 12/7/2014 3:41:24 AM |
| Location: |
Riverhead, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Action |
| Locomotives: |
LI 227(C420) LI 226(C420) |
| Views: |
771 Comments: 0 |
|
|
|
| Title: |
Rolling out |
| Description: |
RF 63 has made its pick up at YA siding, and is now heading out onto the main with a typical blast of Alco smoke. |
| Photo Date: |
8/19/1986 Upload Date: 12/7/2014 3:49:03 AM |
| Location: |
Yaphank, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Signal,Action |
| Locomotives: |
LI 227(C420) LI 226(C420) |
| Views: |
754 Comments: 1 |
|
|
|
| Title: |
Working the siding |
| Description: |
RF 63 works the siding at Yaphank |
| Photo Date: |
8/19/1986 Upload Date: 12/7/2014 3:49:49 AM |
| Location: |
Yaphank, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
LI 227(C420) LI 226(C420) |
| Views: |
651 Comments: 0 |
|
|
|
| Title: |
Making him wait |
| Description: |
RF 62 waits in the hole as a westbound Ronkonkoma branch train rolls past. |
| Photo Date: |
8/19/1986 Upload Date: 12/9/2014 2:28:55 AM |
| Location: |
Pine Aire, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Station,Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
LI 274(GP38-2) LI 227(C420) |
| Views: |
707 Comments: 0 |
|
|
|
| Title: |
All Alco meet |
| Description: |
The origination point for RF 62, the Riverhead freight, was at a small station in Pine Aire in Suffolk county. The train would switch its cars and a local customer in between rush hour commuter trains, clearing up for each one til the morning rush was over. Here we see RF 62 in the hole for an early morning westbound behind FA 2 606 |
| Photo Date: |
8/19/1986 Upload Date: 2/12/2012 11:46:16 PM |
| Location: |
Pine Aire, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Station,Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
LI 226(C420) LI 227(C420) LI 606(Power Car) |
| Views: |
889 Comments: 0 |
|
|
|
| Title: |
Hooping them up |
| Description: |
The operator at KO block station in Ronkonkoma hands up orders to westbound freight RF 63. C 420's were typical power for this train. Date is approximate. |
| Photo Date: |
8/19/1986 Upload Date: 1/23/2011 10:13:10 PM |
| Location: |
Ronkonkoma, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Station,Action |
| Locomotives: |
LI 227(C420) LI 226(C420) |
| Views: |
1115 Comments: 2 |
|
|
|
| Title: |
Changes coming |
| Description: |
RF 63 rolls past the Ronkonkoma station and under a bridge that has been smoked by E6, H10, G5 and K4 steam power. The whole scene will change in another 15 months when the Ronkonkoma electrification project is complete. Already the earthwork and utilities are being installed, as well as some grading. |
| Photo Date: |
10/7/1986 Upload Date: 12/15/2014 3:49:29 AM |
| Location: |
Ronkonkoma, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Station,Action |
| Locomotives: |
LI 224(C420) LI 227(C420) |
| Views: |
715 Comments: 1 |
|
|
|
| Title: |
RF 7 |
| Description: |
LIRR RF 7 heads east past the station at Bellerose NY. Date is approximate. |
| Photo Date: |
10/19/1986 Upload Date: 10/5/2011 11:28:25 PM |
| Location: |
Bellerose, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Station,Signal,Action |
| Locomotives: |
LI 227(C420) LI 228(C420) |
| Views: |
995 Comments: 1 |
|
|
|
| Title: |
Quiet at Queens Village |
| Description: |
RF 11, with consecutively numbered C 420's, cools its heels at the Queens Village station as it waits for a late night parade of passenger trains. There will be an eastbound Montauk train, followed by an Oyster Bay train. Once they clear, the freight will get the board to go east to Pine Aire with 64 cars and cabin #64. Tonights train is unusual, having three C 420s. This train almost always got two units. |
| Photo Date: |
1/15/1987 Upload Date: 5/22/2011 3:01:00 AM |
| Location: |
Queens Village, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Night,Station,Action |
| Locomotives: |
LI 228(C420) LI 227(C420) LI 226(C420) |
| Views: |
848 Comments: 0 |
|
|
|
| Title: |
Waiting for the board |
| Description: |
RF 11 was pulled up to the signal on track 4 at Queens to wait for traffic, not uncommon as there was a flurry of passenger trains around 1 AM every night. Todays train has three C 420s instead of the usual two. Pennsys position light signals were always interesting to watch, especially so at night. Hell get going after the Oyster Bay train clears going east. |
| Photo Date: |
1/15/1987 Upload Date: 12/31/2014 2:50:27 AM |
| Location: |
Queens Village, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Night,Station,Signal,Action |
| Locomotives: |
LI 228(C420) LI 227(C420) LI 226(C420) |
| Views: |
647 Comments: 0 |
|
|
|
| Title: |
Waiting at the station |
| Description: |
RF 11 was cooling its heels waiting for traffic at Queens Village in this platform shot, also showing the waiting area on the westbound platform across the tracks. Lead unit 228 seems to have a new coat of paint. |
| Photo Date: |
1/15/1987 Upload Date: 12/31/2014 3:04:18 AM |
| Location: |
Queens Village, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Station,Action |
| Locomotives: |
LI 228(C420) LI 227(C420) LI 226(C420) |
| Views: |
604 Comments: 1 |
|
|
|
| Title: |
Passing the potato exchange |
| Description: |
RF 63 passes the Long Island potato exchange. Potatoes were once a significant source of traffic on the LIRR, but have long since gone to trucks by this date. |
| Photo Date: |
2/3/1987 Upload Date: 6/20/2011 2:01:26 AM |
| Location: |
Riverhead, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Winter,Action |
| Locomotives: |
LI 222(C420) LI 227(C420) |
| Views: |
607 Comments: 0 |
|
|
|
| Title: |
RF 63 at Riverhead |
| Description: |
RF 63 with a pair of C 420s about to head back west to Pine Aire. When the train arrives there, it will work its train and tie up. Later that night, after rush hour, it will work to Fresh Pond as train RF 91. |
| Photo Date: |
2/3/1987 Upload Date: 5/22/2011 3:02:54 AM |
| Location: |
Riverhead, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Winter,Station,Action |
| Locomotives: |
LI 222(C420) LI 227(C420) |
| Views: |
717 Comments: 0 |
|
|
|
| Title: |
Under the bridge |
| Description: |
RF 63 passes under an old local bridge as seen from the William Floyd Parkway. This is one of the more rural scenes on Long Island at the time. |
| Photo Date: |
2/3/1987 Upload Date: 12/31/2014 4:16:18 AM |
| Location: |
Yaphank, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Winter,Action |
| Locomotives: |
LI 222(C420) LI 227(C420) |
| Views: |
633 Comments: 1 |
|
|
|
| Title: |
Rolling for Pine Aire |
| Description: |
RF 63 rolls west through the pine barrens approaching Medford on a snowy afternoon. |
| Photo Date: |
2/5/1987 Upload Date: 12/31/2014 4:04:05 AM |
| Location: |
Medford, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Winter,Action |
| Locomotives: |
LI 222(C420) LI 227(C420) |
| Views: |
458 Comments: 0 |
|
|
|
| Title: |
Starting west |
| Description: |
RF 63 has just left Riverhead and is working its way to a pick up at Yaphank and hopefully no rush hour delays getting back to Pine Aire. |
| Photo Date: |
2/5/1987 Upload Date: 12/31/2014 4:08:18 AM |
| Location: |
Riverhead, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Winter,Action |
| Locomotives: |
LI 222(C420) LI 227(C420) |
| Views: |
507 Comments: 0 |
|
|
|
| Title: |
Sign of days gone by |
| Description: |
The building behind RF 63 is the Long Island Potato Exchange, once a huge deal on the Island. As late as the 1950s, solid trains of potatoes would be sent west from Riverhead. Better roads and higher real estate values meant fewer potatoes, and most of them now go by truck. Imagine three or four C 420s and 90 cars of potatoes-what a sight!! |
| Photo Date: |
2/5/1987 Upload Date: 12/31/2014 4:11:33 AM |
| Location: |
Riverhead, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Winter,Action |
| Locomotives: |
LI 222(C420) LI 227(C420) |
| Views: |
366 Comments: 0 |
|
|
|
| Title: |
Working the team track |
| Description: |
RF 63 works the team track at Riverhead as its train sits on the lead |
| Photo Date: |
3/10/1987 Upload Date: 6/20/2011 2:06:42 AM |
| Location: |
Riverhead, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Yard,Station,Action |
| Locomotives: |
LI 227(C420) LI 224(C420) |
| Views: |
534 Comments: 0 |
|
|
|
| Title: |
RF 62 |
| Description: |
RF 62 behind the typical pair of C 420s passes the station site of Calverton, just west of Riverhead, on the Main Line. |
| Photo Date: |
3/16/1987 Upload Date: 11/12/2011 10:56:33 PM |
| Location: |
Calverton, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
LI 227(C420) LI 224(C420) |
| Views: |
401 Comments: 0 |
|
|
|
| Title: |
C420s and a G 5 |
| Description: |
LIRR C 420s on RF 63 meet their predecessor at Riverhead, where LIRR G5 39 is undergoing a long restoration. |
| Photo Date: |
3/17/1987 Upload Date: 6/19/2011 3:31:37 AM |
| Location: |
Riverhead, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Station,Steam,Action |
| Locomotives: |
LI 227(C420) LI 224(C420) LI 39(4-6-2) |
| Views: |
1047 Comments: 0 |
|
|
|
| Title: |
Working the team track |
| Description: |
Once a common sight in many towns, the team track had become a rare feature. Riverhead still had one(as did Queens Village, though I dont recall seeing any cars spotted there in the 80s), here being switched by RF 62s C 420s. The crews on this train did not get radios, so hand signals were the standard way for the trainmen to communicate. It was a real lesson in old style railroading. |
| Photo Date: |
3/19/1987 Upload Date: 4/18/2015 3:52:51 AM |
| Location: |
Riverhead, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Station,Action |
| Locomotives: |
LI 227(C420) LI 224(C420) |
| Views: |
326 Comments: 0 |
|
|
|
| Title: |
RF 63 and a relic |
| Description: |
RF 63 passes the Riverhead station and restoration project G 5 39 as it heads down to work the team track. |
| Photo Date: |
3/19/1987 Upload Date: 4/21/2015 3:44:13 AM |
| Location: |
Riverhead, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Station,Steam,Action |
| Locomotives: |
LI 227(C420) LI 224(C420) LI 39(4-6-2) |
| Views: |
558 Comments: 0 |
|
|
|
| Title: |
Farm like scene |
| Description: |
The east end was once farm land, but by the late 80s, much of it had been sold off for development as real estate values became greater than the agricultural value. Manorville seemed to have escaped that trend even in the late 80s, as this scene of a red house in a rural setting shows. RF 63 rolls past behind the usual pair of C 420s. |
| Photo Date: |
3/19/1987 Upload Date: 4/18/2015 3:56:55 AM |
| Location: |
Manorville, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Action |
| Locomotives: |
LI 227(C420) LI 224(C420) |
| Views: |
207 Comments: 0 |
|
|
|
| Title: |
Potatoes!! |
| Description: |
RF 63 gets ready to go west as it sits in front of what was once one of LIRRs prime traffic sources-the Suffolk Potato Exchange. The LIRR at the end of WW II would ship 110 car produce blocks from Suffolk County, one of Americas main potato producers. Now it all goes by truck, whats left of it. |
| Photo Date: |
3/19/1987 Upload Date: 4/18/2015 4:05:06 AM |
| Location: |
Riverhead, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Action |
| Locomotives: |
LI 227(C420) LI 224(C420) |
| Views: |
260 Comments: 1 |
|
|
|
| Title: |
View from the bridge |
| Description: |
In this case, William Floyd Parkway. RF 63 rolls under a local road heading back to Pine Aire. |
| Photo Date: |
3/19/1987 Upload Date: 4/18/2015 4:09:18 AM |
| Location: |
Yaphank, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Bridge,Action |
| Locomotives: |
LI 227(C420) LI 224(C420) |
| Views: |
301 Comments: 0 |
|
|
|
| Title: |
Back in the zone |
| Description: |
RF 63 passes the block limit signal at KO, entering the commuter zone. Note the third rail in place. It is now nine months til electric trains will run here from New York and Brooklyn |
| Photo Date: |
4/9/1987 Upload Date: 4/23/2015 2:11:32 AM |
| Location: |
Ronkonkoma, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Signal,Action |
| Locomotives: |
LI 226(C420) LI 227(C420) |
| Views: |
198 Comments: 0 |
|
|
|
| Title: |
Doing what Alcos do |
| Description: |
RF 63 gets started from its pick up at Yaphank with gusto. Hell need to hustle if hes going to get his window ahead of the afternoon rush once he gets to Ronkonkoma. Pour it on!! |
| Photo Date: |
4/9/1987 Upload Date: 4/23/2015 2:15:34 AM |
| Location: |
Yaphank, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Action |
| Locomotives: |
LI 226(C420) LI 227(C420) |
| Views: |
236 Comments: 1 |
|
|
|
| Title: |
Just passing through |
| Description: |
Youd never know it to see the place now, but Manorville was once an important junction on the LIRR. There was a branch here that split from the Main Line, connecting to the Montauk Branch at Eastport. It was commonly used by trains going to the Hamptons and east. It was abandoned in 1949; Manorville was never the same. RF 63 passes through without even breaking its pace. |
| Photo Date: |
4/9/1987 Upload Date: 4/23/2015 2:22:30 AM |
| Location: |
Manorville, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Action |
| Locomotives: |
LI 226(C420) LI 227(C420) |
| Views: |
191 Comments: 0 |
|
|
|
| Title: |
Working YA |
| Description: |
RF 62s caboose is seen in the distance as the train gets underway after setting out a cut of cars for pick up on the return trip. YA block station is at right. |
| Photo Date: |
4/9/1987 Upload Date: 4/21/2015 3:46:56 AM |
| Location: |
Yaphank, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
RollingStock,Signal,Action |
| Locomotives: |
LI 226(C420) LI 227(C420) |
| Views: |
287 Comments: 0 |
|
|
|
| Title: |
Old station |
| Description: |
Not quite yet, but it will be soon. The electrification project is progressing, as evidenced by the new signal bridge in the foreground. RF 63 passes the station which will be replaced once the new facility is built. It will open next January. |
| Photo Date: |
4/20/1987 Upload Date: 4/23/2015 2:33:19 AM |
| Location: |
Ronkonkoma, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Station,Action |
| Locomotives: |
LI 227(C420) LI 224(C420) |
| Views: |
220 Comments: 0 |
|
|
|
| Title: |
RF 63 with two cabooses |
| Description: |
RF 63 is seen at Yaphank with a pair of bay window cabin cars. |
| Photo Date: |
4/20/1987 Upload Date: 2/12/2012 7:52:02 PM |
| Location: |
Yaphank, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
RollingStock,Station,Action |
| Locomotives: |
LI 224(C420) LI 227(C420) |
| Views: |
401 Comments: 0 |
|
|
|
| Title: |
Double your fun |
| Description: |
RF 63 has a pair of bay window cabooses, giving the brakeman lining the switch at far left a choice of accommodations. No parlor cars for the crew, though!! |
| Photo Date: |
4/20/1987 Upload Date: 4/23/2015 1:24:44 AM |
| Location: |
Yaphank, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
RollingStock,Action |
| Locomotives: |
LI 224(C420) LI 227(C420) |
| Views: |
229 Comments: 1 |
|
|
|
| Title: |
Light centuries |
| Description: |
A pair of C 420s rolls east past Bellerose station. |
| Photo Date: |
11/22/1987 Upload Date: 6/17/2015 2:29:38 AM |
| Location: |
Bellerose, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Station,Action |
| Locomotives: |
LI 228(C420) LI 227(C420) |
| Views: |
330 Comments: 0 |
|
|
|
| Title: |
Headed for Fresh Pond |
| Description: |
RF 57 has finished its work for the day and is headed through Floral Park on its way to tie up. |
| Photo Date: |
1/10/1988 Upload Date: 6/24/2015 4:19:24 AM |
| Location: |
Floral Park, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Winter,Station,Action |
| Locomotives: |
LI 225(C420) LI 227(C420) |
| Views: |
291 Comments: 0 |
|
|
|
| Title: |
Working the siding |
| Description: |
RF 57 is working the printer at New Hyde Park, switching cars in and out on the long siding there. Hell spend 30 minutes going back and forth before getting everything placed and pulled. |
| Photo Date: |
1/10/1988 Upload Date: 6/24/2015 4:21:52 AM |
| Location: |
New Hyde Park, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Winter,Station,Action |
| Locomotives: |
LI 225(C420) LI 227(C420) |
| Views: |
361 Comments: 0 |
|
|
|
| Title: |
Walking it back |
| Description: |
RF 57s conductor is walking back with the shove to complete the work at the customer. He will shortly get permission out on the main to run to Fresh Pond. |
| Photo Date: |
1/10/1988 Upload Date: 6/24/2015 4:25:32 AM |
| Location: |
New Hyde Park, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Winter,Station,Action |
| Locomotives: |
LI 225(C420) LI 227(C420) |
| Views: |
262 Comments: 1 |
|
|
|
| Title: |
Alcos by the coal dock |
| Description: |
A pair of C 420s, now stored since the Ronkonkoma electrification rendered newer diesels available for freight service, pose by the concrete coal dock at Morris Park shop. The Alcos will have a brief reprieve, and return to service for a few more years. The coaling tower has, however, seen its last steam engine. The tracks in the foreground are the Atlantic Branch, which are coming out of the Atlantic Av tunnel, where they have been since just east of Nostrand Av station in Brooklyn. The cars beyond the Alcos are part of the alcohol train, and are equipped to spray an alcohol based chemical on the third rail to keep it from getting iced up in winter. |
| Photo Date: |
2/5/1988 Upload Date: 6/27/2015 4:31:17 AM |
| Location: |
Morris Park, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Roster,Yard |
| Locomotives: |
LI 227(C420) LI 226(C420) |
| Views: |
216 Comments: 0 |
|
|
|
