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| Title: |
Down the middle |
| Description: |
RF 65 rolls down track 2 after coming off the Main Line from Pinelawn. This could be a squeeze of any of the cars were wide enough. It was not uncommon for a faster moving train to bounce off the platforms. Note the PRR style pedestal signal to the right of the train. |
| Photo Date: |
3/20/1980 Upload Date: 12/8/2017 5:03:24 AM |
| Location: |
Hicksville, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Station,Action |
| Locomotives: |
LI 172(MP15AC) LI 154(MP15AC) |
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426 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
RF 65 |
| Description: |
I was knocking around Nassau County, shooting whatever rail activity I found, and went up on the platform at Hicksville. Freights on the Island at the time were a some time thing, and could be really unpredictable, since they were shoehorned between the many commuter trains. So it was pure dumb luck I caught this RF 65 coming in from off the Central Branch with a pair of MP 15s, the power that would lead this train for most of the next 30 years, and a short train. Note the Pennsy influence in the position light pedestal signals at the end of the platforms. |
| Photo Date: |
3/20/1980 Upload Date: 11/27/2016 4:37:26 AM |
| Location: |
Hicksville, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Station,Action |
| Locomotives: |
LI 172(MP15AC) LI 154(MP15AC) |
| Views: |
492 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
On the Main Line |
| Description: |
RF 65 approaches Hicksville station on the Main Line, coming in from Pinelawn. It will work the yard, just west of the station, then go back out to either the Port Jeff Branch, or to the south shore to work for the day, before repeating the process and returning to Pinelawn later in the day. Hell be tied up before evening rush hits. The position light signal at right gives away the LIRR's Pennsy heritage. |
| Photo Date: |
3/20/1980 Upload Date: 12/8/2017 5:22:46 AM |
| Location: |
Hicksville, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Station,Signal,Action |
| Locomotives: |
LI 172(MP15AC) LI 154(MP15AC) |
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975 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Arriving Glen St |
| Description: |
A Jamaica bound Oyster Bay train arrives at the Glen St station in Glen Cove. The station there is notable for being the location of a Maxwell House commercial years ago. Note the letter "P" preceding the road number. This MP15 is set up to provide hotel power for the train. |
| Photo Date: |
11/2/1983 Upload Date: 11/28/2013 2:25:29 AM |
| Location: |
Glen Cove, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Station,Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
LI 172(MP15AC) |
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539 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Oyster Bay train |
| Description: |
An Oyster Bay train is on its last lap to Jamaica passing the Queens Village station. In the distance, a Hempstead train is making its way through Queens interlocking, and will stop here. The tower can be seen just beyone the end of this train. |
| Photo Date: |
7/18/1985 Upload Date: 10/5/2014 3:42:16 AM |
| Location: |
Queens Village, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Station,Signal,Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
LI 172(MP15AC) |
| Views: |
433 Comments: 0 |
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| 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) |
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1287 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Port Jeff surprise |
| Description: |
The MP 15 trailing this eastbound Port Jefferson train was not unusual. The GP 38 was. Must have been a power swap, and the GP was tacked on before the train left Jamaica. Interestingly, the two trailing units are the highest numbered in their respective classes. The 277 is named for LIRR president Walter Schlager. |
| Photo Date: |
10/12/1986 Upload Date: 12/16/2014 3:50:43 AM |
| Location: |
Bellerose, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Station,Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
LI 277(GP38-2) LI 172(MP15AC) |
| Views: |
582 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Speonk scoot |
| Description: |
In addition to the every 90 minute Patchogue "scoots" as the diesel powered trains that connected to the MUs at Babylon were called, there was a mid day run a little farther out to Speonk. We see the westbound train en route to Babylon passing PD tower as it slows for its Patchogue stop. There was also a mid day train to Montauk. Check the blue and yellow maintenance van. |
| Photo Date: |
2/10/1987 Upload Date: 4/17/2015 1:39:16 AM |
| Location: |
Patchogue, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Winter,Station,Signal,Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
LI 172(MP15AC) |
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312 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Scoot ready |
| Description: |
The diesel connection to Speonk sits at the station waiting for time to head west to a connection with MUs at Babylon. Power today is an MP 15 power pack leading, with the typical GP 38 pushing on the east end. |
| Photo Date: |
2/10/1987 Upload Date: 4/17/2015 1:43:14 AM |
| Location: |
Speonk, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Winter,Station,Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
LI 172(MP15AC) |
| Views: |
340 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Meet at PD |
| Description: |
The Patchogue scoot which has just arrived waits as the train from Speonk rolls into the station. Long Island had a number of working towers then, such as PD here, which is controlling the action. |
| Photo Date: |
2/10/1987 Upload Date: 4/17/2015 1:54:02 AM |
| Location: |
Patchogue, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Station,Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
LI 276(GP38-2) LI 172(MP15AC) |
| Views: |
406 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
By the tower |
| Description: |
Long Island had a number of towers still in service in the 80s. One of the busier ones was Nassau, just east of the Mineola station. It controlled a pair of crossovers west of the station, and the junction with the Oyster Bay Branch, as well as the interlocking at Locust Valley, where the branch goes to single track. At one time, it also controlled the switch to the line that went down toward Hempstead along Franklin Av in Garden City, which curved to the right of the building with the ivy at far right. That line was abandoned in the 1960s. We see a westbound Oyster Bay train coming off the branch behind power pack equipped MP 15 172. It will make its stop here, then run into Jamaica for NY and Brooklyn connections. |
| Photo Date: |
7/1/1987 Upload Date: 5/17/2015 12:40:11 AM |
| Location: |
Mineola, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Station,Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
LI 172(MP15AC) |
| Views: |
385 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Oyster Bay westbound |
| Description: |
A westbound Oyster Bay train makes its Mineola stop. The consist is typical-four cars bracketed by MP 15s, of which 172 is running as a power pack. |
| Photo Date: |
1/7/1988 Upload Date: 6/25/2015 3:54:40 AM |
| Location: |
Mineola, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Winter,Station,Signal,Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
LI 172(MP15AC) |
| Views: |
268 Comments: 0 |
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