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| Title: |
Pushing to Jamaica |
| Description: |
An Oyster Bay train has made its stop at Mineola and the MP 15 on the east end is now pushing to a connection with the rest of the world at Jamaica. This was standard power for some trains on that line in the 80s. Note the parlor just ahead of the diesel. This was the train set that had the subscription car for the high end commuters on it, now returning to Jamaica. |
| Photo Date: |
7/1/1987 Upload Date: 5/5/2015 2:01:07 AM |
| Location: |
Mineola, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Station,Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
LI 166(MP15AC) |
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516 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
An Alco, and MP 15, and an EL surprise |
| Description: |
This RF 57, a weekend only freight that was mostly a relief job working customers needing a switch, rolls west at Bellerose with a mix of power, and one of ELs Greenville Car hoppers, many of which were still in service over ten years after EL vanished. |
| Photo Date: |
8/16/1987 Upload Date: 5/23/2015 3:19:45 AM |
| Location: |
Bellerose, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
RollingStock,Station,Signal,Action |
| Locomotives: |
LI 222(C420) LI 166(MP15AC) |
| Views: |
574 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
RF 57 |
| Description: |
RF 57 ran on weekends, using whatever was handy, although generally that meant one of the eight remaining C 420s, MP 15s would sometimes mix in, as on this Sunday afternoon. The Alco/EMD pair is westbound with 21 cars. |
| Photo Date: |
8/16/1987 Upload Date: 5/23/2015 3:26:01 AM |
| Location: |
Bellerose, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Station,Action |
| Locomotives: |
LI 222(C420) LI 166(MP15AC) |
| Views: |
690 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Above Tulip Av |
| Description: |
An Oyster Bay train rolls over the Tulip Av overpass as it makes its way toward Mineola with an MP 15 providing the lights. |
| Photo Date: |
11/15/1987 Upload Date: 6/11/2015 3:24:53 AM |
| Location: |
Floral Park, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Bridge,Station,Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
LI 166(MP15AC) |
| Views: |
701 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
MP 15 from Ronkonkoma |
| Description: |
Most of the time, Ronkonkoma trains got FAs, but sometimes an MP 15 would show. Today we have one, 166 is the power pack leading into Jamaica. |
| Photo Date: |
12/6/1987 Upload Date: 6/17/2015 3:47:28 AM |
| Location: |
Floral Park, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Bridge,Station,Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
LI 166(MP15AC) |
| Views: |
442 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Bring on the snow |
| Description: |
A major snowfall was predicted for this day-the NY area got over 14"-and many places let their employees out early, including mine. Instead of going home like any sensible person, I went out to shoot train pictures. As the storm was getting started, I caught this Oyster Bay train blasting through New Hyde Park. By 6 PM, things would be thoroughly bogged down in the snow. |
| Photo Date: |
12/18/1987 Upload Date: 6/18/2015 2:10:52 AM |
| Location: |
New Hyde Park, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Winter,Station,Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
LI 166(MP15AC) |
| Views: |
452 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
East under the signals |
| Description: |
An eastbound Ronkonkoma train rolls under the signal bridge at Queens Village. It will cross over one track to Main Line track 2 here and roll on to Mineola. |
| Photo Date: |
1/29/1988 Upload Date: 6/25/2015 3:52:42 AM |
| Location: |
Queens Village, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Station,Signal,Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
LI 166(MP15AC) |
| Views: |
420 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Here comes Conrail |
| Description: |
The power for RF 7 sits to the side as WNOP17 arrives from Oak Point yard in the Bronx. Theyll swap cars and the CR job will be on its way back in 30 minutes. Since CR sold the Bay Ridge line to the LIRR several years earlier, the job from the Bronx is now a turn, since CR does not have to work the branch. |
| Photo Date: |
6/16/1988 Upload Date: 7/28/2015 2:36:24 AM |
| Location: |
Fresh Pond, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Yard,Action |
| Locomotives: |
LI 166(MP15AC) CR 2810(B23-7) |
| Views: |
675 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Westbound at the station |
| Description: |
The better known station of the two in Glen Cove was Glen Street. It was adjacent to NY 107, and also was featured in a Maxwell House commercial in the late 70s/early 80s. The Glen Cove station was a more attractive building, but back in town, and did not get the exposure. Heres a westbound Oyster Bay train making a stop there. |
| Photo Date: |
3/4/1986 Upload Date: 11/18/2014 2:25:24 AM |
| Location: |
Glen Cove, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Station,Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
LI 167(MP15AC) |
| Views: |
569 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Seen from above |
| Description: |
There was a spot above Glen Cove that had a commanding view of the Glen Street station and the S curve just to the west. Here we see an eastbound train taking the curve as it approaches its station stop. Too bad theres so much clitter, but thats Long Island. |
| Photo Date: |
3/4/1986 Upload Date: 11/18/2014 2:28:52 AM |
| Location: |
Glen Cove, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Station,Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
LI 167(MP15AC) |
| Views: |
749 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Classic Victorian |
| Description: |
The station at Sea Cliff was consistent with many of the homes in the area, a great looking Victorian structure that was a magnificent contrast to the lackluster stations at Albertson or Greenvale. |
| Photo Date: |
3/18/1986 Upload Date: 11/15/2014 11:16:13 PM |
| Location: |
Sea Cliff, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Station,Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
LI 167(MP15AC) |
| Views: |
606 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
MP 15 at night |
| Description: |
MP 15 167 is westbound at Greenvale with an Oyster Bay train. Riders will transfer to MUs at Jamaica for the rest of the trip to New York or Brooklyn |
| Photo Date: |
2/17/1987 Upload Date: 4/19/2015 1:09:35 AM |
| Location: |
Greenvale, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Winter,Night,Station,Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
LI 167(MP15AC) |
| Views: |
493 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
OysterBay train |
| Description: |
A Jamaice bound Oyster Bay Branch train makes its stop at Glen Cove. |
| Photo Date: |
2/17/1987 Upload Date: 4/19/2015 1:13:08 AM |
| Location: |
Glen Cove, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Winter,Night,Station,Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
LI 167(MP15AC) |
| Views: |
500 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Waiting for time |
| Description: |
An Oyster Bay train waits to get underway at the end of the line. Its leader tonight is an MP 15 set up in power pack mode. I followed this train to Greenvale. Sometimes later in the evening, you could actually chase, if you chose your spots carefully and had some luck with the lights. |
| Photo Date: |
2/17/1987 Upload Date: 4/19/2015 1:24:00 AM |
| Location: |
Oyster Bay, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Winter,Night,Station,Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
LI 167(MP15AC) |
| Views: |
545 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Pulling in |
| Description: |
A late afternoon Oyster Bay train pulls into Mineola with an MP 15 in power pack mode leading. It will pick up riders here for a connection at Jamaica to New York and Brooklyn. |
| Photo Date: |
7/1/1987 Upload Date: 5/5/2015 2:03:17 AM |
| Location: |
Mineola, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Station,Signal,Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
LI 167(MP15AC) |
| Views: |
488 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Through the streets |
| Description: |
An Oyster Bay train pushes west, making its way across Willis Av as seen from down the block. |
| Photo Date: |
7/31/1988 Upload Date: 8/28/2015 4:05:35 AM |
| Location: |
Mineola, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
LI 167(MP15AC) |
| Views: |
406 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Heading for Jamaica |
| Description: |
An Oyster Bay train comes off the branch at Nassau. It will stop here at Mineola then make a dash for Jamaca. |
| Photo Date: |
2/12/1985 Upload Date: 9/27/2014 2:02:34 AM |
| Location: |
Mineola, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Signal,Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
LI 168(MP15AC) |
| Views: |
600 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Photo of a pole with an engine behind it |
| Description: |
I was a little off when I aimed at this train. A Montauk train rolls down the Central Branch, having just come off the Main Line at B tower behind me. |
| Photo Date: |
1/28/1986 Upload Date: 10/20/2014 2:39:26 AM |
| Location: |
Bethpage, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Winter,Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
LI 168(MP15AC) |
| Views: |
419 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Power pack on 4012 |
| Description: |
Train 4012 in the summer had the duty of taking parlor cars back to the east end after servicing in Jamaica, and was usually a lengthy train, even by LIRR standards. It ususally got an MP 15 power pack rather than an FA. Today is true to form, as 168 bings up the rear. |
| Photo Date: |
6/28/1987 Upload Date: 5/18/2015 1:00:44 AM |
| Location: |
Bellerose, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Station,Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
LI 168(MP15AC) |
| Views: |
397 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Rear end |
| Description: |
The rear of train 250 is a power pack equipped MP 15, and will lead west from Riverhead. Here at Ronkonkoma, its along for the ride. |
| Photo Date: |
1/18/1988 Upload Date: 6/23/2015 2:58:23 AM |
| Location: |
Ronkonkoma, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Station,Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
LI 168(MP15AC) |
| Views: |
397 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Lonely out there |
| Description: |
Train 251, the westbound mid day scoot from Riverhead to Ronkonkoma, is ready to return west at Riverhead. You can count the riders on one hand for this trip. It will get busier at Ronkonkoma, as this is the first day of electric service on the Main Line there. |
| Photo Date: |
1/18/1988 Upload Date: 6/20/2015 4:47:29 AM |
| Location: |
Riverhead, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Winter,Station,Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
LI 168(MP15AC) |
| Views: |
492 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Meeting the workhorse |
| Description: |
Train 251 rolls into Yaphank station, passing RF 63s caboose tucked away in the siding as the power works the lumber yard behind the passenger train. RF 63 will resume its travail once 251 clears. |
| Photo Date: |
1/18/1988 Upload Date: 6/23/2015 3:32:59 AM |
| Location: |
Yaphank, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Winter,Station,Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
LI 168(MP15AC) |
| Views: |
435 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Potatoes |
| Description: |
Eastern Long Island was once a huge producer of potatoes, as evidenced by the building behind train 251, just getting started out of Riverhead. |
| Photo Date: |
1/18/1988 Upload Date: 6/23/2015 3:38:16 AM |
| Location: |
Riverhead, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Winter,Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
LI 168(MP15AC) |
| Views: |
435 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Going away |
| Description: |
Train 250 rolls out of Ronkonkoma for the trip east. The new Ronkonkoma yard is at left, a facility built to support the new electrification. |
| Photo Date: |
1/18/1988 Upload Date: 6/23/2015 3:01:57 AM |
| Location: |
Ronkonkoma, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Winter,Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
LI 168(MP15AC) |
| Views: |
470 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
LIRR 169 |
| Description: |
LIRR 169 brings up the rear of an eastbound at Queens Village. Note the "P" below the number indicating it is set up to provide hotel power for the train. |
| Photo Date: |
7/19/1983 Upload Date: 11/10/2013 2:18:54 AM |
| Location: |
Queens Village, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Station,Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
LI 169(MP15AC) |
| Views: |
568 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Headed for Ronkonkoma |
| Description: |
An eastbound has cleared the interlocking at B tower and is now on the way to Farmingdale and eventually Ronkonkoma |
| Photo Date: |
1/28/1986 Upload Date: 10/20/2014 2:41:01 AM |
| Location: |
Bethpage, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Winter,Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
LI 169(MP15AC) |
| Views: |
463 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Bringing up the rear |
| Description: |
By this time, not all trains had FAs for train power. LIRR had converted some MP 15s so they could be used to supply hotel power to the trains. Here is one such, rolling east toward Oyster Bay |
| Photo Date: |
3/11/1986 Upload Date: 11/15/2014 11:03:35 PM |
| Location: |
Albertson, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Station,Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
LI 169(MP15AC) |
| Views: |
564 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
MP 15 power pack |
| Description: |
Train 4012 was used to run parlor cars back to the east end, note the red stripe cars ahead of the MP 15-hence the long train. Power pack equipped 169 takes up the rear as the train passes Bellerose on its way to Montauk via the Central Branch. |
| Photo Date: |
7/13/1986 Upload Date: 12/3/2014 1:43:31 AM |
| Location: |
Bellerose, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Station,Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
LI 169(MP15AC) |
| Views: |
581 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Scoot rolls west |
| Description: |
The shuttle from Port Jeff to Huntington makes its stop at Kings Park |
| Photo Date: |
12/23/1986 Upload Date: 12/29/2014 5:00:58 AM |
| Location: |
Kings Park, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Station,Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
LI 169(MP15AC) |
| Views: |
395 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Port Jeff with an MP 15 |
| Description: |
An eastbound Port Jeff train rolls past the station at Bellerose with an MP 15 keeping the heat on. |
| Photo Date: |
1/11/1987 Upload Date: 12/29/2014 3:40:21 AM |
| Location: |
Bellerose, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Station,Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
LI 169(MP15AC) |
| Views: |
501 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
MP 15 on the rear |
| Description: |
MP 15 170 running as a power pack, takes up the rear of train 4252 passing Belleros |
| Photo Date: |
10/12/1986 Upload Date: 12/16/2014 3:26:13 AM |
| Location: |
Bellerose, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Station,Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
LI 170(MP15AC) |
| Views: |
665 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Lite power east |
| Description: |
Dont know where this guy was going. He was light headed east, possibly for a power swap somewhere. |
| Photo Date: |
11/2/1986 Upload Date: 12/20/2014 4:29:20 AM |
| Location: |
Bellerose, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Signal,Action |
| Locomotives: |
LI 170(MP15AC) |
| Views: |
490 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Scoot and a station |
| Description: |
The Port Jeff scoot stops at the neatly kept Greenlawn station. |
| Photo Date: |
12/23/1986 Upload Date: 12/29/2014 3:42:39 AM |
| Location: |
Greenlawn, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Station,Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
LI 170(MP15AC) |
| Views: |
516 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Westbound |
| Description: |
An Oyster Bay train rolls west over Tulip Av toward Jamaica with an MP 15 leading the way. |
| Photo Date: |
11/15/1987 Upload Date: 6/11/2015 3:27:17 AM |
| Location: |
Floral Park, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Bridge,Station,Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
LI 170(MP15AC) |
| Views: |
430 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
High end |
| Description: |
The Mill Neck station serves an area near Oyster Bay where they really have some money, and the elegance of the statiom reflects it. A westbound passes the station on a Sunday afternoon. |
| Photo Date: |
6/12/1988 Upload Date: 7/16/2015 3:31:50 AM |
| Location: |
Mill Neck, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Station,Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
LI 170(MP15AC) |
| Views: |
334 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
LIRR 171 |
| Description: |
Oyster Bay trains almost always got a diesel on the rear to supply hotel power to the train, either an FA power car, or one of the MP15s that could act as either a locomotive or power car. Here, MP 15 171 does the honors, seen rolling away from Mineola after clearing Nassau interlocking onto the branch. |
| Photo Date: |
6/14/1983 Upload Date: 11/13/2013 1:13:40 AM |
| Location: |
Mineola, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Signal,Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
LI 171(MP15AC) |
| Views: |
823 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
LIRR 171 |
| Description: |
MP 171 171 trails a Ronkonkoma train, providing light and AC this summer afternoon |
| Photo Date: |
7/19/1983 Upload Date: 11/10/2013 2:20:53 AM |
| Location: |
Queens Village, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Station,Signal,Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
LI 171(MP15AC) |
| Views: |
510 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
MP 15 on Ronkonkoma train |
| Description: |
An MP 15 set up as a power pack-note the "P" on the nose-leads a Ronkonkoma train into Mineola en route to Jamaica. |
| Photo Date: |
6/5/1984 Upload Date: 6/30/2014 3:38:18 AM |
| Location: |
Mineola, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Station,Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
LI 171(MP15AC) |
| Views: |
619 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Tagging along |
| Description: |
Train 4012 jas one of my favorite photographic subjects. It ran with a good sized consist and always had a power pack on the rear, uhough it was almost always an MP 15. Today its headed east with the typical MP 15 set for train heat and light bringing up the rear. |
| Photo Date: |
2/8/1987 Upload Date: 4/17/2015 1:35:32 AM |
| Location: |
Bellerose, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Station,Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
LI 171(MP15AC) |
| Views: |
447 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
MP 15 and parlors |
| Description: |
Train 4012 was the mid day weekend train to Montauk. It often ran to 14 cars, due to its function to return parlor cars to the east end for Sunday night and Monday morning trains. An MP 15 was typically used as a power pack on this train, as we see at Bellerose. |
| Photo Date: |
10/4/1987 Upload Date: 5/31/2015 1:44:35 AM |
| Location: |
Bellerose, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Station,Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
LI 171(MP15AC) |
| Views: |
543 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) |
| Views: |
807 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: |
652 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: |
958 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Speonk scoot |
| Description: |
In addition to the every 90 minutf 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
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| 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) |
| Views: |
540 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 9abylon. Power today is an MP 15 power pack leadjng, 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: |
563 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) |
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654 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: |
488 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
MPs in the yard |
| Description: |
Milwaukee yad a sizeable fleet of MP 15s, most of which went into SOO, and a few which got the candy apple red treatment. Some still work for CP. Two of them are pulling out a cut at Pigs Eye yard, seen from adjacent US 10/61. |
| Photo Date: |
6/23/1987 Upload Date: 5/10/2015 2:54:33 AM |
| Location: |
Saint Paul, MN |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Yard,Action |
| Locomotives: |
MILW 468(MP15AC) MILW 467(MP15AC) |
| Views: |
498 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Ford Hauler |
| Description: |
One of the more notable assignments in the Twin Cities area was the Ford Hauler, which worked the Ford St Paul Assembly plant a couple of times daily. The morning job i| coming around the bend from St Paul Union Depot with 51 cars, the St Paul skyline as a backdrop. |
| Photo Date: |
6/24/1987 Upload Date: 5/10/2015 3:47:22 AM |
| Location: |
Saint Paul, MN |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Action |
| Locomotives: |
MILW 467(MP15AC) MILW 475(MP15AC) |
| Views: |
550 Comments: 3 |
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| Title: |
Wokring hard |
| Description: |
The MP 15s working Pigs eye are smoking pretty good as they pull a cut of cars out of the yard. |
| Photo Date: |
6/23/1987 Upload Date: 5/10/2015 3:05:50 AM |
| Location: |
Saint Paul, MN |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Yard,Action |
| Locomotives: |
MILW 486(MP15AC) MILW 487(MP15AC) |
| Views: |
908 Comments: 0 |
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