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| Title: |
Protect power |
| Description: |
The Long Island kept these two engines on a tail track at Harold in Long Island City. They were equipped with MU couplers so they could go into the East River tunnels and pull out a stranded train in the event of a failure or emergency. Theyre headed to Jamaica for servicing, here passing Fresh Pond yard on the Montauk Branch. They would get repainted in a few years into an attractive retro 1960's scheme, dark blue with orange ends. |
| Photo Date: |
4/21/1988 Upload Date: 7/10/2015 4:08:23 AM |
| Location: |
Fresh Pond, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Yard,Action |
| Locomotives: |
LI 101(SW1001) LI 105(SW1001) |
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699 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Switching power |
| Description: |
Long Island had eight SW1001s they used for switching and locals, mostly in Long Island City. |
| Photo Date: |
9/13/1983 Upload Date: 11/25/2013 1:26:24 AM |
| Location: |
Fresh Pond, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Roster,Yard |
| Locomotives: |
LI 102(SW1001) |
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571 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
View from below |
| Description: |
The LIRR ran cross lot through the oddly shaped neighborhoods of western Queens, crossing most streets on overpasses, such as this one at Cypress Hills St. A local with an SW 1001is wokring overhead. |
| Photo Date: |
11/18/1987 Upload Date: 6/11/2015 2:56:45 AM |
| Location: |
Fresh Pond, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Bridge,Action |
| Locomotives: |
LI 102(SW1001) |
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482 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
At the yard |
| Description: |
The LIRR Kabin Kar Trek has pulled into Fresh Pond yard, after returning from Bay Ridge, and will now shove to Bushwick Terminal. |
| Photo Date: |
9/10/1989 Upload Date: 11/25/2015 4:09:12 AM |
| Location: |
Fresh Pond, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Yard,Action |
| Locomotives: |
LI 103(SW1001) |
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455 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Return from Bushwick |
| Description: |
The Kabin Kar Trek rolls along the Evergreen Branch near Metropolitan Av |
| Photo Date: |
9/10/1989 Upload Date: 11/25/2015 4:18:31 AM |
| Location: |
Brooklyn, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
LI 103(SW1001) |
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461 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
English Kills |
| Description: |
The Kabin Kar Trek poses on the English Creek moveable bridge near Varick St in Brooklyn. |
| Photo Date: |
9/10/1989 Upload Date: 11/25/2015 4:22:47 AM |
| Location: |
Brooklyn, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Bridge,Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
LI 103(SW1001) |
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887 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Flushing Av |
| Description: |
The train crosses the Flushing Av overpass, about to enter an industrial building. |
| Photo Date: |
9/10/1989 Upload Date: 11/25/2015 4:26:00 AM |
| Location: |
Maspeth, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Bridge,Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
LI 103(SW1001) |
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197 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Coming in for a change |
| Description: |
LIRR 103 ran the west end of the trip due to all the industrial trackage. The trip info promised a surprise, which turned out to be a pair of blue and yellow painted C 420s, with an FA coupled to their east end. The FA didnt add anything in the way of tractive effort, and its 244 engine had been removed, but it looked good. The engine change will take place just ahead, and the train will head to the Hempstead Branch and Mitchell Field. |
| Photo Date: |
9/10/1989 Upload Date: 11/28/2015 4:19:40 AM |
| Location: |
Richmond Hill, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
LI 103(SW1001) |
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339 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Cars for Bay Ridge |
| Description: |
A train working the Bay Ridge line heads past the old NH Fremont tower en route to Brooklyn behind an SW1001, which was a low clearance version of the SW 1000. Long Island was one of only a few roads to get this model |
| Photo Date: |
6/2/1988 Upload Date: 7/16/2015 1:50:41 AM |
| Location: |
Fresh Pond, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
LI 104(SW1001) |
| Views: |
505 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Glimpse of greatness |
| Description: |
I rode the cab of an Oyster Bay train into Hunterspoint Av as part of a rider outreach program in 1978. This gave me vantage points I would not have otherwise had, such as this view out the window of FA 610 near Harold tower. The partial engine is SW 1001 105, one of a pair of units-the other was 101-kept there as protect power to pull an M 1 train out of the tunnel if it became necessary. That engine is not the star here. Down in the hole, partly obscured, is GG 1 4877, then a Conrail unit, pulling into the turning loop that trains from Penn Station use to get into Sunnyside Yard. In three more years, that engine will be repainted into the red PRR Congressional scheme, and live out the remaining two years of its existence running commuters at high speed between New York and South Amboy. |
| Photo Date: |
4/10/1978 Upload Date: 11/30/2016 2:39:14 AM |
| Location: |
Sunnyside, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
PC 4877(GG1) LI 105(SW1001) |
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712 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Surfs Up |
| Description: |
After painting GP 38-2 252 with a red stripe when delivered to honor the Bicentennial, the LIRR later thought it would apply the scheme to all its GP38s, calling it "Surfs Up." Here we see the unit that would later be named in honor of LIRR president Walter Schlager in that scheme. To the left is LIRR 105, one of the Harold Protect units, that carried adapter couplers to pull MU trains out of the East River tunnel if needed. It would later get a retro dark gray and orange scheme reminiscent of the 1950's and 60's, complete with a Dashing Dan herald. |
| Photo Date: |
1/26/1981 Upload Date: 1/13/2013 2:58:14 AM |
| Location: |
Jamaica, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Roster,Yard,Signal |
| Locomotives: |
LI 277(GP38-2) LI 105(SW1001) |
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1002 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Wishful thinking |
| Description: |
A pair of FAs is coupled elephant style at the Morris Park shop, probably dreaming of the days when theyd go out like this on heavy freight. Ah, the memories!! Note the coupler on 105. This is one of the Harold protect engines, along with 101. They are fitted with couplers that will mate with the M 1 and M 3 cars, and are stationed at Harold Tower in LI City, to fetch a disabled MU train should it be necessary. The pair would shortly be repainted in a dark gray/orange scheme, a 1960's retro paint job that was quite attractive on them. |
| Photo Date: |
10/8/1987 Upload Date: 5/31/2015 2:47:21 AM |
| Location: |
Morris Park, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Roster,Yard |
| Locomotives: |
LI 611(Power Car) LI 617(Power Car) LI 105(SW1001) |
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955 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Special load |
| Description: |
One of LIRRs SW 1001s has a dimensional load behind the power on a depressed center flat. Must be valuable, they have it covered up. |
| Photo Date: |
4/12/1988 Upload Date: 7/10/2015 3:55:38 AM |
| Location: |
Fresh Pond, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Yard,Action |
| Locomotives: |
LI 106(SW1001) |
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400 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Yard freight drill |
| Description: |
This SW 1001 was working the Fresh Pond yard. LIRR referred to its yard jobs as Yard Freight Drills, with a number. I think this one was YFD 301. Note the crewman riding the shove at far left. Basic railroading in those days. |
| Photo Date: |
6/16/1988 Upload Date: 7/28/2015 2:23:59 AM |
| Location: |
Fresh Pond, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Yard,Action |
| Locomotives: |
LI 106(SW1001) |
| Views: |
335 Comments: 0 |
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