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6/20/2025
 
 
 
 
 
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Something for everyone
Title:  Something for everyone
Description:  Dads boat trip took him past 207th St yard, which had quite a variety of cars. In this view, there is an R1/9, R 10, R 42, an IRT car, probably an R 28; and a couple of IRT Low Vs, now in maintenance service.
Photo Date:  8/16/1973  Upload Date: 2/29/2016 4:07:15 AM
Location:  Manhattan Inwood, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  RollingStock,Yard,Passenger
Locomotives:  NYCTA 3329(Electric M.U.) NYCTA 67(Electric M.U.) NYCTA 20383(Electric M.U.)
Views:  475   Comments: 0
Old classic
Title:  Old classic
Description:  New York was running some pretty old cars up into the late 70s, but they did not have were one of several cities that had some pre WW II equipment. Philadelphia also had some cars built in the 30s still kicking around. This train was leaving City Hall on the Broad St line, where these cars lived.
Photo Date:  7/30/1979  Upload Date: 11/27/2016 3:37:24 AM
Location:  Philadelphia, PA
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Station,Transit,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  SPAX 88(Electric M.U.)
Views:  645   Comments: 0
Urban running
Title:  Urban running
Description:  A South Shore train rolls through East Chicago as Im stuck at a light.
Photo Date:  10/10/1984  Upload Date: 7/24/2014 3:15:06 AM
Location:  East Chicago, IN
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  CSS 115(Electric M.U.)
Views:  521   Comments: 1
Almond Joy
Title:  Almond Joy
Description:  The newer cars used on the Market St line had these rooftop air vents along the length of the car. The lumpy appearance gained them the nickname "Almond Joys" since they resembled the popular candy bar. A train of them is at 69th st.
Photo Date:  7/30/1979  Upload Date: 11/27/2016 3:46:10 AM
Location:  Philadelphia, PA
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Station,Transit,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  SPAX 161(Electric M.U.)
Views:  307   Comments: 0
Ready to go
Title:  Ready to go
Description:  A set of older cars on the Broad St line has done its passenger work, and is about to close up and head south.
Photo Date:  7/30/1979  Upload Date: 11/27/2016 3:49:41 AM
Location:  Philadelphia, PA
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Station,Transit,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  SPAX 187(Electric M.U.)
Views:  254   Comments: 0
Headed to the big city
Title:  Headed to the big city
Description:  Chicago bound train 116 takes on riders at its mid street stop in Michigan City. The station is now a bench and a bus shelter, the elegant station having been closed years ago, though it still stands a block to the west.
Photo Date:  4/25/2019  Upload Date: 5/20/2019 4:19:29 AM
Location:  Michigan City, IN
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Station,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  NICD 308(Electric M.U.)
Views:  510   Comments: 1
New station
Title:  New station
Description:  Train 116 rolls to a stop in front of the new Michigan City station as riders prepare to board.
Photo Date:  4/25/2019  Upload Date: 5/20/2019 4:43:34 AM
Location:  Michigan City, IN
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Station,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  NICD 308(Electric M.U.)
Views:  511   Comments: 1
MP 54s
Title:  MP 54s
Description:  A pair of ex Pennsy MP 54s, still in PC paint, sit at the shop in Bear Del. Not sure if these were still in service at the time.
Photo Date:  7/15/1983  Upload Date: 11/12/2013 1:52:26 AM
Location:  Bear, DE
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Yard,Passenger
Locomotives:  PC 421(Electric M.U.) PC 442(Electric M.U.)
Views:  972   Comments: 0
Yard view
Title:  Yard view
Description:  Another lomk at 207th St yard from the Harlem River, this time with an R 3A looking like it's headed for the scrapper, and new R 44s.
Photo Date:  8/16/1973  Upload Date: 2/29/2016 4:10:04 AM
Location:  Manhattan Inwood, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  RollingStock,Yard,Passenger
Locomotives:  NYCTA 435(Electric M.U.)
Views:  306   Comments: 0
Rhatische Bahn
Title:  Rhatische Bahn
Description:  An RB train is at the Samedan station. The steeple cab that has the car on flatcar train is at far right on the station track.
Photo Date:  5/27/1986  Upload Date: 3/28/2016 4:39:09 AM
Location:  Samedan, CH
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Station,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  RB 214(Steeple Cab) RB 502(Electric M.U.)
Views:  289   Comments: 0
Metroliner in a second life
Title:  Metroliner in a second life
Description:  Once the state of the art for high speed passenger trains, the Metroliners are now living out their days in secondary service on Keystone Corridor trains between Philly and Harrisburg. This one is rolling under the classic Pennsy signals and into the station at Exton.
Photo Date:  4/29/1987  Upload Date: 4/23/2015 12:58:31 AM
Location:  Exton, PA
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Station,Signal,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  AMTK 821(Electric M.U.) AMTK 856(Electric M.U.) AMTK 809(Electric M.U.)
Views:  953   Comments: 0
Making the stop
Title:  Making the stop
Description:  The Metroliner set on the Harrisburg train makes its stop at Exton. How the mighty have fallen!!
Photo Date:  4/29/1987  Upload Date: 4/23/2015 1:10:49 AM
Location:  Exton, PA
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Station,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  AMTK 821(Electric M.U.) AMTK 856(Electric M.U.) AMTK 809(Electric M.U.)
Views:  745   Comments: 0
Metroliner
Title:  Metroliner
Description:  An Amtrak Metroliner set from the late 60s heads past the Rahway station en route to DC
Photo Date:  5/12/1983  Upload Date: 12/3/2011 12:55:11 AM
Location:  Rahway, NJ
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Station,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  AMTK 821(Electric M.U.)
Views:  678   Comments: 0
Wide variety
Title:  Wide variety
Description:  Dad made a trip to Washington in January 1972, I dont recall why. He took the train down, rather than fly, for all the reasons people take the train. He got this shot looking from the concourse toward the trains shed, where he found Metroliners in Amtrak colors, as well as some still painted PC. Look to the far right-theres an MP 54 up to the bumping post, still in Tuscan red.
Photo Date:  1/10/1972  Upload Date: 2/18/2016 4:24:33 AM
Location:  Washington Union Sta, DC
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Station,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  AMTK 856(Electric M.U.) AMTK 824(Electric M.U.)
Views:  640   Comments: 0
Metroliner
Title:  Metroliner
Description:  The Metroliner was still a fairly new thing in 1972, having gone into service only about four years earlier. They were popular, now that they had overcome some of the teething problems that come with new technology. A set painted for Amtrak is on the adjacent track. The bright colors would last a decade.
Photo Date:  1/10/1972  Upload Date: 2/18/2016 4:35:39 AM
Location:  Washington Union Sta, DC
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Station,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  AMTK 856(Electric M.U.) AMTK 824(Electric M.U.)
Views:  584   Comments: 0
Metroliner at the bumping post
Title:  Metroliner at the bumping post
Description:  Amtrak 880, one of the ex PRR Metroliners, waits for its departure to New York at the bumping post on track 14.
Photo Date:  7/30/1979  Upload Date: 12/29/2013 3:44:48 AM
Location:  Washington Union Sta, DC
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Station,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  AMTK 880(Electric M.U.)
Views:  784   Comments: 0
Almond Joys from downtown
Title:  Almond Joys from downtown
Description:  A set of Almond Joy cars rolls in from downtown Philly at 69th St.
Photo Date:  7/30/1979  Upload Date: 11/27/2016 3:52:33 AM
Location:  Philadelphia, PA
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Station,Transit,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  SPAX 885(Electric M.U.)
Views:  259   Comments: 0
Waiting...
Title:  Waiting...
Description:  Riders wait for the doors to open at Metro Center.
Photo Date:  8/20/1976  Upload Date: 5/6/2016 2:36:56 AM
Location:  Washington D.C., DC
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Tunnel,Station,Transit,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  WMATA 1026(Electric M.U.)
Views:  196   Comments: 0
A little sun
Title:  A little sun
Description:  Finally the sun is high enough to hit the trains, and we see a set of NYC cars in daylight.
Photo Date:  12/10/1985  Upload Date: 10/16/2014 3:35:42 AM
Location:  Woodlawn, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Station,Signal,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  MNCR 1171(Electric M.U.) MNCR 1171(Electric M.U.)
Views:  751   Comments: 0
Older style
Title:  Older style
Description:  Im an east coast guy. I have a pretty good idea of the history of most of the eastern systems, and their equipment. The west?? Not much. I recall when BART was opened, almost 50 years ago, and the slant nose cars that ran there. I cant imagine these are the same cars, despite the tendency of rapid transit cars to run seemingly forever. In any case, these look pretty good.
Photo Date:  3/31/2015  Upload Date: 9/5/2018 4:52:02 AM
Location:  Walnut Creek, CA
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Transit,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  BART 1204(Electric M.U.)
Views:  388   Comments: 0
Another set
Title:  Another set
Description:  A set of BART cars heads toward San Fran.
Photo Date:  3/31/2015  Upload Date: 9/5/2018 4:56:28 AM
Location:  Walnut Creek, CA
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Transit,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  BART 1247(Electric M.U.)
Views:  389   Comments: 0
BART 1272
Title:  BART 1272
Description:  A train of 45 year old Rohr "A" cars rolls toward the Walnut Creek station.
Photo Date:  3/31/2015  Upload Date: 9/5/2018 5:07:54 AM
Location:  Walnut Creek, CA
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BART 1272(Electric M.U.)
Views:  366   Comments: 0
Good spot for a roll by
Title:  Good spot for a roll by
Description:  We went to the west coast in 2015 to see some of the parks, drive up the coast, and see some old friends. A friend of my wife lived in Walnut Creek, in a condo right across the street from BART. Our last day there, as we were getting set up to head out, I took some shots of the local transit operation. A train of Alstom built "C" cars approaches the Walnut Creek station.
Photo Date:  3/31/2015  Upload Date: 9/5/2018 4:42:52 AM
Location:  Walnut Creek, CA
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Transit,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  BART 1619(Electric M.U.) BART 1693(Electric M.U.) BART 1316(Electric M.U.)
Views:  425   Comments: 0
Rolling em by
Title:  Rolling em by
Description:  My brother William, at right and I, watch a Penn Station bound train led by an MP 70 double decker roll over the Little Neck Parkway crossing.
Photo Date:  5/22/1965  Upload Date: 4/26/2016 5:04:27 AM
Location:  Little Neck, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  LI 1322(Electric M.U.)
Views:  518   Comments: 0
Different set
Title:  Different set
Description:  An inbound train with a set of Alstom "C" cars heads toward San Fran.
Photo Date:  3/31/2015  Upload Date: 9/5/2018 5:14:52 AM
Location:  Walnut Creek, CA
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Transit,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  BART 1619(Electric M.U.)
Views:  273   Comments: 0
Back to work
Title:  Back to work
Description:  This MBTA Red Line car is en route to Boston on BOSE, and will soon be taking the worlds smartest college kids to Harvard.
Photo Date:  4/16/1988  Upload Date: 7/10/2015 3:41:13 AM
Location:  Washington, MA
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,RollingStock,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  MBTA 01729(Electric M.U.) CR 6565(C30-7A) CR 6621(C36-7) CR 6557(C30-7A)
Views:  1147   Comments: 0
Commuters and L trains
Title:  Commuters and L trains
Description:  An RTA F 40 waits for departure time as a Lake St L train passes overhead
Photo Date:  8/25/1982  Upload Date: 3/11/2013 12:49:56 AM
Location:  Chicago, IL
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Station,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  RTA 133(F40PH) CTA 2456(Electric M.U.)
Views:  650   Comments: 0
Winning
Title:  Winning
Description:  a CTA Dan Ryan train easily outruns the cars and trucks on the expressway. To add insult to injury, a Metra Rock Island train speeds by in the background.
Photo Date:  1/23/1998  Upload Date: 3/17/2014 2:06:54 AM
Location:  Chicago, IL
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  CTA 2576(Electric M.U.) METX 203(F40PHM-2)
Views:  655   Comments: 1
Big action at King St
Title:  Big action at King St
Description:  The Washington Metro stop at King Street in Alexandria is adjacent to the Amtrak station, and it is possible to see a lot of interesting things there. Here a Metro train stops along with the northbound Crescent.
Photo Date:  1/6/2013  Upload Date: 11/22/2013 1:39:22 AM
Location:  Alexandria, VA
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Station,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  MTA 3048(Electric M.U.) AMTK 835(P40DC)
Views:  318   Comments: 0
Elegance in appliances
Title:  Elegance in appliances
Description:  I have to keep reminding myself, in todays age of steel tubes, that there once was a certain elegance to industrial design. This number board on a DLW MU may not be an important detail, but it appears an effort was made to make it look attractive while functional.
Photo Date:  7/10/1978  Upload Date: 12/7/2016 3:36:38 AM
Location:  Hoboken, NJ
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Roster,Station,Passenger
Locomotives:  EL 3204(Electric M.U.)
Views:  344   Comments: 1
Seeing the light
Title:  Seeing the light
Description:  The sun angle is getting where its low enough in the right direction to light up trains in the shed. An ancient Lackawanna MU catches the sun as it waits for departure time.
Photo Date:  7/10/1978  Upload Date: 12/6/2016 5:16:19 AM
Location:  Hoboken, NJ
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Station,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  EL 3204(Electric M.U.)
Views:  387   Comments: 0
New scheme
Title:  New scheme
Description:  NJ Transit tried a "traction orange" paint job on some of the DLW MUs. It didnt get very far, most likely due to budget issues. Just as well-the Pullman green the fleet spent most of its life in was just fine.
Photo Date:  9/7/1981  Upload Date: 6/30/2014 2:42:58 AM
Location:  Hoboken, NJ
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Yard,Station,Passenger
Locomotives:  EL 3205(Electric M.U.)
Views:  845   Comments: 0
Dropping off
Title:  Dropping off
Description:  The Farewell to the DLW MUs trip covered all the DLW electified lines, with photo stops. The train is at Gladstone dropping off riders for a photo op. It was quite a crowd.
Photo Date:  8/19/1984  Upload Date: 6/30/2014 3:13:40 AM
Location:  Gladstone, NJ
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Station,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  EL 3210(Electric M.U.)
Views:  525   Comments: 0
Photo stop
Title:  Photo stop
Description:  The photo stop everyone wanted was the train posed on Millington bridge. The train has dropped off the photographers and is heading out on the bridge for the photo op.
Photo Date:  8/19/1984  Upload Date: 6/30/2014 3:17:51 AM
Location:  Millington, NJ
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Bridge,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  EL 4602(Electric M.U.) EL 3210(Electric M.U.)
Views:  582   Comments: 0
R 10s on the C train
Title:  R 10s on the C train
Description:  A train of R 10s rolls into one of the stations in Rockaway. These cars were 40 years old by then, and would be retired soon. As primitive as they were, I miss them.
Photo Date:  4/12/1988  Upload Date: 7/10/2015 4:18:06 AM
Location:  Rockaway Park, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Bridge,Transit,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  NYCTA 3219(Electric M.U.)
Views:  330   Comments: 0
Rolling out
Title:  Rolling out
Description:  A Morristown train rolls out of Hoboken behind a pair of the new paint ex EL MU cars.
Photo Date:  8/19/1984  Upload Date: 7/2/2014 1:44:27 PM
Location:  Hoboken, NJ
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Station,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  EL 3533(Electric M.U.)
Views:  191   Comments: 0
Yard grabs
Title:  Yard grabs
Description:  We rode the G train out to Wheat Ridge in the foothills, which went past the RTD shop facilities on the way. I caught a few equipment shots as we passed.
Photo Date:  3/18/2023  Upload Date: 3/30/2023 5:47:22 AM
Location:  Denver, CO
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Yard,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  RTD 4003(Electric M.U.) RTD 4004(Electric M.U.) RTD 4049(Electric M.U.)
Views:  221   Comments: 1
Through the switch
Title:  Through the switch
Description:  A Union Station bound train rolls through the switch from single track just east of Pena Blvd
Photo Date:  10/22/2024  Upload Date: 2/3/2025 6:27:51 AM
Location:  Aurora, CO
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Signal,Action
Locomotives:  RTD 4003(Electric M.U.)
Views:  82   Comments: 0
Into the station
Title:  Into the station
Description:  The Denver bound train now slows for the station stop here.
Photo Date:  10/22/2024  Upload Date: 2/3/2025 6:30:59 AM
Location:  Aurora, CO
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Station,Signal,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  RTD 4003(Electric M.U.)
Views:  65   Comments: 1
More yard
Title:  More yard
Description:  Another grab shot of cars in the shop.
Photo Date:  3/18/2023  Upload Date: 3/30/2023 5:50:52 AM
Location:  Denver, CO
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Yard,Transit,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  RTD 4004(Electric M.U.)
Views:  186   Comments: 1
Follow that train!!
Title:  Follow that train!!
Description:  So says the wrap on the side of 4012, here at Pena Blvd.
Photo Date:  10/22/2024  Upload Date: 2/4/2025 5:35:24 AM
Location:  Aurora, CO
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Station,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  RTD 4012(Electric M.U.)
Views:  53   Comments: 0
Anticipation
Title:  Anticipation
Description:  The light went before I could get my glint shot, but I stuck around to get some twilight views anyway, such as this Denver bound train approaching the 61st-Pena stop
Photo Date:  10/21/2024  Upload Date: 11/17/2024 6:34:37 AM
Location:  Aurora, CO
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Night,Station,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  RTD 4014(Electric M.U.)
Views:  129   Comments: 1
Where have I seen this number before?
Title:  Where have I seen this number before?
Description:  Of all the ironies, the last car on this Denver bound train is...4014. Go figure!!
Photo Date:  10/21/2024  Upload Date: 11/17/2024 6:38:49 AM
Location:  Aurora, CO
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  RTD 4014(Electric M.U.)
Views:  121   Comments: 1
4014 and the Front Range
Title:  4014 and the Front Range
Description:  The rear car on the train just arriving is RTD 4014, which we see against the backdrop of the Front Range, to the west of Denver.
Photo Date:  10/22/2024  Upload Date: 2/3/2025 5:42:29 AM
Location:  Aurora, CO
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  RTD 4014(Electric M.U.)
Views:  104   Comments: 0
A different 4014
Title:  A different 4014
Description:  I just spent two days following UPs 4014 across Kansas and Colorado(and another day chasing it in Oklahoma), only to find myself looking at a much different example of that same number, this one advertising a car rental operation. Kind of appropriate, since it will shortly be at DIA
Photo Date:  10/22/2024  Upload Date: 2/2/2025 6:38:04 AM
Location:  Aurora, CO
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  RTD 4014(Electric M.U.)
Views:  83   Comments: 0
In the station
Title:  In the station
Description:  An airport bound train sits in the 61st Pena station, the next car number up from the train I just saw.
Photo Date:  10/21/2024  Upload Date: 11/17/2024 6:42:05 AM
Location:  Aurora, CO
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Station,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  RTD 4015(Electric M.U.)
Views:  122   Comments: 1
Rolling away
Title:  Rolling away
Description:  The airport bound train starts to move out to ita final stop at DIA. The trains dont spend a lot of dwell time at stations, and seem to run efficiently.
Photo Date:  10/21/2024  Upload Date: 11/17/2024 6:45:05 AM
Location:  Aurora, CO
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Night,Station,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  RTD 4015(Electric M.U.)
Views:  132   Comments: 1
Rolling toward Denver
Title:  Rolling toward Denver
Description:  The most recent westbound rolls away past the last of the fall color.
Photo Date:  10/22/2024  Upload Date: 2/2/2025 6:52:43 AM
Location:  Aurora, CO
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  RTD 4016(Electric M.U.)
Views:  112   Comments: 0
Airport bound
Title:  Airport bound
Description:  An eastbound train rolls to a station stop, approqching the Pena Blvd station.
Photo Date:  10/22/2024  Upload Date: 2/1/2025 5:42:45 AM
Location:  Aurora, CO
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  RTD 4016(Electric M.U.)
Views:  116   Comments: 0
Fall color
Title:  Fall color
Description:  There was still some color in the trees, as we see behind this airport bound train approaching Pena Blvd
Photo Date:  10/22/2024  Upload Date: 2/1/2025 5:50:27 AM
Location:  Aurora, CO
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  RTD 4016(Electric M.U.)
Views:  80   Comments: 0


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