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| Title: |
A and N |
| Description: |
The A and N line station tracks are adjacent, and both are often in the station together, such as we see here. |
| Photo Date: |
3/18/2023 Upload Date: 4/10/2023 5:24:33 AM |
| Location: |
Denver, CO |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Station,Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
RTD 4065(Electric M.U.) RTD 4045(Electric M.U.) |
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25 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Take the A train |
| Description: |
Not the one youre thinking of, Billy Strayhorn never heard of this one, and it surely wont take you to Harlem!! A train we rode in on, now taking on passengers for the airport at Union Station |
| Photo Date: |
3/18/2023 Upload Date: 4/10/2023 5:29:02 AM |
| Location: |
Denver, CO |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Station,Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
RTD 4045(Electric M.U.) |
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24 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Train time for the A |
| Description: |
An A train departs for the airport while the adjacent N remains. |
| Photo Date: |
3/18/2023 Upload Date: 4/10/2023 5:37:26 AM |
| Location: |
Denver, CO |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Station,Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
RTD 4065(Electric M.U.) RTD 4045(Electric M.U.) |
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30 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Interior view |
| Description: |
The interior of an RTD car. Theyre a fairly basic coach for this era. One nice feature is 110 outlets, which are at each end of the car. These were really useful, as my wife is on a portable oxygen concentrator, a requirement for her at this elevation. We live at around 1200 feet, so the thinner air at a mile high needs a boost. It was really helpful to be able to plug in, and not use up battery time. |
| Photo Date: |
3/18/2023 Upload Date: 4/10/2023 5:40:58 AM |
| Location: |
Denver, CO |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
RollingStock,Passenger |
| Locomotives: |
RTD 4045(Electric M.U.) |
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24 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Heading into town |
| Description: |
We arrived at the 40th/Gateway Park station a few minutes ahead of the inbound A train, and just as an airport train arrived, seen elsewhere in this album. This is a Saturday, and two car trains are the norm. They run four cars here during the week. |
| Photo Date: |
3/18/2023 Upload Date: 4/10/2023 5:48:30 AM |
| Location: |
Aurora, CO |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Station,Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
RTD 4045(Electric M.U.) |
| Views: |
29 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
N train arrives |
| Description: |
An N train from Thornton arrives at Union Station. We didnt have time to ride all the routes-it wont take long, we just wanted to other things while downtown-so this one is on our "to do" list for a future trip. |
| Photo Date: |
3/18/2023 Upload Date: 4/10/2023 5:52:36 AM |
| Location: |
Denver, CO |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Station,Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
RTD 4050(Electric M.U.) |
| Views: |
44 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
N ready to go |
| Description: |
An N train is waiting for time at Union Station. |
| Photo Date: |
3/18/2023 Upload Date: 4/10/2023 5:57:47 AM |
| Location: |
Denver, CO |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Station,Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
RTD 4063(Electric M.U.) RTD 4051(Electric M.U.) |
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33 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Laid up |
| Description: |
This train was on a pocket track, laid up til the equipment was needed. For now, it slumbers away a Saturday night. The signal is cleared for the N train on the middle track. |
| Photo Date: |
3/18/2023 Upload Date: 4/10/2023 6:05:28 AM |
| Location: |
Denver, CO |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Station,Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
RTD 4057(Electric M.U.) |
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26 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Crossing over |
| Description: |
This Denver bound A line train is crossing Green Valley Ranch Blvd |
| Photo Date: |
9/6/2022 Upload Date: 9/29/2022 5:10:48 AM |
| Location: |
Denver, CO |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
RTD 4063(Electric M.U.) RTD 4064(Electric M.U.) |
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100 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Power |
| Description: |
The power supply for the trains is overhead catenary. Were looking at the pantograph on car 4064 at Union Station |
| Photo Date: |
3/18/2023 Upload Date: 4/10/2023 6:07:13 AM |
| Location: |
Denver, CO |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
RollingStock,Station,Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
RTD 4064(Electric M.U.) |
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25 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Mountains |
| Description: |
The stripes on the car sides have this stylized graphic of the Rockies toward the end of the car, appropriate for the region. |
| Photo Date: |
3/18/2023 Upload Date: 4/10/2023 6:08:32 AM |
| Location: |
Denver, CO |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
RollingStock,Station,Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
RTD 4065(Electric M.U.) |
| Views: |
21 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
MP 54s too |
| Description: |
An MP 54 was also at the shop near the turntable, though I cant figure why it would be there. |
| Photo Date: |
5/16/1970 Upload Date: 4/16/2016 4:37:56 AM |
| Location: |
Jamaica, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Roster,RollingStock,Yard,Passenger |
| Locomotives: |
LI 4173(Electric M.U.) |
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495 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Ready for Monday |
| Description: |
A set of MUs waits out the weekend at Gladstone |
| Photo Date: |
8/19/1984 Upload Date: 6/30/2014 2:47:57 AM |
| Location: |
Gladstone, NJ |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Yard,Passenger |
| Locomotives: |
EL 4298(Electric M.U.) |
| Views: |
89 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Edison era MUs |
| Description: |
A train of Edison era MU electrics still lettered for Erie Lackawanna waits out the Labor Day weekend. |
| Photo Date: |
9/7/1981 Upload Date: 11/6/2011 1:51:55 AM |
| Location: |
Hoboken, NJ |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Roster,RollingStock,Station,Passenger |
| Locomotives: |
EL 4317(Electric M.U.) |
| Views: |
415 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
End of the line |
| Description: |
The yard at Gladstone is full with trains waiting for Mondays rush |
| Photo Date: |
8/19/1984 Upload Date: 6/30/2014 2:39:35 AM |
| Location: |
Gladstone, NJ |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Yard,Passenger |
| Locomotives: |
EL 4344(Electric M.U.) |
| Views: |
107 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Headed for Summit |
| Description: |
A Gladstone branch train rolls east from the end of the line to a connection with a Dover train at Summit. The crowd is from the Farewell to the DLW MUs fantrip that ran that day, covering all the electrified lines, and the Boonton Branch behind M&E Alcos. |
| Photo Date: |
8/19/1984 Upload Date: 6/30/2014 2:51:09 AM |
| Location: |
Gladstone, NJ |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Station,Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
EL 4344(Electric M.U.) |
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106 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Next out. |
| Description: |
This MU train has arrived at Gladstone and will head east as soon as the engineer changes ends. |
| Photo Date: |
8/19/1984 Upload Date: 6/30/2014 2:54:20 AM |
| Location: |
Gladstone, NJ |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Station,Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
EL 4344(Electric M.U.) |
| Views: |
101 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
EL MUs |
| Description: |
Ex EL 1930s era MU cars served on the ex DLW lines out of Hoboken til the mid 1980s. Here we see a set ready to go at Hoboken. |
| Photo Date: |
9/7/1981 Upload Date: 2/17/2013 2:33:50 AM |
| Location: |
Hoboken, NJ |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Station,Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
EL 4347(Electric M.U.) |
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262 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
EL 4601 |
| Description: |
The Erie Lackawanna lines out of Hoboken were a time warp, although elsewhere in New Jersey not much had changed either. What made the EL trains special was that, except for some of the U34's, almost nothing had been altered from its EL appearance, where on the PC and CNJ lines there was a lot of painting out of predecessor road names. The trains and stations would retain their flavor til NJ Transit updated the DLW lines a few years later and changed the power distribution system, rendering these Edison era trains obsolete. |
| Photo Date: |
11/13/1979 Upload Date: 12/29/2013 4:11:08 AM |
| Location: |
Gladstone, NJ |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Station,Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
EL 4601(Electric M.U.) |
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522 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Like it never even happened |
| Description: |
A train of ex DLW MU's sits at the end of the line in Gladstone, looking for all the world like EL was going on forever. |
| Photo Date: |
11/13/1979 Upload Date: 12/29/2013 4:11:10 AM |
| Location: |
Gladstone, NJ |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
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| Locomotives: |
EL 4601(Electric M.U.) |
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393 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
White flags |
| Description: |
The Farewell trip ran with the lead cars flying white flags, seen at Gladstone. |
| Photo Date: |
8/19/1984 Upload Date: 6/30/2014 3:15:28 AM |
| Location: |
Gladstone, NJ |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
EL 4602(Electric M.U.) |
| Views: |
619 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Drumhead |
| Description: |
The Farewell to the DLW MUs trip carried a drumhead on the last car to honor the sponsor, the NRHS |
| Photo Date: |
8/19/1984 Upload Date: 6/30/2014 3:23:31 AM |
| Location: |
Hoboken, NJ |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Station,Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
EL 4602(Electric M.U.) |
| Views: |
314 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Waiting for Alcos |
| Description: |
The Farewell to the DLW MUs trip has arrived at Dover and is waiting for the M&E Alcos to tie on so the train can head back to Hoboken via the Boonton Line |
| Photo Date: |
8/19/1984 Upload Date: 7/2/2014 3:22:55 PM |
| Location: |
Dover, NJ |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Station,Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
EL 4602(Electric M.U.) |
| Views: |
304 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Headed to the shop |
| Description: |
A look at the Pack 406 members and some parents who were on the Morris Park tour, riding the lead car of an MU train, one of the famous LIRR MP 54s. Note the ad for the Long Island Press. It would vanish into history in a few years, overshadowed by rival Newsday, which is still a big player in the New York newspaper market. |
| Photo Date: |
5/16/1970 Upload Date: 4/16/2016 4:40:05 AM |
| Location: |
Floral Park, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
LI 4912(Electric M.U.) |
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257 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Morning rush |
| Description: |
A morning commuter reads the paper on this Penn Station bound train, which is passing over the inlet to Alley Pond Park, with Little Neck Bay in the background. Dad is on an MP 54 this day in 1964. |
| Photo Date: |
11/13/1964 Upload Date: 4/16/2016 4:52:36 AM |
| Location: |
Douglaston, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Winter,Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
LI 4948(Electric M.U.) |
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314 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Commuters view |
| Description: |
Dad liked this spot, and shot the scene often, in all kinds of conditions. Today he got a hint of his conveyance in it, as the car number of the MP 54 he is on shows on the window reflection. This is Little Neck Bay. |
| Photo Date: |
2/16/1965 Upload Date: 4/26/2016 5:15:25 AM |
| Location: |
Douglaston, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
LI 4971(Electric M.U.) |
| Views: |
162 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Rush hour |
| Description: |
A crowded car on the Yonge St line. |
| Photo Date: |
12/20/1986 Upload Date: 5/5/2016 4:31:07 AM |
| Location: |
Toronto, ON |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Station,Transit,Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
TTC 5103(Electric M.U.) |
| Views: |
59 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
On the train |
| Description: |
A view inside one of the TTC transit cars. A lot like most of them, only a little wider, thanks to TTCs 510" gauge. |
| Photo Date: |
12/20/1986 Upload Date: 5/5/2016 4:36:05 AM |
| Location: |
Toronto, ON |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Transit,Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
TTC 5431(Electric M.U.) |
| Views: |
82 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Builders plate |
| Description: |
The builders plate from the remanufacturer in WMATA 6046. Alstom was/is in the old EL shop at Hornell NY, and has rebuilt many subway cars there. |
| Photo Date: |
12/1/2017 Upload Date: 12/10/2017 3:51:03 AM |
| Location: |
Washington, DC |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
RollingStock,Passenger |
| Locomotives: |
WMATA 6046(Electric M.U.) |
| Views: |
90 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Just got off |
| Description: |
I had to go to Rosslyn VA to pick up something, and took this train. I grabbed the shot as I got off there. I lived in NY for many years, which lights its stations pretty well. Im always amazed at how dimly lit the WMATA stations are. |
| Photo Date: |
12/1/2017 Upload Date: 12/10/2017 3:45:54 AM |
| Location: |
Washington, DC |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Station,Transit,Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
WMATA 6046(Electric M.U.) |
| Views: |
105 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
More 6000s |
| Description: |
Another train of 6000 series cars at Rosslyn. There were many running on the Silver and Orange Lines. |
| Photo Date: |
12/1/2017 Upload Date: 12/10/2017 3:54:54 AM |
| Location: |
Washington, DC |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Station,Transit,Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
WMATA 6076(Electric M.U.) |
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120 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Inside a D |
| Description: |
There were a variety of retired transit cars on display at the New York City Transit Museum in Brooklyn, including this BMT type D car. We see the interior. |
| Photo Date: |
6/12/1977 Upload Date: 3/9/2016 4:36:00 AM |
| Location: |
Brooklyn Heights, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Station,Transit,Passenger |
| Locomotives: |
NYCTA 6112(Electric M.U.) |
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116 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Old classics |
| Description: |
Everything in this photo is long gone. The R 16s overhead on the Jamaica Av elevated, delivered around 1950, are gone, as is the brown paint scheme and the structure they are riding on, which was closed here in 1977. Note the police call box on the pole at far right-along with the beat cop on the corner. Theres an upward pointing arrow bus stop sign, another feature of urban life now a long ago memory. And Woolworths......... |
| Photo Date: |
5/20/1961 Upload Date: 4/16/2016 4:25:58 AM |
| Location: |
Jamaica, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Bridge,Transit,Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
NYCTA 6336(Electric M.U.) NYCTA 6480(Electric M.U.) |
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367 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Rolling out |
| Description: |
An MU train rolls out of the tunnel and into the Portal Heights station |
| Photo Date: |
8/26/1985 Upload Date: 10/9/2014 2:56:46 AM |
| Location: |
Montreal, QC |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Tunnel,Station,Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
CN 6730(Electric M.U.) |
| Views: |
181 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Out of the sun |
| Description: |
A set of MU cars rolls toward Deux Montagnes in the morning, coming out of the sun as it heads west. |
| Photo Date: |
8/27/1985 Upload Date: 10/8/2014 3:02:52 AM |
| Location: |
Montreal PQ, QC |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Station,Signal,Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
CN 6734(Electric M.U.) |
| Views: |
324 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Short train |
| Description: |
CN was running on a holiday schedule for the Labour Day weekend, so this two car train was enough to cover the passenger loads on this Monday holiday. |
| Photo Date: |
9/7/1987 Upload Date: 5/27/2015 4:20:40 AM |
| Location: |
Montreal, QC |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Station,Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
CN 6742(Electric M.U.) CN 6734(Electric M.U.) |
| Views: |
454 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Headed back to town |
| Description: |
An inbpund MU train enters the tunnel and will soon be back downtown for more commuters. |
| Photo Date: |
8/26/1985 Upload Date: 10/9/2014 3:03:47 AM |
| Location: |
Montreal, QC |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Tunnel,Station,Signal,Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
CN 6735(Electric M.U.) |
| Views: |
163 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Banging the diamonds |
| Description: |
An inbound MU train rolls across the junction as a VIA trains electric cuts off on the connecting track in the distance. |
| Photo Date: |
8/26/1985 Upload Date: 10/9/2014 3:10:56 AM |
| Location: |
Montreal, QC |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
CN 6735(Electric M.U.) VIA 6530(FP9A) |
| Views: |
240 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
MUs |
| Description: |
An MU train rolls toward the diamonds at Jct de Lest as it makes its way toward Montreial. |
| Photo Date: |
8/26/1985 Upload Date: 10/9/2014 2:52:19 AM |
| Location: |
Montreal, QC |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
CN 6739(Electric M.U.) |
| Views: |
252 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
MUs |
| Description: |
CN also had a fleet of MU cars on the Deux Montragnes line. Not as well known as the famous electric locomotives, they provided the backbone of the commuter service most of the day. Note the order board set to deliver train orders. |
| Photo Date: |
8/27/1985 Upload Date: 10/8/2014 3:06:54 AM |
| Location: |
Deux Montagnes, QC |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Station,Signal,Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
CN 6739(Electric M.U.) |
| Views: |
278 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Commuter meet |
| Description: |
A pair of CN electric MU trains meet at Vertu on the Deux Montagnes line. Theres quite a crowd on the way to work this morning. |
| Photo Date: |
8/26/1986 Upload Date: 12/9/2014 2:01:43 AM |
| Location: |
Montreal PQ, QC |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Station,Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
CN 6741(Electric M.U.) CN 6743(Electric M.U.) |
| Views: |
215 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Rolling to town |
| Description: |
A set of MU cars rolls toward Montreal at Vertu. |
| Photo Date: |
8/27/1985 Upload Date: 10/8/2014 3:07:50 AM |
| Location: |
Deux Montagnes, QC |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Station,Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
CN 6743(Electric M.U.) |
| Views: |
243 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Red Line |
| Description: |
This Red Line train had a set of newer 7000 series cars. They were prevalent on these trains. |
| Photo Date: |
12/1/2017 Upload Date: 12/10/2017 3:56:54 AM |
| Location: |
Washington, DC |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Station,Transit,Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
WMATA 7234(Electric M.U.) |
| Views: |
126 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Odd couple |
| Description: |
Not Tony Randall and Jack Klugman, but a dichotomy of equipment at Dyre Av. The ERA trip, running with Low V cars sits across the platform from a more typical train set of the era. |
| Photo Date: |
4/14/1974 Upload Date: 2/24/2016 2:30:55 AM |
| Location: |
Bronx, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Station,Transit,Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
NYCTA 8939(Electric M.U.) NYCTA 7609(Electric M.U.) |
| Views: |
199 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Ive seen trackless trolleys.... |
| Description: |
But this is ridiculous!! Sumitomo Rail in Elmira Heights was rebuilding cars for the NYCTA, and trucking them to and from the city. This IRT car was on a flat bed trailer near Apalachin. Sumirail had a contract for several other models as well, and for the next few years, it was not uncommon to see subway cars out on the highway. |
| Photo Date: |
8/5/1986 Upload Date: 12/5/2014 4:07:24 AM |
| Location: |
Apalachin, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
RollingStock,Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
NYCTA 7847(Electric M.U.) |
| Views: |
479 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Metro North comes for a visit |
| Description: |
Much of the testing of new equipment was done at a facility at the Shea Stadium station, and it was not uncommon for trains to take a test run to Great Neck on the Port Washington Branch. Here a set of new Metro North M3A's passes Little Neck. |
| Photo Date: |
10/12/1983 Upload Date: 7/29/2012 2:38:16 AM |
| Location: |
Little Neck, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
RollingStock,Station,Passenger,Action |
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MNCW 8001(Electric M.U.) |
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R 11 |
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One of the odder cars the NYCTA had was a set of ten R 11s. These were of aluminum construction, built in 1948 to test how the aluminum bodies and parts would hold up. They didnt do as well as the Transit Authority hoped, and they became orphans. By the time I was riding the trains regularly in the mid 1970s, there were four of them left, running on the Franklin Av Shuttle, from Prospect Park on the Brighton Line, to Fulton St, where it connected to the IND A train on the Fulton St subway. Transfer was by taking a paper ticket from a dispenser, then going to the other line, where you dropped the ticket in a fare box. This lasted til the Franklin Av train was replaced by buses, I think in the late 70s. This car is seen at the Transit Museum in the old IND Court St station in Brooklyn. |
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12/11/1977 Upload Date: 11/19/2016 3:49:41 AM |
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Brooklyn, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
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Station,Transit,Passenger |
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NYCTA 8013(Electric M.U.) |
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| Title: |
Not quite as old |
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A train of mid 50s built R 27s aprroaches one of the Rockaway Line stations. This was one of two trains I caught that day. Its not quite as old as the other one, which had R 10s. The line here was once part of the LIRR, reached via two routes. The main route was via a junction with the LIRR Main Line at Rego Park, which ran south through Woodhaven and Howard Beach. It crossed Jamaica Bay on a wood pile trestle, which was a constant maintenance headache. The last straw was a fire in 1950. The LIRR sold it to NYCTA, which rebuilt it as a concrete causeway. The LIRR Rockaway Line was cut back to Woodhaven, and finally abandoned in 1962. The other route is still in service via Valley Stream, though the through route was cut so the LIRR Far Rockaway station is about four blocks from the IND station. |
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4/12/1988 Upload Date: 7/10/2015 4:25:21 AM |
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Rockaway Park, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
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Bridge,Transit,Passenger,Action |
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NYCTA 8224(Electric M.U.) |
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Low Vs on the dead line |
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A couple of IRT Low V cars sits at 207th St waiting for the end. These cars had been retired in the mid 60s as the R 33s came on line, and were slowly being cut up here. |
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8/16/1973 Upload Date: 3/17/2016 4:39:13 AM |
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Manhattan, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
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Roster,RollingStock,Yard,Passenger |
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NYCTA 9131(Electric M.U.) NYCTA 20383(Electric M.U.) |
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| Title: |
Old subway cars never die |
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They just labor on in the dark. A BMT D type is coupled to a retired IRT Low V, something you'd never see in regular service, at 57 St on the BMT Broadway Line, waiting for a signal to head downtown to continue their late night maintenance chores. |
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1/15/1974 Upload Date: 3/8/2016 4:47:50 AM |
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Manhattan, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
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Station,Transit,Passenger,Action |
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NYCTA 35682(Electric M.U.) NYCTA 20380(Electric M.U.) |
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