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| Title: |
Snowy scene |
| Description: |
Train 261 rolls west past the stubble corn in a snow covered field just east of Owego. |
| Photo Date: |
12/31/1995 Upload Date: 8/4/2014 3:19:16 AM |
| Location: |
Owego, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Winter,Signal,Action |
| Locomotives: |
SOO 6003(SD60) SOO 6017(SD60) SOO 6012(SD60) MLRC 44(MP15AC) SOO 755(SD40) |
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1387 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
261 with SOO power |
| Description: |
CP 261 typically got SOO power, and this day was no exception. The train is making its way past QD and will soon be rolling for Buffalo |
| Photo Date: |
12/31/1995 Upload Date: 5/16/2014 2:34:48 AM |
| Location: |
Binghamton, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Winter,Station,Action |
| Locomotives: |
SOO 6003(SD60) SOO 6017(SD60) SOO 6012(SD60) SOO 755(SD40) MLRC 44(MP15AC) |
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1403 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Unit in transit |
| Description: |
Dont know where this was going or whose it was. Seemed odd to have a DIT unit on an intermodal train. |
| Photo Date: |
1/31/1996 Upload Date: 5/15/2014 4:07:28 AM |
| Location: |
Binghamton, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Winter,Action |
| Locomotives: |
MLRC 44(MP15AC) SOO 755(SD40) |
| Views: |
759 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Westbound extra |
| Description: |
This westbound extra train snuck through Mineola in the teeth of rush hour, something that was very unusual on the Long Island, where only about 10% of their revenue was from freight. It was not uncommon to see freights on some of the lines in Chicago, where they were not shy about mixing a 100 car train in with the "dinkies"; It was almost unheard of here. |
| Photo Date: |
5/22/1984 Upload Date: 6/26/2014 3:32:09 AM |
| Location: |
Mineola, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Station,Action |
| Locomotives: |
LI 150(MP15AC) |
| Views: |
889 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Circus train at Harold |
| Description: |
The Ringling Bros train rolls through Harold interlocking in Sunnyside as it head for Long Island City and a power swap to Amtrak E 60s for the trip through Penn Station. |
| Photo Date: |
12/6/1985 Upload Date: 10/14/2014 3:03:08 AM |
| Location: |
Sunnyside, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Signal,Action |
| Locomotives: |
LI 166(MP15AC) LI 154(MP15AC) LI 150(MP15AC) |
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1119 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
RF 91 |
| Description: |
RF 91 was the overnight westbound freight from Pine Aire to Fresh Pond, using the power that had been on RF 63 from Riverhead. Besides doing the road haul, it also worked at Hiucksville and did local switching en route. Tonights train has an MP 15 leading, which occasionally happened if there was not a C 420 ready. Its about 0300, and the train is working the siding east of New Hyde Park on the westbound side, requiring the train to stop in the station while the switch is lined. I took advantage of the stop to get a shot. |
| Photo Date: |
7/10/1986 Upload Date: 12/3/2014 2:38:59 PM |
| Location: |
New Hyde Park, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Night,Station,Action |
| Locomotives: |
LI 150(MP15AC) LI 224(C420) |
| Views: |
740 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
RF 65 |
| Description: |
RF 65 originated at Pinelawn and worked west on the Main Line to Hicksville, then either up the Port Jefferson Branch, or to the Montauk Branch via B tower and the Central Branch. Here we see it passing through the new high level platforms at Farmingdale just after the morning rush making its trip to Hicksville to work the yard there, then on to the rest of the days assignments. |
| Photo Date: |
10/21/1986 Upload Date: 12/17/2014 2:13:52 AM |
| Location: |
Farmingdale, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Station,Action |
| Locomotives: |
LI 150(MP15AC) LI 166(MP15AC) |
| Views: |
879 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
RF 65 works along the main |
| Description: |
RF 64 and 65 were Hicksville based trains that worked alternate days on the Port Jeff and Montauk branches. They also worked in the Farmingdale area on the Main Line. Here we see RF 65 approaching B tower in Bethpage as it heads for Hicksville. |
| Photo Date: |
10/21/1986 Upload Date: 2/12/2012 8:03:11 PM |
| Location: |
Bethpage, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
LI 150(MP15AC) |
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761 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Ringling Bros train |
| Description: |
The Ringling Brothers circus usually played the Nassai Coliseum in Uniondale in late November and December. They would run the train out on the Mitchell Field Secondary to access the Coliseum, as it was the closest place to it, and where they could tie up a 60 odd car train. The morning after the circus closed, the train would run west via the Hempstead Branch and Main Line to Long Island City, where Amtrak power would go on, and it would run to Jersey via Penn Station. Here we see it coming around the curve at Floral Park. |
| Photo Date: |
12/8/1986 Upload Date: 12/19/2014 3:44:54 AM |
| Location: |
Floral Park, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Station,Action |
| Locomotives: |
LI 166(MP15AC) LI 150(MP15AC) LI 158(MP15AC) |
| Views: |
1121 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Circus train and classic station |
| Description: |
The Ringling Brothers train passes Forest Hills on its way to an Amtrak connection in Long Island City. |
| Photo Date: |
12/8/1986 Upload Date: 12/19/2014 3:48:16 AM |
| Location: |
Forest Hills, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Station,Action |
| Locomotives: |
LI 166(MP15AC) LI 150(MP15AC) LI 158(MP15AC) |
| Views: |
1026 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
MPs working the yard |
| Description: |
RF 64 worked out of Hicksville, typically working either the Port Jeff Branch, or down to the Montauk Branch, but also would work Pine Lawn on the Main Line if needed. Here we see RF 64s power there on a late afternoon. |
| Photo Date: |
6/8/1987 Upload Date: 5/3/2015 1:07:09 AM |
| Location: |
Pinelawn, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Roster,Yard |
| Locomotives: |
LI 154(MP15AC) LI 150(MP15AC) |
| Views: |
810 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Made the split |
| Description: |
RF 64 rolls up the Port Jefferson Branch after making the split off the Main Line. Divide Tower, which controls the interlockings at Hicksville, can be seen at left. |
| Photo Date: |
6/11/1987 Upload Date: 5/2/2015 11:53:07 PM |
| Location: |
Hicksville, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Bridge,Action |
| Locomotives: |
LI 150(MP15AC) LI 154(MP15AC) |
| Views: |
823 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Fifteen cars east |
| Description: |
A pair of MP 15s, common power on RF 64/65, roll east through the Syosset station with 15 cars. Freights always look a little odd going past the high level platforms. |
| Photo Date: |
6/11/1987 Upload Date: 5/2/2015 11:57:55 PM |
| Location: |
Syosset, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Station,Action |
| Locomotives: |
LI 150(MP15AC) LI 154(MP15AC) |
| Views: |
854 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Headed back |
| Description: |
RF 65, the westbound symbol on the turn out of Hicksville, rolls through Huntington in an effort to beat the rush hour back to its base. |
| Photo Date: |
6/11/1987 Upload Date: 5/3/2015 1:26:05 AM |
| Location: |
Huntington, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Station,Signal,Action |
| Locomotives: |
LI 154(MP15AC) LI 150(MP15AC) |
| Views: |
882 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
First class |
| Description: |
An eastbound Port Jeff scoot rolls past RF 65, which will wait in the siding a little longer for a few more first class trains. |
| Photo Date: |
6/11/1987 Upload Date: 5/2/2015 4:15:42 AM |
| Location: |
Greenlawn, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
LI 260(GP38-2) LI 154(MP15AC) LI 150(MP15AC) |
| Views: |
903 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
F and a freight |
| Description: |
Ex B&O F 7 622 leads train 653 west toward Huntington while RF 65 switches a customer. Hell be on his way shortly, now that the scoots have cleared. |
| Photo Date: |
6/11/1987 Upload Date: 5/2/2015 4:20:50 AM |
| Location: |
Greenlawn, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
LI 622(Power Car) LI 154(MP15AC) LI 150(MP15AC) |
| Views: |
1057 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Class unit |
| Description: |
LIRR 150, the class unit for the MP 15s, leads an Oyster Bay train making its Mineola stop in the evening rush |
| Photo Date: |
7/1/1987 Upload Date: 5/17/2015 12:35:10 AM |
| Location: |
Mineola, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Station,Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
LI 150(MP15AC) |
| Views: |
437 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Whiling away the hours |
| Description: |
An MP 15 and caboose cool their heels over the weekend at Pinelawn. |
| Photo Date: |
2/13/1988 Upload Date: 6/27/2015 3:09:29 AM |
| Location: |
Pinelawn, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Roster,Yard |
| Locomotives: |
LI 150(MP15AC) |
| Views: |
540 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Oyster Bay train pushing |
| Description: |
An MP 15 pushes a Jamaica bound rush hour train at Merillon Av in Garden City Park. The parlor just ahead of the power is a subscription car. Members pay monthly dues to ride from Oyster Bay branch points to Long Island City |
| Photo Date: |
1/14/1986 Upload Date: 10/20/2014 2:11:28 AM |
| Location: |
Garden City Park, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Station,Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
LI 151(MP15AC) |
| Views: |
552 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
RF 11 |
| Description: |
RF 11 was the eastbound freight that ran from Fresh Pond to Pine Aire, passing through Nassau county around 0200. Usually it got C 420s, but occasionally would get MP 15s, such as this night rolling through Westbury. |
| Photo Date: |
3/6/1986 Upload Date: 11/18/2014 1:52:49 AM |
| Location: |
Westbury, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Night,Station,Action |
| Locomotives: |
LI 151(MP15AC) |
| Views: |
476 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Elegant station |
| Description: |
An eastbound Oyster Bay train arrives at the elegant station at Locust Valley, one of the higher end North Shore communities on the branch. The station has a variation on the usual gambrel roof style, with Spanish tile instead of shingles. Also, it has Roman style columns, versus the more typical brick pillars. |
| Photo Date: |
3/11/1986 Upload Date: 11/15/2014 10:54:00 PM |
| Location: |
Locust Valley, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Station,Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
LI 151(MP15AC) |
| Views: |
593 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
West meets...west |
| Description: |
An Oyster Bay train waits on track 1 as a westbound Ronkonkoma train behind an FA 2 passes on track 2. |
| Photo Date: |
3/11/1986 Upload Date: 11/15/2014 11:43:37 PM |
| Location: |
Mineola, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Station,Signal,Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
LI 151(MP15AC) LI 607(Power Car) |
| Views: |
742 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Pushing past the team tracks |
| Description: |
An Oyster Bay train pushes through Queens Village on its way to Jamaica. At left is the Queens Village team yard, an anachronism on most railroads by this time, but a place where cars could be unloaded by consignees without a siding of their own, not unusual in the city. By this time it was used mostly by MOW crews, but still got revenue cars. |
| Photo Date: |
11/1/1987 Upload Date: 6/12/2015 3:50:10 AM |
| Location: |
Queens Village, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Yard,Station,Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
LI 151(MP15AC) |
| Views: |
439 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
RF 7 |
| Description: |
Since the Ronkonkoma electrification, MP 15s had become the typical power on RF 7, as well as other trains. Heres a pair about to head east on the Montauk Branch at Fresh Pond. |
| Photo Date: |
4/21/1988 Upload Date: 7/8/2015 4:03:58 AM |
| Location: |
Fresh Pond, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Yard,Action |
| Locomotives: |
LI 151(MP15AC) LI 157(MP15AC) |
| Views: |
633 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Working for the road |
| Description: |
RF 7, the west end day freight, works at Fresh Pond, pulling cars down from Conrail on the overhead ex NH line. Trailing unit 167 is set up to work as a power pack on passenger trains. Here we see that such units are not exempt from freight service when the need arises. |
| Photo Date: |
6/14/1988 Upload Date: 7/28/2015 2:27:38 AM |
| Location: |
Fresh Pond, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Yard,Action |
| Locomotives: |
LI 151(MP15AC) LI 167(MP15AC) |
| Views: |
683 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
RF 7 |
| Description: |
The maid of all work on the west end is RF 7, called out of Fresh Pond in the morning, and worked Sunnyside, the Atlantic and Long Beach Branches, and the Main Line as far as Mineola-basically as directed, depending on the needs of the day. Here it is returning from switching a shipper in New Hyde Park with a short train. |
| Photo Date: |
5/22/1984 Upload Date: 6/26/2014 3:35:40 AM |
| Location: |
Bellerose, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Station,Action |
| Locomotives: |
LI 152(MP15AC) |
| Views: |
680 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Taking the branch |
| Description: |
An Oyster Bay train led by an MP15 leaves the Main Line at Nassau Tower. |
| Photo Date: |
1/14/1986 Upload Date: 10/16/2014 2:42:43 AM |
| Location: |
Mineola, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Station,Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
LI 152(MP15AC) |
| Views: |
586 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Oyster Bay late train |
| Description: |
The last Oyster Bay train til morning makes its Mineola stop, the engine sitting under the Mineola Blvd overpass. MP 15s were typical on the branch, especially for off hours trains. |
| Photo Date: |
6/11/1986 Upload Date: 11/22/2014 2:51:44 AM |
| Location: |
Mineola, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Night,Station,Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
LI 152(MP15AC) |
| Views: |
628 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
All quiet |
| Description: |
A Sunday afternoon finds a train in the yard waiting for tomorrows rush, and a westbound with its power on the west end of the train, an MP 15 cab first, ready for morning. |
| Photo Date: |
8/2/1987 Upload Date: 5/22/2015 1:07:40 AM |
| Location: |
Oyster Bay, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Yard,Passenger |
| Locomotives: |
LI 152(MP15AC) LI 611(Power Car) |
| Views: |
873 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Late night at Glen Street |
| Description: |
Glen Cove had two stations, Glen Cove, and Glen Street, which was adjacent to NY 107. An Oyster Bay bound train makes its stop at Glen Street late in the evening behind the usual MP 15. |
| Photo Date: |
1/7/1988 Upload Date: 6/24/2015 4:33:19 AM |
| Location: |
Glen Cove, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Winter,Station,Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
LI 152(MP15AC) |
| Views: |
457 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Locust Valley late night |
| Description: |
An Oyster Bay train behind the usual MP 15 makes its stop at Locust Valley. It will shortly complete its run in Oyster Bay. |
| Photo Date: |
1/7/1988 Upload Date: 6/21/2015 3:04:51 AM |
| Location: |
Locust Valley, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Winter,Night,Station,Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
LI 152(MP15AC) |
| Views: |
426 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Spraying for contact |
| Description: |
The LIRR had a couple of cars specially equipped with tanks of alcohol and spraying equipment to shoot alcohol on the third rail. This reduced the likelihood of ice forming on the third rail, preventing contact, thus making it possible for trains to continue running in snowy weather. Today one of the cars is sandwiched between a pair of MP 15s westbound at New Hyde Park Rd. This must have been a preventive move, as the day is clear. |
| Photo Date: |
2/6/1988 Upload Date: 6/27/2015 4:12:30 AM |
| Location: |
New Hyde Park, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
LI 152(MP15AC) LI 156(MP15AC) |
| Views: |
787 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
New digs |
| Description: |
The Ronkonkoma electrification project eliminated Pine Aire as a starting point for freights. The new reporting terminal for RF 62 and RF 91 is now Deer Park, with the office being in the old passenger station, seen in the distance at right. The elimination of most diesel trains on the line freed up a bunch of units, and MP 15s are now powering these trains, instead of the C 420s that had been doing the honors for many years prior. A pair of MP 15s is at the new starting point, waiting to go out with RF 62 to Riverhead. |
| Photo Date: |
2/13/1988 Upload Date: 6/27/2015 3:17:05 AM |
| Location: |
Deer Park, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Station,Action |
| Locomotives: |
LI 152(MP15AC) LI 158(MP15AC) |
| Views: |
676 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Paving season |
| Description: |
During the road work season, Prema Asphalt in Holtsville, east of Ronkonkoma on the Main Line, would get trainloads of stone for their paving operations. The trains usually ran on Sunday afternoon, symbolled RF 56. This one is passing Bellerose, moving over from track 4 to track 2 at Queens. |
| Photo Date: |
6/5/1988 Upload Date: 7/30/2015 2:58:05 AM |
| Location: |
Bellerose, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Station,Signal,Action |
| Locomotives: |
LI 152(MP15AC) LI 157(MP15AC) |
| Views: |
668 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Jamaica next |
| Description: |
A westbound Oyster Bay train has come off the branch and is picking up passengers for Jamaica and the city. An MP 15 will push the train closer to New York. |
| Photo Date: |
6/11/1988 Upload Date: 7/16/2015 2:57:31 AM |
| Location: |
Mineola, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Station,Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
LI 152(MP15AC) |
| Views: |
404 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Shoving back |
| Description: |
RF 7 pushes its interchange cars for Conrail onto one of the "yard" tracks at Fremont, on the ex New Haven. WNOP17 will arrive shortly to make the swap with the LIRR. |
| Photo Date: |
6/16/1988 Upload Date: 7/28/2015 2:31:09 AM |
| Location: |
Fresh Pond, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Yard,Action |
| Locomotives: |
LI 166(MP15AC) LI 152(MP15AC) |
| Views: |
658 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
No Garden |
| Description: |
RF 7 pulls past Garden tower as it comes off the Mitchell Field Secondary, one of the more industrial areas of the Island. |
| Photo Date: |
6/16/1988 Upload Date: 7/28/2015 2:39:45 AM |
| Location: |
Garden City, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
LI 166(MP15AC) LI 152(MP15AC) |
| Views: |
792 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Local freight |
| Description: |
One of the locals that works the Montauk Branch, probably RF 7, though that job usually got C 420's, passes through Fresh Pond on its way back to yard A at Sunnyside. |
| Photo Date: |
9/13/1983 Upload Date: 11/25/2013 1:28:38 AM |
| Location: |
Fresh Pond, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Yard,Action |
| Locomotives: |
LI 153(MP15AC) LI 159(MP15AC) |
| Views: |
945 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Last train to Oyster Bay |
| Description: |
Train 500, the 0100 departure from Jamaica, is the last train to go up the branch at night. Here it makes its Mineola stop behind an MP 15, typical power for the off peak trains. |
| Photo Date: |
1/15/1987 Upload Date: 12/31/2014 2:41:03 AM |
| Location: |
Mineola, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Night,Station,Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
LI 153(MP15AC) |
| Views: |
473 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Union Hall St |
| Description: |
LIRR freights used a couple of tracks to the south of Jamaica station to pass the platforms. These tracks continued east to Holban Yard as running tracks. Here we see maid of all work on the west end of the railroad, RF 7, rolling back toward Fresh Pond on the running tracks as it approaches Hall tower in Jamaica. Union Hall St station, closed in the late 70s, once stood near this location. |
| Photo Date: |
1/29/1988 Upload Date: 6/24/2015 3:43:33 AM |
| Location: |
Jamaica, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Bridge,Action |
| Locomotives: |
LI 153(MP15AC) LI 160(MP15AC) |
| Views: |
616 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
RF 7 working |
| Description: |
RF 7 reported at Yard A in Sunnyside, and worked the Montauk Branch to Jamaica, then as directed east of there. Here it is working at Fresh Pond before going to Holban. |
| Photo Date: |
1/29/1988 Upload Date: 6/24/2015 4:06:41 AM |
| Location: |
Fresh Pond, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Winter,Yard,Action |
| Locomotives: |
LI 160(MP15AC) LI 153(MP15AC) |
| Views: |
695 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Headed for Holban |
| Description: |
RF 7 rolls east at Maspeth past one of LIRRs position lights, a legacy of its PRR ownership. |
| Photo Date: |
1/29/1988 Upload Date: 6/24/2015 4:15:23 AM |
| Location: |
Maspeth, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Winter,Signal,Action |
| Locomotives: |
LI 160(MP15AC) LI 153(MP15AC) |
| Views: |
661 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Delivering the cars |
| Description: |
RF 7 rolls up the connecting track from the LIRR to drop cars for Conrail. The tower is the former New Haven Fremont tower, which once controlled a much busier section of railroad here. |
| Photo Date: |
2/6/1988 Upload Date: 6/27/2015 3:25:30 AM |
| Location: |
Fresh Pond, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
LI 160(MP15AC) LI 153(MP15AC) |
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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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709 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) |
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788 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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1289 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Oyster Bay train |
| Description: |
One of the less remarked stations on Long Island is Greenvale. Just north of NY 25A, it serves CW Post College and the NY Institute of Technology. Here we see an MP15 with a typical weekend consist heading to Jamaica |
| Photo Date: |
10/18/1981 Upload Date: 2/17/2013 12:46:25 AM |
| Location: |
Greenvale, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Station,Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
LI 154(MP15AC) |
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730 Comments: 2 |
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| Title: |
Oyster Bay train |
| Description: |
A train from Oyster Bay hammers through Queens Village behind an MP15, more than adequate power for the three cars. |
| Photo Date: |
7/12/1983 Upload Date: 11/23/2013 1:43:17 AM |
| Location: |
Queens Village, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Station,Signal,Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
LI 154(MP15AC) |
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548 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Pushing west |
| Description: |
An Oyster Bay train headed for Jamaica rolls toward a restricting signal at Queens tower with an MP 15 pushing the consist. MP15s were common power on the typically short Oyster Bay trains. |
| Photo Date: |
5/15/1984 Upload Date: 7/2/2014 3:51:00 PM |
| Location: |
Bellerose, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Station,Signal,Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
LI 154(MP15AC) |
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657 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Circus train and position lights |
| Description: |
The Ringling Bros circus train passes under the position light signals at the east end of Queens Village station. They mark the west limit of Queens interlocking. The train is headed for a power swap to Amtrak E 60s and Jersey. |
| Photo Date: |
12/6/1985 Upload Date: 2/12/2012 8:12:33 PM |
| Location: |
Queens Village, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Station,Signal,Action |
| Locomotives: |
LI 166(MP15AC) LI 154(MP15AC) LI 159(MP15AC) |
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