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Electric and diesel
Title:  Electric and diesel
Description:  A pair of Metro North trains wait for departure at Grand Central, the one on the left a train of M-2s, the one on the right a train of diesel hauled equipment patterned after the cars that trace their heritage to the ELs 1971 cars that replaced the Stilwells.
Photo Date:  10/5/1997  Upload Date: 2/13/2016 3:29:46 AM
Location:  Grand Central Terminal, NY, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Station,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  MNCR 8125(M-2 Cosmopolitan)
Views:  196   Comments: 0
Headed for Brewster
Title:  Headed for Brewster
Description:  A train of 30 year old M 2s waits for departure to Brewster, as it has done with those cars since the late 60s.
Photo Date:  10/5/1997  Upload Date: 2/13/2016 3:43:04 AM
Location:  Grand Central Terminal, NY, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Station,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  MNCR 8125(M-2 Cosmopolitan)
Views:  101   Comments: 0
Headed to work
Title:  Headed to work
Description:  And fast!! An express train rolls down the inside track at Larchmont..
Photo Date:  11/12/1986  Upload Date: 12/22/2014 3:12:27 AM
Location:  Larchmont, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Station,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  MNCR 8407(M-2 Cosmopolitan)
Views:  236   Comments: 0
Unsung heroes
Title:  Unsung heroes
Description:  The unsung heroes of the New Haven line were these M-2s that were equipped with both pantographs and third rail shoes so they could make the flying change at Woodlawn and run from the ex New Haven onto the ex NYC electrified lines at speed. They soldiered on day in and day out for years. MUs may not be glamourous-wed all love to see washboards again-but they get the job done.
Photo Date:  2/5/1985  Upload Date: 9/27/2014 2:57:39 AM
Location:  Rye, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Station,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  MNCR 8421(M-2 Cosmopolitan)
Views:  211   Comments: 0
M 2s
Title:  M 2s
Description:  A train of New Haven Line M 2s rolls down the center track at Larchmont. As you go through this group of photos, note the markings on the front of the trains. Some carry the original "M New Haven" herald. Others, like the train in this photo, have the newer "M-ball" with Metro North lettering. Some have the Connecticut DOT and state seal; others have just the state seal. Quite a variation.
Photo Date:  11/12/1986  Upload Date: 12/21/2014 1:40:53 AM
Location:  Larchmont, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Station,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  MNCR 8421(M-2 Cosmopolitan)
Views:  300   Comments: 0
Lonesome rider
Title:  Lonesome rider
Description:  This lone passenger lights a cigarette(remember when you could do that in public?? Most trains even had smoking cars.) while waiting to get on one of these New Haven trains.
Photo Date:  9/12/1992  Upload Date: 10/22/2015 3:23:40 AM
Location:  Grand Central Terminal, NY, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Station,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  MNCR 8431(M-2 Cosmopolitan) MNCR 8927(M-2 Cosmopolitan)
Views:  178   Comments: 0
Cosmopolitans on the ex NH
Title:  Cosmopolitans on the ex NH
Description:  A set of Cosmopolitans rolls through Rye en route to Grand Central
Photo Date:  2/5/1985  Upload Date: 9/14/2012 4:30:53 AM
Location:  Rye, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Station,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  CDOT 8442(M-2 Cosmopolitan)
Views:  427   Comments: 0
Electric action
Title:  Electric action
Description:  A train of M 2s makes its stop at Stamford on its way to New Haven, 72 miles from Grand Central.
Photo Date:  2/8/1978  Upload Date: 12/5/2016 3:32:17 AM
Location:  Stamford Rail Station, CT
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Winter,Station,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  CDOT 8750(M-2 Cosmopolitan) CDOT 8749(M-2 Cosmopolitan) CDOT 8456(M-2 Cosmopolitan)
Views:  298   Comments: 0
M2s
Title:  M2s
Description:  A train of M2s rolls through Woodlawn for a quick trip to Grand Central.
Photo Date:  5/26/1987  Upload Date: 5/2/2015 2:27:17 AM
Location:  Woodlawn, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Station,Signal,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  MNCR 8459(M-2 Cosmopolitan)
Views:  120   Comments: 0
Quiet night
Title:  Quiet night
Description:  Dad was prone to walking around the city at night, seeing what he could capture on film. Tonights excursion was into Grand Central, where he caught the markers of a train disappearing out of the station, with a New Haven Line train waiting for its next departure.
Photo Date:  9/12/1992  Upload Date: 10/22/2015 3:22:19 AM
Location:  Grand Central Terminal, NY, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Station,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  MNCR 8507(M-2 Cosmopolitan)
Views:  142   Comments: 0
Rolling for Connecticut
Title:  Rolling for Connecticut
Description:  A set of CDOT cars blows through Woodlawn on its way to New Haven as a Harlem train tries to keep up in the distance.
Photo Date:  5/26/1987  Upload Date: 5/2/2015 2:45:20 AM
Location:  Woodlawn, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Station,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  MNCR 8516(M-2 Cosmopolitan)
Views:  97   Comments: 0
Headed to work
Title:  Headed to work
Description:  A Grand Central bound train stops for riders at Larchmont.
Photo Date:  11/12/1986  Upload Date: 12/22/2014 3:13:36 AM
Location:  Larchmont, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Station,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  MNCR 8523(M-2 Cosmopolitan)
Views:  181   Comments: 0
M-2s for GCT
Title:  M-2s for GCT
Description:  A train of M 2s makes its stop at South Norwalk en route to Grand Central.
Photo Date:  8/13/1985  Upload Date: 10/5/2014 3:30:36 AM
Location:  South Norwalk, CT
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Station,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  MNCR 8525(M-2 Cosmopolitan)
Views:  239   Comments: 0
Headed for Stamford
Title:  Headed for Stamford
Description:  There were not too many eastbounds in the morning. Heres one making a stop as it makes its way to Stamford. A New Haven train will pass shortly on the express track.
Photo Date:  11/12/1986  Upload Date: 12/21/2014 1:46:11 AM
Location:  Larchmont, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Station,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  MNCR 8528(M-2 Cosmopolitan)
Views:  160   Comments: 0
Down the middle
Title:  Down the middle
Description:  An express train rolls down the center track.
Photo Date:  11/12/1986  Upload Date: 12/21/2014 1:44:16 AM
Location:  Larchmont, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Station,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  MNCR 8529(M-2 Cosmopolitan)
Views:  174   Comments: 0
New Haven train
Title:  New Haven train
Description:  A set of New Have Line cars sit at Grand Central, waiting for the next call to Connecticut.
Photo Date:  6/3/1989  Upload Date: 10/30/2015 3:32:55 AM
Location:  Grand Central Terminal, NY, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Tunnel,Station,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  MNCR 8539(M-2 Cosmopolitan)
Views:  116   Comments: 0
Headed downtown
Title:  Headed downtown
Description:  A Grand Central bound set of CDOT cars takes the express track through Woodlawn.
Photo Date:  5/26/1987  Upload Date: 5/2/2015 2:49:22 AM
Location:  Woodlawn, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Station,Signal,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  MNCR 8541(M-2 Cosmopolitan)
Views:  93   Comments: 0
On to Grand Central
Title:  On to Grand Central
Description:  A dark side shot of a short New Haven line train as it passes Fordham station, now on the ex NYC into New York
Photo Date:  9/12/1981  Upload Date: 3/3/2013 4:17:58 AM
Location:  Fordham, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Station,Signal,Action
Locomotives:  CDOT 8545(M-2 Cosmopolitan)
Views:  250   Comments: 0
Rolling for New Haven
Title:  Rolling for New Haven
Description:  There will be an engine change there to an F 40, and then off to Boston.
Photo Date:  11/12/1986  Upload Date: 12/20/2014 4:16:26 AM
Location:  Larchmont, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Station,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  AMTK 930(AEM7) MNCR 8556(M-2 Cosmopolitan)
Views:  389   Comments: 0
Rolling on
Title:  Rolling on
Description:  To New Haven. A set of M-2s rolls into Rye
Photo Date:  2/5/1985  Upload Date: 9/27/2014 2:59:07 AM
Location:  Rye, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Station,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  MNCR 8700(M-2 Cosmopolitan)
Views:  164   Comments: 0
Picking up
Title:  Picking up
Description:  A Grand Central bound train picks up another band of happy commuters
Photo Date:  11/12/1986  Upload Date: 12/21/2014 1:47:49 AM
Location:  Larchmont, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Station,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  MNCR 8701(M-2 Cosmopolitan)
Views:  152   Comments: 0
Taking them in
Title:  Taking them in
Description:  A short Grand Central bound train of M 2s stops for riders at Larchmont.
Photo Date:  11/12/1986  Upload Date: 12/21/2014 1:50:52 AM
Location:  Larchmont, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Station,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  MNCR 8737(M-2 Cosmopolitan)
Views:  146   Comments: 0
Back to Grand Central
Title:  Back to Grand Central
Description:  A westbound train rolls out of Rye and on toward New York.
Photo Date:  2/5/1985  Upload Date: 9/27/2014 3:01:02 AM
Location:  Rye, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Station,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  MNCR 8801(M-2 Cosmopolitan)
Views:  183   Comments: 0
Grand Central express
Title:  Grand Central express
Description:  A short express train rolls past Larchmont on the center track
Photo Date:  11/12/1986  Upload Date: 12/21/2014 2:06:31 AM
Location:  Larchmont, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Station,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  MNCR 8817(M-2 Cosmopolitan)
Views:  138   Comments: 0
Crossing over
Title:  Crossing over
Description:  A train from New Haven crossing over to the inside track for its express run to Grand Central.
Photo Date:  1/21/1984  Upload Date: 11/28/2013 2:05:40 AM
Location:  Stamford Rail Station, CT
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Winter,Station,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  MNCR 8833(M-2 Cosmopolitan)
Views:  195   Comments: 1
New York bound
Title:  New York bound
Description:  A New Haven train headed for Grand Central makes its stop in Stamford
Photo Date:  1/21/1984  Upload Date: 11/28/2013 2:08:33 AM
Location:  Stamford Rail Station, CT
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Winter,Station,Signal,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  MNCR 8833(M-2 Cosmopolitan)
Views:  162   Comments: 0
New Haven train
Title:  New Haven train
Description:  A New Haven bound train rolls past Larchmont on the center track, its first stop Stamford.
Photo Date:  11/12/1986  Upload Date: 12/21/2014 2:07:33 AM
Location:  Larchmont, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Station,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  MNCR 8834(M-2 Cosmopolitan)
Views:  149   Comments: 0
Sunny stop
Title:  Sunny stop
Description:  The sun is now high enough to get some good light as this Grand Central bound train makes its stop
Photo Date:  11/12/1986  Upload Date: 12/21/2014 1:42:41 AM
Location:  Larchmont, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Station,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  MNCR 8845(M-2 Cosmopolitan)
Views:  162   Comments: 0


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