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| Title: |
Steam action |
| Description: |
A G5 comes to a stop at Huntington(note the UN telegraph code on the train order mast) some time around 1940. At the time, the easternmost point on the Port Jefferson Branch was Wading River; I don't know if the train originated there or at Port Jeff. It will continue into Jamaica. This is a far cry from the Huntington of today. The electrification was extended here in 1970, and MU's now run here every 30 minutes most of the day, with a change to diesel trains for the rest of the ride to Port Jeff. It's also a lot more built up!! The photo was given to me by a friend who found it while cleaning out his grandmothers attic about 35 years ago. Dont know the photographer, but its a sweet shot. The Pennsy parentage of the locomotive is apparent, not only by design, but by the NL on the pilot beam, denoting the New York Division, LIRR. |
| Photo Date: |
5/15/1940 Upload Date: 12/4/2014 3:20:34 AM |
| Location: |
Huntington, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Station,Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
LI 47(4-6-0) |
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750 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Eastbound surprise |
| Description: |
In 1978, the LIRR extended a couple of Ronkonkoma trains to Yaphank in response to the growing traffic as population on Long Island grew. Aside from the benefit to far east end riders, the bonus to fans was that they usually drew a C 420, which was becoming a rare event in those days, as the GP 38s had largely taken over the passenger duties. I caught one at Ronkonkoma, almost close enough to grab it. This was early in my photography career, and I still had a thing or two to learn about composition. |
| Photo Date: |
7/18/1977 Upload Date: 12/2/2016 4:14:12 AM |
| Location: |
Ronkonkoma, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Station,Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
LI 225(C420) |
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404 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Way out layover |
| Description: |
One of the two Yaphank trains sits on the siding there, having completed its trip, the power now on the west end for tomorrows inbound trip. This was the longest Main Line commuter run at the time. |
| Photo Date: |
7/22/1977 Upload Date: 12/2/2016 4:20:09 AM |
| Location: |
Yaphank, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
LI 229(C420) |
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444 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Far out |
| Description: |
As far out as you can go on Long Island. A weekend train sits at Montauk, its power coupled up and ready to head west for the weekend weary east enders going to the city to tackle another Monday. |
| Photo Date: |
8/19/1977 Upload Date: 12/2/2016 5:06:15 AM |
| Location: |
Montauk, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Station,Passenger |
| Locomotives: |
LI 274(GP38-2) LI 272(GP38-2) |
| Views: |
647 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Long ride done |
| Description: |
A train from Jamaica has completed the 100 mile trip from Jamaica, now arriving at the farthest east place on the LIRR behind a pair of just delivered GP 38s in their original paint scheme. Most of the riders have detrained in the Hamptons, but a few hardy souls made the full run to weekend here at the end of the island. |
| Photo Date: |
8/20/1977 Upload Date: 12/13/2016 3:42:04 AM |
| Location: |
Montauk, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Station,Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
LI 274(GP38-2) LI 272(GP38-2) LI 261(GP38-2) |
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719 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Mid day layovers |
| Description: |
This is not the greatest shot. I probably took it with the 110 Instamatic I was using then, in my early rail photograpy days, but it catches a transitional time on the LIRR. We see an Alco in the MTA blue/yellow scheme from the late 60s with a passenger train, something that would very shortly become a rarity, as the GP 38s had been delivered; an MP 15 poking out behind a train in the center of the photo, probably the only place in America where they were used in passenger service; and two of the aforementioned GP 38s, one at far right, the other just poking a nose out behind the Alco. These units would be hold sway on diesel trains for almost the next 30 years. |
| Photo Date: |
1/17/1978 Upload Date: 12/13/2016 3:36:44 AM |
| Location: |
Long Island City, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Yard,Passenger |
| Locomotives: |
LI 225(C420) |
| Views: |
371 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Snow train |
| Description: |
The Port Washington Branch almost never saw diesel trains in regular service. The one exception was when we had a lot of snow. The winter of 1977-78 was one of those times, with several heavy snowstorms in January and Febrary of 1978. There was enough to get the diesels out, since the third rail was snow covered and the M 1s were not able to get good contact. I caught LIRR 261 about to arrive at the Little Neck station with a connection from Woodside. |
| Photo Date: |
2/15/1978 Upload Date: 12/2/2016 4:49:11 AM |
| Location: |
Little Neck, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Winter,Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
LI 261(GP38-2) |
| Views: |
424 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Unlikely place for an FA |
| Description: |
The LIRR was running diesel trains on its electrified branches following one of the heavy snows that blanketed the region that winter, using typical train sets with a GP 38 up front and an FA in the rear, allowing this rare view of an FA on the Port Washington Branch. |
| Photo Date: |
2/15/1978 Upload Date: 12/2/2016 4:58:14 AM |
| Location: |
Little Neck, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Winter,Station,Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
LI 611(Power Car) |
| Views: |
503 Comments: 2 |
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| Title: |
Oyster Bay trains meet |
| Description: |
One of the scheduling features of the Oyster Bay Branch is that the trains will meet in Mineola. This is not really necessary, since the line is double track to Locust Valley, but it does work well for connections to the rest of the system. A westbound train pushes toward Jamaica as the eastbound rolls into the station. |
| Photo Date: |
4/7/1978 Upload Date: 12/2/2016 4:32:10 AM |
| Location: |
Mineola, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Station,Signal,Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
LI 258(GP38-2) |
| Views: |
492 Comments: 1 |
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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) |
| Views: |
567 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Still working both sides |
| Description: |
A C420 is in the midst of its train on RF 7, passing Jamaica station, as a passenger train passes behind another C 420. By this time, the LIRR had all of its 28 GP38-2s in service, and it was becoming unusual to see an Alco on a passenger train. This was quite a catch. |
| Photo Date: |
4/10/1978 Upload Date: 12/2/2016 4:04:18 AM |
| Location: |
Jamaica, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Station,Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
LI 227(C420) LI 224(C420) |
| Views: |
848 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Sleepy station |
| Description: |
The look of the Ronkonkoma station area is that of a sleepy outpost in the pine barrens. This was the terminus of most trains on the Main Line at the time-the LIRR had just extended a pair of rush hour runs to Yaphank-but was a fairly quiet place, compared to its counterparts on the north(Port Jeff) and south (Babylon and Patchogue) shores. There was a single track main, and a small yard with a wye jusu east of the station. The station had an agent/op who handled tickets and cleared trains past block station KO, as well as handing up orders to freights. In ten years, this will be a completely different place. We see a westbound preparing to depart with the typical train set, an FA ln the west end, three cars(five was more common), and a GP 38 on the east end. |
| Photo Date: |
4/10/1978 Upload Date: 12/3/2016 3:53:31 AM |
| Location: |
Ronkonkoma, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Station,Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
LI 609(Power Car) |
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488 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
View from Mineola Alvd |
| Description: |
I dont know why I didnt take this shot more. It gives a panoramic view of Nassau interlocking, just east of the Mineola station. We see a westbound Ronkonkoma train approaching the tower and the connection to the Oyster Bay Branch, diverging to the left. The scene would change over the next ten years, as the platforms were extended due to ridership growth and the longer trains run to accommodate it. The westbound platform would be extended to the crossing next to the tower. The eastbound platform would be extended almost to the tower, the home signal for the branch moved closer to the tower as well. The brick building to the right was the pmwer station for the Main Line, whose electrification ended here til 1970, the short segment of electrified Oyster Bay Banch to East Williston, and the now defunct branch through Garden9City to Hempstead, which diverged to the right here til about 1970, running behind the stores on Franklin Av to a connection with the Hempstead Branch and Mitchell Field Secondary at Gcrden tower. I recall seeing Alco S types there in the 1960s, but only rarely. |
| Photo Date: |
4/10/1978 Upload Date: 12/3/2016 4:02:08 AM |
| Location: |
Mineola, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
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201 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Ready at Hunterspoint |
| Description: |
In a recreation of a photo my dad did here of a blue and orange C 420 in the mid 60s, I catch LIRR 261 at the head of an eastbound as it sits at Hunterspoint Av,ready for a trip to Port Jeff, or Ronkonkoma, or Speonk....The view is from the Flushing IRT, just as it is coming out of the tunnel as it heads for Queensboro Plaza. |
| Photo Date: |
4/18/1978 Upload Date: 12/2/2016 4:38:45 AM |
| Location: |
Hunterspoint, Qu |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Station,Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
LI 261(GP38-2) |
| Views: |
426 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Scooting along |
| Description: |
The Greenport Scoot, the connecting train that ran from Ronkonkoma to Greenport and back in the mid day, blows through Manorville in a hurry behind an MP 15, at least fast enough to blur the photo from an instamatic, as it hustles its single coach back for a New York connection. In the late 70s, the LIRR discontinued its bus service on the east end, reinstating trains on all the off peak Greenport and Montauk runs the buses had supplanted. This was the happy result. I missed the good stuff by about a year, though. Up til spring 1977, this run was handled by an RS 3. |
| Photo Date: |
7/21/1978 Upload Date: 12/3/2016 4:07:24 AM |
| Location: |
Manorville, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beck |
| Categories: |
Station,Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
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185 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Future power cars |
| Description: |
A pair of ex B&O F7s sit outside the Morris Park diesel shop, along with the Caterpillar power plants that will be used for train HVAC and light. The power plants for the "new" cab cars are wrapped in plastic behind the units. One unit will become LIRR 622. |
| Photo Date: |
1/26/1981 Upload Date: 2/12/2012 7:38:01 PM |
| Location: |
Jamaica, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Roster,Yard |
| Locomotives: |
BO 4524(F7A) BO 4535(F7A) |
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997 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) |
| Views: |
863 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
FA in an unlikely position |
| Description: |
LIRRs FAs were non powered-their prime movers were wired to provide train heat and light, with no power going to any tractive effort. It was unusual to see them uncoupled, except in the yard, as we see here at Morris Park |
| Photo Date: |
1/26/1981 Upload Date: 1/13/2013 3:01:43 AM |
| Location: |
Jamaica, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Roster,Yard |
| Locomotives: |
LI 271(GP38-2) LI 267(GP38-2) LI 615(Power Car) |
| Views: |
982 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Power cars in the making |
| Description: |
A pair of B&O F7s, 4535 and 4524, sit outside the LIRR Morris Park shops awaiting conversion to power cars 623 and 622. The flat car behind the units holds the sleds that carry the engine/generator sets that will provide hotel power for trains. Number 4535 was never converted but scrapped instead. |
| Photo Date: |
1/26/1981 Upload Date: 7/2/2014 4:01:09 PM |
| Location: |
Morris Park, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Roster,Yard |
| Locomotives: |
BO 4535(F7A) BO 4524(F7A) |
| Views: |
757 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
FA on track 4 |
| Description: |
Alco FA power car sits on track 4 in Jamaica station |
| Photo Date: |
5/16/1981 Upload Date: 6/20/2011 1:42:47 AM |
| Location: |
Jamaica, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Station,Passenger |
| Locomotives: |
LI 612(Power Car) |
| Views: |
755 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
FA going away |
| Description: |
An eastbound train on the Main Line. Location is a guess, but single track leads me to believe east of Farmingdale. |
| Photo Date: |
9/20/1981 Upload Date: 3/3/2013 3:54:42 AM |
| Location: |
Brentwood, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
LI 615(Power Car) |
| Views: |
647 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Future Schlager |
| Description: |
LIRR 277 pushes a Ronkonkoma train toward the signals for the crossovers west of Mineola. The 277 would later be named for LIRR president Walter Schlager |
| Photo Date: |
3/29/1983 Upload Date: 10/30/2013 2:06:16 AM |
| Location: |
Mineola, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Station,Signal,Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
LI 277(GP38-2) |
| Views: |
589 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
LIRR 255 and an FA |
| Description: |
Some of the crews did not like running from the FA cab units, and where they had a chance, would wye the GP 38s and use them as leaders. Heres one such example at Mineola. |
| Photo Date: |
4/16/1983 Upload Date: 11/18/2011 1:05:06 AM |
| Location: |
Mineola, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Station,Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
LI 255(GP38-2) LI 608(Power Car) |
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990 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
LIRR 602 |
| Description: |
One of the FA power cars rolls away from the camera at Roslyn Rd |
| Photo Date: |
6/14/1983 Upload Date: 11/13/2013 1:19:44 AM |
| Location: |
Mineola, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Signal,Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
LI 602(Power Car) |
| Views: |
543 Comments: 2 |
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| Title: |
619 |
| Description: |
One of the ex MILW Fs 619, rolls away from the camera on a Ronkonkoma train |
| Photo Date: |
7/12/1983 Upload Date: 11/23/2013 2:18:31 AM |
| Location: |
Mineola, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
LI 619(Power Car) |
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549 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Coach 2910 |
| Description: |
One of LIRRs electric heat cars brings up the rear of an Oyster Bay train. At the time this was taken, September 1983, The LIRR was going to this stripe below the window scheme, which resembled the M-1 pattern, and replaced the striped window band that had been in use since the early 70s. |
| Photo Date: |
9/18/1983 Upload Date: 11/4/2013 11:59:23 PM |
| Location: |
Mineola, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Station,Passenger,Action |
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1168 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
LIRR 2928 |
| Description: |
LIRR 2928 shows the original white with blue window band applied to these cars starting in the early 70s. |
| Photo Date: |
9/18/1983 Upload Date: 11/5/2013 12:04:50 AM |
| Location: |
Mineola, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Station,Passenger,Action |
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249 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Alcohol train |
| Description: |
The alcohol train is a specially equipped car that sprays an alcohol solution on the third rail to prevent icing, allowing MU cars to maintain good contact in snow and ice conditions. Here it is passing over Little Neck Parkway on the Port Washington Branch. |
| Photo Date: |
1/11/1984 Upload Date: 6/20/2011 1:15:11 AM |
| Location: |
Little Neck, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Winter,Station,Signal,Action |
| Locomotives: |
LI 229(C420) |
| Views: |
1321 Comments: 3 |
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| Title: |
Alcohol train 2 |
| Description: |
The alcohol train passes through Little Neck, spraying the third rail to keep it free of snow and ice. |
| Photo Date: |
1/11/1984 Upload Date: 6/20/2011 1:40:14 AM |
| Location: |
Little Neck, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Winter,Station,Action |
| Locomotives: |
LI 229(C420) |
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827 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
MP 15 on Ronkonkoma train |
| Description: |
An MP 15 set up as a power pack-note the "P" on the nose-leads a Ronkonkoma train into Mineola en route to Jamaica. |
| Photo Date: |
6/5/1984 Upload Date: 6/30/2014 3:38:18 AM |
| Location: |
Mineola, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Station,Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
LI 171(MP15AC) |
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475 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Parlor car |
| Description: |
The LIRR still ran a number of parlor cars in the 80s. These were noted by their red stripe, vs blue on all other cars. Most ran on the Montauk Branch-there was an all parlor train on weekends-but there were also a couple that ran as subscription cars on the Port Jeff and Oyster Bay lines. This one is trailing 255 on an Oyster Bay train. |
| Photo Date: |
6/5/1984 Upload Date: 6/30/2014 3:41:22 AM |
| Location: |
Mineola, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
RollingStock,Station,Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
LI 255(GP38-2) |
| Views: |
748 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Montauk train |
| Description: |
A Montauk train rolls past the Mineola station. It will take the Central Branch from B tower in Bethpage to Babylon to get onto the south shore. The signals in the background guard a pair of crossovers just west of the station. Note the parlor car head out. |
| Photo Date: |
6/5/1984 Upload Date: 6/30/2014 3:44:40 AM |
| Location: |
Mineola, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Station,Signal,Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
LI 273(GP38-2) |
| Views: |
365 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Port Jeff train |
| Description: |
A Port Jefferson train rolls through Mineola behind the standard GP 38-2.This engine would later be named "George McSherry" |
| Photo Date: |
6/5/1984 Upload Date: 6/30/2014 3:46:21 AM |
| Location: |
Mineola, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Station,Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
LI 275(GP38-2) |
| Views: |
370 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
FA east |
| Description: |
FA 606 rolls east trailing a Ronkonkoma train. The signal over head controls reverse moves on track 1. |
| Photo Date: |
6/5/1984 Upload Date: 6/30/2014 3:50:20 AM |
| Location: |
Mineola, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Signal,Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
LI 606(Power Car) |
| Views: |
629 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
FA to Port Jeff |
| Description: |
Another FA, 607 this time, trails a Port Jeff train as it passes Nassau tower and bounds over the Main St and Willis Av crossings. |
| Photo Date: |
6/5/1984 Upload Date: 6/30/2014 3:55:11 AM |
| Location: |
Mineola, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Station,Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
LI 607(Power Car) |
| Views: |
421 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Oyster Bay |
| Description: |
FA 609 in new paint brings up the rear of an Oyster Bay train as it clears Nassau and heads up the branch toward East Williston |
| Photo Date: |
6/5/1984 Upload Date: 6/30/2014 3:57:58 AM |
| Location: |
Mineola, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Station,Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
LI 609(Power Car) |
| Views: |
385 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Port Jeff train |
| Description: |
This Port Jeff train got one of the new power cars, 621, that was rebuilt from a B&O F7. Mineola Blvd crosses overhead, still showing the effects of years of steam power blasting under it. |
| Photo Date: |
6/5/1984 Upload Date: 6/30/2014 4:00:01 AM |
| Location: |
Mineola, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Station,Signal,Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
LI 621(Power Car) |
| Views: |
500 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Light power to Morris Park |
| Description: |
No, this is not the power for a freight!! The Montauk Branch was often used to run non revenue moves between Long Island City and Jamaica, such as this one, an MP 15 taking an FA to Morris Park for servicing. |
| Photo Date: |
7/18/1984 Upload Date: 6/26/2014 12:59:05 PM |
| Location: |
Fresh Pond, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
LI 156(MP15AC) LI 608(Power Car) |
| Views: |
868 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Headed up the branch |
| Description: |
An eastbound Oyster Bay train with a typical consist of MP 15s at both ends has departed Mineola and is about to take the switch to head up the Oyster Bay Branch at Nassau tower. "P" on the nose of 161 indicates it is set up to provide head end power for the train. |
| Photo Date: |
7/24/1984 Upload Date: 6/26/2014 1:08:31 PM |
| Location: |
Mineola, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Station,Signal,Passenger,Action |
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LI 161(MP15AC) |
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| Title: |
Why you dont see many shots from the Mineola Blvd overpass |
| Description: |
The wires!!! An Oyster Bay train behind an MP 15 makes its station stop at Mineola in a view obstructed by power lines. Otherwise this would be a great vantage point. |
| Photo Date: |
2/12/1985 Upload Date: 9/25/2014 3:46:34 AM |
| Location: |
Mineola, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Winter,Station,Signal,Passenger,Action |
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LI 155(MP15AC) |
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465 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
MP 15 power pack |
| Description: |
Some MP15s were set up to provide hotel power for trains, and could be identified by the "P" near the unit number, such as this 163 rolling east on the rear of a Ronkonkoma train. |
| Photo Date: |
2/12/1985 Upload Date: 9/27/2014 2:00:55 AM |
| Location: |
Mineola, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Station,Signal,Passenger,Action |
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432 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Heading for Jamaica |
| Description: |
An Oyster Bay train comes off the branch at Nassau. It will stop here at Mineola then make a dash for Jamaca. |
| Photo Date: |
2/12/1985 Upload Date: 9/27/2014 2:02:34 AM |
| Location: |
Mineola, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Signal,Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
LI 168(MP15AC) |
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392 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Port Jeff train |
| Description: |
A Port Jefferson train led by the usual GP 38-2 makes its stop at Mineola. Note the Merit ad on the poster on the eastbound platform, from back in the days when you could still advertize cigarettes. |
| Photo Date: |
2/12/1985 Upload Date: 9/27/2014 2:03:34 AM |
| Location: |
Mineola, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Station,Signal,Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
LI 254(GP38-2) |
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435 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Meet at Nassau |
| Description: |
An eastbound train leaving Mineola is about to meet a westbound, seen approaching with an FA in the distance. |
| Photo Date: |
2/12/1985 Upload Date: 9/27/2014 2:08:01 AM |
| Location: |
Mineola, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Station,Signal,Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
LI 262(GP38-2) |
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387 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Ronkonkoma train |
| Description: |
A Ronkonkoma train makes its stop at Mineola as it works east. Note the posters for "42nd St" and "Chorus Line" on Broadway. |
| Photo Date: |
2/12/1985 Upload Date: 9/27/2014 2:10:08 AM |
| Location: |
Mineola, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Station,Signal,Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
LI 254(GP38-2) |
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576 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Wrong side |
| Description: |
There was about an hour between 1730 and 1830 where there were no westbound trains scheduled on the Main Line between Mineola and Queens. The LIRR used that time to turn line into a double barreled shotgun for eastbounds, using both tracks for them. Heres one of the trains that passes Mineola on its way to Port Jeff running past the station wrong main. behind the engine that would later be named the Walter L Schlager, in honor of the retired LIRR president. |
| Photo Date: |
2/12/1985 Upload Date: 9/27/2014 2:13:00 AM |
| Location: |
Mineola, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Station,Signal,Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
LI 277(GP38-2) |
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449 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Nassau interlocking |
| Description: |
LI 607 brings up the rear of an Oyster Bay train taking the branch. In the photo, we see Nassau tower, and to its right, the power station that once supplied third rail power for the line that ran to a connection with the Hempstead Branch at Garden, a few miles south in Garden City, a line which was abandoned in the late 60s. I am standing on the extended platform, located where the connection to the branch once ran-it surved around to the right of the power station. Nassau was once a larger junction than now, with the Main Line going east and west, and connections to Oyster Bay and the south shore via the branch to Hempstead. |
| Photo Date: |
2/12/1985 Upload Date: 9/25/2014 3:50:15 AM |
| Location: |
Mineola, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Station,Signal,Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
LI 607(Power Car) |
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510 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Going away |
| Description: |
A Ronkonkoma train recedes from the camera, giving a good view of the FA 1 power pack. This was one of two with the small number boards. |
| Photo Date: |
2/12/1985 Upload Date: 9/27/2014 2:18:38 AM |
| Location: |
Mineola, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Station,Signal,Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
LI 617(Power Car) |
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582 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Making him wait |
| Description: |
RF 62 waits in the hole as a westbound Ronkonkoma branch train rolls past. |
| Photo Date: |
3/25/1985 Upload Date: 12/9/2014 2:28:55 AM |
| Location: |
Pine Aire, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Station,Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
LI 274(GP38-2) LI 227(C420) |
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756 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Shinnecock Canal |
| Description: |
LIRR 269 leads a Montauk train over the Shinnecock Canal bridge. |
| Photo Date: |
11/19/1985 Upload Date: 2/12/2012 11:34:05 PM |
| Location: |
Hampton Bays, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
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| Locomotives: |
LI 269(GP38-2) |
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579 Comments: 0 |
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