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| Title: |
Monkey in the middle |
| Description: |
The LIRR was not your typical freight carrier. Their focus was primarily commuters, and they are the busiest commuter road in the US, with 90% of their revenue coming from passengers. Their freight operations were largely an afterthought under the MTA, and could get kind of odd. One such unusual practice was running power mid train. This facilitated switching facing point customer sidings, of which there were quite a few. Thus we find RF 7 with C 420 227 working from the middle as it passes Jamaica station on one of the bypass tracks south of track 8. |
| Photo Date: |
4/10/1978 Upload Date: 11/30/2016 4:53:38 AM |
| Location: |
Jamaica, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Station,Action |
| Locomotives: |
LI 227(C420) |
| Views: |
666 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Morning line up |
| Description: |
A set of C 420s is on the ready track at Holban Yard, ready to move out with whatever the yardmaster has put together for them. Theyll go east later in the day. Holban, a combination of HOLlis and st alBANs, sat between the two sections of Queens, in a triangle shape, bounded by the Main Line on the north, and the Montauk Branch on the south. The Montauk Branch is seen behind the power, its viaduct crossing over the eastbound Main Line and yard lead just west of the yard at a place called Hillside, where there was an abandoned station. It is used by trains going to Babylon, as well as a few diesel trains going farther east. |
| Photo Date: |
4/26/1979 Upload Date: 11/30/2016 5:04:32 AM |
| Location: |
Hollis, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Roster,Yard |
| Locomotives: |
LI 229(C420) LI 227(C420) LI 228(C420) |
| Views: |
919 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
RF extra |
| Description: |
A single MP 15 rolls east through Hicksville station with a handful of cars. RF 65 has just passed through in the opposite direction, so this train is not the return of RF 65 to the south shore. LIRR freight operations could be confusing at times. This is one of them!! MP 15's were the common power for the outlying locals at the time. The RS 3's were gone about three years at this point, and the remaining C 420's were on the "road" trains from Yard A to the east end, and sometimes still held down a commuter run. |
| Photo Date: |
3/20/1980 Upload Date: 12/8/2017 4:55:47 AM |
| Location: |
Hicksville, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Station |
| Locomotives: |
LI 159(MP15AC) |
| Views: |
408 Comments: 0 |
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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) |
| Views: |
499 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) |
| Views: |
560 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Cabin |
| Description: |
LIRR used the Pennsy term for caboose, so this is a cabin car. They were common on the Long Island at least til the late 1980s. This one trails RF 65 through Hicksville station. The yard is about 1/2 mile ahead. |
| Photo Date: |
3/20/1980 Upload Date: 12/8/2017 5:10:33 AM |
| Location: |
Hicksville, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
RollingStock,Station,Action |
| Locomotives: |
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232 Comments: 0 |
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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) |
| Views: |
1055 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Freight power |
| Description: |
The power for the freights running from Holban Yard often sat out on a ready track along the main line. At that time, C420s were the usual power on the road trains, with MP15s handling the lighter work. Heres a pair of Centuries and an MP15 waiting for their next trip east in the evening. |
| Photo Date: |
7/12/1983 Upload Date: 11/23/2013 1:57:31 AM |
| Location: |
Hillside, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Roster,Yard |
| Locomotives: |
LI 227(C420) LI 226(C420) LI 159(MP15AC) |
| Views: |
1060 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
CR power makes a visit |
| Description: |
Most of the time the CR-LIRR interchange was accomplished by the LIRR running up the connection to Conrails Bay Ridge line. Once in a while I would see CR power in Fresh Pond as on this day. |
| Photo Date: |
9/13/1983 Upload Date: 11/25/2013 1:17:14 AM |
| Location: |
Fresh Pond, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Roster,Yard |
| Locomotives: |
CR 2803(B23-7) CR 2806(B23-7) CR 2804(B23-7) |
| Views: |
879 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
CR power, rear view |
| Description: |
CR power that had come down to LIRR Fresh Pond for interchange. |
| Photo Date: |
9/13/1983 Upload Date: 11/25/2013 1:20:49 AM |
| Location: |
Fresh Pond, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Roster,Yard |
| Locomotives: |
CR 2804(B23-7) CR 2806(B23-7) CR 2803(B23-7) |
| Views: |
555 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Switching power |
| Description: |
Long Island had eight SW1001s they used for switching and locals, mostly in Long Island City. |
| Photo Date: |
9/13/1983 Upload Date: 11/25/2013 1:26:24 AM |
| Location: |
Fresh Pond, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Roster,Yard |
| Locomotives: |
LI 102(SW1001) |
| Views: |
467 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: |
715 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Holban power |
| Description: |
A set of power waiting to go out sits on the ready track at Holban Yard. |
| Photo Date: |
9/13/1983 Upload Date: 11/25/2013 1:36:20 AM |
| Location: |
Hillside, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Roster,Yard |
| Locomotives: |
LI 227(C420) LI 226(C420) LI 228(C420) |
| Views: |
1063 Comments: 2 |
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| Title: |
RF 7 |
| Description: |
RF 7 rolls through Fresh Pond en route to Yard A |
| Photo Date: |
9/13/1983 Upload Date: 11/25/2013 1:32:24 AM |
| Location: |
Fresh Pond, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Yard,Action |
| Locomotives: |
LI 228(C420) LI 226(C420) |
| Views: |
841 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
RF 7 at Fresh Pond tower |
| Description: |
RF 7 passes under Conrails Bay Ridge line and MTAs M line, and Fresh Pond tower, the roof of which is seen above the power. Note the dwarf signal where the Bay Ridge line connects to the LIRR |
| Photo Date: |
9/13/1983 Upload Date: 11/25/2013 1:34:43 AM |
| Location: |
Fresh Pond, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Yard,Signal,Action |
| Locomotives: |
LI 228(C420) LI 226(C420) |
| Views: |
883 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: |
731 Comments: 1 |
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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: |
500 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Switching the yard |
| Description: |
An MP 15 works at Fresh Pond, which was pretty common in those days, no big deal there. Look at that Pennsy hopper!! |
| Photo Date: |
5/22/1984 Upload Date: 6/26/2014 3:38:41 AM |
| Location: |
Fresh Pond, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Yard,Action |
| Locomotives: |
LI 156(MP15AC) |
| Views: |
661 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Work train |
| Description: |
In June 1984, there was a washout on the Port Washington Branch about 1/2 mile east of Little Neck, which closed the line for a couple of weeks while the repairs were made. These C 420s brought the work train out and were parked at Douglaston station, a very unusual circumstance. View is from the Douglaston Parkway overpass. |
| Photo Date: |
6/14/1984 Upload Date: 6/26/2014 3:41:34 AM |
| Location: |
Douglaston, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Roster,Station |
| Locomotives: |
LI 228(C420) LI 224(C420) LI 229(C420) |
| Views: |
1055 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Work train power |
| Description: |
A platform view of the power for the work train that had brought fill for the Little Neck washout. |
| Photo Date: |
6/14/1984 Upload Date: 6/26/2014 3:45:28 AM |
| Location: |
Douglaston, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Roster,Station |
| Locomotives: |
LI 229(C420) LI 224(C420) LI 228(C420) |
| Views: |
917 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
RF 7 |
| Description: |
RF 7 works down the flyover into Yard A at Sunnyide, seen from the fantrip that covered the Bay Ridge line and Mitchell Field Secondary that day. |
| Photo Date: |
10/5/1985 Upload Date: 10/11/2014 3:17:47 AM |
| Location: |
Long Island City, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Bridge,Action |
| Locomotives: |
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| Views: |
645 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
RF 63 at William Floyd Parkway |
| Description: |
RF 63 heads west under a local road bridge as it approaches the William Floyd Parkway en route back to Pine Aire |
| Photo Date: |
10/29/1985 Upload Date: 5/15/2011 10:23:36 PM |
| Location: |
Yaphank, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Bridge,Action |
| Locomotives: |
LI 224(C420) LI 229(C420) |
| Views: |
1187 Comments: 3 |
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| Title: |
RF 7 |
| Description: |
While waiting for the Ringling Bros train at Hunterspoint Av, RF 7 put in an appearance, coming in from Fresh Pond with cars to swap at Yard A. The mound to the right of the station track is one of the East River tunnels, its portal just beyond the shack at left center of the photo. |
| Photo Date: |
12/6/1985 Upload Date: 10/14/2014 2:41:23 AM |
| Location: |
Long Island City, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Bridge,Station,Action |
| Locomotives: |
LI 226(C420) LI 224(C420) |
| Views: |
692 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
RF 7 |
| Description: |
RF 7 was a daytime train that was a maid of all work on the west end. It started at Fresh Pond, taking cars to Yard A at Sunnyside, then worked out to the Island, most typically on the Atlantic Branch and the near south shore, but could also work the Main Line, such as it is doing here at Mineola with a short train. Usually it got a pair of C 420's; today's edition has a single MP 15. |
| Photo Date: |
3/11/1986 Upload Date: 11/15/2014 4:34:33 AM |
| Location: |
Mineola, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Station,Signal,Action |
| Locomotives: |
LI 157(MP15AC) |
| Views: |
514 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Going away |
| Description: |
RF 7 rolls east through Mineola station, its caboose in tow. |
| Photo Date: |
3/11/1986 Upload Date: 11/15/2014 4:35:52 AM |
| Location: |
Mineola, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
RollingStock,Station,Action |
| Locomotives: |
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| Views: |
308 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Closed up and rolling |
| Description: |
RF 63 has closed up the siding after picking up, and is now getting a move on toward Ronkonkoma from YA-note the block limit sign at right. |
| Photo Date: |
7/29/1986 Upload Date: 12/7/2014 3:51:02 AM |
| Location: |
Yaphank, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Signal,Action |
| Locomotives: |
LI 229(C420) LI 222(C420) |
| Views: |
713 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Switching the team track |
| Description: |
RF 63 switches the team track at Riverhead. |
| Photo Date: |
8/19/1986 Upload Date: 6/20/2011 1:59:00 AM |
| Location: |
Riverhead, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Yard,Action |
| Locomotives: |
LI 227(C420) LI 226(C420) |
| Views: |
1169 Comments: 3 |
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| Title: |
Local unit |
| Description: |
Long Island had a small yard at Pinelawn-as well as Pine Aire-which was covered by a single unit. Today it is 156, an MP 15 typical for the smaller terminals. |
| Photo Date: |
8/19/1986 Upload Date: 12/9/2014 2:08:59 AM |
| Location: |
Pinelawn, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Roster,Yard |
| Locomotives: |
LI 156(MP15AC) |
| Views: |
561 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Ground work underway |
| Description: |
The prep work for the Ronkonkoma electrification is underway as RF 62 rolls into Ronkonkoma. The electrif“fd line will open in about 16 months, oj Jan 18 1988. The C 420s will hang on another few years after that. |
| Photo Date: |
8/19/1986 Upload Date: 12/9/2014 2:13:21 AM |
| Location: |
Ronkonkoma, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
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| Views: |
859 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Switching |
| Description: |
RF 62 often did extensive switching at Riverhead where there were several sidings and an active team track. Here the power backs down to a hitch with a boxcar as the rest of the train sits on the main. This train did not have radios for the crews, and all moves were coordinated by hand signals. |
| Photo Date: |
8/19/1986 Upload Date: 2/12/2012 10:51:39 PM |
| Location: |
Riverhead, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Station,Action |
| Locomotives: |
LI 227(C420) LI 226(C420) |
| Views: |
1153 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Headed west |
| Description: |
RF 63 has completed switching in Riverhead and is ready to work back to Pine Aire. |
| Photo Date: |
8/19/1986 Upload Date: 2/12/2012 11:09:01 PM |
| Location: |
Riverhead, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Station,Action |
| Locomotives: |
LI 227(C420) LI 226(C420) |
| Views: |
928 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Meeting an eastbound |
| Description: |
The challenge for RF 62/63 was to get out to Riverhead, do whatever work it had to get done along the way, and get back to Pine Aire in time to beat the rush hour. They usually made it, though would start to run up against the leading edge of the rush hour parade as they got west of Ronkonkoma. Heres RF 63 meeting train 254 behind class unit 250 at Deer Park. Almost home. |
| Photo Date: |
8/19/1986 Upload Date: 12/7/2014 3:39:12 AM |
| Location: |
Deer Park, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
LI 227(C420) LI 226(C420) LI 250(GP38-2) |
| Views: |
880 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Getting underway |
| Description: |
RF 63 is out of town and getting a roll on westbound. It will have work at Yaphank before it heads back to Pine Aire. |
| Photo Date: |
8/19/1986 Upload Date: 12/7/2014 3:41:24 AM |
| Location: |
Riverhead, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Action |
| Locomotives: |
LI 227(C420) LI 226(C420) |
| Views: |
830 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Rolling out |
| Description: |
RF 63 has made its pick up at YA siding, and is now heading out onto the main with a typical blast of Alco smoke. |
| Photo Date: |
8/19/1986 Upload Date: 12/7/2014 3:49:03 AM |
| Location: |
Yaphank, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Signal,Action |
| Locomotives: |
LI 227(C420) LI 226(C420) |
| Views: |
804 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Working the siding |
| Description: |
RF 63 works the siding at Yaphank |
| Photo Date: |
8/19/1986 Upload Date: 12/7/2014 3:49:49 AM |
| Location: |
Yaphank, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
LI 227(C420) LI 226(C420) |
| Views: |
692 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Hooping them up |
| Description: |
The operator at KO block station in Ronkonkoma hands up orders to westbound freight YF 63. C 420's were typical power for this train. Date is approximate. |
| Photo Date: |
8/19/1986 Upload Date: 8/19/1986 12:00:00 AM |
| Location: |
Ronkonkoma, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Station,Action |
| Locomotives: |
LI 227(C420) LI 226(C420) |
| Views: |
1166 Comments: 2 |
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| Title: |
Done for the day |
| Description: |
RF 63 has returned to Pine Aire and tied up. A new crew will come on after the evening rush and take the train to Fresh Pond as RF 91. |
| Photo Date: |
9/23/1986 Upload Date: 12/14/2014 2:11:07 AM |
| Location: |
Pine Aire, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Yard,Action |
| Locomotives: |
LI 229(C420) LI 225(C420) |
| Views: |
662 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
RF 63 start its westbound trip |
| Description: |
RF 63, the westbound part of the turn from Pine Aire, gathers speed as it heads back toward its terminal and the end of a day switching on the east end. |
| Photo Date: |
10/7/1986 Upload Date: 10/5/2011 11:40:48 PM |
| Location: |
Riverhead, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Action |
| Locomotives: |
LI 224(C420) LI 229(C420) |
| Views: |
672 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Changes coming |
| Description: |
RF 63 rolls past the Ronkonkoma station and under a bridge that has been smoked by E6, H10, G5 and K4 steam power. The whole scene will change in another 15 months when the Ronkonkoma electrification project is complete. Already the earthwork and utilities are being installed, as well as some grading. |
| Photo Date: |
10/7/1986 Upload Date: 12/15/2014 3:49:29 AM |
| Location: |
Ronkonkoma, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Station,Action |
| Locomotives: |
LI 224(C420) LI 227(C420) |
| Views: |
760 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
RF 7 west |
| Description: |
RF 7 works on the Montauk branch at Fresh Pond. We see it passing under the Conrail line from Hell Gate Bridge, where interchange traffic is exchanged between the LIRR and CR. The dwarf signal protects the connecting track from the Bay Ridge line, which curves sharply off to the left out of the picture, from trains leaving Fresh Pond yard. The train is about to pass Pond tower, and then will roll under the NYCTA Myrtle Av line, at the time the M train. |
| Photo Date: |
10/14/1986 Upload Date: 2/12/2012 11:14:31 PM |
| Location: |
Fresh Pond, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Bridge,Station,Action |
| Locomotives: |
LI 228(C420) LI 226(C420) |
| Views: |
757 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
RF 7 |
| Description: |
LIRR RF 7 heads east past the station at Bellerose NY. Date is approximate. |
| Photo Date: |
10/19/1986 Upload Date: 10/5/2011 11:28:25 PM |
| Location: |
Bellerose, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Station,Signal,Action |
| Locomotives: |
LI 227(C420) LI 228(C420) |
| Views: |
1059 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
RF 63 |
| Description: |
RF 63 passes under the Ronkonkoma Av bridge in the late afternoon sun. Work is underway for the Main Line electrification, which will open in about 15 months. |
| Photo Date: |
10/19/1986 Upload Date: 10/8/2011 2:09:30 AM |
| Location: |
Ronkonkoma, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Bridge,Action |
| Locomotives: |
LI 224(C420) LI 229(C420) |
| Views: |
632 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 |
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LI 150(MP15AC) LI 166(MP15AC) |
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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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588 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Working on the railroad |
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C 420 223 has a work train under control as the construction continues for the electrification project that will bring better and faster service to central Long Island. LIRR had little freight equipment of its own, just some MOW cars, so had to use other roads cars for projects, such as the C&O gon behind the power. Opening day is only 15 months off. |
| Photo Date: |
10/21/1986 Upload Date: 12/17/2014 2:16:53 AM |
| Location: |
Ronkonkoma, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Yard,Action |
| Locomotives: |
LI 223(C420) |
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| Title: |
Museum operation |
| Description: |
No, not the Alcos, though they are getting close. The RR Museum of Long Island is adjacent to the Riverhead station. The power from RF 62 passes while working the team tracks there, in view of one of LIRRs unique double deckers. |
| Photo Date: |
10/21/1986 Upload Date: 12/19/2014 3:15:22 AM |
| Location: |
Riverhead, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
RollingStock,Station,Action |
| Locomotives: |
LI 224(C420) LI 229(C420) |
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| Title: |
Pouring it on for Pine Aire |
| Description: |
RF 63 rolls under the old bridge at Ronkonkoma as it hustles home to Pine Aire. |
| Photo Date: |
10/21/1986 Upload Date: 12/19/2014 3:19:01 AM |
| Location: |
Ronkonkoma, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Bridge,Action |
| Locomotives: |
LI 224(C420) LI 229(C420) |
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510 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Local power |
| Description: |
Long Island had a small yard at Pinelawn. The power there was usually an MP 15, but occasionally would be one or two C 420s. Today I got lucky and caught a pair of Centuries there. Note the maintenance trucks at right. LIRR kept the blue/yellow on its vehicles long after the trains went to blue and white. |
| Photo Date: |
10/21/1986 Upload Date: 12/15/2014 3:58:16 AM |
| Location: |
Pinelawn, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Roster,Yard |
| Locomotives: |
LI 225(C420) LI 228(C420) |
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522 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
RF 62 nears Riverhead |
| Description: |
RF 62 is almost to where it will do most of its work today, passing Calverton, one of the more unremarked points on the LIRR. There is not much here at this time, just some relay rail. There was once a station, now long gone. Trains quit stopping here in the 70s. |
| Photo Date: |
10/21/1986 Upload Date: 12/17/2014 2:19:39 AM |
| Location: |
Calverton, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
LI 229(C420) LI 224(C420) |
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384 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Through the pine barrens |
| Description: |
RF 62 roll through the pine barrens west of Riverhead as it approaches its days objective. Fall color is starting to show on this late Octover day. |
| Photo Date: |
10/21/1986 Upload Date: 12/17/2014 2:21:30 AM |
| Location: |
Riverhead, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Action |
| Locomotives: |
LI 229(C420) LI 224(C420) |
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