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| Title: |
East end bound |
| Description: |
RF 62 has passed the east end of the Ronkonkoma yard and is bound for Riverhead. |
| Photo Date: |
6/16/1987 Upload Date: 2/12/2012 11:16:10 PM |
| Location: |
Ronkonkoma, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
LI 228(C420) LI 225(C420) |
| Views: |
609 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Stone to Holtsville |
| Description: |
RF 56, a weekend train that ran the Main Line, rolls through B Towers interlocking with 35 cars of stone for Prema Asphalt in Holtsville. They were a big seasonal customer on the LIRR, getting several trainloads of stone per week from a quarry in Connecticut via the P&W. The track in the foreground is the Central Branch, which runs to a connection with the Babylon Branch just west of the Babylon station. It is used by RF 64/65 and a host of commuter trains. |
| Photo Date: |
8/29/1987 Upload Date: 5/25/2015 1:50:54 AM |
| Location: |
Bethpage, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Signal,Action |
| Locomotives: |
LI 223(C420) LI 224(C420) |
| Views: |
388 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
RF 56 |
| Description: |
Weekend train RF 56 rolls through the east side of Hicksville on the Main Line on its way east with 35 cars of stone for Prema Asphalt. |
| Photo Date: |
8/29/1987 Upload Date: 5/25/2015 1:52:12 AM |
| Location: |
Hicksville, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
LI 223(C420) LI 224(C420) |
| Views: |
394 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Waiting for tomorrow |
| Description: |
A pair of MP 15s and caboose wait at Pinelawn "yard office" for the next days action. |
| Photo Date: |
10/29/1987 Upload Date: 6/12/2015 3:33:50 AM |
| Location: |
Pinelawn, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Roster,Yard |
| Locomotives: |
LI 156(MP15AC) |
| Views: |
270 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
A good start |
| Description: |
If you like Alco smoke!! RF 63 gets underway toward Ronkonkoma with a whole 16 cars, getting up to speed quickly with the usual show of power Alco is famous for. |
| Photo Date: |
10/29/1987 Upload Date: 6/12/2015 3:28:12 AM |
| Location: |
Yaphank, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
LI 223(C420) LI 225(C420) |
| Views: |
506 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Working the siding |
| Description: |
RF 63 works its cars on the siding at Yaphank as the late day sun lights up the power. Block station YA is at far right, one of many to use its telegraph call sign into the digital age. |
| Photo Date: |
10/29/1987 Upload Date: 6/12/2015 3:32:18 AM |
| Location: |
Yaphank, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Signal,Action |
| Locomotives: |
LI 223(C420) LI 225(C420) |
| Views: |
278 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
View from below |
| Description: |
The LIRR ran cross lot through the oddly shaped neighborhoods of western Queens, crossing most streets on overpasses, such as this one at Cypress Hills St. A local with an SW 1001is wokring overhead. |
| Photo Date: |
11/18/1987 Upload Date: 6/11/2015 2:56:45 AM |
| Location: |
Fresh Pond, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Bridge,Action |
| Locomotives: |
LI 102(SW1001) |
| Views: |
375 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
RF 62 |
| Description: |
One of the more obscure places on the Island is Calverton. Location of a National Cemetery, it is a backwater on the LIRR. RF 62 passes en route to Riverhead. |
| Photo Date: |
11/22/1987 Upload Date: 2/12/2012 11:25:06 PM |
| Location: |
Calverton, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Action |
| Locomotives: |
LI 229(C420) LI 224(C420) |
| Views: |
383 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Caboose hop |
| Description: |
RF 57 is running caboose light as it passes through Mineola on its way to Fresh Pond. |
| Photo Date: |
12/20/1987 Upload Date: 6/17/2015 1:59:12 AM |
| Location: |
Mineola, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Station,Action |
| Locomotives: |
LI 156(MP15AC) LI 225(C420) |
| Views: |
463 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Headed for Fresh Pond |
| Description: |
RF 57 has finished its work for the day and is headed through Floral Park on its way to tie up. |
| Photo Date: |
1/10/1988 Upload Date: 6/24/2015 4:19:24 AM |
| Location: |
Floral Park, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Winter,Station,Action |
| Locomotives: |
LI 225(C420) LI 227(C420) |
| Views: |
323 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Working the siding |
| Description: |
RF 57 is working the printer at New Hyde Park, switching cars in and out on the long siding there. Hell spend 30 minutes going back and forth before getting everything placed and pulled. |
| Photo Date: |
1/10/1988 Upload Date: 6/24/2015 4:21:52 AM |
| Location: |
New Hyde Park, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Winter,Station,Action |
| Locomotives: |
LI 225(C420) LI 227(C420) |
| Views: |
395 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Walking it back |
| Description: |
RF 57s conductor is walking back with the shove to complete the work at the customer. He will shortly get permission out on the main to run to Fresh Pond. |
| Photo Date: |
1/10/1988 Upload Date: 6/24/2015 4:25:32 AM |
| Location: |
New Hyde Park, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Winter,Station,Action |
| Locomotives: |
LI 225(C420) LI 227(C420) |
| Views: |
285 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
The show goes on |
| Description: |
In the midst of all the hoopla surrounding the opening of the Ronkonkoma electrification, the freight work went on. RF 62 rolls east past the station behind the usual C 420s. |
| Photo Date: |
1/18/1988 Upload Date: 6/22/2015 4:00:09 AM |
| Location: |
Ronkonkoma, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Winter,Station,Signal,Action |
| Locomotives: |
LI 229(C420) LI 223(C420) |
| Views: |
520 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: |
421 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Working the yard area |
| Description: |
A side view of MP 15 154 and caboose in the Fresh Pond yard area, where they were working local traffic. Typical consist for local freight work. |
| Photo Date: |
1/29/1988 Upload Date: 6/24/2015 3:45:48 AM |
| Location: |
Fresh Pond, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Winter,Action |
| Locomotives: |
LI 154(MP15AC) |
| Views: |
437 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Nose on |
| Description: |
The Fresh Pond yard job on a customer siding, in a nose view of the MP 15. |
| Photo Date: |
1/29/1988 Upload Date: 6/24/2015 3:56:30 AM |
| Location: |
Fresh Pond, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Winter,Action |
| Locomotives: |
LI 154(MP15AC) |
| Views: |
360 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: |
467 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: |
465 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Oops!! |
| Description: |
RF 7 had a problem while working the Conrail interchange at Fremont when some cars bit the ballast. Looks like a few of them bit pretty hard. |
| Photo Date: |
2/5/1988 Upload Date: 6/27/2015 3:04:11 AM |
| Location: |
Fresh Pond Junction, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
RollingStock,Action |
| Locomotives: |
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| Views: |
252 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
RF 7 |
| Description: |
RF 7 has pulled down the Bay Ridge branch for head room after picking up the Conrail interchange at Fresh Pond. It will soon find an unpleasant surprise, as several cars have derailed back at the switch to the LIRR at Fremont tower. |
| Photo Date: |
2/5/1988 Upload Date: 6/27/2015 3:19:38 AM |
| Location: |
Fresh Pond, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
LI 157(MP15AC) LI 159(MP15AC) |
| Views: |
405 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Working in the yard |
| Description: |
RF 7s power works at the east end of Fresh Pond yard, posing on the Cypress Hills St over pass before backing into the yard. |
| Photo Date: |
2/6/1988 Upload Date: 6/27/2015 3:22:00 AM |
| Location: |
Fresh Pond, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Bridge,Action |
| Locomotives: |
LI 159(MP15AC) LI 157(MP15AC) |
| Views: |
475 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) |
| Views: |
462 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: |
400 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: |
485 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Special load |
| Description: |
One of LIRRs SW 1001s has a dimensional load behind the power on a depressed center flat. Must be valuable, they have it covered up. |
| Photo Date: |
4/12/1988 Upload Date: 7/10/2015 3:55:38 AM |
| Location: |
Fresh Pond, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Yard,Action |
| Locomotives: |
LI 106(SW1001) |
| Views: |
326 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: |
454 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Cars for Bay Ridge |
| Description: |
A train working the Bay Ridge line heads past the old NH Fremont tower en route to Brooklyn behind an SW1001, which was a low clearance version of the SW 1000. Long Island was one of only a few roads to get this model |
| Photo Date: |
6/2/1988 Upload Date: 7/16/2015 1:50:41 AM |
| Location: |
Fresh Pond, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
LI 104(SW1001) |
| Views: |
414 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: |
480 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
RF 65 |
| Description: |
RF 65 heads west toward Hicksville behind a pair of C 420s. When LIRR started building high level platforms at all its stations, it also built pedestrian overpasses, which opened up photo angles previously not available. Here, Im taking advantage of the the new overpass to get this panoramic view of Kings Park on the Port Jeff branch. |
| Photo Date: |
6/14/1988 Upload Date: 2/12/2012 10:33:45 PM |
| Location: |
Kings Park, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Station,Action |
| Locomotives: |
LI 223(C420) |
| Views: |
531 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Yard freight drill |
| Description: |
This SW 1001 was working the Fresh Pond yard. LIRR referred to its yard jobs as Yard Freight Drills, with a number. I think this one was YFD 301. Note the crewman riding the shove at far left. Basic railroading in those days. |
| Photo Date: |
6/16/1988 Upload Date: 7/28/2015 2:23:59 AM |
| Location: |
Fresh Pond, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Yard,Action |
| Locomotives: |
LI 106(SW1001) |
| Views: |
263 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: |
461 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Here comes Conrail |
| Description: |
The power for RF 7 sits to the side as WNOP17 arrives from Oak Point yard in the Bronx. Theyll swap cars and the CR job will be on its way back in 30 minutes. Since CR sold the Bay Ridge line to the LIRR several years earlier, the job from the Bronx is now a turn, since CR does not have to work the branch. |
| Photo Date: |
6/16/1988 Upload Date: 7/28/2015 2:36:24 AM |
| Location: |
Fresh Pond, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Yard,Action |
| Locomotives: |
LI 166(MP15AC) CR 2810(B23-7) |
| Views: |
452 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: |
598 Comments: 0 |
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