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| Title: |
Old and new |
| Description: |
A couple of MP 54 museum cars had been painted by a group on the Island, and they had prevailed on the LIRR to store them. For a time in 1977, they were at Port Washington, pushed back into one of the storage tracks there. Since the LIRR needed all the capacity they had there, the regular cars were put into the same track, giving us this odd juxtaposition. It was not the first time I had seen such a combination, though. In the early years of the M 1s, there were frequent f`ilures, and it was not unheard of for a train of MP 54s or MP 72s to be coupled to a disabled train of M 1s to push them to destination. |
| Photo Date: |
5/29/1977 Upload Date: 12/3/2016 5:13:19 AM |
| Location: |
Port Washington, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Roster,Yard,Passenger |
| Locomotives: |
LI 9194(M-1 Metropolitan) |
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291 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Under the signals |
| Description: |
One of my favorite places to watch the LIRR action was Queens Village. It was easy to get to, usually there was parking, and it was busy. The added attraction was the row of PRR style position light signals at the east end of the station. Watching the lights change as trains knocked them down and they were cleared was endlessly fascinating. An eastbound Huntington train rolls under the signals, about to cross over from track 3 to track 2 as it makes its way through Queens interlocking, just to the east. The tower is visible at far left, beyond the signal bridge. Note the clear signal on track 4; a Hempstead train is imminent. |
| Photo Date: |
9/14/1978 Upload Date: 11/30/2016 3:21:40 AM |
| Location: |
Queens Village, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Station,Signal,Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
LI 9473(M-1 Metropolitan) |
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166 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Hempstead train |
| Description: |
Despite being on the Main Line, only Hempstead trains called at Queens Village. One of them is on track 4, about to roll through Queens interlocking to its next stop at Bellerose. |
| Photo Date: |
9/14/1978 Upload Date: 11/30/2016 3:25:01 AM |
| Location: |
Queens Village, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Station,Signal,Passenger,Action |
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84 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Huntington train |
| Description: |
An eastbound train for Huntington rolls through Queens Village on track 3, about to roll into Queens interlocking, where it will move over one track to go east on Main Line track 2, making New Hyde Park next. |
| Photo Date: |
9/14/1978 Upload Date: 11/30/2016 3:28:58 AM |
| Location: |
Queens Village, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Station,Passenger,Action |
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106 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Hempstead train |
| Description: |
A Hempstead train makes its Queens Village stop en route to Flatbush av |
| Photo Date: |
7/19/1983 Upload Date: 11/10/2013 2:16:30 AM |
| Location: |
Queens Village, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Station,Signal,Passenger,Action |
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201 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Huntington train |
| Description: |
A train led by a pair from the first order of M-1s in 1968 works east through Queens Village |
| Photo Date: |
7/19/1983 Upload Date: 11/10/2013 2:45:36 AM |
| Location: |
Queens Village, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Station,Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
LI 9226(M-1 Metropolitan) |
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265 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
9746 |
| Description: |
A Hempstead train, led by cars from the second M-1 order, slows for its Queens Village stop |
| Photo Date: |
7/19/1983 Upload Date: 11/10/2013 2:49:13 AM |
| Location: |
Queens Village, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Station,Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
LI 9746(M-1 Metropolitan) |
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337 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
New cars |
| Description: |
A test train of M-3s rolls west at Little Neck, back to the test facility at Shea Stadium |
| Photo Date: |
9/13/1983 Upload Date: 11/28/2013 2:31:04 AM |
| Location: |
Little Neck, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Signal,Passenger,Action |
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230 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
M-1s make their stop |
| Description: |
A train of M-1s stops at Little Neck on its way to Penn Station. The eastbound train can be seen in the far distance. |
| Photo Date: |
9/20/1983 Upload Date: 11/25/2013 1:03:36 AM |
| Location: |
Little Neck, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Station,Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
LI 9323(M-1 Metropolitan) |
| Views: |
349 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Metro North test train |
| Description: |
The Port Washington Branch had a test facility at Shea Stadium, where there were a number of unused tracks that had been built for the 1964/65 Worlds Fair. Off line trains were somtimes seen, usually new equipment being tested, but occasionally NYCTA cars too, since the voltages were similar, and they shared an over running third rail. I recall seeing R42 cars going past my house in Little Neck. Here we see some Metro North cars waiting to go east on a test. |
| Photo Date: |
9/20/1983 Upload Date: 11/25/2013 1:10:14 AM |
| Location: |
Flushing, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
MNCR 8022(M-3 Metropolitan) MNCR 8012(M-3 Metropolitan) |
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314 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Metro North comes for a visit |
| Description: |
Much of the testing of new equipment was done at a facility at the Shea Stadium station, and it was not uncommon for trains to take a test run to Great Neck on the Port Washington Branch. Here a set of new Metro North M3A's passes Little Neck. |
| Photo Date: |
10/12/1983 Upload Date: 7/29/2012 2:38:16 AM |
| Location: |
Little Neck, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
RollingStock,Station,Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
MNCW 8001(Electric M.U.) |
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871 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Hempstead train |
| Description: |
The stations in Queens east of Jamaica were served by Hempstead Branch trains, such as this one arriving at Hollis |
| Photo Date: |
11/15/1983 Upload Date: 11/28/2013 2:17:09 AM |
| Location: |
Hollis, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Station,Signal,Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
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| Views: |
170 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
M1s in winter |
| Description: |
A Penn Station bound train of M1s stops at Little Neck on a snowy day in 1984 |
| Photo Date: |
1/11/1984 Upload Date: 6/20/2011 1:31:10 AM |
| Location: |
Little Neck, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Winter,Station,Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
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| Views: |
249 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Penn Station bound |
| Description: |
A Port Washington train that has just left Little Neck passes the automatic as it rolls for Douglaston and NY. The block signal would be removed when the line got cab signalled years later. |
| Photo Date: |
1/11/1984 Upload Date: 11/28/2013 2:37:04 AM |
| Location: |
Little Neck, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Winter,Station,Signal,Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
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| Views: |
229 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Odd station stop |
| Description: |
An eastbound Hempstead train make its station stop at Hollis during track maintenance. The normal route for Hempstead trains is to use track 4, the platform track. When the track was out of service, a temporary ramp to track 2 would be set up so trains could still service the stations from the inside track. |
| Photo Date: |
2/7/1984 Upload Date: 2/20/2012 1:24:03 AM |
| Location: |
Hollis, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
RollingStock,Station,Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
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| Views: |
231 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
High bridge |
| Description: |
The tallest bridge on the LIRR is the Manhasset Valley Viaduct, spanning the inlet between Manhasset and Great Neck. Its hard to get good photos, due to clutter, and lack of good access at the top. This view is from Thompson Shore Rd, looking up at an eastbound Port Washington train on the Manhasset side. |
| Photo Date: |
10/16/1984 Upload Date: 7/11/2014 4:12:19 AM |
| Location: |
Manhasset, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Bridge,Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
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181 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Westbound at Nassau |
| Description: |
One of the few westbounds during the evening rush passes Nassau tower on its way from Huntington to Penn Station |
| Photo Date: |
2/12/1985 Upload Date: 9/27/2014 2:31:40 AM |
| Location: |
Mineola, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Signal,Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
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| Views: |
156 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Hicksville train |
| Description: |
This train to Hicksville ran wrong main during the hour there were no westbounds, and make all stops from Floral Park(it was the only eastbound Main Line train to make that stop, all other service there was on the Hempstead Branch) to Hicksville, as other eastbounds overtook it on the normal eastbound track, including one Oyster Bay train that ran around it at Mineola station. |
| Photo Date: |
2/12/1985 Upload Date: 9/27/2014 2:15:33 AM |
| Location: |
Mineola, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Station,Signal,Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
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| Views: |
127 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
M-3s |
| Description: |
The first M 3 car makes a stop on a westbound Hempstead train. Hard to believe as I post this that these cars are now almost 30 years old. I still think of the M 1s as the "new" cars!! |
| Photo Date: |
7/18/1985 Upload Date: 10/5/2014 3:57:53 AM |
| Location: |
Queens Village, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Station,Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
LI 9771(M-3 Metropolitan) |
| Views: |
619 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
MUs to Hempstead |
| Description: |
I was waiting for the Ringling Bros train to get underway off the Mitchell Field Secondary. Before they let the circus train out, all other traffc will clear. One of those moves was this eastbound headed around the southwest leg of what was once a wye as it heads for the Hempstead station. |
| Photo Date: |
12/6/1985 Upload Date: 10/14/2014 3:09:25 AM |
| Location: |
Garden City, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
LI 9767(M-1 Metropolitan) |
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294 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
MUs on the Oyster Bay Branch |
| Description: |
Third rail extended to East Williston on the Oyster Bay Branch, but only one train a day took advantage of the electrification. It was train 1501, which deadheaded to East Williston, then turned to run back toward New York at 0730. Here it is making its crossover move to the westbound side and entering the station to make its pick up. The train had the distinction of being the only Main Line train to stop at Floral Park. |
| Photo Date: |
3/7/1986 Upload Date: 11/12/2011 10:52:30 PM |
| Location: |
East Williston, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Station,Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
LI 9597(M-1 Metropolitan) |
| Views: |
449 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Headed for Brooklyn |
| Description: |
A Hempstead Branch train makes a stop at Queens Village on its way to Jamaice for connections to New York, and then to Flatbush Av |
| Photo Date: |
3/18/1986 Upload Date: 11/15/2014 11:12:55 PM |
| Location: |
Queens Village, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Station,Signal,Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
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| Views: |
162 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Wrong main running |
| Description: |
Well, not actually. The line was set up east of Syosset so that trains would be running what would normally be opposite side into Huntington. Here a New York bound train passes the station. |
| Photo Date: |
8/12/1986 Upload Date: 2/20/2012 1:27:22 AM |
| Location: |
Cold Spring Harbor, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
RollingStock,Station,Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
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| Views: |
269 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Port Washington westbound |
| Description: |
A westbound train on the Port Washington Branch passes the pocket track and enters Great Neck station. The siding east of the station there is used to turn short runs that return to Penn Station there. Since this photo, the siding was changed so that eastbound trains run straight into it from track 2, with Port Washington trains using the crossover to reach the single main east of here. |
| Photo Date: |
9/16/1986 Upload Date: 2/20/2012 1:18:10 AM |
| Location: |
Great Neck, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
RollingStock,Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
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| Views: |
258 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Arriving from New York |
| Description: |
A train of M 1s arrives at Great Neck. It will meet a westbound here and continue on to Port Washington. |
| Photo Date: |
9/30/1986 Upload Date: 12/14/2014 2:47:51 AM |
| Location: |
Great Neck, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Station,Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
LI 9478(M-1 Metropolitan) |
| Views: |
299 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Snow day |
| Description: |
There was a major snow storm predicted for the afternoon of this photo. Its already started as n eastbound train to Huntington rolls through New Hyde Park. In a couple of hours, the Island will be almost at a standstill as 14" of snow fall in the region. |
| Photo Date: |
12/18/1987 Upload Date: 6/17/2015 2:13:23 AM |
| Location: |
New Hyde Park, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Winter,Station,Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
LI 9716(M-1 Metropolitan) |
| Views: |
348 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Pennsy classics |
| Description: |
A four track signal bridge adorned with Pennsy style position lights guarded the west end of Queens interlocking. A set of M 1s rolling to New York from Huntington passes underneath, next stop Jamaica |
| Photo Date: |
12/20/1987 Upload Date: 6/17/2015 2:03:13 AM |
| Location: |
Queens Village, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Winter,Signal,Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
LI 9063(M-1 Metropolitan) |
| Views: |
438 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
New equipment |
| Description: |
Well, the cars are not new, but the fact that MU trains are now coming to Ronkonkoma is the best news for Suffolk county commuters since the Port Jeff branch was electrified to Huntington in 1970. This allows riders on the Main Line to avoid the infamous change at Jamaica. This westbound is about to accommodate that wish, ready to depart the new station. |
| Photo Date: |
1/18/1988 Upload Date: 6/22/2015 4:24:17 AM |
| Location: |
Ronkonkoma, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Station,Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
LI 9257(M-1 Metropolitan) |
| Views: |
259 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Going west |
| Description: |
One of the mid morning trains out of the new station starts for Penn Station. All the trains I saw that day were well patronized. |
| Photo Date: |
1/18/1988 Upload Date: 6/22/2015 4:30:39 AM |
| Location: |
Ronkonkoma, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Station,Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
LI 9401(M-1 Metropolitan) |
| Views: |
382 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
First day arrival |
| Description: |
An eastbound train from New York arrives at Ronkonkoma on the first day of electric service. The old Ronkonkoma station is at right, now fenced off from the tracks. |
| Photo Date: |
1/18/1988 Upload Date: 6/22/2015 4:35:23 AM |
| Location: |
Ronkonkoma, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Winter,Station,Signal,Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
LI 9622(M-1 Metropolitan) |
| Views: |
284 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Special train |
| Description: |
The LIRR ran a couple of extras for high powered MTA officials and others to mark the first day of electrified service on the Main Line. This is one of the trains, now returning to New York as the grand opening has been celebrated. |
| Photo Date: |
1/18/1988 Upload Date: 6/22/2015 4:43:47 AM |
| Location: |
Ronkonkoma, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Station,Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
LI 9773(M-3 Metropolitan) |
| Views: |
582 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Overview |
| Description: |
A view from the stairway of the pedestrian bridge gives this view of an eastbound arriving at Ronkonkoma station. |
| Photo Date: |
1/18/1988 Upload Date: 6/22/2015 4:48:19 AM |
| Location: |
Ronkonkoma, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Winter,Station,Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
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| Views: |
166 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
New view |
| Description: |
A Ronkonkoma train rolls through Divides interlocking and into Hicksville station on the first day of electric service to Ronkonkoma. Commuters on the Main Line are thrilled to have a one seat ride to Penn Station, and no more change at Jamaica. |
| Photo Date: |
1/18/1988 Upload Date: 6/20/2015 4:54:21 AM |
| Location: |
Hicksville, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Winter,Station,Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
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| Views: |
186 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
New yard |
| Description: |
Among the facilities LIRR built to support the new service was this layup yard. A group of trains is waiting out the weekend. |
| Photo Date: |
1/23/1988 Upload Date: 6/22/2015 4:26:37 AM |
| Location: |
Ronkonkoma, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Yard,Passenger |
| Locomotives: |
LI 9364(M-1 Metropolitan) |
| Views: |
239 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Weekender |
| Description: |
By Saturday, things had settled down a bit, and activity was a little more normal. This train has just arrived from New York, its riders taking the overhead walkway to the parking lot. Its a much lighter crowd today. |
| Photo Date: |
1/23/1988 Upload Date: 6/22/2015 4:34:09 AM |
| Location: |
Ronkonkoma, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Station,Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
LI 9536(M-1 Metropolitan) |
| Views: |
261 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Saturday westbound |
| Description: |
This afternoon westbound is departing the new station at Ronkonkoma. |
| Photo Date: |
1/23/1988 Upload Date: 6/22/2015 4:40:08 AM |
| Location: |
Ronkonkoma, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Station,Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
LI 9703(M-1 Metropolitan) |
| Views: |
254 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Lined up |
| Description: |
The Saturday afternoon line up in the yard shows several trains ready for Mondays rush. |
| Photo Date: |
1/23/1988 Upload Date: 6/22/2015 4:54:47 AM |
| Location: |
Ronkonkoma, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Roster,Yard,Passenger |
| Locomotives: |
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| Views: |
92 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Flatlanders |
| Description: |
While the north shore of the Island is hilly-thats where the glacial moraine was deposited after the last ice age-the middle of the Island and south shore are largely flat. This is evident in this view from the pedestrial overpass at Carle Place. A Huntington train is rolling east wrong main, due to the MOW crew working on track two, seen in the distance. |
| Photo Date: |
1/30/1988 Upload Date: 6/24/2015 4:38:15 AM |
| Location: |
Carle Place, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Station,Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
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| Views: |
186 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Inbound to Penn |
| Description: |
A westbound MU train rolls toward New York, bucking the trend of the afternoon rush. This train will be the last westbound for an hour, and the Main Line will turn into a double barreled shot gun headed east, as trains to the Island use both tracks. |
| Photo Date: |
3/7/1988 Upload Date: 7/1/2015 3:16:17 AM |
| Location: |
New Hyde Park, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
LI 9675(M-1 Metropolitan) |
| Views: |
213 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Making for Mineola |
| Description: |
A train of M 1s rolls hard for Mineola at Covert Av. |
| Photo Date: |
3/7/1988 Upload Date: 7/4/2015 2:49:28 AM |
| Location: |
New Hyde Park, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
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| Views: |
103 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Penn Station bound |
| Description: |
An eastbound Port Washington train roll toward the home signals at the east end of Harold. It will cross over the westbound Main Line tracks in a mile or so, and be on the north side of the station at Woodside, then split from the Main at the location of the former Winfield tower in Elmhurst. Sunnyside was a great place to see a lot of action, if not especially scenic. |
| Photo Date: |
3/8/1988 Upload Date: 7/1/2015 3:10:12 AM |
| Location: |
Sunnyside, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
LI 9345(M-1 Metropolitan) |
| Views: |
193 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Yellow |
| Description: |
A westbound train with a yellow stripe M 1 leading rolls through Harold. |
| Photo Date: |
3/8/1988 Upload Date: 7/1/2015 3:11:24 AM |
| Location: |
Sunnyside, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
LI 9411(M-1 Metropolitan) |
| Views: |
183 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Island bound |
| Description: |
A train of MUs with a hazy New York skyline in the background rolls past Harold tower and out the Main Line to Jamaica and the rest of the Island. |
| Photo Date: |
3/8/1988 Upload Date: 7/1/2015 3:13:41 AM |
| Location: |
Sunnyside, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Signal,Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
LI 9716(M-1 Metropolitan) |
| Views: |
214 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
M 1s for northeast Queens |
| Description: |
A westbound Port Washington train makes it stop at Douglaston. Douglaston was one of the better areas in Queens, some of its residents being movie actor Arthur Treacher, known for his roles as a butler; concert pianist Claudio Arrau(and conductor James Conlon grew up here); and tennis star John McEnroe, who also grew up here, learning his trade at the Douglaston Club a mile or so away. |
| Photo Date: |
3/21/1988 Upload Date: 7/5/2015 4:12:47 AM |
| Location: |
Douglaston, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Station,Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
LI 9453(M-1 Metropolitan) |
| Views: |
187 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Busy day |
| Description: |
Great Neck was always a busy place at train time. The double track on the Port Washington Branch ended here, so trains often met at the station. The schedule had them meeting at the next station west, Little Neck, but things being what they are, meets here were common. The idea was that the westbound would clear, allowing the eastbound to move on with no delay. Its not always a perfect world, and this pair didnt quite meet as intended. The eastbound train, on the right, is just now pulling out, having got his signal, while the westbound makes his stop. |
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4/21/1988 Upload Date: 7/12/2015 3:10:45 AM |
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Great Neck, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
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Station,Passenger,Action |
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Long Beach train |
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A Long Beach train rolls to a stop at Lynbrook. It will diverge here to head through Oceanside and Island Park before reaching Long Beach. Note the baggage elevator, a holdover from Pennsy days when the Long Island used to handle baggage and mail. |
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6/12/1988 Upload Date: 8/15/2015 1:57:04 AM |
| Location: |
Lynbrook, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
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Station,Passenger,Action |
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LI 9758(M-1 Metropolitan) |
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Coming off the branch |
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A westbound Far Rockaway train rolls off the branch and onto the Montauk Branch at Valley Stream. It will follow the Atlantic Branch from here, reaching Jamaica via Laurelton. |
| Photo Date: |
6/12/1988 Upload Date: 8/15/2015 2:02:06 AM |
| Location: |
Valley Stream, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
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Station,Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
LI 9815(M-3 Metropolitan) |
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West Hempstead train |
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A West Hempstead train rolls through Valley interlocking and into the station. It has come off the branch, which diverges to the left beyond Valley tower, and will connect here with Far Rockaway and Long Beach trains. West Hempstead was a poor stepchild on the west end, seeing only token service-about every two hours on weekends. |
| Photo Date: |
6/12/1988 Upload Date: 8/15/2015 2:06:09 AM |
| Location: |
Valley Stream, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
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Station,Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
LI 9883(M-3 Metropolitan) |
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Rolling for Babylon |
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An eastbound Babylon train rolls out of the sun as it gets up to speed for the run east. |
| Photo Date: |
6/12/1988 Upload Date: 8/15/2015 2:07:56 AM |
| Location: |
Valley Stream, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
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Station,Passenger,Action |
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West into the sun |
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A westbound Babylon train rolls into the late day sun as it heads for Jamaica and Penn Station. Note the PRR style pedestal position light signal. It is showing a stop indication. These were unique to the PRR and affiliates. It was like a dwarf, but on a pole for better visibility. The indications were read as if on a dwarf signal. Two lights vertical would be a "slow clear" indication. |
| Photo Date: |
6/12/1988 Upload Date: 8/15/2015 2:10:39 AM |
| Location: |
Valley Stream, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Station,Signal,Passenger,Action |
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