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Viewing Album: Dad in transit
By:
Tom Beckett
Dates:
1/1/1950 - 3/1/2012
Album Info:
Dad took a lot of photos all over, including on various forms of transit. He rode all over, and this album has shots mostly from New York, but also Boston, DC, and Toronto as well.
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Title:
Rhode Island Av
Description:
The last open stop at this time on the Red Line was Rhode Island Av. Dad got a shot of the station. A plus was the B&O yard down below, which had a B&O geep working farther down. We were staying in a motel in Alexandria, which was a lot cheaper than in DC. We'd drive into the city, passing Potomac Yard going and coming. I saw a lot of Chessie, RF&P, and CR power, but was not able to get photos. The real treat was the night we went past the yard and there was a Chessie train about to roll out on the ex C&O. In consist was WM 7151, one of the red, white and black F 7's. It was after dark, so no photo, but 40 years later, the memory is still vivid.
Photo Date:
8/24/1976
Upload Date:
3/26/2016 4:33:47 AM
Location:
Washington, DC
Author:
Tom Beckett
Categories:
Station,Transit,Passenger
Locomotives:
Views:
53
Comments:
0
Title:
WMATA interior
Description:
The interior of one of WMATAs new cars.
Photo Date:
8/26/1976
Upload Date:
12/5/2014 1:04:17 AM
Location:
Washington, DC
Author:
Tom Beckett
Categories:
RollingStock,Transit,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:
Views:
84
Comments:
0
Title:
Wasington Metro
Description:
In 1976, we went to DC for a week, mostly doing the typical tourists stuff. Rather than drive around, however, we decided it would be easier to park somewhere and take the subway around the city, which was(and is) a good idea. The system at the time was basic, as it had opened only several months earlier, only a start on the great transit system it has turned into. Dad got this shot of a train at one of the cavernous stations that were typical of the line.
Photo Date:
8/26/1976
Upload Date:
12/5/2014 12:56:34 AM
Location:
Washington, DC
Author:
Tom Beckett
Categories:
Tunnel,Station,Transit,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:
Views:
453
Comments:
0
Title:
Cavernous and dark
Description:
The Washington Metro used indirect lighing in its stations, which I always thought were dark compared to other cities, especially New York, where I rode most of the time. Seen from the pedestrian overpass, a look at one of the stations, which looks quite dim from this angle, though the light was better at platform level.
Photo Date:
8/26/1976
Upload Date:
11/19/2015 3:33:06 AM
Location:
Washington, DC
Author:
Tom Beckett
Categories:
Tunnel,Station,Transit,Passenger
Locomotives:
Views:
65
Comments:
0
Title:
Yellow Line
Description:
A Yellow Line train makes its stop. I cant tell what station it is, its too dark there to read the signs.
Photo Date:
8/26/1976
Upload Date:
11/19/2015 3:35:18 AM
Location:
Washington, DC
Author:
Tom Beckett
Categories:
Tunnel,Station,Transit,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:
Views:
61
Comments:
0
Title:
Dark tunnel
Description:
The Washington Metro, compared to New York, with its wide use of direct fluorescent light, was cavernous and dark. Dad shot this train at one of the then new underground stations.
Photo Date:
8/27/1976
Upload Date:
11/3/2015 1:54:54 AM
Location:
Washington, DC
Author:
Tom Beckett
Categories:
Tunnel,Station,Transit,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:
Views:
260
Comments:
0
Title:
New station
Description:
Actually it was new in 1970 or so, but while the design was classic IND, the materials-mostly terrazo-were quite a departure from the concrete and tile that had been standard for many years. Dad shot the mezzanine of the 6 Av/57 St IND station, served by the B train at all times except rush hours, when the newly established K train, that went to the Broadway Brooklyn elevated via the new Grand St connection, was in service.
Photo Date:
7/15/1985
Upload Date:
11/21/2014 2:41:24 AM
Location:
Manhattan, NY
Author:
Tom Beckett
Categories:
Station,Passenger
Locomotives:
Views:
108
Comments:
0
Title:
Platform level
Description:
The new station was quite bright, much more so than the older ones, since it had fluorescent lights, rather than the bulbs in the older stations. This made the stations much more appealing, and probably safer. At the time, 57th St was the terminal for the B train, two of which are seen here. The train on the left has just arrived; the train on the right will be departing shortly for Coney Island via the Grand St connection, Manhattan Bridge, and the West End line. The cars are R 32s, the typical equipment on this line. When the K ran during rush hour, it almost always got R 9s. If anyone remembers the opening to Welcome Back Kotter, it was the West End line that you saw the high school from, as it is elevated south of 39th St/9 Av in Brooklyn.
Photo Date:
7/15/1985
Upload Date:
11/21/2014 2:48:27 AM
Location:
Manhattan, NY
Author:
Tom Beckett
Categories:
Station,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:
Views:
245
Comments:
0
Title:
Transfer point
Description:
Lenfant Plaza station is a transfer point on the system. Were on the upper level, looking across at the vault for the crossing line, whose station is below. The platforms crossed about midway along, making for a more efficient transfer.
Photo Date:
6/15/1986
Upload Date:
5/13/2016 4:47:00 AM
Location:
Washington, DC
Author:
Tom Beckett
Categories:
Tunnel,Station,Transit,Passenger
Locomotives:
Views:
28
Comments:
0
Title:
They aint all pretty
Description:
Some of the outside stations on the WMATA system were rather functional, such as this on at Suitland MD.
Photo Date:
6/15/1986
Upload Date:
5/13/2016 4:53:48 AM
Location:
Suitland, MD
Author:
Tom Beckett
Categories:
Station,Transit,Passenger
Locomotives:
Views:
38
Comments:
0
Title:
Change here!!
Description:
A Red Line train stops at Lenfant Plaza, allowing riders to transfer below.
Photo Date:
6/15/1986
Upload Date:
5/13/2016 4:50:29 AM
Location:
Washington, DC
Author:
Tom Beckett
Categories:
Tunnel,Station,Transit,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:
Views:
41
Comments:
0
Title:
Late in the evening
Description:
Dad lived on 34th St west of 9th Av, and used the subways to go everywhere. It was not uncommon for him to be out pretty late, and hed take advantage of the conditions to take photos. This shot is somewhere on the no 7 Flushing Line in Queens.
Photo Date:
7/15/1990
Upload Date:
12/5/2014 1:47:46 AM
Location:
Queens (Borough), NY
Author:
Tom Beckett
Categories:
Night,Station,Transit,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:
Views:
88
Comments:
0
Title:
PCC car
Description:
Dad had an eye for historical equipment as well, and these TTC cars fit the bill. They ran into the 1990s(maybe they still are??) as a staple of Torontos surface transit.
Photo Date:
8/26/1990
Upload Date:
12/5/2014 1:14:28 AM
Location:
Toronto, ON
Author:
Tom Beckett
Categories:
Transit,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:
TTC 4494(PCC)
Views:
107
Comments:
0
Title:
R 32s
Description:
By the time this photo was taken, in 1992, the R 32 cars had already been in service for over 25 years, and would see yet another rebuilding that would carry them into their fifth decade of service. Now having been demoted to secondary lines, they carried on, taking over trains that had once been the stomping grounds of "old" cars-R 10s, for example. As one who recalls these cars in their prime, its hard to see them as the old guard. Were at Chambers St in this photo.
Photo Date:
4/17/1992
Upload Date:
5/13/2016 4:29:20 AM
Location:
Manhattan, NY
Author:
Tom Beckett
Categories:
Station,Transit,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:
Views:
49
Comments:
0
Title:
Take the D train
Description:
Looks like a lot of folks did tonight. We look into an R 46 car on the D line in midtown.
Photo Date:
4/17/1992
Upload Date:
5/13/2016 4:30:48 AM
Location:
Manhattan, NY
Author:
Tom Beckett
Categories:
Station,Transit,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:
Views:
39
Comments:
0
Title:
Blue Line
Description:
A WMATA train on the Blue Line makes a stop at Mc Pherson Square.
Photo Date:
4/17/1992
Upload Date:
5/13/2016 4:33:49 AM
Location:
Washington, DC
Author:
Tom Beckett
Categories:
Tunnel,Station,Transit,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:
Views:
43
Comments:
0
Title:
Expansive station
Description:
This station on the Green Line has a lot of room and a balcony, much more space than you would expect to find in your typical transit station.
Photo Date:
4/17/1992
Upload Date:
5/13/2016 4:44:07 AM
Location:
Washington, DC
Author:
Tom Beckett
Categories:
Station,Transit,Passenger
Locomotives:
Views:
32
Comments:
0
Title:
IND station
Description:
Dad would sometimes shoot station scenes, mostly as a human interest thing-he appreciated people in various situations. This is a photo of the crowd waiting on the IND platform at 8th Av and 14th St.
Photo Date:
11/6/1996
Upload Date:
11/3/2015 1:45:37 AM
Location:
Manhattan, NY
Author:
Tom Beckett
Categories:
Station,Transit,Passenger
Locomotives:
Views:
36
Comments:
0
Title:
Daylight
Description:
This shot of the IRT Broadway and 72nd St station shows how close to the surface the original line was, the sun streaming through the ventilation grates to the street at the end of the platform. This was part of the original 1904 IRT line, which just marked its 111th year in service as I post the photo.
Photo Date:
7/12/1997
Upload Date:
11/3/2015 1:48:49 AM
Location:
Manhattan, NY
Author:
Tom Beckett
Categories:
Tunnel,Station,Transit,Passenger
Locomotives:
Views:
77
Comments:
0
Title:
PATH trains
Description:
Back in the 90s, before the Port Authority went totally paranoid, you could get off a photo without being hassled. This is a shot of the yard adjacent to the Journal Square station.
Photo Date:
7/12/1997
Upload Date:
11/3/2015 1:52:13 AM
Location:
Jersey City, NJ
Author:
Tom Beckett
Categories:
Yard,Station,Transit,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:
Views:
143
Comments:
0
Title:
San Francisco treat
Description:
Dad was in San Fran on the west coast trip, and caught one of the famous cable cars.
Photo Date:
7/15/1997
Upload Date:
5/18/2016 4:37:13 AM
Location:
San Francisco, CA
Author:
Tom Beckett
Categories:
Transit,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:
MUNI 25(Trolley)
Views:
186
Comments:
0
Title:
Inside the monorail
Description:
Dad did a west coast trip in 1997, where he visited, among other places, Seattle. A trip there would not be complete without a visit to the Space Needle, and a ride on the monorail built for the 1962 Worlds Fair. This is the interior of one of the cars.
Photo Date:
7/18/1997
Upload Date:
5/18/2016 4:27:56 AM
Location:
Seattle, WA
Author:
Tom Beckett
Categories:
Transit,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:
Views:
55
Comments:
0
Title:
Space Needle station
Description:
The famed Seattle monorail seen at the Space Needle station, ready to go to the other end of the line.
Photo Date:
7/18/1997
Upload Date:
5/18/2016 4:34:29 AM
Location:
Seattle, WA
Author:
Tom Beckett
Categories:
Station,Transit,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:
Views:
47
Comments:
0
Title:
63rd St Tunnel
Description:
One place that never had a station til the 63rd St tunnel was opened in the 90s was Roosevelt Island, which by then had become somewhat gentrified. In previous generations it was home to a number of state hospitals, primarily mental institutions, and never had subway service.
Photo Date:
10/5/1997
Upload Date:
2/13/2016 3:49:08 AM
Location:
Manhattan, NY
Author:
Tom Beckett
Categories:
Tunnel,Station,Transit,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:
Views:
38
Comments:
0
Title:
Remember these??
Description:
At one time, kiosks such as this one at Braodway and 72nd St were common in Manhattan, but by the late 60s, almost all of them had been removed in favor of the stairs you most commonly see today. The MTA has restored some at various stations, making for a much more elegant entrance to the system.
Photo Date:
10/18/1997
Upload Date:
5/18/2016 4:40:29 AM
Location:
Manhattan, NY
Author:
Tom Beckett
Categories:
Station,Transit,Passenger
Locomotives:
Views:
73
Comments:
0
Title:
Canada too
Description:
Dad would sometimes shoot in the TTC rapid transit system as well. Were on the Bloor St line today. Dads second wife was from Toronto, and he spent a lot of time there.
Photo Date:
5/25/1998
Upload Date:
2/15/2016 3:27:41 AM
Location:
Toronto, ON
Author:
Tom Beckett
Categories:
Station,Transit,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:
Views:
72
Comments:
0
Title:
New line
Description:
Dad got into the subway pretty often, as he would living in New York. This appears to be on one of the new stations on the 63rd St tunnel project. I cant make out the station name. The R32s are classic NYCTA, over 30 years old at the time of the photo
Photo Date:
10/16/1998
Upload Date:
9/22/2014 3:02:57 AM
Location:
New York, NY
Author:
Tom Beckett
Categories:
Station,Transit,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:
Views:
134
Comments:
0
Title:
Over-under
Description:
The station at Woodside was a great place if you liked main line railroading and transit. Dad is on the LIRR platform as a No 7 Flushing train makes its stop overhead. The IRT platform was a great place to see LIRR,action from, which in those days meant C 420s and ping pongs, as well as hand me down long distance cars on the east end trains.
Photo Date:
2/29/2016
Upload Date:
2/29/2016 3:59:37 AM
Location:
Woodside, NY
Author:
Tom Beckett
Categories:
Station,Transit,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:
Views:
122
Comments:
0
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