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| Title: |
Rare mileage |
| Description: |
Up til the mid 70s this was a weekend event. The LIRR had trains that ran for visitors to a pair of state hospitals that had their own spurs. The parlor car trip to Greemport visited the Brentwood State Hospital spur during that trip, here seen with lead unit 226 |
| Photo Date: |
5/16/1981 Upload Date: 1/28/2013 12:24:36 AM |
| Location: |
Brentwood, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Roster,Station,Passenger |
| Locomotives: |
LI 226(C420) |
| Views: |
660 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Stop at KO |
| Description: |
The parlor car trip stopped at Ronkonkoma to wait for traffic, which allowed riders to get off for a brief photo stop. |
| Photo Date: |
5/16/1981 Upload Date: 1/28/2013 12:28:40 AM |
| Location: |
Ronkonkoma, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Station,Passenger |
| Locomotives: |
LI 226(C420) |
| Views: |
537 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Fantrip meets FA |
| Description: |
LIRR ran an all parlor fan trip on the Main Line to Greenport in May 1981. Here we see the fantrip at the yard there, with 620, next to the Greenport Scoot behind FA 602. |
| Photo Date: |
5/16/1981 Upload Date: 1/26/2013 3:34:03 AM |
| Location: |
Greenport, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Station,Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
LI 620(Power Car) LI 602(Power Car) |
| Views: |
813 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
F unit at the state hospital |
| Description: |
The Greenport parlor car trip ran push pull, with F unit 620 taking the west end of the train. Seen here at Brentwood State Hospital |
| Photo Date: |
5/16/1981 Upload Date: 1/28/2013 12:35:37 AM |
| Location: |
Brentwood, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Station,Passenger |
| Locomotives: |
LI 620(Power Car) |
| Views: |
553 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Fantrip on the North Fork |
| Description: |
A LIRR trip featuring parlor cars, a Long Island fixture into the 1990s, passes Hashamomuck Pond on the Main Line near Southold during a photo runby. |
| Photo Date: |
5/16/1981 Upload Date: 2/20/2012 1:55:57 AM |
| Location: |
Southold, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Bridge,Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
LI 620(Power Car) |
| Views: |
609 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
C 420 on Camp Upton Spur |
| Description: |
LIRR ran fan trip in 1981 that covered the spur so the one time WW I Camp Upton training camp |
| Photo Date: |
5/16/1981 Upload Date: 1/23/2011 10:59:18 PM |
| Location: |
Yaphank, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
LI 226(C420) |
| Views: |
631 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
NJT on the West Shore |
| Description: |
On Memorial Day weekend 1983, Tri State NRHS ran two trips to Selkirk from Hoboken. This is Mondays train, seen at Iona Island on the West Shore in the shadow of the Bear Mountain Bridge. |
| Photo Date: |
5/30/1983 Upload Date: 11/12/2013 1:20:20 AM |
| Location: |
Iona Island, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Bridge,Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
NJT 4117(F40PH-2) NJT 4119(F40PH-2) |
| Views: |
916 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Theres always one.... |
| Description: |
on every fantrip. The guy who just won't get out of the way. In this case, he's at Hagerstown on an Alexandria-Front Royal-Hagerstown trip on the NS during the weekend of the 1983 NRHS convention. Close but no cigar... |
| Photo Date: |
7/16/1983 Upload Date: 11/16/2013 4:47:34 AM |
| Location: |
Hagerstown, MD |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Roster |
| Locomotives: |
SOU 6141(FP7A) SOU 6143(FP7A) |
| Views: |
773 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
FP 7 |
| Description: |
NS still rostered four of the ex Southern FP 7s, which turned up on excursions on a regular basis. This was on an Alexandria-Front Royal-Hagerstown trip. The untis were being watered before the return trip. They must have been using a garden hose, it took three hours. |
| Photo Date: |
7/16/1983 Upload Date: 11/12/2013 1:25:34 AM |
| Location: |
Hagerstown, MD |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Roster,Passenger |
| Locomotives: |
SOU 6143(FP7A) |
| Views: |
399 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Southern elegance |
| Description: |
A Norfolk Southern fantrip from Alexandria to Hagerstown MD is led by a pair of Southern FP 7s at a photo runby on the NS Shenandoah line. |
| Photo Date: |
8/13/1983 Upload Date: 10/6/2011 12:41:07 AM |
| Location: |
Rectortown, VA |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Station,Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
SOU 6143(FP7A) SOU 6141(FP7A) |
| Views: |
848 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Ready to roll south |
| Description: |
The Budd and Branch trip ran with a pair of FL 9s and two coaches in pull-pull configuration. The train is ready to go south on the Danbury Branch behind FL 9 504 |
| Photo Date: |
1/21/1984 Upload Date: 12/1/2013 2:11:38 AM |
| Location: |
Danbury, CT |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Winter,Station,Passenger |
| Locomotives: |
MNCR 5045(FL9) |
| Views: |
518 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Budd and Branch |
| Description: |
In January 1984, Metro North ran a trip called "Budd and Branch" which was to cover all the ex New Haven branches served by MN. Danbury and Waterbury were not a big deal, they were done by RDCs and FL 9s every day. Here we see the trip at New Canaan, which almost never saw diesel powered trains. BTW, the RDCs apparently were balky that day, and the trip ran with a pair of coaches sandwiched between a pair of FL 9s. |
| Photo Date: |
1/21/1984 Upload Date: 11/28/2013 1:34:57 AM |
| Location: |
New Canaan, CT |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Winter,Station,Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
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| Views: |
551 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Face to face |
| Description: |
The power for the Budd and Branch fantrip rits nose to nose with power for one of Mondays trains. |
| Photo Date: |
1/21/1984 Upload Date: 12/1/2013 2:09:56 AM |
| Location: |
Danbury, CT |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Winter,Station,Passenger |
| Locomotives: |
MNCR 5034(FL9) MNCR 497(E8A) |
| Views: |
1034 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Fantrip meets Local |
| Description: |
The Budd and Branch trip sits next to the local power for the B&M j`b working the Waterbury Branch |
| Photo Date: |
1/21/1984 Upload Date: 12/1/2013 2:27:08 AM |
| Location: |
Waterbury, CT |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Winter,Station,Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
MNCR 5034(FL9) BM 1825(GP9) |
| Views: |
854 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Classic pose, unusual place |
| Description: |
One of the FL 9s on the Budd and Branch trip sits at New Canaan, where diesels rarely went in revenue service. |
| Photo Date: |
1/21/1984 Upload Date: 12/1/2013 2:19:28 AM |
| Location: |
New Canaan, CT |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Roster |
| Locomotives: |
MNCR 5045(FL9) |
| Views: |
424 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
On the Danbury Branch |
| Description: |
MN 5045 sits at a photo stop on the MN Budd and Branch trip. Steam heat was still the standard, note the leaking steam pipe under the FL 9. Also of note is a New Haven hallmark, the Hancock air whistle, mounted atop the cab between the windshields. |
| Photo Date: |
1/21/1984 Upload Date: 12/1/2013 2:17:41 AM |
| Location: |
Branchville, CT |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Winter,Station,Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
MNCR 5045(FL9) |
| Views: |
546 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Not exactly an RDC |
| Description: |
The idea behind the title of MNs "Budd and Branch" trip was that it would run with a pair of RDCs on the ex New Haven branches served by MN. As I recall(30!years later) there was a mechanical issue with the Budd cars, and a pull-pull train powered by FL 9s was run. The cars were an ex Amtrak coach and this SEPTA ex Reading car. |
| Photo Date: |
1/21/1984 Upload Date: 12/1/2013 2:14:54 AM |
| Location: |
Branchville, CT |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
RollingStock,Winter,Station,Passenger |
| Locomotives: |
MNCR 5045(FL9) |
| Views: |
579 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Dropping off |
| Description: |
The Farewell to the DLW MUs trip covered all the DLW electified lines, with photo stops. The train is at Gladstone dropping off riders for a photo op. It was quite a crowd. |
| Photo Date: |
8/19/1984 Upload Date: 6/30/2014 3:13:40 AM |
| Location: |
Gladstone, NJ |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Station,Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
EL 3210(Electric M.U.) |
| Views: |
323 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
White flags |
| Description: |
The Farewell trip ran with the lead cars flying white flags, seen at Gladstone. |
| Photo Date: |
8/19/1984 Upload Date: 6/30/2014 3:15:28 AM |
| Location: |
Gladstone, NJ |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
EL 4602(Electric M.U.) |
| Views: |
651 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Photo stop |
| Description: |
The photo stop everyone wanted was the train posed on Millington bridge. The train has dropped off the photographers and is heading out on the bridge for the photo op. |
| Photo Date: |
8/19/1984 Upload Date: 6/30/2014 3:17:51 AM |
| Location: |
Millington, NJ |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Bridge,Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
EL 4602(Electric M.U.) EL 3210(Electric M.U.) |
| Views: |
375 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Drumhead |
| Description: |
The Farewell to the DLW MUs trip carried a drumhead on the last car to honor the sponsor, the NRHS |
| Photo Date: |
8/19/1984 Upload Date: 6/30/2014 3:23:31 AM |
| Location: |
Hoboken, NJ |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Station,Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
EL 4602(Electric M.U.) |
| Views: |
330 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Waiting for Alcos |
| Description: |
The Farewell to the DLW MUs trip has arrived at Dover and is waiting for the M&E Alcos to tie on so the train can head back to Hoboken via the Boonton Line |
| Photo Date: |
8/19/1984 Upload Date: 7/2/2014 3:22:55 PM |
| Location: |
Dover, NJ |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Station,Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
EL 4602(Electric M.U.) |
| Views: |
334 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Farewell to the DLW MUs |
| Description: |
The Farewell to the DLW MUs stops at Montclair on its tour of the DLW commuter zone |
| Photo Date: |
8/19/1984 Upload Date: 8/20/2011 2:22:14 AM |
| Location: |
Montclair, NJ |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Station,Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
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| Views: |
609 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Under the wire |
| Description: |
The M&E Alcos have coupled up to the MU train and are about to head east on the Boonton Line |
| Photo Date: |
8/19/1984 Upload Date: 7/2/2014 3:29:26 PM |
| Location: |
Dover, NJ |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Station,Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
ME 16(C430) ME 17(C430) |
| Views: |
779 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Run by |
| Description: |
A runby was done on the Boonton Line. Not sure of exact location. |
| Photo Date: |
8/19/1984 Upload Date: 7/2/2014 3:36:19 PM |
| Location: |
Dover, NJ |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
ME 16(C430) ME 17(C430) |
| Views: |
809 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Backing down |
| Description: |
The M&E Alcos are backing down to get on the MU train at Dover |
| Photo Date: |
8/19/1984 Upload Date: 7/2/2014 3:39:51 PM |
| Location: |
Dover, NJ |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Station,Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
ME 17(C430) ME 16(C430) |
| Views: |
979 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Through the park |
| Description: |
The Bay Ridge line excursion stops for a photo in Forest Park along the Montauk Branch |
| Photo Date: |
10/5/1985 Upload Date: 10/12/2014 3:32:51 AM |
| Location: |
Forest Park, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Action |
| Locomotives: |
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| Views: |
621 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Ready to head back |
| Description: |
The power of the Bay Ridge excursion at the newly refurbished Bay Ridge yard, ready to take the passengers back on and head for the next adventure-the Port Washington Branch. |
| Photo Date: |
10/5/1985 Upload Date: 10/12/2014 3:38:04 AM |
| Location: |
Bay Ridge, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Yard,Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
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| Views: |
748 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Nose on |
| Description: |
The front of C 420 222 projects an imposing image at the Bay Ridge yard. |
| Photo Date: |
10/5/1985 Upload Date: 10/12/2014 3:42:03 AM |
| Location: |
Bay Ridge, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Roster,Yard |
| Locomotives: |
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| Views: |
313 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
FA cab |
| Description: |
The west end of the Bay Ridge trip had Alco 602 for the cab. |
| Photo Date: |
10/5/1985 Upload Date: 10/12/2014 3:44:35 AM |
| Location: |
Bay Ridge, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Roster,Yard,Passenger |
| Locomotives: |
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| Views: |
420 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
FA in the park |
| Description: |
The power pack on the Bay Ridge excursion was FA 2 602, seen here at the photo stop in Forest Park. The weather was dismal, as it always seemed to be when I went on a fantrip. |
| Photo Date: |
10/5/1985 Upload Date: 10/12/2014 3:39:36 AM |
| Location: |
Forest Park, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
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| Views: |
459 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Straight on |
| Description: |
The nose of FA 602 seen at Clinton Rd on the Mitchell Field Secondary. |
| Photo Date: |
10/5/1985 Upload Date: 10/12/2014 3:47:18 AM |
| Location: |
Garden City, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Roster |
| Locomotives: |
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| Views: |
400 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
West end |
| Description: |
The west end of the Bay Ridge excursion train as it sits and Clinton Rd. It will shortly head back to Jamaica. |
| Photo Date: |
10/5/1985 Upload Date: 10/12/2014 3:49:07 AM |
| Location: |
Garden City, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
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| Views: |
482 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Side by side |
| Description: |
The Bay Ridge excursion sits next to a revenue Port Washington train at the end of the line. |
| Photo Date: |
10/5/1985 Upload Date: 10/12/2014 3:51:26 AM |
| Location: |
Port Washington, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Station,Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
LI 602(Power Car) LI 9146(M-1 Metropolitan) |
| Views: |
575 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Alcos on the Port Washington Branch |
| Description: |
In October 1985, a fantrip was run covering the newly acquired Bay Ridge line, and also covered several other lines, including rare diesel train trip over the Port Washington branch. This is the train at the Port Washington station behind a pair of C 420s. |
| Photo Date: |
10/12/1985 Upload Date: 2/12/2012 10:48:08 PM |
| Location: |
Port Washington, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Station,Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
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| Views: |
500 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
End of the line |
| Description: |
It doesnt get much closer than this!! An October 1985 fantrip covered the Bay Ridge branch, which had recently been acquired from Conrail. At the time, float bridges were being reconstructed at the Bay Ridge yard. The tracks would be extended to them once they were completed, but for now, its a rather abrupt end. |
| Photo Date: |
10/12/1985 Upload Date: 2/12/2012 11:43:03 PM |
| Location: |
Bay Ridge, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
LI 602(Power Car) |
| Views: |
709 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Clinton Road photo stop |
| Description: |
A fantrip behind C 420s does a photo stop at the old passenger station at Clinton Road on the Garden City Secondary, normally a freight only line. |
| Photo Date: |
10/19/1985 Upload Date: 6/20/2011 2:11:49 AM |
| Location: |
Carle Place, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Station,Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
LI 222(C420) |
| Views: |
541 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Whose trip this is |
| Description: |
The Tri State RHS ran a Farewell to the CNJ trip on the eve of the line being abandoned west of High Bridge, on Nov 24 1985, The trip covered the line all the way to Easton PA, just across the river from its final regular service stop in Phillipsburg NJ. The Easton stop was made to alleviate the disembarking problems at Phillipsburg, which had actually not seen a passenger train since the end of 1983. So we got a bonus!! The cars were designated by letter, but all carried the CNJ herald, as seen here on car H. |
| Photo Date: |
11/24/1985 Upload Date: 10/11/2014 3:23:51 AM |
| Location: |
Easton, PA |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
RollingStock |
| Locomotives: |
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| Views: |
159 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Big crowd |
| Description: |
One of the common debates in that time was the serous fan vx daisy picker issue. A lot of fans felt the trips should be more for the fans than the casual riders. Either way, these trips sold A LOT of tickets, often selling out. The crowd here bears witness, as this photo at the site of the old Lehigh Valley station in Easton attests. |
| Photo Date: |
11/24/1985 Upload Date: 10/11/2014 3:27:49 AM |
| Location: |
Easton, PA |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Station,Passenger |
| Locomotives: |
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| Views: |
227 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Last run |
| Description: |
A trip was run over the CNJ just prior to a section of it being pulled up near Phillipsburg to accomodate construction of I 78. The Phillipsburg station area had some issues with clear areas at the station site, so the trip was run to Easton PA, where riders were able to get off for a photo stop. We see the lead unit head on at Easton. |
| Photo Date: |
11/24/1985 Upload Date: 10/7/2014 2:21:53 AM |
| Location: |
Easton, PA |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Station,Passenger |
| Locomotives: |
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679 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Good looking train |
| Description: |
The train was posed on the ex LV bridge for photos. The handrails on the ex CNJ bridge are just barely visible to the left of the lead unit, seen through the trees. The LV bridge was ultimately determined to be deficient, while the CNJ bridge was in much better shape, and it was decided that the Lehigh Line would be swung over to the CNJ alignment and over that bridge, and the right of way realigned on the Jersey side. This is the route NS uses today. |
| Photo Date: |
11/24/1985 Upload Date: 10/11/2014 3:33:22 AM |
| Location: |
Easton, PA |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Bridge,Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
NJT 4248(E8A) NJT 4267(E8A) NJT 4253(E8A) |
| Views: |
878 Comments: 2 |
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| Title: |
LV station |
| Description: |
Almost. The station here was demolished not long after the end of passenger service in 1961, but the platforms remained. The site was used by Tri State to drop riders for the photo op when they backed the train out onto the brodge, just around the curve out of sight. |
| Photo Date: |
11/24/1985 Upload Date: 10/11/2014 3:35:43 AM |
| Location: |
Easton, PA |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Station,Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
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| Views: |
630 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Runby |
| Description: |
The train stopped for a runby on the old CNJ main, I believe this was near Hampton |
| Photo Date: |
11/24/1985 Upload Date: 10/11/2014 3:37:42 AM |
| Location: |
Hampton, NJ |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
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| Views: |
758 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Not an Alco |
| Description: |
The rear of the Project 39 trip is seen at Queens Village rolling under the position lights that mark the west end of Queens towers interlocking. |
| Photo Date: |
5/24/1986 Upload Date: 11/21/2014 3:41:58 AM |
| Location: |
Queens Village, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Station,Signal,Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
LI 619(Power Car) |
| Views: |
463 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
All Alcos as scoot meets fantrip |
| Description: |
A Project 39 fantrip to Greenport behind C 420s meets the Greenport scoot behind an FA on a lovely day for an excursion |
| Photo Date: |
6/7/1986 Upload Date: 6/20/2011 1:07:05 AM |
| Location: |
Riverhead, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Station,Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
LI 222(C420) LI 229(C420) LI 617(Power Car) |
| Views: |
1149 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
B Tower |
| Description: |
The connection from the Main Line to the Central Branch was controlled by B Tower in Bethpage. Here an Alco powered fantrip to benefit Project 39 heads toward Riverhead on the Main Line, as operator Jay Bendersky hands up the orders. |
| Photo Date: |
6/7/1986 Upload Date: 10/5/2011 11:38:11 PM |
| Location: |
Bethpage, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Signal,Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
LI 222(C420) LI 229(C420) |
| Views: |
763 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Photo stop in the rain |
| Description: |
The Project 39 trip ran in dismal weather. The stop at Oyster Bay was a washout, but some got off to get the shot anyway. |
| Photo Date: |
6/7/1986 Upload Date: 11/21/2014 3:35:43 AM |
| Location: |
Oyster Bay, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Station,Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
LI 222(C420) LI 229(C420) |
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476 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Project 39 trip |
| Description: |
A fantrip tobenefit Project 39 ran on June 7 1986, a woefully rainy day in the New York area. Here the train approaches Jamaica to pick up its riders for the trip out to Greenport behind a pair of C 420s with F unit 619. At the time, there were still eight C 420's left, all from the 1968 order. These had hi ad trucks, unlike the first order from 1963. Interestingly, this was not even close to a farewell. These units would carry on into the 1990's before being retired. Note the PRR style dwarf signals, as well as the "hanger" on the platform canopy. |
| Photo Date: |
6/7/1986 Upload Date: 10/7/2014 2:18:51 AM |
| Location: |
Jamaica, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Station,Signal,Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
LI 222(C420) LI 229(C420) |
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527 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Arriving in the rain |
| Description: |
The Project 39%fantrip behind C 420s made a run up the Oyster Bay Branch before returning to Mineola and heading for Greenport. Here it is as seen from the yard side of the main. |
| Photo Date: |
6/7/1986 Upload Date: 11/23/2014 2:58:26 AM |
| Location: |
Oyster Bay, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Yard,Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
LI 222(C420) LI 229(C420) |
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447 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Smoking it up |
| Description: |
The Project 39 trip ran behind a pair of C 420s, here seen at Queens Village doing what Alcos do, laying down a pall of exhaust. |
| Photo Date: |
6/7/1986 Upload Date: 11/21/2014 3:38:32 AM |
| Location: |
Queens Village, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Station,Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
LI 222(C420) LI 229(C420) |
| Views: |
474 Comments: 0 |
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