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LI 224
Title:  LI 224
Description:  Wished they didn't get scrapped, the Naporano employee hated to do it knowing they still had lots of life in them. Exact date not known.
Photo Date:  5/1/1980  Upload Date: 6/17/2016 12:48:32 PM
Location:  Morris Park, NY
Author:  Tim Darnell
Categories: 
Locomotives:  LI 224(C420)
Views:  312   Comments: 3
LI 224,226 on a WB freight
Title:  LI 224,226 on a WB freight
Description: 
Photo Date:  12/1/1981  Upload Date: 10/12/2016 11:02:21 PM
Location:  Morris Park, NY
Author:  Tim Darnell
Categories: 
Locomotives:  LI 224(C420) LI 226(C420)
Views:  566   Comments: 2
LI 224
Title:  LI 224
Description:  Coming off turntable. Exact date not known.
Photo Date:  9/1/1982  Upload Date: 6/17/2016 12:48:27 PM
Location:  Morris Park, NY
Author:  Tim Darnell
Categories: 
Locomotives:  LI 224(C420)
Views:  226   Comments: 0
Work train
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:  1097   Comments: 1
Work train power
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:  959   Comments: 0
Sunnyside Yard, NYC 1984
Title:  Sunnyside Yard, NYC 1984
Description: 
Photo Date:  10/12/1984  Upload Date: 12/26/2015 11:32:20 AM
Location:  Sunnyside Yard/ Hunt, NY
Author:  Rudolph Schubert
Categories:  RollingStock,Yard,Track
Locomotives:  LI 224(C420)
Views:  353   Comments: 0
Sunnyside Yard, NYC 1984
Title:  Sunnyside Yard, NYC 1984
Description: 
Photo Date:  10/12/1984  Upload Date: 12/26/2015 11:32:24 AM
Location:  Sunnyside Yard/ Hunt, NY
Author:  Rudolph Schubert
Categories:  RollingStock,Yard,Track
Locomotives:  LI 224(C420)
Views:  276   Comments: 0
Sunnyside Yard, NYC 1984
Title:  Sunnyside Yard, NYC 1984
Description: 
Photo Date:  10/12/1984  Upload Date: 12/26/2015 11:32:44 AM
Location:  Sunnyside Yard/ Hunt, NY
Author:  Rudolph Schubert
Categories:  RollingStock,Yard,Track
Locomotives:  LI 224(C420)
Views:  264   Comments: 0
Long Island RR C420 # 224
Title:  Long Island RR C420 # 224
Description: 
Photo Date:  5/5/1985  Upload Date: 5/26/2007 9:17:44 PM
Location:  Jamaica, NY
Author:  John Mech
Categories: 
Locomotives:  LI 224(C420)
Views:  612   Comments: 0
RF 63 at William Floyd Parkway
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:  1220   Comments: 3
RF 7
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:  718   Comments: 1
RF 91
Title:  RF 91
Description:  RF 91 was the overnight westbound freight from Pine Aire to Fresh Pond, using the power that had been on RF 63 from Riverhead. Besides doing the road haul, it also worked at Hiucksville and did local switching en route. Tonights train has an MP 15 leading, which occasionally happened if there was not a C 420 ready. Its about 0300, and the train is working the siding east of New Hyde Park on the westbound side, requiring the train to stop in the station while the switch is lined. I took advantage of the stop to get a shot.
Photo Date:  7/10/1986  Upload Date: 12/3/2014 2:38:59 PM
Location:  New Hyde Park, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Night,Station,Action
Locomotives:  LI 150(MP15AC) LI 224(C420)
Views:  584   Comments: 0
RF 63 start its westbound trip
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:  690   Comments: 0
Changes coming
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:  778   Comments: 1
RF 63
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:  651   Comments: 0
Museum operation
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)
Views:  439   Comments: 0
Pouring it on for Pine Aire
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)
Views:  531   Comments: 0
RF 62 nears Riverhead
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)
Views:  404   Comments: 0
Through the pine barrens
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)
Views:  495   Comments: 0
Broad view
Title:  Broad view
Description:  There was a spot near Yaphank station where you could get an across the field shot of the LIRR. It is here that we see RF 62s power, the usual pair of C 420s. I caught up to him here after chasing some commuter trains and RF 65 near Farmingdale.
Photo Date:  10/21/1986  Upload Date: 12/17/2014 2:23:38 AM
Location:  Yaphank, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  LI 229(C420) LI 224(C420)
Views:  443   Comments: 1
Past the station
Title:  Past the station
Description:  The east end of Riverhead station as RF 62s power passes
Photo Date:  10/21/1986  Upload Date: 12/19/2014 3:16:55 AM
Location:  Riverhead, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Station,Action
Locomotives:  LI 229(C420) LI 224(C420)
Views:  604   Comments: 0
Working the team track
Title:  Working the team track
Description:  RF 63 works the team track at Riverhead as its train sits on the lead
Photo Date:  3/10/1987  Upload Date: 6/20/2011 2:06:42 AM
Location:  Riverhead, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Yard,Station,Action
Locomotives:  LI 227(C420) LI 224(C420)
Views:  568   Comments: 0
RF 62
Title:  RF 62
Description:  RF 62 behind the typical pair of C 420s passes the station site of Calverton, just west of Riverhead, on the Main Line.
Photo Date:  3/16/1987  Upload Date: 11/12/2011 10:56:33 PM
Location:  Calverton, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  LI 227(C420) LI 224(C420)
Views:  435   Comments: 0
Working the team track
Title:  Working the team track
Description:  Once a common sight in many towns, the team track had become a rare feature. Riverhead still had one(as did Queens Village, though I dont recall seeing any cars spotted there in the 80s), here being switched by RF 62s C 420s. The crews on this train did not get radios, so hand signals were the standard way for the trainmen to communicate. It was a real lesson in old style railroading.
Photo Date:  3/19/1987  Upload Date: 4/18/2015 3:52:51 AM
Location:  Riverhead, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Station,Action
Locomotives:  LI 227(C420) LI 224(C420)
Views:  361   Comments: 0
RF 63 and a relic
Title:  RF 63 and a relic
Description:  RF 63#passes the Riverhead station and restoration project G 5 39 as it heads down to work the team track.
Photo Date:  3/19/1987  Upload Date: 4/21/2015 3:44:13 AM
Location:  Riverhead, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Station,Steam,Action
Locomotives:  LI 227(C420) LI 224(C420) LI 39(4-6-2)
Views:  650   Comments: 0
Farm like scene
Title:  Farm like scene
Description:  The east end was once farm land, but by the late 80s, much of it had been sold off for development as real estate values became greater than the agricultural value. Manorville seemed to have escaped that trend even in the late 80s, as this scene of a red house in a rural setting shows. RF 63 rolls past behind the usual pair of C 420s.
Photo Date:  3/19/1987  Upload Date: 4/18/2015 3:56:55 AM
Location:  Manorville, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  LI 227(C420) LI 224(C420)
Views:  236   Comments: 0
Potatoes!!
Title:  Potatoes!!
Description:  RF 63 gets ready to go west as it sits in front of what was once one of LIRRs prime traffic sources-the Suffolk Potato Exchange. The LIRR at the end of WW II would ship 110 car produce blocks from Suffolk County, one of Americas main potato producers. Now it all goes by truck, whats left of it.
Photo Date:  3/19/1987  Upload Date: 4/18/2015 4:05:06 AM
Location:  Riverhead, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  LI 227(C420) LI 224(C420)
Views:  294   Comments: 1
View from the bridge
Title:  View from the bridge
Description:  In this case, William Floyd Parkway. RF 63 rolls under a local road heading back to Pine Aire.
Photo Date:  3/19/1987  Upload Date: 4/18/2015 4:09:18 AM
Location:  Yaphank, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Bridge,Action
Locomotives:  LI 227(C420) LI 224(C420)
Views:  334   Comments: 0
Old station
Title:  Old station
Description:  Not quite yet, but it will be soon. The electrification project is progressing, as evidenced by the new signal bridge in the foreground. RF 63 passes the station which will be replaced once the new facility is built. It will open next January.
Photo Date:  4/20/1987  Upload Date: 4/23/2015 2:33:19 AM
Location:  Ronkonkoma, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Station,Action
Locomotives:  LI 227(C420) LI 224(C420)
Views:  251   Comments: 0
RF 63 with two cabooses
Title:  RF 63 with two cabooses
Description:  RF 63 is seen at Yaphank with a pair of bay window cabin cars.
Photo Date:  4/20/1987  Upload Date: 2/12/2012 7:52:02 PM
Location:  Yaphank, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  RollingStock,Station,Action
Locomotives:  LI 224(C420) LI 227(C420)
Views:  435   Comments: 0
Double your fun
Title:  Double your fun
Description:  RF 63 has a pair of bay window cabooses, giving the brakeman lining the switch at far left a choice of accommodations. No parlor cars for the crew, though!!
Photo Date:  4/20/1987  Upload Date: 4/23/2015 1:24:44 AM
Location:  Yaphank, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  RollingStock,Action
Locomotives:  LI 224(C420) LI 227(C420)
Views:  267   Comments: 1
RF 62
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:  385   Comments: 0
RF 57
Title:  RF 57
Description:  A short RF 57 works past Bellerose as it makes its way from Hicksville into Fresh Pond on a Sunday afternoon.
Photo Date:  11/22/1987  Upload Date: 6/17/2015 2:34:23 AM
Location:  Bellerose, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Station,Action
Locomotives:  LI 229(C420) LI 224(C420) LI 154(MP15AC)
Views:  566   Comments: 0
Tucked in
Title:  Tucked in
Description:  RF 57s caboose is tucked in behind the power as it passes the station.
Photo Date:  11/22/1987  Upload Date: 6/17/2015 2:40:34 AM
Location:  Bellerose, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Station,Action
Locomotives:  LI 229(C420) LI 224(C420) LI 154(MP15AC)
Views:  606   Comments: 1
LIRR 225
Title:  LIRR 225
Description:  Westbound passenger train on the Port Jefferson branch arrives in Kings Park. Date approximate.
Photo Date:  1/1/1972  Upload Date: 12/7/2007 8:42:38 PM
Location:  Kings Park, NY
Author:  Mike Woodruff
Categories: 
Locomotives:  LI 225(C420)
Views:  946   Comments: 0
LIRR 225
Title:  LIRR 225
Description: 
Photo Date:  6/16/1972  Upload Date: 4/16/2009 1:37:03 PM
Location:  Speonk, NY
Author:  Marty Bernard
Categories: 
Locomotives:  LI 225(C420)
Views:  705   Comments: 0
LI 225
Title:  LI 225
Description:  Actual date not known. 126 Instamatic photo.
Photo Date:  1/1/1974  Upload Date: 12/28/2021 8:02:26 PM
Location:  Farmingdale, NY
Author:  Tim Darnell
Categories: 
Locomotives:  LI 225(C420)
Views:  220   Comments: 0
LI 225
Title:  LI 225
Description:  Actual date not known. 126 Instamatic photo.
Photo Date:  1/1/1975  Upload Date: 12/28/2021 8:02:42 PM
Location:  Morris Park, NY
Author:  Tim Darnell
Categories: 
Locomotives:  LI 225(C420)
Views:  166   Comments: 0
LI 225
Title:  LI 225
Description: 
Photo Date:  11/1/1975  Upload Date: 4/2/2020 10:12:00 PM
Location:  Morris Park, NY
Author:  Tim Darnell
Categories: 
Locomotives:  LI 225(C420)
Views:  317   Comments: 2
L to R: 463-440-225-467-1557
Title:  L to R: 463-440-225-467-1557
Description:  4 models of Alco noses! Actual day not recorded.
Photo Date:  5/1/1976  Upload Date: 4/18/2020 7:46:03 PM
Location:  Morris Park, NY
Author:  Tim Darnell
Categories: 
Locomotives:  LI 463(RS1) LI 440(S2) LI 225(C420) LI 467(RS1) LI 1557(RS3)
Views:  541   Comments: 1
Long Island C420 225
Title:  Long Island C420 225
Description:  Somewhere on Long Island, photographer unknown.
Photo Date:  2/24/1977  Upload Date: 4/9/2017 2:29:18 PM
Location:  Denver, CO
Author: 
Categories: 
Locomotives:  LI 225(C420)
Views:  261   Comments: 0
LI 225 in for painting into the new scheme.
Title:  LI 225 in for painting into the new scheme.
Description:  Not sure of actual date. Morris Park shop tour.
Photo Date:  6/11/1977  Upload Date: 5/24/2020 11:48:55 PM
Location:  Richmond Hill, NY
Author:  Tim Darnell
Categories: 
Locomotives:  LI 225(C420)
Views:  223   Comments: 2
Eastbound surprise
Title:  Eastbound surprise
Description:  In 1978, the LIRR extended a couple of Ronkonkoma trains to Yaphank in response to the growing traffic as population on Long Island grew. Aside from the benefit to far east end riders, the bonus to fans was that they usually drew a C 420, which was becoming a rare event in those days, as the GP 38s had largely taken over the passenger duties. I caught one at Ronkonkoma, almost close enough to grab it. This was early in my photography career, and I still had a thing or two to learn about composition.
Photo Date:  7/18/1977  Upload Date: 12/2/2016 4:14:12 AM
Location:  Ronkonkoma, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Station,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  LI 225(C420)
Views:  424   Comments: 0
Mid day layovers
Title:  Mid day layovers
Description:  This is not the greatest shot. I probably took it with the 110 Instamatic I was using then, in my early rail photograpy days, but it catches a transitional time on the LIRR. We see an Alco in the MTA blue/yellow scheme from the late 60s with a passenger train, something that would very shortly become a rarity, as the GP 38s had been delivered; an MP 15 poking out behind a train in the center of the photo, probably the only place in America where they were used in passenger service; and two of the aforementioned GP 38s, one at far right, the other just poking a nose out behind the Alco. These units would be hold sway on diesel trains for almost the next 30 years.
Photo Date:  1/17/1978  Upload Date: 12/13/2016 3:36:44 AM
Location:  Long Island City, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Yard,Passenger
Locomotives:  LI 225(C420)
Views:  404   Comments: 0
LI 225
Title:  LI 225
Description:  Afga film. Actual date not known. 225 running around its train for the return west.
Photo Date:  10/1/1978  Upload Date: 11/1/2024 11:28:06 PM
Location:  Morris Park, NY
Author:  Tim Darnell
Categories: 
Locomotives:  LI 225(C420)
Views:  32   Comments: 0
EMD SW1001 #102 and ALCO C-420 #225
Title:  EMD SW1001 #102 and ALCO C-420 #225
Description:  Roundhouse At Morris Park
Photo Date:  10/7/1978  Upload Date: 4/24/2014 3:45:13 PM
Location:  Morris Park, NY
Author:  Richard Gorddard
Categories:  Roster,Yard
Locomotives:  LI 102(SW1001) LI 225(C420)
Views:  852   Comments: 0
LI 225 on RF58
Title:  LI 225 on RF58
Description: 
Photo Date:  10/5/1979  Upload Date: 5/17/2020 11:40:52 PM
Location:  Mineola, NY
Author:  Tim Darnell
Categories: 
Locomotives:  LI 225(C420)
Views:  218   Comments: 2
LIRR 225
Title:  LIRR 225
Description:  6/29/82 - Fresh Pond Junction, Queens NY - LIRR 225 Alco C420 Serial # 6006-04 Built 8/1968, LIRR 228 Alco C420 Serial # 6006-07 Built 8/1968 & 2 other C420
Photo Date:  6/29/1982  Upload Date: 1/22/2024 5:56:29 PM
Location:  Ridgewood, NY
Author:  Peter Consigli
Categories:  Roster,Action
Locomotives:  LIRR 225(C420) LIRR 228(C420)
Views:  86   Comments: 2
C420s
Title:  C420s
Description:  LIRR C420s 225 and 228 power a e/b freight at Jamaica, Queens.
Photo Date:  8/17/1982  Upload Date: 1/27/2008 2:00:20 PM
Location:  Jamaica, NY
Author:  Donald Albertson
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  LI 225(C420)
Views:  509   Comments: 0
Done for the day
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:  690   Comments: 0


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