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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: |
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Locomotives: |
LI 224(C420) |
Views: |
312 Comments: 3 |
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Title: |
LI 224,226 on a WB freight |
Description: |
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Photo Date: |
12/1/1981 Upload Date: 10/12/2016 11:02:21 PM |
Location: |
Morris Park, NY |
Author: |
Tim Darnell |
Categories: |
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Locomotives: |
LI 224(C420) LI 226(C420) |
Views: |
566 Comments: 2 |
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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: |
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Locomotives: |
LI 224(C420) |
Views: |
226 Comments: 0 |
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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 |
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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 |
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Title: |
Sunnyside Yard, NYC 1984 |
Description: |
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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 |
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Title: |
Sunnyside Yard, NYC 1984 |
Description: |
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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 |
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Title: |
Sunnyside Yard, NYC 1984 |
Description: |
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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 |
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Title: |
Long Island RR C420 # 224 |
Description: |
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Photo Date: |
5/5/1985 Upload Date: 5/26/2007 9:17:44 PM |
Location: |
Jamaica, NY |
Author: |
John Mech |
Categories: |
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Locomotives: |
LI 224(C420) |
Views: |
612 Comments: 0 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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: |
385 Comments: 0 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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: |
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Locomotives: |
LI 225(C420) |
Views: |
946 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
LIRR 225 |
Description: |
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Photo Date: |
6/16/1972 Upload Date: 4/16/2009 1:37:03 PM |
Location: |
Speonk, NY |
Author: |
Marty Bernard |
Categories: |
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Locomotives: |
LI 225(C420) |
Views: |
705 Comments: 0 |
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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: |
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Locomotives: |
LI 225(C420) |
Views: |
220 Comments: 0 |
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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: |
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Locomotives: |
LI 225(C420) |
Views: |
166 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
LI 225 |
Description: |
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Photo Date: |
11/1/1975 Upload Date: 4/2/2020 10:12:00 PM |
Location: |
Morris Park, NY |
Author: |
Tim Darnell |
Categories: |
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Locomotives: |
LI 225(C420) |
Views: |
317 Comments: 2 |
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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: |
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Locomotives: |
LI 463(RS1) LI 440(S2) LI 225(C420) LI 467(RS1) LI 1557(RS3) |
Views: |
541 Comments: 1 |
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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: |
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Categories: |
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Locomotives: |
LI 225(C420) |
Views: |
261 Comments: 0 |
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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: |
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Locomotives: |
LI 225(C420) |
Views: |
223 Comments: 2 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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: |
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Locomotives: |
LI 225(C420) |
Views: |
32 Comments: 0 |
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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 |
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Title: |
LI 225 on RF58 |
Description: |
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Photo Date: |
10/5/1979 Upload Date: 5/17/2020 11:40:52 PM |
Location: |
Mineola, NY |
Author: |
Tim Darnell |
Categories: |
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Locomotives: |
LI 225(C420) |
Views: |
218 Comments: 2 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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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