Potatoes!!  Contributor's Pick!       
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.
Date: 3/19/1987 Location: Riverhead, NY Views: 286 Collection Of:   Tom Beckett
Locomotives: LI 227(C420) LI 224(C420)    Author:  Tom Beckett
Potatoes!!
Picture Categories: Scenic,Action This picture is part of album:  Long Island RR freight
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Stephen Fuchs General That Long Island Paint was striking when fresh, I like those 50 ft Opera Window Lumber cars as seen in consist. 11/2/2019 12:50:58 PM

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