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| Title: |
Made it |
| Description: |
RF 63 is tied up at Pine Aire. The same power will run west later this evening as RF 91 to Fresh Pond. The electrification project is making its mark here, as the third rail has been installed. |
| Photo Date: |
10/21/1986 Upload Date: 12/15/2014 3:55:06 AM |
| Location: |
Pine Aire, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Yard,Action |
| Locomotives: |
LI 229(C420) LI 226(C420) |
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360 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Meeting the freight |
| Description: |
An eastbound Ronkonkoma train makes its Pine Aire stop as RF 63 waits for a new crew to become RF 91 that evening. |
| Photo Date: |
10/21/1986 Upload Date: 12/16/2014 3:57:37 AM |
| Location: |
Pine Aire, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Station,Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
LI 259(GP38-2) LI 226(C420) |
| Views: |
455 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Waiting for the board |
| Description: |
RF 11 was pulled up to the signal on track 4 at Queens to wait for traffic, not uncommon as there was a flurry of passenger trains around 1 AM every night. Todays train has three C 420s instead of the usual two. Pennsys position light signals were always interesting to watch, especially so at night. Hell get going after the Oyster Bay train clears going east. |
| Photo Date: |
1/15/1987 Upload Date: 12/31/2014 2:50:27 AM |
| Location: |
Queens Village, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Night,Station,Signal,Action |
| Locomotives: |
LI 228(C420) LI 227(C420) LI 226(C420) |
| Views: |
735 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Waiting at the station |
| Description: |
RF 11 was cooling its heels waiting for traffic at Queens Village in this platform shot, also showing the waiting area on the westbound platform across the tracks. Lead unit 228 seems to have a new coat of paint. |
| Photo Date: |
1/15/1987 Upload Date: 12/31/2014 3:04:18 AM |
| Location: |
Queens Village, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Station,Action |
| Locomotives: |
LI 228(C420) LI 227(C420) LI 226(C420) |
| Views: |
690 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Back in the zone |
| Description: |
RF 63 passes the block limit signal at KO, entering the commuter zone. Note the third rail in place. It is now nine months til electric trains will run here from New York and Brooklyn |
| Photo Date: |
4/9/1987 Upload Date: 4/23/2015 2:11:32 AM |
| Location: |
Ronkonkoma, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Signal,Action |
| Locomotives: |
LI 226(C420) LI 227(C420) |
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253 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Doing what Alcos do |
| Description: |
RF 63 gets started from its pick up at Yaphank with gusto. Hell need to hustle if hes going to get his window ahead of the afternoon rush once he gets to Ronkonkoma. Pour it on!! |
| Photo Date: |
4/9/1987 Upload Date: 4/23/2015 2:15:34 AM |
| Location: |
Yaphank, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Action |
| Locomotives: |
LI 226(C420) LI 227(C420) |
| Views: |
275 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Just passing through |
| Description: |
Youd never know it to see the place now, but Manorville was once an important junction on the LIRR. There was a branch here that split from the Main Line, connecting to the Montauk Branch at Eastport. It was commonly used by trains going to the Hamptons and east. It was abandoned in 1949; Manorville was never the same. RF 63 passes through without even breaking its pace. |
| Photo Date: |
4/9/1987 Upload Date: 4/23/2015 2:22:30 AM |
| Location: |
Manorville, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Action |
| Locomotives: |
LI 226(C420) LI 227(C420) |
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222 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Working YA |
| Description: |
RF 62s caboose is seen in the distance as the train gets underway after setting out a cut of cars for pick up on the return trip. YA block station is at right. |
| Photo Date: |
4/9/1987 Upload Date: 4/21/2015 3:46:56 AM |
| Location: |
Yaphank, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
RollingStock,Signal,Action |
| Locomotives: |
LI 226(C420) LI 227(C420) |
| Views: |
324 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Alcos by the coal dock |
| Description: |
A pair of C 420s, now stored since the Ronkonkoma electrification rendered newer diesels available for freight service, pose by the concrete coal dock at Morris Park shop. The Alcos will have a brief reprieve, and return to service for a few more years. The coaling tower has, however, seen its last steam engine. The tracks in the foreground are the Atlantic Branch, which are coming out of the Atlantic Av tunnel, where they have been since just east of Nostrand Av station in Brooklyn. The cars beyond the Alcos are part of the alcohol train, and are equipped to spray an alcohol based chemical on the third rail to keep it from getting iced up in winter. |
| Photo Date: |
2/5/1988 Upload Date: 6/27/2015 4:31:17 AM |
| Location: |
Morris Park, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Roster,Yard |
| Locomotives: |
LI 227(C420) LI 226(C420) |
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254 Comments: 0 |
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