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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: |
612 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: |
627 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Times, they are a changin |
| Description: |
C 420 229 leads RF 63 through Ronkonkoma in October of 1986. The earth work has already started for the Ronkonkoma electrification, as evidenced by the grading done next to the track. The new service will start in January 1988. |
| Photo Date: |
10/14/1986 Upload Date: 7/29/2012 12:44:16 AM |
| Location: |
Ronkonkoma, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Station,Action |
| Locomotives: |
LI 229(C420) |
| Views: |
552 Comments: 0 |
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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: |
601 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: |
391 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: |
473 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: |
363 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: |
453 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: |
413 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: |
560 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Almost home |
| Description: |
RF 63 passes through Ronkonkoma as it hustles to Pine Aire to get out of the way of the evening rush. The electrification project is progressing. The ties have been replaced, and third rail ties-note every fifth tie is extended-are now installed. |
| Photo Date: |
10/21/1986 Upload Date: 12/15/2014 3:52:04 AM |
| Location: |
Ronkonkoma, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Action |
| Locomotives: |
LI 229(C420) LI 226(C420) |
| Views: |
343 Comments: 0 |
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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) |
| Views: |
306 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Lite RF 7 |
| Description: |
RF 7 was a catch all train that worked whatever needed to be done on the west end, and could be found anywhere. Today its headed east past Bellerose on the main line with a C420 and MP15, probably to handle a customer switch somewhere fairly close. |
| Photo Date: |
2/8/1987 Upload Date: 4/16/2015 3:18:15 AM |
| Location: |
Bellerose, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Station,Action |
| Locomotives: |
LI 229(C420) LI 157(MP15AC) |
| Views: |
410 Comments: 0 |
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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: |
363 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: |
494 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: |
510 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
The show goes on |
| Description: |
In the midst of all the hoopla surrounding the opening of the Ronkonkoma electrification, the freight work went on. RF 62 rolls east past the station behind the usual C 420s. |
| Photo Date: |
1/18/1988 Upload Date: 6/22/2015 4:00:09 AM |
| Location: |
Ronkonkoma, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Winter,Station,Signal,Action |
| Locomotives: |
LI 229(C420) LI 223(C420) |
| Views: |
468 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
End of the line |
| Description: |
The remaining 8 C 420s that had been working in freight service on the LIRR sit outside the Morris Park shops after being pulled from service following the opening of the Ronkonkoma electrification. The retirement would be short, as several would return to service, including 225 and 229, which would be repainted in the 1960s era blue and yellow MTA scheme. |
| Photo Date: |
1/21/1988 Upload Date: 2/12/2012 7:41:49 PM |
| Location: |
Jamaica, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Roster,Yard |
| Locomotives: |
LI 229(C420) LI 223(C420) LI 228(C420) LI 222(C420) |
| Views: |
903 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
No more action |
| Description: |
Or maybe there will be. A pair of C 420s rendered surplus sit behind the shop at Morris Park. At this point, their future looks dim, but the Centuries will rise again, and have an indian summer for a few years before finally going to scrap. Note the other equipment stashed with the Alcos-a cupola caboose, a box car, and a retire B 60 baggage car. I can recall seeing these on some east end trains in the 1960's. |
| Photo Date: |
2/5/1988 Upload Date: 6/27/2015 4:39:42 AM |
| Location: |
Morris Park, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Roster,Yard |
| Locomotives: |
LI 229(C420) LI 223(C420) |
| Views: |
238 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
LI 229 |
| Description: |
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| Photo Date: |
6/6/1989 Upload Date: 10/1/2018 3:18:28 PM |
| Location: |
Morris Park, NY |
| Author: |
Richard Gorddard |
| Categories: |
Roster,Yard |
| Locomotives: |
LI 229(C420) |
| Views: |
160 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
LI 229 |
| Description: |
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| Photo Date: |
6/6/1989 Upload Date: 10/1/2018 3:11:54 PM |
| Location: |
Morris Park, NY |
| Author: |
Richard Gorddard |
| Categories: |
Roster,Yard |
| Locomotives: |
LI 229(C420) |
| Views: |
157 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
LIRR C-420s or L2s as the LIRR called them |
| Description: |
L2 229 & 225 |
| Photo Date: |
8/5/1989 Upload Date: 10/13/2012 9:04:06 PM |
| Location: |
Morris Park, NY |
| Author: |
Richard Gorddard |
| Categories: |
Roster,Yard |
| Locomotives: |
LI 229(C420) |
| Views: |
562 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Alco C-420 (L2) #229 |
| Description: |
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| Photo Date: |
8/5/1989 Upload Date: 10/13/2012 9:25:43 PM |
| Location: |
Morris Park, NY |
| Author: |
Richard Gorddard |
| Categories: |
Roster,Yard |
| Locomotives: |
LI 229(C420) |
| Views: |
452 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Garden City Secondary |
| Description: |
LIRR c-420s 229 & 225 smoke it up at the former Clinton Ave Station, now a fire house |
| Photo Date: |
9/9/1989 Upload Date: 12/23/2009 12:51:10 AM |
| Location: |
Garden City, NY |
| Author: |
Richard Gorddard |
| Categories: |
Roster,Action |
| Locomotives: |
LI 229(C420) |
| Views: |
681 Comments: 2 |
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| Title: |
Retro Centuries |
| Description: |
Late in their careers, LIRR repainted a couple of C 420s into their as delivered scheme from the early MTA era. Here we see them on a fantrip at Floral Park on the Hempstead Branch. |
| Photo Date: |
9/10/1989 Upload Date: 10/5/2011 11:35:51 PM |
| Location: |
Floral Park, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Station,Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
LI 229(C420) LI 222(C420) |
| Views: |
674 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Caboose fantrip |
| Description: |
In September of 1989, LI Surise Trail NRHS rana trip featuring a ride in LIRR cabooses as part of the trip. The train was handled by C 420s 229 and 225, which had been painted into their as delivered scheme of NYSDOT yellow and blue. Here we see them at Clinton Rd on the Mithcell Field Secondary. |
| Photo Date: |
9/10/1989 Upload Date: 7/29/2012 12:39:55 AM |
| Location: |
Garden City, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Station,Action |
| Locomotives: |
LI 229(C420) LI 225(C420) |
| Views: |
459 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Crossing Clinton |
| Description: |
The Kabin Kar Trek has gone as far out on the Mitchell Field line as it can, and changed ends. It now approaches the old Clinton Rd station in Garden City in a display only an Alco can provide. |
| Photo Date: |
9/10/1989 Upload Date: 11/27/2015 4:57:09 AM |
| Location: |
Garden City, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
LI 229(C420) LI 225(C420) LI 609(Power Car) |
| Views: |
350 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Clinton Rd station |
| Description: |
The one remaining station on the Mitchell Field Secondary is at Clinton Rd in Garden City. The Kabin Kar Trek ran out as far as they could go, then stopped here for photos. This is the train behind a pair of MTA painted C 420s smoking past the old station. |
| Photo Date: |
9/10/1989 Upload Date: 11/28/2015 3:57:36 AM |
| Location: |
Garden City, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Station,Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
LI 229(C420) LI 225(C420) LI 609(Power Car) |
| Views: |
336 Comments: 2 |
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| Title: |
Street side |
| Description: |
The trip has passed Clinton Rd station, and is now backing up for another go. This time we look from the street side of the station. |
| Photo Date: |
9/10/1989 Upload Date: 11/28/2015 4:05:39 AM |
| Location: |
Garden City, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Station,Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
LI 229(C420) LI 225(C420) LI 609(Power Car) |
| Views: |
243 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Last lap |
| Description: |
The Kabin Kar Trek is on its last leg as it rolls through Floral Park on its way to drop the tired but happy riders at Jamaica. |
| Photo Date: |
9/10/1989 Upload Date: 11/28/2015 4:10:58 AM |
| Location: |
Floral Park, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Station,Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
LI 229(C420) LI 225(C420) LI 609(Power Car) |
| Views: |
286 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Bright nose |
| Description: |
The trip packet for the Kabin Kar Trek promised a surprise, and this was it. They had repainted two of the C 420s in the original MTA blue/yellow scheme, though the blue was a bit darker than as delivered. Still, they looked good. This is the nose of 229 as it sits at Clinton Rd while riders reboard after a runby. |
| Photo Date: |
9/10/1989 Upload Date: 11/28/2015 4:15:01 AM |
| Location: |
Garden City, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Roster |
| Locomotives: |
LI 229(C420) |
| Views: |
93 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Fantrip meet |
| Description: |
The LIRR Kabin Kar Trek-a fantrip where passengers could ride in one of eight cabooses on the train-is overtaken by a Port Jeff train as they pass the team tracks. |
| Photo Date: |
9/10/1989 Upload Date: 11/27/2015 4:30:41 AM |
| Location: |
Queens Village, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
LI 254(GP38-2) LI 609(Power Car) LI 225(C420) LI 229(C420) |
| Views: |
376 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Kabin Kars |
| Description: |
The LIRR ran a Kabin Kar Trek on this Sunday, covering some of the freight only areas on the west end, including Bushwick Terminal and the Bay Ridge Branch. After swapping power at Jamaica, it ran out the Mitchell Field Secondary behind a set of Alcos. Here is is passing the Queens Village team yard with FA 609 leading a pair of C 420s repainted in the MTA scheme from the 1960s. The Centuries still have their 251 engines, but the FA has had its 244 removed and a Caterpillar engine/generator set installed. It's just along for the ride, but an Alco cab leading a pair of Centuries is still a good looking consist. |
| Photo Date: |
9/10/1989 Upload Date: 11/27/2015 4:38:51 AM |
| Location: |
Queens Village, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
LI 609(Power Car) LI 225(C420) LI 229(C420) |
| Views: |
321 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
LI 229 |
| Description: |
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| Photo Date: |
8/17/1996 Upload Date: 7/2/2019 2:19:40 PM |
| Location: |
Morris Park, NY |
| Author: |
Richard Gorddard |
| Categories: |
Roster,Yard |
| Locomotives: |
LI 229(C420) LI 150(MP15AC) |
| Views: |
236 Comments: 0 |
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