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Owner: Long Island Rail Road Company
Model:Alco C420Built As:LI 226 (C420)
Serial Number:6006-05Order No:21304
Frame Number:6006-05Built:8/1968
Notes:blt 8/68
Other locos with this serial:  LI 226(C420) LIRR 226(C420)
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LI 226
Title:  LI 226
Description:  This might be the Advance Cannon Ball. It often ran with a single unit while the Cannon Ball almost always got a pair of C420s. Date of photo approximate.
Photo Date:  7/1/1971  Upload Date: 2/20/2021 8:55:07 PM
Location:  Bethpage, NY
Author:  Mike Woodruff
Categories: 
Locomotives:  LI 226(C420)
Views:  105   Comments: 0
LIRR 226 and 606
Title:  LIRR 226 and 606
Description: 
Photo Date:  6/15/1972  Upload Date: 4/16/2009 1:37:05 PM
Location:  Hicksville, NY
Author:  Marty Bernard
Categories: 
Locomotives:  LI 226(C420) LI 606(Power Car)
Views:  857   Comments: 1
LIRR 226 With Tr #40
Title:  LIRR 226 With Tr #40
Description: 
Photo Date:  6/16/1972  Upload Date: 4/16/2009 1:37:04 PM
Location:  Speonk, NY
Author:  Marty Bernard
Categories: 
Locomotives:  LI 226(C420)
Views:  547   Comments: 0
LIRR 226 With Tr #40
Title:  LIRR 226 With Tr #40
Description: 
Photo Date:  6/16/1972  Upload Date: 4/16/2009 1:37:05 PM
Location:  Speonk, NY
Author:  Marty Bernard
Categories: 
Locomotives:  LI 226(C420)
Views:  433   Comments: 0
LI 226
Title:  LI 226
Description:  C420s pulling Ping Pong coaches meet at Smithtown on the last day of conventional off-peak service. These trains were subsequently replaced with push-pull train sets utilizing the newly acquired Alco FA cab cars.
Photo Date:  6/23/1972  Upload Date: 12/17/2008 7:13:58 PM
Location:  Smithtown, NY
Author:  Mike Woodruff
Categories: 
Locomotives:  LI 226(C420)
Views:  615   Comments: 1
LI 226
Title:  LI 226
Description:  C420 #226 brings a Saturday afternoon train into Montauk, NY. The consist of the "Cannon Ball" is in the yard, having arrived from New York the previous evening. The Montauk Manor Hotel, now condominiums, is seen in the background. Date approximate.
Photo Date:  7/1/1972  Upload Date: 1/25/2007 3:29:54 PM
Location:  Montauk, NY
Author:  Mike Woodruff
Categories: 
Locomotives:  LI 226(C420)
Views:  1316   Comments: 0
LI 226
Title:  LI 226
Description:  Not yet four years old, LI C420 #226 turns on the wye at Montauk after bringing in a Saturday afternoon train.
Photo Date:  7/1/1972  Upload Date: 11/24/2008 8:32:12 PM
Location:  Montauk, NY
Author:  Mike Woodruff
Categories: 
Locomotives:  LI 226(C420)
Views:  1073   Comments: 0
LI 205
Title:  LI 205
Description:  Sunday morning deadheading power to Montauk, will be split for 2 trains
Photo Date:  7/1/1974  Upload Date: 1/5/2007 7:15:33 PM
Location:  Bellport, NY
Author:  Tim Darnell
Categories: 
Locomotives:  LI 205(C420) BAR 65(GP7) BAR 66(GP7) LI 226(C420)
Views:  1831   Comments: 1
LI 226
Title:  LI 226
Description:  Actual date not known. 126 Instamatic photo.
Photo Date:  1/1/1975  Upload Date: 1/24/2022 8:56:50 PM
Location:  Morris Park, NY
Author:  Tim Darnell
Categories: 
Locomotives:  LI 226(C420)
Views:  85   Comments: 1
LI 226 heads west
Title:  LI 226 heads west
Description:  126 Instamatic slide
Photo Date:  2/1/1975  Upload Date: 2/6/2020 9:51:20 PM
Location:  Pinelawn, NY
Author:  Tim Darnell
Categories: 
Locomotives:  LI 226(C420)
Views:  415   Comments: 4
LI 226, 229
Title:  LI 226, 229
Description:  Special bicycle train for eastern LI, coaches & B60 baggage cars on the rear.
Photo Date:  6/1/1975  Upload Date: 1/24/2022 8:57:01 PM
Location:  Mineola, NY
Author:  Tim Darnell
Categories: 
Locomotives:  LI 226(C420) LI 229(C420)
Views:  138   Comments: 2
LI 226
Title:  LI 226
Description: 
Photo Date:  7/20/1975  Upload Date: 6/21/2021 10:18:32 PM
Location:  Montauk, NY
Author:  Tim Darnell
Categories: 
Locomotives:  LI 226(C420)
Views:  87   Comments: 2
LI 226
Title:  LI 226
Description:  Silver plate with M decal a new trial. Actual day not recorded.
Photo Date:  3/1/1976  Upload Date: 4/2/2020 10:16:33 PM
Location:  Mineola, NY
Author:  Tim Darnell
Categories: 
Locomotives:  LI 226(C420)
Views:  100   Comments: 1
LI 222, 229, 226 on freight RF61
Title:  LI 222, 229, 226 on freight RF61
Description:  Actual day not recorded.
Photo Date:  6/1/1976  Upload Date: 4/24/2020 9:57:05 PM
Location:  Mineola, NY
Author:  Tim Darnell
Categories: 
Locomotives:  LI 222(C420) LI 229(C420) LI 226(C420)
Views:  352   Comments: 2
LI 226, 229, 222 on 3 unit RF61
Title:  LI 226, 229, 222 on 3 unit RF61
Description:  Actual day not recorded.
Photo Date:  6/1/1976  Upload Date: 4/24/2020 9:57:10 PM
Location:  Mineola, NY
Author:  Tim Darnell
Categories: 
Locomotives:  LI 226(C420)
Views:  126   Comments: 2
LI 226
Title:  LI 226
Description: 
Photo Date:  11/6/1976  Upload Date: 9/9/2018 4:06:04 PM
Location:  Port Jefferson, NY
Author:  Olev Taremae
Categories: 
Locomotives:  LI 226(C420)
Views:  274   Comments: 0
LI 226
Title:  LI 226
Description: 
Photo Date:  1/5/1979  Upload Date: 6/6/2021 10:08:40 PM
Location:  Morris Park, NY
Author:  Tim Darnell
Categories: 
Locomotives:  LI 226(C420)
Views:  84   Comments: 1
LI 226 on RF54
Title:  LI 226 on RF54
Description:  Actual day not recorded.
Photo Date:  6/1/1979  Upload Date: 5/21/2020 11:23:35 PM
Location:  Merillon Ave., NY
Author:  Tim Darnell
Categories: 
Locomotives:  LI 226(C420)
Views:  145   Comments: 2
LI 226 on RF49
Title:  LI 226 on RF49
Description: 
Photo Date:  10/5/1979  Upload Date: 5/17/2020 11:40:55 PM
Location:  Mineola, NY
Author:  Tim Darnell
Categories: 
Locomotives:  LI 226(C420)
Views:  114   Comments: 2
On the Brookhaven National Labs spur
Title:  On the Brookhaven National Labs spur
Description:  The Long Island had a short spur into the Brookhaven National Labs off the Main Line at Yaphank. They didnt do much there, but during WW I, this was Camp Upton, and embarkation point for troops going to Europe-and subject of the song "Yip Yip Yaphank". The parlor car fantrip that ran to Greenport in May 1981 covered the line.
Photo Date:  5/16/1981  Upload Date: 6/29/2014 3:02:48 AM
Location:  Yaphank, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  LI 226(C420)
Views:  581   Comments: 1
Two eras
Title:  Two eras
Description:  The Greenport parlor car fantrip passes equipment from another era that is being restored, the tender from LIRR G5 39.
Photo Date:  5/16/1981  Upload Date: 6/29/2014 3:09:59 AM
Location:  Riverhead, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Station,Action
Locomotives:  LI 226(C420)
Views:  439   Comments: 0
Alco at the station
Title:  Alco at the station
Description:  C 420 226 sits at Ronkonkoma during a photo stop on a fantrip to Greenport
Photo Date:  5/16/1981  Upload Date: 6/29/2014 2:40:20 AM
Location:  Ronkonkoma, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Station,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  LI 226(C420)
Views:  460   Comments: 0
Rare mileage
Title:  Rare mileage
Description:  Up til the mid 70s this was a weekend event. The LIRR had trains that ran for visitors to a pair of state hospitals that had their own spurs. The parlor car trip to Greenport visited the Brentwood State Hospital spur during that trip, here seen with lead unit 226
Photo Date:  5/16/1981  Upload Date: 1/28/2013 12:24:36 AM
Location:  Brentwood, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Roster,Station,Passenger
Locomotives:  LI 226(C420)
Views:  631   Comments: 0
Stop at KO
Title:  Stop at KO
Description:  The parlor car trip stopped at Ronkonkoma to wait for traffic, which allowed riders to get off for a brief photo stop.
Photo Date:  5/16/1981  Upload Date: 1/28/2013 12:28:40 AM
Location:  Ronkonkoma, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Station,Passenger
Locomotives:  LI 226(C420)
Views:  510   Comments: 0
C 420 on Camp Upton Spur
Title:  C 420 on Camp Upton Spur
Description:  LIRR ran fan trip in 1981 that covered the spur to the one time WW I Camp Upton training camp
Photo Date:  5/16/1981  Upload Date: 1/23/2011 10:59:18 PM
Location:  Yaphank, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  LI 226(C420)
Views:  586   Comments: 0
LI 226 on a rail train
Title:  LI 226 on a rail train
Description:  Shot out my bedroom window with a 135mm lens. Actual day not recorded.
Photo Date:  7/1/1981  Upload Date: 5/10/2020 9:16:51 PM
Location:  Baldwin, NY
Author:  Tim Darnell
Categories: 
Locomotives:  LI 226(C420)
Views:  113   Comments: 1
C-420
Title:  C-420
Description: 
Photo Date:  8/22/1981  Upload Date: 12/23/2009 12:40:46 AM
Location:  Morris Park, NY
Author:  Richard Gorddard
Categories:  Roster,Yard
Locomotives:  LI 226(C420)
Views:  846   Comments: 0
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:  465   Comments: 2
LI 226
Title:  LI 226
Description: 
Photo Date:  7/1/1982  Upload Date: 5/9/2020 9:26:32 PM
Location:  Morris Park, NY
Author:  Tim Darnell
Categories: 
Locomotives:  LI 226(C420)
Views:  119   Comments: 1
LI 226
Title:  LI 226
Description:  Actual day not recorded.
Photo Date:  3/1/1983  Upload Date: 5/7/2020 9:18:04 PM
Location:  Morris Park, NY
Author:  Tim Darnell
Categories: 
Locomotives:  LI 226(C420)
Views:  101   Comments: 1
Freight power
Title:  Freight power
Description:  The power for the freights running from Holban Yard often sat out on a ready track along the main line. At that time, C420s were the usual power on the road trains, with MP15s handling the lighter work. Heres a pair of Centuries and an MP15 waiting for their next trip east in the evening.
Photo Date:  7/12/1983  Upload Date: 11/23/2013 1:57:31 AM
Location:  Hillside, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Roster,Yard
Locomotives:  LI 227(C420) LI 226(C420) LI 159(MP15AC)
Views:  974   Comments: 0
Holban power
Title:  Holban power
Description:  A set of power waiting to go out sits on the ready track at Holban Yard.
Photo Date:  9/13/1983  Upload Date: 11/25/2013 1:36:20 AM
Location:  Hillside, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Roster,Yard
Locomotives:  LI 227(C420) LI 226(C420) LI 228(C420)
Views:  981   Comments: 2
RF 7
Title:  RF 7
Description:  RF 7 rolls through Fresh Pond en route to Yard A
Photo Date:  9/13/1983  Upload Date: 11/25/2013 1:32:24 AM
Location:  Fresh Pond, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Yard,Action
Locomotives:  LI 228(C420) LI 226(C420)
Views:  773   Comments: 1
RF 7 at Fresh Pond tower
Title:  RF 7 at Fresh Pond tower
Description:  RF 7 passes under Conrails Bay Ridge line and MTAs M line, and Fresh Pond tower, the roof of which is seen above the power. Note the dwarf signal where the Bay Ridge line connects to the LIRR
Photo Date:  9/13/1983  Upload Date: 11/25/2013 1:34:43 AM
Location:  Fresh Pond, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Yard,Signal,Action
Locomotives:  LI 228(C420) LI 226(C420)
Views:  811   Comments: 1
EB freight with 226
Title:  EB freight with 226
Description:  This eb freight snuck up on me so I had to make the best of it. C420 226 in the lead...13OCT1984
Photo Date:  10/13/1984  Upload Date: 2/26/2017 7:35:32 AM
Location:  Jamaica, NY
Author:  Donald Albertson
Categories:  Signal
Locomotives:  LI 226(C420)
Views:  350   Comments: 1
Work extra
Title:  Work extra
Description:  The C 420s were pretty much out of passenger service by the mid 80s, but turned up on everything else, mostly freight. Here are a pair on a work train approaching Queens Village.
Photo Date:  7/18/1985  Upload Date: 10/5/2014 3:44:01 AM
Location:  Queens Village, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  LI 226(C420)
Views:  337   Comments: 0
Through the park
Title:  Through the park
Description:  The Bay Ridge line excursion stops for a photo in Forest Park along the Montauk Branch
Photo Date:  10/5/1985  Upload Date: 10/12/2014 3:32:51 AM
Location:  Forest Park, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  LI 222(C420) LI 226(C420)
Views:  567   Comments: 1
Ready to head back
Title:  Ready to head back
Description:  The power of the Bay Ridge excursion at the newly refurbished Bay Ridge yard, ready to take the passengers back on and head for the next adventure-the Port Washington Branch.
Photo Date:  10/5/1985  Upload Date: 10/12/2014 3:38:04 AM
Location:  Bay Ridge, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Yard,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  LI 222(C420) LI 226(C420)
Views:  698   Comments: 0
Alcos on the Port Washington Branch
Title:  Alcos on the Port Washington Branch
Description:  In October 1985, a fantrip was run covering the newly acquired Bay Ridge line, and also covered several other lines, including rare diesel train trip over the Port Washington branch. This is the train at the Port Washington station behind a pair of C 420s.
Photo Date:  10/12/1985  Upload Date: 2/12/2012 10:48:08 PM
Location:  Port Washington, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Station,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  LI 226(C420)
Views:  471   Comments: 0
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:  642   Comments: 1
RF 91
Title:  RF 91
Description:  RF 91 was the westbound road freight that ran Sunday through Thursday nights from Pine Aire to Fresh Pond. It worked some of the industrial sidings in Nassau county, such as one just east of the New Hyde Park station. It has stopped in the station while the ground man lines the switches to access the customer. Time?? Around 0300.
Photo Date:  3/4/1986  Upload Date: 11/15/2014 4:21:13 AM
Location:  New Hyde Park, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Night,Station,Action
Locomotives:  LI 228(C420) LI 226(C420)
Views:  525   Comments: 0
No room
Title:  No room
Description:  A westbound train from Ronkonkoma rolls into Pine Aire station while RF62 looks on from the siding. An eastbound train waits for the westbound to clear. No room at the inn this morning. In an hour, it will be empty.
Photo Date:  8/10/1986  Upload Date: 12/7/2014 4:38:09 AM
Location:  Pine Aire, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Station,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  LI 172(MP15AC) LI 161(MP15AC) LI 226(C420) LI 227(C420)
Views:  1288   Comments: 0
Mixed meet
Title:  Mixed meet
Description:  A GP 38 powered commuter train meets RF 63 at DK
Photo Date:  8/12/1986  Upload Date: 6/20/2011 1:56:45 AM
Location:  Deer Park, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  LI 227(C420) LI 226(C420) LI 250(GP38-2)
Views:  1024   Comments: 1
Switching the team track
Title:  Switching the team track
Description:  RF 63 switches the team track at Riverhead.
Photo Date:  8/19/1986  Upload Date: 6/20/2011 1:59:00 AM
Location:  Riverhead, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Yard,Action
Locomotives:  LI 227(C420) LI 226(C420)
Views:  1079   Comments: 3
Ground work underway
Title:  Ground work underway
Description:  The prep work for the Ronkonkoma electrification is underway as RF 62 rolls into Ronkonkoma. The electrified line will open in about 16 months, on Jan 18 1988. The C 420s will hang on another few years after that.
Photo Date:  8/19/1986  Upload Date: 12/9/2014 2:13:21 AM
Location:  Ronkonkoma, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  LI 226(C420) LI 227(C420)
Views:  782   Comments: 0
Switching
Title:  Switching
Description:  RF 62 often did extensive switching at Riverhead where there were several sidings and an active team track. Here the power backs down to a hitch with a boxcar as the rest of the train sits on the main. This train did not have radios for the crews, and all moves were coordinated by hand signals.
Photo Date:  8/19/1986  Upload Date: 2/12/2012 10:51:39 PM
Location:  Riverhead, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Station,Action
Locomotives:  LI 227(C420) LI 226(C420)
Views:  1071   Comments: 1
Made it back
Title:  Made it back
Description:  RF 63 is in the siding at Pine Aire, having made its Riverhead turn and and upstream trip against the tide of Ronkonkoma bound commuters. Its power will become RF 91 to Fresh Pond later tonight.
Photo Date:  8/19/1986  Upload Date: 12/9/2014 2:15:15 AM
Location:  Pine Aire, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  LI 227(C420) LI 226(C420)
Views:  811   Comments: 0
Headed west
Title:  Headed west
Description:  RF 63 has completed switching in Riverhead and is ready to work back to Pine Aire.
Photo Date:  8/19/1986  Upload Date: 2/12/2012 11:09:01 PM
Location:  Riverhead, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Station,Action
Locomotives:  LI 227(C420) LI 226(C420)
Views:  854   Comments: 0
Meeting an eastbound
Title:  Meeting an eastbound
Description:  The challenge for RF 62/63 was to get out to Riverhead, do whatever work it had to get done along the way, and get back to Pine Aire in time to beat the rush hour. They usually made it, though would start to run up against the leading edge of the rush hour parade as they got west of Ronkonkoma. Heres RF 63 meeting train 254 behind class unit 250 at Deer Park. Almost home.
Photo Date:  8/19/1986  Upload Date: 12/7/2014 3:39:12 AM
Location:  Deer Park, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  LI 227(C420) LI 226(C420) LI 250(GP38-2)
Views:  815   Comments: 0
Getting underway
Title:  Getting underway
Description:  RF 63 is out of town and getting a roll on westbound. It will have work at Yaphank before it heads back to Pine Aire.
Photo Date:  8/19/1986  Upload Date: 12/7/2014 3:41:24 AM
Location:  Riverhead, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  LI 227(C420) LI 226(C420)
Views:  769   Comments: 0


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