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By:Tom Beckett
Dates:1/1/1980 - 1/1/2011
Album Info:The LIRR is a 24 hour operation. While its world is primarily daytime runs, it has a different character at night. Back in the mid 80's, I worked for Friendly Ice Cream as an assistant manager in their Albertson NY restaurant. My schedule was mostly nights, starting at 4 or 5 PM, working to close, which was either 11 or midnight, depending on time of year. After work, I'd go to Mineola and watch the late night parade, which in addition to the usual passage of MU trains, included diesel powered trains to Ronkonkoma, Oyster Bay, and Montauk. It was also a good time to catch the west end road freights, RF 11 eastbound, which usually followed the last Oyster Bay train through Mineola around 1:30; and RF 91 westbound, which was more erratic, sometime appearing between 1 and 3 AM, but often later. RF 11 was the train to see. It would follow the Oyster Bay train, which left the Main Line at Mineola, holding back west of Herricks Road til the passenger train cleared Nassau interlocking, then putting it up into Run 8 once he had the signal. He'd come through Mineola running flat out, gaining speed in an unbelieveable show of smoke, noise, and fire from the stacks of the C420's that were assigned to the train in those days.
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Engine change
Title:  Engine change
Description:  A C420 is taking up the rear on this Ronkonkoma train at Mineola. There was a GP 38 leading, and one of the FA 1s as a power pack. The only thing I can figure is the Alco was being dropped at Pine Aire for the freight, which must have had one of its units fail.
Photo Date:  8/15/1985  Upload Date: 10/7/2014 2:41:08 AM
Location:  Mineola, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Night,Station,Signal,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  LI 223(C420)
Views:  340   Comments: 0
Late train to Jamaica
Title:  Late train to Jamaica
Description:  A westbound stops for passengers and will be dropping them at Jamaica for late connections to Brooklyn and New York.
Photo Date:  9/24/1985  Upload Date: 10/8/2014 2:16:49 AM
Location:  Patchogue, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Night,Station,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  LI 269(GP38-2)
Views:  253   Comments: 0
Waiting for morning
Title:  Waiting for morning
Description:  A westbound morning train sits in the siding at Patchogue over night.
Photo Date:  9/24/1985  Upload Date: 10/8/2014 2:12:12 AM
Location:  Patchogue, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Night,Station,Passenger
Locomotives:  LI 615(Power Car)
Views:  502   Comments: 0
FA on an Oyster Bay train
Title:  FA on an Oyster Bay train
Description:  An Alco FA power car brings up the rear of an Oyster Bay train at the beautiful Victorian Sea Cliff station
Photo Date:  11/14/1985  Upload Date: 11/13/2011 2:39:57 AM
Location:  Sea Cliff, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Night,Station,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  LI 606(Power Car)
Views:  542   Comments: 0
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:  526   Comments: 0
Cabin in the dark
Title:  Cabin in the dark
Description:  RF 91s caboose sits in New Hyde Park while the train gets ready to head for Holban.
Photo Date:  3/4/1986  Upload Date: 11/15/2014 4:22:47 AM
Location:  New Hyde Park, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  RollingStock,Night,Station,Action
Locomotives: 
Views:  254   Comments: 0
RF 11
Title:  RF 11
Description:  RF 11 was the eastbound freight that ran from Fresh Pond to Pine Aire, passing through Nassau county around 0200. Usually it got C 420s, but occasionally would get MP 15s, such as this night rolling through Westbury.
Photo Date:  3/6/1986  Upload Date: 11/18/2014 1:52:49 AM
Location:  Westbury, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Night,Station,Action
Locomotives:  LI 151(MP15AC)
Views:  274   Comments: 0
Restricting
Title:  Restricting
Description:  The late night Oyster Bay train makes its station stop at Mineola, and is looking at the restricting signal it will accept to take the switch to head up the branch. It will be held to 15 MPH through the turnout, then get a clear signal at the next automatic, just the other side of 2nd Street, to head up the branch.
Photo Date:  5/13/1986  Upload Date: 11/20/2014 6:27:48 PM
Location:  Mineola, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Night,Station,Signal,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  LI 155(MP15AC)
Views:  276   Comments: 0
Former Worlds Fair car
Title:  Former Worlds Fair car
Description:  After the M-1s were on line, they bumped other cars along. The ping pongs-the P54s-were largely retired. in their place, MP72s and 75s were converted to diesel hauled cars. Every once in a while, one would give away its previous life. Here, the side number board from the first of the ten MP75 cabs equipped cars shows on a late night at Mineola on an Oyster Bay train.
Photo Date:  5/13/1986  Upload Date: 11/18/2011 12:28:19 AM
Location:  Mineola, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  RollingStock,Night,Station,Passenger
Locomotives: 
Views:  663   Comments: 0
Anticipation
Title:  Anticipation
Description:  An eastbound Ronkonkoma train makes its stop at Mineola, looking at a clear board to go east through Nassau interlocking and on toward Hicksville and Ronkonkoma
Photo Date:  5/13/1986  Upload Date: 11/20/2014 6:31:34 PM
Location:  Mineola, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Night,Station,Signal,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  LI 263(GP38-2)
Views:  280   Comments: 0
Midnight train
Title:  Midnight train
Description:  A Ronkonkoma train makes its Mineola stop near nidnight. Track 1 is lined up for the next westbound move, as seen on the signal guarding the crossovers in the distance.
Photo Date:  5/15/1986  Upload Date: 11/21/2014 12:17:08 AM
Location:  Mineola, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Night,Station,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  LI 275(GP38-2)
Views:  303   Comments: 0
Headed for the branch
Title:  Headed for the branch
Description:  The late night Oyster Bay train makes its Mineola stop at 0115. Nothing coming west for a while. The signals in the distance are both at stop.
Photo Date:  6/5/1986  Upload Date: 11/25/2014 12:29:38 AM
Location:  Mineola, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Night,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  LI 156(MP15AC)
Views:  309   Comments: 0
Ronkonkoma bound in the rain
Title:  Ronkonkoma bound in the rain
Description:  A Ronkonkoma train makes its Mineola stop on a rainy night.
Photo Date:  6/5/1986  Upload Date: 11/25/2014 12:36:39 AM
Location:  Mineola, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Night,Station,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  LI 272(GP38-2)
Views:  306   Comments: 0
Pulling past
Title:  Pulling past
Description:  The power pulls past to set off a couple of cars in the industrial siding east of the station.
Photo Date:  6/9/1986  Upload Date: 11/25/2014 1:16:07 AM
Location:  New Hyde Park, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Night,Station,Action
Locomotives:  LI 225(C420) LI 223(C420)
Views:  411   Comments: 0
RF 91 stopping to work
Title:  RF 91 stopping to work
Description:  RF 91 behind the usual pair of C 420s stops at New Hyde Park to work a customer siding.
Photo Date:  6/9/1986  Upload Date: 11/25/2014 12:52:36 AM
Location:  New Hyde Park, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Night,Station,Action
Locomotives:  LI 225(C420) LI 223(C420)
Views:  390   Comments: 0
Clear board
Title:  Clear board
Description:  A Ronkonkoma train has a clear signal at Nassau and will be rolling east as soon as the conductor signals the passenger work is done.
Photo Date:  6/9/1986  Upload Date: 11/25/2014 12:42:30 AM
Location:  Mineola, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Night,Station,Signal,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  LI 274(GP38-2)
Views:  381   Comments: 0
Ronkonkoma train
Title:  Ronkonkoma train
Description:  A Ronkonkoma train makes its Mineola stop at will shortly be headed east.
Photo Date:  6/11/1986  Upload Date: 11/22/2014 2:47:49 AM
Location:  Mineola, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Night,Station,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  LI 256(GP38-2)
Views:  323   Comments: 0
Oyster Bay late train
Title:  Oyster Bay late train
Description:  The last Oyster Bay train til morning makes its Mineola stop, the engine sitting under the Mineola Blvd overpass. MP 15s were typical on the branch, especially for off hours trains.
Photo Date:  6/11/1986  Upload Date: 11/22/2014 2:51:44 AM
Location:  Mineola, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Night,Station,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  LI 152(MP15AC)
Views:  405   Comments: 0
Headed for Ronkonkoma
Title:  Headed for Ronkonkoma
Description:  Another night, another train out the main line.
Photo Date:  6/19/1986  Upload Date: 11/22/2014 2:53:52 AM
Location:  Mineola, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Night,Station,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  LI 255(GP38-2)
Views:  277   Comments: 0
Port Jeff train
Title:  Port Jeff train
Description:  A Port Jefferson train makes a late night stop at Mineola
Photo Date:  6/19/1986  Upload Date: 11/22/2014 2:55:49 AM
Location:  Mineola, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Night,Station,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  LI 261(GP38-2)
Views:  284   Comments: 1
Doubleheaded power
Title:  Doubleheaded power
Description:  Not exactly. My guess is the MP 15 power pack was not the unit the engineer wanted in the lead, so he swapped the GP 38 from the west end. Its also possible its just a power swap. Either way, its an unconventional arrangement. Rolling through Mineola late at night.
Photo Date:  6/19/1986  Upload Date: 11/22/2014 2:57:59 AM
Location:  Mineola, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Night,Station,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  LI 264(GP38-2)
Views:  228   Comments: 0
Waiting....
Title:  Waiting....
Description:  RF 11 waits for a signal at DK in Deer Park as it makes its way to Pine Aire to tie up. The power, a pair of C 420s, will become the power on the mornings RF 62 to Riverhead.
Photo Date:  7/7/1986  Upload Date: 12/3/2014 2:45:10 PM
Location:  Deer Park, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Signal,Action
Locomotives: 
Views:  182   Comments: 0
Pulling up
Title:  Pulling up
Description:  RF 91 pulls up into New Hyde Park station to make the cut for the customer siding just to the east.
Photo Date:  7/8/1986  Upload Date: 12/3/2014 2:46:12 PM
Location:  New Hyde Park, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Night,Station,Action
Locomotives:  LI 229(C420) LI 223(C420)
Views:  415   Comments: 0
Rainy night on the Island
Title:  Rainy night on the Island
Description:  LIRR train RF 11 arrives at the Pine Aire station late in the evening. It usually passed Mineola around 1:30 AM; this shot was probably taken around 2:30. The crew will go off duty here, and a new crew will switch the train and go east in the morning as Riverhead turn RF 62/63
Photo Date:  7/10/1986  Upload Date: 7/20/2011 11:20:26 PM
Location:  Pine Aire, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Night,Station,Action
Locomotives:  LI 229(C420)
Views:  437   Comments: 0
RF 91
Title:  RF 91
Description:  In a mood shot at the New Hyde Park station, RF 91 arrives and prepares to switch a customer on the westbound track just east of the station. There is a long running track here east of the New Hyde Park Rd crossing that allows the power to reach several customers without having to use the main track for headroom, although they will leave most of their train on track 1 while they switch. Freight on this part of the railroad is done at night as there is less conflict with passenger runs. RF 91 usually runs west from Hicksville in the two hour gap between passenger trains that occurs from approximately 1 to 3 AM.
Photo Date:  7/10/1986  Upload Date: 7/20/2011 11:25:18 PM
Location:  New Hyde Park, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Night,Station,Action
Locomotives:  LI 229(C420)
Views:  402   Comments: 0
RF 91
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:  504   Comments: 0
Doubleheader in the dark
Title:  Doubleheader in the dark
Description:  Tonights late departure for Ronkonkoma makes its Mineola stop behind a pair of GP 38s. Must have been a power swap, usually those trains only got one unit.
Photo Date:  9/25/1986  Upload Date: 12/13/2014 4:28:30 AM
Location:  Mineola, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Night,Station,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  LI 268(GP38-2) LI 250(GP38-2)
Views:  395   Comments: 0
Anticipation
Title:  Anticipation
Description:  The signal is clear for a westbound at the crossovers west of Mineola station, as an eastbound, still near New Hyde Park, rolls toward the camera. In a few minutes, there will be a flurry of activity, then silence again.
Photo Date:  10/8/1986  Upload Date: 12/15/2014 3:24:21 AM
Location:  Mineola, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Night,Station,Signal,Passenger
Locomotives: 
Views:  176   Comments: 0
Rainy night, going nowhere
Title:  Rainy night, going nowhere
Description:  A rainy night at Mineola finds the plant locked up west of the station both signals set at stop.
Photo Date:  10/8/1986  Upload Date: 12/15/2014 3:27:49 AM
Location:  Mineola, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Night,Station,Signal,Passenger
Locomotives: 
Views:  147   Comments: 0
Last train tonight
Title:  Last train tonight
Description:  The last Oyster Bay train til morning makes its Mineola stop.
Photo Date:  10/9/1986  Upload Date: 12/15/2014 3:02:45 AM
Location:  Mineola, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Night,Station,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  LI 160(MP15AC)
Views:  297   Comments: 0
Lighting up the tower
Title:  Lighting up the tower
Description:  An eastbound Ronkonkoma train makes its Mineola stop, lighing up Nassau tower while it sits at the platform
Photo Date:  10/9/1986  Upload Date: 12/15/2014 3:05:03 AM
Location:  Mineola, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Night,Station,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  LI 260(GP38-2)
Views:  332   Comments: 0
Triple header
Title:  Triple header
Description:  Sometimes trains would take extra power or passenger equipment to outlying terminals, rather than run an equipment train. Most of the time it was a single unit or extra coaches. Tonights Ronkonkoma train has three GP 38s leading, something I saw only rarely on the Island. 269 and 271 trail an unidentified leader.
Photo Date:  10/13/1986  Upload Date: 12/15/2014 3:09:08 AM
Location:  Mineola, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Station,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  LI 271(GP38-2) LI 269(GP38-2)
Views:  438   Comments: 0
Port Jeff connection
Title:  Port Jeff connection
Description:  The Port Jefferson scoot waits at Huntington for its connection from New York to arrive.
Photo Date:  10/14/1986  Upload Date: 7/20/2011 11:29:22 PM
Location:  Huntington, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Night,Station,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  LI 256(GP38-2)
Views:  529   Comments: 0
Late night to Montauk
Title:  Late night to Montauk
Description:  Train 2 was the overnight Montauk run, leaving Jamaica around midnight, getting to Montaurk around 0400. It returned around 0500, arriving at Hunterspoint Av 0900. It was an easy run. The engineer on the train at the time was #2 in seniority.
Photo Date:  10/20/1986  Upload Date: 12/15/2014 3:18:26 AM
Location:  Hicksville, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Night,Station,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  LI 273(GP38-2)
Views:  350   Comments: 0
Oyster Bay late night
Title:  Oyster Bay late night
Description:  The late night Oyster Bay train is making its stop at Mineola. I caught the rear end while it was there.
Photo Date:  11/12/1986  Upload Date: 12/22/2014 4:32:55 AM
Location:  Mineola, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Night,Station,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  LI 609(Power Car)
Views:  255   Comments: 0
LIRR 259
Title:  LIRR 259
Description:  LIRR 259 with an Oyster Bay train on a rainy night in Mineola
Photo Date:  1/12/1987  Upload Date: 11/11/2011 10:14:33 PM
Location:  Mineola, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Night,Station,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  LI 259(GP38-2)
Views:  426   Comments: 1
Quiet at Queens Village
Title:  Quiet at Queens Village
Description:  RF 11, with consecutively numbered C 420's, cools its heels at the Queens Village station as it waits for a late night parade of passenger trains. There will be an eastbound Montauk train, followed by an Oyster Bay train. Once they clear, the freight will get the board to go east to Pine Aire with 64 cars and cabin #64. Tonights train is unusual, having three C 420s. This train almost always got two units.
Photo Date:  1/15/1987  Upload Date: 5/22/2011 3:01:00 AM
Location:  Queens Village, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Night,Station,Action
Locomotives:  LI 228(C420) LI 227(C420) LI 226(C420)
Views:  848   Comments: 0
Last train to Oyster Bay
Title:  Last train to Oyster Bay
Description:  Train 500, the 0100 departure from Jamaica, is the last train to go up the branch at night. Here it makes its Mineola stop behind an MP 15, typical power for the off peak trains.
Photo Date:  1/15/1987  Upload Date: 12/31/2014 2:41:03 AM
Location:  Mineola, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Night,Station,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  LI 153(MP15AC)
Views:  269   Comments: 0
Waiting for the board
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:  647   Comments: 0
Waiting at the station
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:  604   Comments: 1
Medium clear
Title:  Medium clear
Description:  A westbound MU train has come into Mineola on the wrong main, and will cross over west of the station. It has a medium clear indication, and will shortly be on track 1 and headed for Jamaica.
Photo Date:  1/15/1987  Upload Date: 12/31/2014 3:07:15 AM
Location:  Mineola, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Night,Station,Signal,Passenger,Action
Locomotives: 
Views:  116   Comments: 0
MP 15 at night
Title:  MP 15 at night
Description:  MP 15 167 is westbound at Greenvale with an Oyster Bay train. Riders will transfer to MUs at Jamaica for the rest of the trip to New York or Brooklyn
Photo Date:  2/17/1987  Upload Date: 4/19/2015 1:09:35 AM
Location:  Greenvale, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Winter,Night,Station,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  LI 167(MP15AC)
Views:  294   Comments: 0
OysterBay train
Title:  OysterBay train
Description:  A Jamaice bound Oyster Bay Branch train makes its stop at Glen Cove.
Photo Date:  2/17/1987  Upload Date: 4/19/2015 1:13:08 AM
Location:  Glen Cove, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Winter,Night,Station,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  LI 167(MP15AC)
Views:  298   Comments: 0
Waiting for time
Title:  Waiting for time
Description:  An Oyster Bay train waits to get underway at the end of the line. Its leader tonight is an MP 15 set up in power pack mode. I followed this train to Greenvale. Sometimes later in the evening, you could actually chase, if you chose your spots carefully and had some luck with the lights.
Photo Date:  2/17/1987  Upload Date: 4/19/2015 1:24:00 AM
Location:  Oyster Bay, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Winter,Night,Station,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  LI 167(MP15AC)
Views:  346   Comments: 0
Eastbound at a pretty station
Title:  Eastbound at a pretty station
Description:  An Oyster Bay bound train makes its stop at Sea Cliff, an FA bringing up the rear.
Photo Date:  2/17/1987  Upload Date: 4/19/2015 1:32:42 AM
Location:  Sea Cliff, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Winter,Night,Station,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  LI 606(Power Car)
Views:  364   Comments: 0
FA and a Victorian
Title:  FA and a Victorian
Description:  A westbound Oyster Bay train stops at Sea Cliff on its way to Jamaica. Leading is one of the two FA 1's with small number boards.
Photo Date:  2/17/1987  Upload Date: 4/19/2015 1:35:56 AM
Location:  Sea Cliff, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Winter,Night,Station,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  LI 617(Power Car)
Views:  359   Comments: 0
Busy night
Title:  Busy night
Description:  One of the things about night photos is that you can often see inside the trains, as they are pretty well lit. In this case, we see an Oyster Bay train making its stop at Mineola. Some riders have already gotten off the train, but theres still a pretty good crowd on board.
Photo Date:  2/17/1987  Upload Date: 4/19/2015 1:38:48 AM
Location:  Mineola, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Night,Station,Passenger,Action
Locomotives: 
Views:  119   Comments: 0
Mineola sunset
Title:  Mineola sunset
Description:  The late afternoon winter sun has dipped below the buildings as night falls on the station at Mineola. The platform lights are on, as are the lights on the station houses. The signals at the west end of Nassau are at stop as an eastbound train of M 1s approaches in the distance.
Photo Date:  2/17/1987  Upload Date: 4/18/2015 4:33:23 AM
Location:  Mineola, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Winter,Station,Passenger
Locomotives: 
Views:  104   Comments: 0
Moon over Nassau
Title:  Moon over Nassau
Description:  A full moon shines over Mineola looking east from the station platform on the east side of the Mineola Blvd overpass. At center, the white building is Nassau tower, which controls the junction with the Oyster Bay Branch, a set of crossovers west of the station, and all the associated signals. It also conrols the plant at Locust, where the double track goes to single at the end of the branch. The eastbound home signal is set at stop, but it wont stay that way long, as the evening rush is underway.
Photo Date:  2/17/1987  Upload Date: 4/18/2015 4:41:06 AM
Location:  Mineola, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Winter,Night,Station,Signal,Passenger
Locomotives: 
Views:  113   Comments: 0
Riding in style
Title:  Riding in style
Description:  Not the crew, which has the spartan accommodations of an MP 15 cab, but the riders in the first car, a subscription only parlor car catering to the high rollers of the area immediately around this station, among others. Seen as the sun sets on a late winter day. The structure at right was once Locust tower, controlling the switch and signals there at the end of double track. Now it is a Nassau County PD substation.
Photo Date:  3/13/1987  Upload Date: 4/20/2015 2:54:28 AM
Location:  Locust Valley, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Station,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  LI 158(MP15AC)
Views:  260   Comments: 0


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