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Title: |
Wheres Bogie?? |
Description: |
Its a cool rainy night on the Douglaston platform, where dad was waiting for the train back to New York. Its one of those nights where you expect Humphey Bogart to come walking up in a long trench coat. |
Photo Date: |
1/19/1975 Upload Date: 2/29/2016 3:40:16 AM |
Location: |
Douglaston, NY |
Author: |
Tom Beckett |
Categories: |
Night,Station,Passenger |
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28 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
Waiting on the eastbound |
Description: |
My brother John and I wait for the train to Manhasset, where my grandmother has a nice lunch ready for us. |
Photo Date: |
1/19/1975 Upload Date: 2/29/2016 3:47:31 AM |
Location: |
Douglaston, NY |
Author: |
Tom Beckett |
Categories: |
Passenger,Action |
Locomotives: |
LI 9154(M-1 Metropolitan) |
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210 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
Light station in the dark |
Description: |
For the first ten or so years I lived in Little Neck, the station was red. At some point in the mid 70s, the LIRR decided to repaint, giving us this white with green trim scheme that actually doesnt look too bad. Dad caught it while waiting for a train one night. |
Photo Date: |
1/19/1975 Upload Date: 2/29/2016 3:50:06 AM |
Location: |
Little Neck, NY |
Author: |
Tom Beckett |
Categories: |
Night,Station,Passenger |
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34 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
A place to sit |
Description: |
The eastbound Main Line platform at Woodside, with the standard seating of the era, hard molded fiberglass seats. Still better than standing. |
Photo Date: |
1/19/1975 Upload Date: 2/29/2016 4:21:34 AM |
Location: |
Woodside, NY |
Author: |
Tom Beckett |
Categories: |
Station,Passenger |
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33 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
Night train |
Description: |
An MU train departs Manhasset for the city on this evening in 1975 |
Photo Date: |
2/16/1975 Upload Date: 3/19/2016 4:37:20 AM |
Location: |
Manhasset, NY |
Author: |
Tom Beckett |
Categories: |
Station,Passenger,Action |
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44 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
Old sign |
Description: |
In the 1970s, the MTA had not yet consolidated all its operations. Metro North was still Penn Central, and the LIRR, while under MTA auspices since 1965, still retained a lot of its own identity. The standardization of things like station signs was still in the future. Dad was waiting at Douglaston one night in 1975 and took a moment to record what was at the time a typical sight. Now all signs are in the standard MTA typeface that started out on the NYCTA. |
Photo Date: |
5/18/1975 Upload Date: 2/6/2016 3:33:07 AM |
Location: |
Douglaston, NY |
Author: |
Tom Beckett |
Categories: |
Night,Station |
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51 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
Big picture |
Description: |
Another in a series of very large transparencies featured on the Kodak billboard at Grand Central Terminal. The slide is not dated, but Im guessing around 1975. |
Photo Date: |
5/27/1975 Upload Date: 4/16/2016 4:27:53 AM |
Location: |
Grand Central Terminal, NY, NY |
Author: |
Tom Beckett |
Categories: |
Station,Passenger |
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64 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
Station shot |
Description: |
Friday nights were a good time to catch trains at Montauk, as there were a good number coming in. Dad saw it as a chance to play with lighting and composition. Heres a pair of trains wtih 2900 series electric heat cars at the center platform. |
Photo Date: |
8/22/1975 Upload Date: 9/18/2014 2:31:49 AM |
Location: |
Montauk, NY |
Author: |
Tom Beckett |
Categories: |
Night,Station,Passenger |
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122 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
FA |
Description: |
Dad was not really a railfan, but hed shoot a photo of anything that struck him. During our two weeks in 1975, we caught this FA about to roll out on a westbound train from Montauk. The engineer on the train didnt want the aging cab unit, so he moved the Precision GP 9 to the west end of the train and coupled it ahead of the Alco, much to his crews dismay. |
Photo Date: |
8/22/1975 Upload Date: 9/18/2014 2:30:06 AM |
Location: |
Montauk, NY |
Author: |
Tom Beckett |
Categories: |
Night,Station,Passenger,Action |
Locomotives: |
LI 610(Power Car) |
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351 Comments: 1 |
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Title: |
Long distance |
Description: |
Montauk in the 70s was also a good place to catch hand me down long distance cars cast off in the 60s as the railroads gave up on their long haul trains. Many wound up on the Long Island from places like the B&M and KCS. Here are a pair of cars, one stainless, one flat side, sitting at Montauk in the late evening. |
Photo Date: |
8/22/1975 Upload Date: 9/18/2014 2:33:53 AM |
Location: |
Montauk, NY |
Author: |
Tom Beckett |
Categories: |
Night,Station,Passenger |
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132 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
Precision leader |
Description: |
Long Island leased some units from, among others, Precision National and BAR in the 70s. Dad caught this PNC unit just being coupled to the front of a train to Jamaica. That's me at the far right of the photo, at the advanced ago of 16. |
Photo Date: |
8/22/1975 Upload Date: 9/18/2014 2:35:27 AM |
Location: |
Montauk, NY |
Author: |
Tom Beckett |
Categories: |
Night,Station,Passenger |
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PNCX 1702(GP9) |
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280 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
Interesting toy |
Description: |
This toy elevated train was in a museum in Sag Harbor, an interesting find in a town better known for its seafaring history than railroads, though the LIRR had a branch here from East Hampton til 1939. |
Photo Date: |
8/23/1975 Upload Date: 3/25/2016 3:38:41 AM |
Location: |
Sag Harbor, NY |
Author: |
Tom Beckett |
Categories: |
Model |
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41 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
Yard track |
Description: |
The yard tracks at Montauk were in about as good shape as they ever were in the mid 70s. What is interesting about the yard is the drain lines for the toilets-note the yellow pipes-since at least some of the cars had retention toilets at this point. There were also electric hook ups, though most of the parlor cars ran on battery power. This allowed for climate control, among other things, to be ready for riders when the trains were ready to depart for New York. |
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8/29/1975 Upload Date: 3/25/2016 4:19:36 AM |
Location: |
Montauk, NY |
Author: |
Tom Beckett |
Categories: |
Yard,Track |
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68 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
Late night |
Description: |
Dads train back to NY arrives late on a Sunday night. |
Photo Date: |
8/29/1975 Upload Date: 3/25/2016 4:24:34 AM |
Location: |
Douglaston, NY |
Author: |
Tom Beckett |
Categories: |
Night,Station,Passenger,Action |
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26 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
Waiting on a train |
Description: |
A couple of New York bound riders kill time at the Montauk station. |
Photo Date: |
8/29/1975 Upload Date: 3/25/2016 4:22:05 AM |
Location: |
Montauk, NY |
Author: |
Tom Beckett |
Categories: |
Station,Passenger |
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68 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
Snowy wait |
Description: |
When dad had us for his Sunday visitation, wed often go to my grandmothers house in Manhasset. It was walking distance from the train on both ends, so that was a simple choice. We were waiting for the train back to Little Neck on this snowy night in 1976. |
Photo Date: |
2/8/1976 Upload Date: 9/21/2014 1:30:44 AM |
Location: |
Manhasset, NY |
Author: |
Tom Beckett |
Categories: |
Winter,Night,Station,Passenger |
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104 Comments: 3 |
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Title: |
Mood shot |
Description: |
Dad liked a good mood shot, and devoted a farr amount of effort to the task. This one is of an M 1 train approaching Little Neck on the Port Washington Branch. My parents divorced in 1974; dad had us(two younger brothers and me) every Sunday, and for two weeks in the summer. We piled up a lot of riding time on the LIRR to Penn, since dad lived on 34th St at the time. This was taken on a Sunday in 1976 of a westbound. |
Photo Date: |
2/15/1976 Upload Date: 9/18/2014 2:27:10 AM |
Location: |
Little Neck, NY |
Author: |
Tom Beckett |
Categories: |
Winter,Station,Passenger,Action |
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109 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
Posing with the new power |
Description: |
In 1976, LIRR got its first EMDs, 23 GP 38-2s, 23 MP15ACs, and 8 SW 1001s to handle the tight curves and clearances on the west end freight lines. Im standing on the front of bicentennial unit 252 as my brother John checks out the draft gear. |
Photo Date: |
8/15/1976 Upload Date: 3/5/2016 4:38:11 AM |
Location: |
Montauk, NY |
Author: |
Tom Beckett |
Categories: |
Roster,Yard |
Locomotives: |
LI 252(GP38-2) |
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357 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
Special emblem |
Description: |
LIRR 252 carried this bicentennial emblem on its side to mark the occasion, as well as the LIRR's history. I dont recall now if only 252 was so adorned, or if all the new power got these. |
Photo Date: |
8/15/1976 Upload Date: 3/5/2016 4:54:40 AM |
Location: |
Montauk, NY |
Author: |
Tom Beckett |
Categories: |
Roster,Yard |
Locomotives: |
LI 252(GP38-2) |
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265 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
Ivy City action |
Description: |
Washington Union Station still had the Washington Terminal working the yard and station in 1976. We were heading back into the city after riding the new Metro out to Rhode Island Av when dad caught this RS 1 and Amfleet car at the yard. Check out the coaling tower and powerhouse behind the train. |
Photo Date: |
8/20/1976 Upload Date: 5/4/2016 4:59:39 AM |
Location: |
Ivy City, DC |
Author: |
Tom Beckett |
Categories: |
Yard,Passenger,Action |
Locomotives: |
WATC 44(RS1) |
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333 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
B&O yard |
Description: |
While in Washington in August 1976, we rode the then new DC Metro, which had all of six stops open on ther Red Line. The end of service at the time was Rhode Island Av, which was on an elevated viaduct. The platform gave a view of a B&O yard, in which, far down into the yard, a B&O geep is switching. |
Photo Date: |
8/24/1976 Upload Date: 3/26/2016 4:22:11 AM |
Location: |
Washington, DC |
Author: |
Tom Beckett |
Categories: |
Yard,Station,Transit,Action |
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126 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
Going east |
Description: |
A dad and son await the arrival of this Port Washington bound train at Douglaston. |
Photo Date: |
4/17/1977 Upload Date: 3/25/2016 3:52:44 AM |
Location: |
Douglaston, NY |
Author: |
Tom Beckett |
Categories: |
Station,Passenger,Action |
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30 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
MP 54 |
Description: |
There was a pair of MP 54s stored at Port Washington for several months in 1977, awaiting donation to the LIRR museum, still in its early days at that time. Im posing on the step of the cab car-the other was a blind trailer-at Port. |
Photo Date: |
5/15/1977 Upload Date: 3/25/2016 3:47:37 AM |
Location: |
Port Washington, NY |
Author: |
Tom Beckett |
Categories: |
Yard,Station,Passenger |
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78 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
Museum pieces |
Description: |
These two MP 54s had been restored to their original Tuscan paint, the intention being to go to the Long Island RR museum, which was still in its infancy. They were stored at Port Washington for some reason, an unusual place for such things, since anything the LIRR wanted to keep an eye on was usually at Morris Park or Shea Stadium. Dad and I found them on a Sunday in May. |
Photo Date: |
5/15/1977 Upload Date: 3/25/2016 3:44:24 AM |
Location: |
Port Washington, NY |
Author: |
Tom Beckett |
Categories: |
Yard,Station,Passenger |
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491 Comments: 1 |
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Title: |
Anticipation |
Description: |
The single rider on the Douglaston station awaits the comfort of a Manhattan bound train late on a spring night. |
Photo Date: |
5/15/1977 Upload Date: 3/25/2016 4:04:05 AM |
Location: |
Douglaston, NY |
Author: |
Tom Beckett |
Categories: |
Night,Station,Passenger,Action |
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43 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
Rolling west |
Description: |
A Penn Station bound train of M 1s rolls under Plandome Road as it arrives at Manhasset. Only a few years ago, this would have been anything from Pennsy design MP 54s to MP 72s from the 1950s, or even the MP 70 double deckers, my favorites. The concrete overpasses were a fixture on the LIRR in Queens and Nassau counties for many years. |
Photo Date: |
6/12/1977 Upload Date: 3/5/2016 4:58:57 AM |
Location: |
Manhasset, NY |
Author: |
Tom Beckett |
Categories: |
Station,Passenger,Action |
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50 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
Unloading the paper |
Description: |
Its unusual to see photos of cars getting loaded or unloaded, as most of us dont have access to the places where that happens. My dad worked for the N Y Times from 1957 to 1995, some of that time in the paper lab, and about 20 years in purchasing. He would often visit the plant where the Sunday Times was printed. For about 20 years, that was at a plant in Carlstadt NJ, on the ex EL New Jersey & New York-NJ Transit calls it the Pascack Valley Line. They could take 11 cars at an indoor dock. Here we see one of the clamp trucks taking a roll of newsprint-about 1800 lbs-and putting it on the conveyor to the printing floor. Note the two cars to the rear, and how the rolls of paper are stacked. These are 60 foot cars, which could handle 72 rolls of paper, if I recall. |
Photo Date: |
6/16/1977 Upload Date: 11/19/2014 3:29:43 AM |
Location: |
Carlstadt, NJ |
Author: |
Tom Beckett |
Categories: |
RollingStock,Station,Action |
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190 Comments: 1 |
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Title: |
On the conveyor |
Description: |
Another shot from the dock at the NY Times plant in Carlstadt, showing the paper on the belt after being pulled off the boxcars. |
Photo Date: |
6/16/1977 Upload Date: 11/19/2014 3:33:03 AM |
Location: |
Carlstadt, NJ |
Author: |
Tom Beckett |
Categories: |
RollingStock,Station,Action |
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183 Comments: 1 |
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Title: |
Waiting for Monday |
Description: |
A line up of trains is waiting for Monday morning and the return of weekenders from the east end. From a medium format transparency. |
Photo Date: |
8/21/1977 Upload Date: 7/15/2012 3:17:41 AM |
Location: |
Montauk, NY |
Author: |
Tom Beckett |
Categories: |
Yard,Station |
Locomotives: |
LI 277(GP38-2) LI 267(GP38-2) LI 261(GP38-2) |
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1054 Comments: 4 |
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Title: |
Boston connection |
Description: |
When the LIRR was built in the mid 1830s, it was intended to be part of a through route to Boston, with a middle leg from here to New London Ct via steamship. That plan was dashed when the New Haven opened up the Connecticut coast in 1857. The pier at Greenport remains, fenced off and unused. |
Photo Date: |
8/27/1977 Upload Date: 3/10/2016 4:08:20 AM |
Location: |
Greenport, NY |
Author: |
Tom Beckett |
Categories: |
Station,Track |
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81 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
End of the line |
Description: |
This is the current station at Greenport as it looked in 1977. I think it is a museum now. Then it was just closed, but there were only a couple of trains there every day, with most service provided by buses that connected to Ronkonkoma trains |
Photo Date: |
8/27/1977 Upload Date: 3/10/2016 4:14:14 AM |
Location: |
Greenport, NY |
Author: |
Tom Beckett |
Categories: |
Station,Passenger |
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91 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
Relics |
Description: |
This caboose was displayed at the original Bath & Hammondsport station in Hammondsport. The operation cut back to a point a few miles out of downtown, so this was now isolated, but was a nice feature of the lake front on Keuka Lake. |
Photo Date: |
8/30/1977 Upload Date: 3/13/2016 3:18:55 AM |
Location: |
Hammondsport, NY |
Author: |
Tom Beckett |
Categories: |
Roster,RollingStock,Station |
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72 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
By the lake |
Description: |
The Bath & Hammondsport station was along the shore of Keuka Lake, though the tracks had been removed years earlier when the last few miles of line were abandoned into downtown. The building remained, and was well kept. |
Photo Date: |
8/30/1977 Upload Date: 3/13/2016 3:21:16 AM |
Location: |
Hammondsport, NY |
Author: |
Tom Beckett |
Categories: |
Scenic,Station,Passenger |
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92 Comments: 1 |
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Title: |
Old caboose |
Description: |
This caboose was displayed at the station, no longer needed for freight operations. |
Photo Date: |
8/30/1977 Upload Date: 3/13/2016 3:23:42 AM |
Location: |
Hammondsport, NY |
Author: |
Tom Beckett |
Categories: |
RollingStock,Yard |
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73 Comments: 1 |
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Title: |
Local caboose |
Description: |
Cabooses were still very much part of the rail scene in 1977. Dad caught this ex Pennsy car at a plant in Painted Post in this 3/4 view. |
Photo Date: |
8/30/1977 Upload Date: 3/13/2016 3:27:06 AM |
Location: |
Painted Post, NY |
Author: |
Tom Beckett |
Categories: |
Roster,RollingStock |
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164 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
Side view |
Description: |
A side angle of the caboose dad found in Painted Post. |
Photo Date: |
8/30/1977 Upload Date: 3/13/2016 3:29:54 AM |
Location: |
Painted Post, NY |
Author: |
Tom Beckett |
Categories: |
Roster,RollingStock |
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153 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
Not a great rail shot |
Description: |
But enough to see part of a pair of D&H U boats passing on a Binghamton-Buffalo train. The D&H still had U30 and 33 Cs, as well as C 628s at that point. This looks like a pair of the U30Cs. Forty years later, Im wishing Id been on that trip. Id have chased it for sure. Having graduated from high school that year, and now with a job, I had to pass on this trip. |
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8/30/1977 Upload Date: 3/13/2016 3:34:41 AM |
Location: |
Corning, NY |
Author: |
Tom Beckett |
Categories: |
Action |
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99 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
Brrr..... |
Description: |
A sole rider walks down the platform in Manhasset as the sleet and snow fall, probably wishing she was still on the train. |
Photo Date: |
1/15/1978 Upload Date: 3/10/2016 3:59:38 AM |
Location: |
Manhasset, NY |
Author: |
Tom Beckett |
Categories: |
Winter,Night,Station,Passenger,Action |
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40 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
Inviting |
Description: |
To my mind, there is nothing so inviting, so fraught with possibility as a clear signal. This it is with signal N124, just west of the Little Neck station on a gloomy night in January |
Photo Date: |
1/15/1978 Upload Date: 3/10/2016 4:19:11 AM |
Location: |
Little Neck, NY |
Author: |
Tom Beckett |
Categories: |
Night,Station,Signal |
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38 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
Clear west, running east |
Description: |
The signal at Little Neck is still showing clear in anticipation of a Penn Station bound train to arrive shortly. On track 2, a Port Washington train rolls upgrade from Douglaston. |
Photo Date: |
1/15/1978 Upload Date: 3/10/2016 4:24:06 AM |
Location: |
Little Neck, NY |
Author: |
Tom Beckett |
Categories: |
Night,Station,Signal,Passenger,Action |
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32 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
Let it snow |
Description: |
By this point in January of 1978, everyone was pretty much tired of the white stuff at this point, after a 20" snow storm during the previous week. We see the snow piles in front of the Douglaston station. |
Photo Date: |
1/22/1978 Upload Date: 3/13/2016 3:39:05 AM |
Location: |
Douglaston, NY |
Author: |
Tom Beckett |
Categories: |
Winter,Night,Station |
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46 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
Snow bright |
Description: |
One thing about the snow was that it did brighten everything up at night, making for a better of the station, however inconvenient it is to get to the platform. |
Photo Date: |
1/22/1978 Upload Date: 3/13/2016 3:44:19 AM |
Location: |
Douglaston, NY |
Author: |
Tom Beckett |
Categories: |
Winter,Night,Station,Passenger |
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32 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
Port Washington eastbound |
Description: |
An eastbound Port Washington train arrives at Douglaston on a winter night. |
Photo Date: |
1/22/1978 Upload Date: 3/13/2016 3:48:21 AM |
Location: |
Douglaston, NY |
Author: |
Tom Beckett |
Categories: |
Winter,Night,Station,Passenger,Action |
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41 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
All clear on the western front |
Description: |
On the eastbound side, not so much. An eastbound Port Washington train arrives at Little Neck as a clear signal on the westbound side beckons the next New York bound train. |
Photo Date: |
1/22/1978 Upload Date: 3/13/2016 4:04:07 AM |
Location: |
Little Neck, NY |
Author: |
Tom Beckett |
Categories: |
Winter,Night,Station,Passenger,Action |
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48 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
Station meet |
Description: |
The eastbound train is making its stop as the New York bound train that has the clear signal arrives at Little Neck. This was a common meeting point, as the double track ended at Great Neck, 1.8 miles to the east. |
Photo Date: |
1/22/1978 Upload Date: 3/13/2016 4:06:16 AM |
Location: |
Little Neck, NY |
Author: |
Tom Beckett |
Categories: |
Winter,Night,Station,Passenger,Action |
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70 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
Snowy night |
Description: |
A fresh coating of snow covers the platform and track at Manhasset, a different look than most nights. Looks peaceful. |
Photo Date: |
1/22/1978 Upload Date: 3/10/2016 4:33:10 AM |
Location: |
Manhasset, NY |
Author: |
Tom Beckett |
Categories: |
Winter,Night,Station,Passenger |
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35 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
Warmth |
Description: |
The New York bound train arrives at Douglaston, finally a warm place on a cold night. |
Photo Date: |
1/22/1978 Upload Date: 3/13/2016 4:10:06 AM |
Location: |
Douglaston, NY |
Author: |
Tom Beckett |
Categories: |
Winter,Night,Station,Passenger,Action |
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43 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
Coming and going |
Description: |
The Port Washington Branch was double track as far as Great Neck, where it went to single for the remainder of the trip to Port Washington. The schedule was set up so that trains would meet at Little Neck. Most of the time, it worked. Here we have the New York bound train making its stop as the eastbound approaches the station. All is well. |
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11/12/1978 Upload Date: 4/12/2016 2:25:06 AM |
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Little Neck, NY |
Author: |
Tom Beckett |
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Night,Station,Passenger,Action |
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Backing to their train |
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Dad took a trip to New Mexico in January 1979. The details are lost to me now. He caught a northbound at Socorro, the power having just cut off the train to make a pick up. The SD 26s were SD 24s rebuilt to 2625 HP, which extended their service lives not only on Santa Fe, but for a good many years on Guilford as well. |
Photo Date: |
1/25/1979 Upload Date: 3/13/2016 3:03:34 AM |
Location: |
Socorro, NM |
Author: |
Tom Beckett |
Categories: |
Yard,Action |
Locomotives: |
ATSF 4622(SD26) ATSF 4676(SD26) |
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Tying on |
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A northbound freight has arrived at Socorro and cut off its train. The pair of SD26s will pull up, then back into the yard to pick up, then roll on to Belen. |
Photo Date: |
1/25/1979 Upload Date: 3/13/2016 3:12:21 AM |
Location: |
Socorro, NM |
Author: |
Tom Beckett |
Categories: |
Yard,Action |
Locomotives: |
ATSF 4622(SD26) ATSF 4676(SD26) |
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391 Comments: 0 |
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