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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) |
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458 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) |
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378 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) |
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544 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: |
576 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: |
510 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: |
968 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: |
281 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: |
179 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) |
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172 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: |
589 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: |
480 Comments: 0 |
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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: |
701 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: |
388 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: |
389 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: |
280 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: |
323 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: |
108 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: |
421 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: |
359 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: |
314 Comments: 0 |
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