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| Title: |
West into the sun |
| Description: |
A westbound Babylon train rolls into the late day sun as it heads for Jamaica and Penn Station. Note the PRR style pedestal position light signal. It is showing a stop indication. These were unique to the PRR and affiliates. It was like a dwarf, but on a pole for better visibility. The indications were read as if on a dwarf signal. Two lights vertical would be a "slow clear" indication. |
| Photo Date: |
6/12/1988 Upload Date: 8/15/2015 2:10:39 AM |
| Location: |
Valley Stream, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
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| Title: |
Rolling in for a stop |
| Description: |
A Long Beach train rolls past Valley tower and into the station to make its stop here. |
| Photo Date: |
6/12/1988 Upload Date: 8/15/2015 2:26:34 AM |
| Location: |
Valley Stream, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
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Station,Signal,Passenger,Action |
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| Title: |
Another Long Beach train |
| Description: |
Long Beach trains ran more often than Far Rockaway trains, once an hour, so they were well represented here. A westbound rolls into Valley Stream. |
| Photo Date: |
6/12/1988 Upload Date: 8/15/2015 2:36:10 AM |
| Location: |
Valley Stream, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
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| Title: |
Rolling west |
| Description: |
This Long Beach train is pulling into Valley Stream as it heads for Jamaica and Brooklyn. |
| Photo Date: |
6/12/1988 Upload Date: 8/15/2015 2:40:43 AM |
| Location: |
Lynbrook, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
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| Title: |
West into the sun. |
| Description: |
A westbound train led by M 1s rolls through Forest Hills on its way to Penn Station. |
| Photo Date: |
6/13/1988 Upload Date: 7/29/2015 3:14:33 AM |
| Location: |
Forest Hills, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Station,Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
LI 9191(M-1 Metropolitan) |
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| Title: |
Out of the sun |
| Description: |
An eastbound MU train rolls out of the setting sun with a load of commuters heading home to the Island. Another MU train is coming up track 4, and will pass by the platform. This part of the LIRR was high density in the extreme. |
| Photo Date: |
6/13/1988 Upload Date: 7/29/2015 3:16:38 AM |
| Location: |
Forest Hills, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Station,Signal,Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
LI 9254(M-1 Metropolitan) |
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176 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Out of the shadows |
| Description: |
The shadows are getting long at Forest Hills as rush hour wears on. A short eastbound-proabably a Long Beach train-bursts into the little light left as it makes its way east. |
| Photo Date: |
6/13/1988 Upload Date: 7/29/2015 3:18:58 AM |
| Location: |
Forest Hills, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Station,Signal,Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
LI 9428(M-1 Metropolitan) |
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185 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Long train |
| Description: |
The LIRR ran some long-for a commuter line-trains. Train length was driven by platform length, and the longest typically was 12 cars. One of those trains rolls through Forest Hills on its way to Babylon. The signal bridge overhead shows an approach and a clear for westbound trains. Watching the PRR signals was almost as much fun as watching the trains, as they had numerous aspects designed to keep trains moving in a high density operation. |
| Photo Date: |
6/13/1988 Upload Date: 7/29/2015 3:56:11 AM |
| Location: |
Forest Hills, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Station,Signal,Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
LI 9544(M-1 Metropolitan) |
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233 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Catching up |
| Description: |
A local train is stopped at Forest Hills as a Jamaica bound train blasts down track 3. |
| Photo Date: |
6/13/1988 Upload Date: 7/29/2015 3:47:49 AM |
| Location: |
Forest Hills, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Station,Signal,Passenger,Action |
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LI 9571(M-1 Metropolitan) |
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| Title: |
Cut off |
| Description: |
Just a little slow on the draw, I cut off the edge of this westbound MU. Still, a good look at Forest Hills. |
| Photo Date: |
6/13/1988 Upload Date: 7/29/2015 3:22:42 AM |
| Location: |
Forest Hills, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Station,Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
LI 9653(M-1 Metropolitan) |
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145 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Last light |
| Description: |
An eastbound MU train rolls toward Jamaica as the light fades. One of the last of the second order of M 1's leads. |
| Photo Date: |
6/13/1988 Upload Date: 7/29/2015 3:20:35 AM |
| Location: |
Forest Hills, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Station,Signal,Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
LI 9768(M-1 Metropolitan) |
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171 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Three way |
| Description: |
Three trains, two eastbound and one headed for Penn Station, are in this shot at Forest Hills. You could not beat the action here during rush hour. |
| Photo Date: |
6/13/1988 Upload Date: 7/29/2015 3:40:41 AM |
| Location: |
Forest Hills, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
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66 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Back to Brooklyn |
| Description: |
A westbound Hempstead train comes around the connection at Garden, turning west for Garden City and Floral Park, where it will meet the Main Line. It will terminate at Flatbush Av in about an hour. That's RF 7 waiting down the Mitchell Field Secondary. |
| Photo Date: |
6/14/1988 Upload Date: 7/28/2015 5:09:52 AM |
| Location: |
Garden City, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
LI 9063(M-1 Metropolitan) |
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| Title: |
Gotta clear the passengers |
| Description: |
A westbound Hempstead train comes around the curve and heads for Garden City while RF 7 waits down the Mitchell Field line. |
| Photo Date: |
6/14/1988 Upload Date: 7/28/2015 5:13:21 AM |
| Location: |
Garden City, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
LI 9127(M-1 Metropolitan) |
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280 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Westbound MUs |
| Description: |
A New York bound train from Babylon passes the station at Valley Stream. Montauk Branch trains use the two northerly tracks here, with Far Rockaway, West Hempstead and Long Beach Branch trains using the two south tracks. Note the pedestal signal at the end of the platform-essentially a dwarf on a stick. Valley tower, just beyond the station, controls the action. |
| Photo Date: |
6/19/1988 Upload Date: 2/20/2012 1:37:31 AM |
| Location: |
Valley Stream, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
RollingStock,Station,Signal,Passenger,Action |
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161 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Weekend to Huntington |
| Description: |
A train of M 1s stops at Mineola on its way to Huntington on the Port Jeff Branch. |
| Photo Date: |
7/31/1988 Upload Date: 8/28/2015 3:47:15 AM |
| Location: |
Mineola, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Station,Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
LI 9264(M-1 Metropolitan) |
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193 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
MUs to Penn |
| Description: |
A Huntington train with a set of M 3's rolls through New Hyde Park as it makes its way to Jamaica and New York. |
| Photo Date: |
8/12/1991 Upload Date: 2/28/2015 4:48:58 AM |
| Location: |
New Hyde Park, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
LI 9879(M-3 Metropolitan) |
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257 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Huntington bound |
| Description: |
A train of MUs rolls into Mineola under the signals guarding the crossovers west of the station that are part of Nassaus interlocking. |
| Photo Date: |
9/9/1991 Upload Date: 3/2/2015 2:33:55 AM |
| Location: |
Mineola, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
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| Title: |
Westbound under the bridge |
| Description: |
The train isnt so much the focal point here as are the signals. The LIRR was a Pennsy stepchild from 1900 to 1965, and adopted many of its parents practices, among them the position light signals here. They were always much cooler than color lights, especially in rush hour when the operator at Nassau would clear the routes as soon as a train passed. This made for interesting signa; watching, as they went through the sequence from stop to clear. Here we have one at stop on track 1, and a clear board for the next eastbound on track 2. Nassau tower is in the distance, under the Mineola Blvd overpass. |
| Photo Date: |
9/9/1991 Upload Date: 3/2/2015 2:39:10 AM |
| Location: |
Mineola, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
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| Title: |
Onto the double track |
| Description: |
A Penn Station bound Port Washington train arrives at Great Neck, coming off the single track section from here to Port. Dont be fooled by the signals. East of the station on the track 2 alignment is a siding, used by trains that turn short here. |
| Photo Date: |
11/23/2003 Upload Date: 6/16/2016 3:26:53 AM |
| Location: |
Great Neck, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Station,Signal,Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
LI 7123(M-7 MU) |
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| Title: |
Approach Medium |
| Description: |
Now that the NY bound train has cleared the interlocking, the signal has cleared to an Approach Medium. I did not go to check, but the LIRR must have tied the east end of the siding in with the main track when they rebuilt it. Prior to then, the track arrangement here had been the double track ended, tying into the main track, then another switch just to the east to get into the stub end siding-the short section of track 2 between the crossovers did not exist. Now, access to the siding has been made so eastbound trains dont have to take the main track to get there. All new to me since I had moved away 15 years before-as are the M 7's. |
| Photo Date: |
11/23/2003 Upload Date: 6/16/2016 3:33:13 AM |
| Location: |
Great Neck, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Station,Signal,Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
LI 7123(M-7 MU) |
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| Title: |
Into the siding |
| Description: |
An eastbound Port Washington train takes the siding east of Great Neck, and will head out the other end to gain the main track to reach Manhasset and Port Washington. |
| Photo Date: |
11/23/2003 Upload Date: 6/16/2016 3:37:50 AM |
| Location: |
Great Neck, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Station,Signal,Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
LI 7157(M-7 MU) |
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103 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Port Washington train in the rain |
| Description: |
I had to go back to New York for moms funeral, and had some free time. Theres always a lot of down time with these things, so my wife and I decided to go into the city for the day and do some visiting. While waiting for our train, this eastbound showed. Hard to believe this is now the third generation of MU train since the M 1s in 1968. Of course, since I showed up, so did the rain. |
| Photo Date: |
9/14/2009 Upload Date: 9/1/2016 4:39:51 AM |
| Location: |
Little Neck, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Station,Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
LI 7638(M-7 MU) |
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99 Comments: 0 |
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