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Viewing Album: Dad's photos
By:
Tom Beckett
Dates:
1/1/1940 - 7/15/2012
Album Info:
My dad, Tom Beckett Sr, was not a railfan, but he was an avid photographer of anything that caught his interest, everything from dogs to military aircraft, especially of WW II vintage; occasionally a train found its way in front of his camera. He passed away in March 2012 at the age of 79, at which time I came into possession of his photo collection. Much of this is slides, though he also shot a large volume of black and white, starting in the late 1940's. In this album we'll see some of his work as it turns up. Please note, in most cases, the dates are approximate, and sometimes they're wild guesses. Where I know it, it's correct; sometimes I can approximate by elements in the photo, or family history. Dad did not always mark info on his prints, though the slides most of the time have at least a month and year. He had a lot of slide film processed by private labs in New York, they did not always put a date on the mounts. If anyone looking at these photos can lend insight into a particular scene with a date or more info, please do so. Dad's not here to ask!!
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Title:
Pacemaker
Description:
This is an undated Ektachrome of a a Pacemaker train passing a location on the NYC between Harmon and Poughkeepsie. My knowledge of the Hudson Division in any detail is sketchy, so if anyone can pinpoint the location, please comment. Im guessing the date is some time in the early to mid 1950s; its hard to say definitively since there are no automobiles or other features to give a clue. A shot with motive power would have been a real help here-i can just picture a set of Fs, or better yet, RS 3s, or better still, a Mohawk on the head end. Its definitely late October to look at the trees. The photo may have been taken by my grandfather, Frank Beckett.
Photo Date:
10/18/1953
Upload Date:
9/18/2014 2:42:10 AM
Location:
Poughkeepsie, NY
Author:
Tom Beckett
Categories:
Scenic,RollingStock,Station,Action
Locomotives:
Views:
639
Comments:
2
Title:
Glint of steel
Description:
My dad, uncle, and grandfather all went to Syracuse. Thus, football games were an important facet of their lives. This day in October of 1953 saw the Orangemen playing West Point. Dad was a senior that year, and my uncle Pete was a freshman. My grandparents lived on Long Island, so coming up to West Point for the game was not a long drive-not that long trips bothered them. I believe my grandfather, Frank Beckett, shot this NYC train across the Hudson River from the field. My guess is its a grab shot. He saw the train coming down the river and blasted off a frame, just because. At this point, its likely the power is a pair of Es-its too far away to tell if theyre E7s or E8s, Central had both-or possibly PAs or one of the few FMs NYC rostered, though either of those are unlikely here. Whatever they had, its a beautiful scene.
Photo Date:
10/24/1953
Upload Date:
4/17/2016 4:44:34 AM
Location:
Garrison, NY
Author:
Tom Beckett
Categories:
Scenic,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:
Views:
264
Comments:
0
Title:
CP van
Description:
The location is a guess, its somewhere in western Canada. Dad must have flown in, as there are some slides obviously shot from a plane in the same set. The date on the slide mount is Sep 1963. Dad was working in the paper lab at The New York Times then, so this must have been from a business trip to a paper mill, though I cant figure why he would have been on a train there.
Photo Date:
9/2/1963
Upload Date:
9/20/2014 1:18:27 AM
Location:
Kamloops, BC
Author:
Tom Beckett
Categories:
Scenic,RollingStock
Locomotives:
Views:
574
Comments:
2
Title:
GN plow
Description:
Another guess on location. Slide mount is Oct 1963.
Photo Date:
9/2/1963
Upload Date:
9/20/2014 1:25:16 AM
Location:
Havre, MT
Author:
Tom Beckett
Categories:
Roster,RollingStock,Yard
Locomotives:
Views:
1013
Comments:
0
Title:
Morning rush
Description:
A morning commuter reads the paper on this Penn Station bound train, which is passing over the inlet to Alley Pond Park, with Little Neck Bay in the background. Dad is on an MP 54 this day in 1964.
Photo Date:
11/13/1964
Upload Date:
4/16/2016 4:52:36 AM
Location:
Douglaston, NY
Author:
Tom Beckett
Categories:
Scenic,Winter,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:
LI 4948(Electric M.U.)
Views:
332
Comments:
0
Title:
Before the M 1s
Description:
There were few high platforms on the LIRR before 1968, most of those on the west end of the electrified territory, prior to the arrival of the M 1s in 1968. This is how Little Neck looked in December of 1964, before the high platforms were built, a project that would take place in late 1967. The shelter on the westbound platform would be removed as part of that project, but the station house would remain, as it does in 2016.
Photo Date:
12/12/1964
Upload Date:
4/17/2016 4:31:49 AM
Location:
Little Neck, NY
Author:
Tom Beckett
Categories:
Station,Passenger
Locomotives:
Views:
243
Comments:
0
Title:
Commuters view
Description:
Dad liked this spot, and shot the scene often, in all kinds of conditions. Today he got a hint of his conveyance in it, as the car number of the MP 54 he is on shows on the window reflection. This is Little Neck Bay.
Photo Date:
2/16/1965
Upload Date:
4/26/2016 5:15:25 AM
Location:
Douglaston, NY
Author:
Tom Beckett
Categories:
Scenic,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:
LI 4971(Electric M.U.)
Views:
181
Comments:
0
Title:
Classy window
Description:
The station at Little Neck was built in the late 19th century, its decoration typical of the period. The window was an elegant appointment with its stained glass.
Photo Date:
2/16/1965
Upload Date:
4/26/2016 5:19:06 AM
Location:
Little Neck, NY
Author:
Tom Beckett
Categories:
Night,Station,Passenger
Locomotives:
Views:
139
Comments:
0
Title:
Rolling em by
Description:
My brother William, at right and I, watch a Penn Station bound train led by an MP 70 double decker roll over the Little Neck Parkway crossing.
Photo Date:
5/22/1965
Upload Date:
4/26/2016 5:04:27 AM
Location:
Little Neck, NY
Author:
Tom Beckett
Categories:
Passenger,Action
Locomotives:
LI 1322(Electric M.U.)
Views:
352
Comments:
0
Title:
A scouting we will go
Description:
A group of Boy Scouts waiting for a Penn Station bound train watches an eastbound approach the station at Bayside. I wish dad had waited just another 30 seconds, Id have had a shot of the eastbound passing the signal on the other track.
Photo Date:
7/17/1965
Upload Date:
4/24/2016 4:58:10 AM
Location:
Bayside, NY
Author:
Tom Beckett
Categories:
Station,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:
Views:
197
Comments:
0
Title:
Inside a double decker
Description:
A couple of girls chat while riding into New York on the upper level of one of LIRRs famed double deckers.
Photo Date:
7/15/1966
Upload Date:
5/4/2016 3:52:30 AM
Location:
Little Neck, NY
Author:
Tom Beckett
Categories:
RollingStock,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:
Views:
267
Comments:
0
Title:
Approach in the rain
Description:
Dad got this shot from the eastbound platform at Little Neck. The westbound train has already been through, as the automatic is now at approach.
Photo Date:
11/20/1966
Upload Date:
5/4/2016 3:56:51 AM
Location:
Little Neck, NY
Author:
Tom Beckett
Categories:
Night,Station,Signal,Passenger
Locomotives:
Views:
173
Comments:
0
Title:
Rolling them by
Description:
Another trip to the little store on the other side of the tracks, another chance to watch a train or two. My two brothers and I watch a Penn Station bound train roll over the Little Neck Parkway crossing. A Worlds Fair painted MP 72 trailer is in the consist.
Photo Date:
1/28/1967
Upload Date:
5/4/2016 4:42:21 AM
Location:
Little Neck, NY
Author:
Tom Beckett
Categories:
Passenger,Action
Locomotives:
Views:
251
Comments:
0
Title:
Slogging home
Description:
But glad to have made it this far. We had some difficult winters in the 1960s, with a lot of snow and other unpleasant weather. The LIRR didnt always deal with it well, and many a commuters heart sank when they saw heavy weather coming in. A group of commuters has detrained at Little Neck and is walking down the platform, glad to be home on a snowy night. A double decker takes up the rear of the train, receding toward Great Neck.
Photo Date:
1/15/1968
Upload Date:
4/17/2016 4:19:32 AM
Location:
Little Neck, NY
Author:
Tom Beckett
Categories:
Winter,Night,Station,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:
Views:
218
Comments:
0
Title:
Blue hour double decker
Description:
A double decker leads this westbound train into a snowy dusk.
Photo Date:
1/15/1968
Upload Date:
4/17/2016 4:23:27 AM
Location:
Little Neck, NY
Author:
Tom Beckett
Categories:
Winter,Night,Station,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:
Views:
220
Comments:
0
Title:
Rolling into history
Description:
A Penn Station bound train led by an MP 54 rolls into Little Neck. By the time of this photo, the M 1s were on the way-note the newly built high platform-and these cars would be retired in 1972 once there were enough M 1s in service to cover the schedules.
Photo Date:
2/3/1968
Upload Date:
4/12/2016 2:17:13 AM
Location:
Little Neck, NY
Author:
Tom Beckett
Categories:
Station,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:
Views:
284
Comments:
0
Title:
MP 72
Description:
The LIRR had a variety of MU cars in the pre M 1 era. One such class was the MP 72s, which came in several incarnations. Among them were 25 control cars, equipped with motorman controls. One of them leads this westbound train during a foggy rush hour.
Photo Date:
2/5/1968
Upload Date:
4/12/2016 2:21:17 AM
Location:
Little Neck, NY
Author:
Tom Beckett
Categories:
Station,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:
Views:
256
Comments:
0
Title:
Welcome sight
Description:
Id welcome seeing a double decker of this type in any weather, but on this snowy evening, its really good to see. The storm would drop 20" over the weekend, and by Monday, only diesel powered trains would be running, on a very erratic schedule.
Photo Date:
2/15/1969
Upload Date:
3/19/2016 4:30:27 AM
Location:
Little Neck, NY
Author:
Tom Beckett
Categories:
Winter,Night,Station,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:
Views:
295
Comments:
0
Title:
After the blizzard
Description:
Valentines Day 1969 was a remarkable weekend. The NY area got around 20" of snow, and the LIRR was buried, like everything else. It took them a while to get all the snow off the platforms, so this was the scene around Wednesday of the following week. It was a mess. Look how deep the snow is on the tracks. The railroad ran pairs of RS 1's on trains here for several weeks after the snowstorm, as many of the MU trains were having problems with poor third rail contact. It was a great show for me, but I was 9 years old. If only I'd been able to get some photos.
Photo Date:
2/19/1969
Upload Date:
4/12/2016 2:36:19 AM
Location:
Little Neck, NY
Author:
Tom Beckett
Categories:
Winter,Station,Passenger
Locomotives:
Views:
248
Comments:
0
Title:
Sunset on the snow
Description:
It was a rough February in 1969, with a 20" snowfall over Valentines Day. The sunset comes as the snow covers the tracks on the Port Washington Branch.
Photo Date:
2/19/1969
Upload Date:
4/12/2016 2:44:36 AM
Location:
Little Neck, NY
Author:
Tom Beckett
Categories:
Scenic,Winter,Track
Locomotives:
Views:
173
Comments:
0
Title:
Blue Hour
Description:
Dad was always playing with light conditions. One of his quests was to capture the "blue hour"-that twilight time where everything has a blue tone to it, giving the scene a very moody look. He did a good job here capturing it on an eastbound LIRR train approaching Little Neck around 1969. Im guessing from the profile of the car its a double decker leading. But who really knows.....
Photo Date:
3/1/1969
Upload Date:
12/4/2014 4:07:44 AM
Location:
Little Neck, NY
Author:
Tom Beckett
Categories:
Scenic,Winter,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:
Views:
330
Comments:
2
Title:
The blizzard is upon us
Description:
February of 1969 was a momentous weather month, with NY City getting one of its all time heaviest snowfalls. The snow is coming down as dad shot the tranquility of Little Neck station. It was the calm at the beginning of the storm, as the next few weeks would be chaos on the railroad. The up side for me was the double slotted RS 1s that would handle the train til the snow was cleared enough to allow the MUs to consistently reach the third rail.
Photo Date:
3/15/1969
Upload Date:
5/4/2016 4:06:36 AM
Location:
Little Neck, NY
Author:
Tom Beckett
Categories:
Winter,Night,Station,Passenger
Locomotives:
Views:
205
Comments:
0
Title:
MP 54s too
Description:
An MP 54 was also at the shop near the turntable, though I cant figure why it would be there.
Photo Date:
5/16/1970
Upload Date:
4/16/2016 4:37:56 AM
Location:
Jamaica, NY
Author:
Tom Beckett
Categories:
Roster,RollingStock,Yard,Passenger
Locomotives:
LI 4173(Electric M.U.)
Views:
514
Comments:
0
Title:
Headed to the shop
Description:
A look at the Pack 406 members and some parents who were on the Morris Park tour, riding the lead car of an MU train, one of the famous LIRR MP 54s. Note the ad for the Long Island Press. It would vanish into history in a few years, overshadowed by rival Newsday, which is still a big player in the New York newspaper market.
Photo Date:
5/16/1970
Upload Date:
4/16/2016 4:40:05 AM
Location:
Floral Park, NY
Author:
Tom Beckett
Categories:
Passenger,Action
Locomotives:
LI 4912(Electric M.U.)
Views:
283
Comments:
0
Title:
Anticipation
Description:
The group from Cub Scout Pack 406 waits for the train at Floral Park. Normally, Main Line trains did not make this stop, despite there being platforms for both the Main Line and Hempstead Branch here. The LIRR made a special stop for us, since the equipment we would be riding was going to the shop after it reached Jamaica. The signal bridge at the end of the platform is no longer there. I dont know when it came down, but is was prior to the early 80s.
Photo Date:
5/16/1970
Upload Date:
4/16/2016 4:46:59 AM
Location:
Floral Park, NY
Author:
Tom Beckett
Categories:
Station,Signal,Passenger
Locomotives:
Views:
148
Comments:
0
Title:
Car shop
Description:
Were in the car shop at Morris Park as a LIRR official explains the work that is done there, including wheel truing and sheet metal work on the cars. In the background is a coach still in the Worlds Fair blue and orange, and a little farther back, a similar car now in what is becoming the MTA standard platinum must and blue, roughly matching the new M 1s which were being delivered at the time.
Photo Date:
5/16/1970
Upload Date:
4/16/2016 4:57:24 AM
Location:
Morris Park, NY
Author:
Tom Beckett
Categories:
Roster,RollingStock,Yard,Passenger
Locomotives:
Views:
212
Comments:
0
Title:
Intrested crowd
Description:
The group of Cub Scouts gathers to hear what is done at the passenger car shops at Morris Park.
Photo Date:
5/16/1970
Upload Date:
4/16/2016 4:59:02 AM
Location:
Morris Park, NY
Author:
Tom Beckett
Categories:
Yard
Locomotives:
Views:
220
Comments:
0
Title:
Already a fan
Description:
Dad caught this shot of me on an M 1 train riding into the city from Little Neck. I was 11 that year.
Photo Date:
6/13/1970
Upload Date:
4/14/2016 4:09:14 AM
Location:
Sunnyside, NY
Author:
Tom Beckett
Categories:
Passenger,Action
Locomotives:
Views:
220
Comments:
0
Title:
Insulated joint
Description:
There was a road crossing at Little Neck at the west end of the station, where Little Neck Parkway intersected the tracks. Trains would stop just clear of the crossing, allowing the gates to go up. This was the relay case for the crossing gates, in between the rails. A Great Neck bound train of M 1s moves away in the distance.
Photo Date:
10/12/1970
Upload Date:
4/12/2016 1:51:20 AM
Location:
Little Neck, NY
Author:
Tom Beckett
Categories:
Signal,Passenger,Track,Action
Locomotives:
Views:
135
Comments:
0
Title:
Pulling away
Description:
One of the new M 1s pulling away from Little Neck, seen from the Little Neck Parkway crossing.
Photo Date:
10/16/1970
Upload Date:
4/12/2016 2:22:51 AM
Location:
Little Neck, NY
Author:
Tom Beckett
Categories:
Station,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:
Views:
200
Comments:
0
Title:
M 1s
Description:
M 1s were still new-the last ones would not be delivered til 1974-so this was a novelty at this time. A train of them arrives at Little Neck, headed for Penn Station.
Photo Date:
10/18/1970
Upload Date:
4/12/2016 2:03:20 AM
Location:
Little Neck, NY
Author:
Tom Beckett
Categories:
Station,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:
Views:
193
Comments:
0
Title:
Why position lights are good in poor conditions
Description:
Dad shot signal 124 on the Port Wahshington Branch, just west of Little Neck Parkway. The amber lights area easily seen in the fog, and there is little ambiguity that this is a clear indication. Aside from that, they are also fun to watch as they go through the sequence of indications.
Photo Date:
1/16/1971
Upload Date:
4/14/2016 3:53:02 AM
Location:
Little Neck, NY
Author:
Tom Beckett
Categories:
Night,Signal
Locomotives:
Views:
158
Comments:
0
Title:
View from the bridge
Description:
Dad tried this shot of Douglaston station from the Douglaston Parkway overpass. It seemed to work. Hopefully I will find such a shot with a train in it at some point.
Photo Date:
2/7/1971
Upload Date:
4/24/2016 5:06:01 AM
Location:
Douglaston, NY
Author:
Tom Beckett
Categories:
Winter,Night,Station,Passenger
Locomotives:
Views:
171
Comments:
0
Title:
Knocking it down
Description:
A westbound Port Washington train has knocked down the automatic at Little Neck, setting it to stop and proceed. It will go to approach when the train passes the next signal west, next to the bay after passing Douglaston. The street to the right, 39th Av, locally known as the "back road" because you could get to Douglaston on it without going out to Northern Blvd, had some misadventures over the years. One night around 1980, I was in the little store to the right when the gates went down. A car pulled up, its front hood under the gate. An express train from Great Neck to Penn Station clipped the front of the car, flipping it around, and demolishing the battery and radiator. The driver was not happy, but the cop who responded to the accident was not sympathetic.
Photo Date:
2/20/1971
Upload Date:
4/16/2016 5:04:37 AM
Location:
Little Neck, NY
Author:
Tom Beckett
Categories:
Signal,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:
Views:
190
Comments:
0
Title:
Wide variety
Description:
Dad made a trip to Washington in January 1972, I dont recall why. He took the train down, rather than fly, for all the reasons people take the train. He got this shot looking from the concourse toward the trains shed, where he found Metroliners in Amtrak colors, as well as some still painted PC. Look to the far right-theres an MP 54 up to the bumping post, still in Tuscan red.
Photo Date:
1/10/1972
Upload Date:
2/18/2016 4:24:33 AM
Location:
Washington Union Sta, DC
Author:
Tom Beckett
Categories:
Station,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:
AMTK 856(Electric M.U.)
AMTK 824(Electric M.U.)
Views:
371
Comments:
0
Title:
Metroliner
Description:
The Metroliner was still a fairly new thing in 1972, having gone into service only about four years earlier. They were popular, now that they had overcome some of the teething problems that come with new technology. A set painted for Amtrak is on the adjacent track. The bright colors would last a decade.
Photo Date:
1/10/1972
Upload Date:
2/18/2016 4:35:39 AM
Location:
Washington Union Sta, DC
Author:
Tom Beckett
Categories:
Station,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:
AMTK 856(Electric M.U.)
AMTK 824(Electric M.U.)
Views:
345
Comments:
0
Title:
Rainbow era
Description:
Dad occasionally shot photos of Sunnyside Yard from the Port Washington train on his way to work. This shot from March of 1972 shows a variety of equipment from the Amtrak#early years, including a UP coach. Thats Honeywell St overpass at far left of the photo
Photo Date:
3/14/1972
Upload Date:
11/10/2014 12:53:27 AM
Location:
Sunnyside Yard, NY
Author:
Tom Beckett
Categories:
Yard,Passenger
Locomotives:
Views:
237
Comments:
30
Title:
Station at night
Description:
We lived in Little Neck NY when I was a kid, about a block from the LIRR Port Washington Branch. This was the view from my back steps. The view from my bedroom window was similar, just a little higher. I spent many a morning rush hour looking out at the parade of Pennsy inspired-and sometimes hand me down-equipment, everything from MP 54s to double deckers. In 1968 LIRR started to get the "new" cars-theyre all retired now-Budd M-1s. This shot, traken in 1972, shows a train of M-1s making its station stop. The station itself was built in 1897 if I recall, and still serves today.
Photo Date:
3/15/1972
Upload Date:
11/19/2014 3:42:02 AM
Location:
Little Neck, NY
Author:
Tom Beckett
Categories:
Night,Station,Passenger
Locomotives:
Views:
204
Comments:
0
Title:
Spruce Falls Paper
Description:
Dad was worked in the paper lab at the New York Times, and often would go to the mills to conduct quality reviews. Heres the scene at the Spruce Falls mill in Kapuskasing Ont. Whats that yellow thing on the right in the distance?
Photo Date:
5/15/1972
Upload Date:
10/16/2014 2:17:01 AM
Location:
Kapuskasing, ON
Author:
Tom Beckett
Categories:
Yard
Locomotives:
Views:
202
Comments:
0
Title:
View from the bus
Description:
This how it looks sitting in the bus. Not unlike a school bus on rails.
Photo Date:
5/15/1972
Upload Date:
10/16/2014 2:21:31 AM
Location:
Kapuskasing, ON
Author:
Tom Beckett
Categories:
Yard,Passenger
Locomotives:
SFPP 217(Railbus)
Views:
297
Comments:
0
Title:
Side view
Description:
The Spruce Falls mill had this railbus it used to take employes and others around the plant, and presumably into town. Dad got a good side view of the bus and trailer at the mill.
Photo Date:
5/15/1972
Upload Date:
2/29/2016 4:45:35 AM
Location:
Paris Nord, FR
Author:
Tom Beckett
Categories:
Passenger,Action
Locomotives:
SFPP 217(Railbus)
Views:
339
Comments:
0
Title:
Rail bus
Description:
The paper mill had this railbus they apparently used to reach parts of their plant, which was huge. Interesting piece of equipment.
Photo Date:
5/15/1972
Upload Date:
10/16/2014 2:19:33 AM
Location:
Kapuskasing, ON
Author:
Tom Beckett
Categories:
Roster,Yard
Locomotives:
SFPP 217(Railbus)
Views:
337
Comments:
1
Title:
Big paper
Description:
Dad was a purchasing manager for the NY Times for a number of years, starting in the mid 70s. Hed occasionally go over to the plant where they printed most of the Sunday editions, in Carlstadt NJ. He always took photos, and we have a forklift unloading one of the 11 cars in the building that day. Those paper rolls weigh about 1800 lbs, and they got, I think, about 60 on a 50 foot car. Note the stenciling on the car for international and newsprint service only.
Photo Date:
5/23/1972
Upload Date:
2/27/2016 3:25:04 AM
Location:
Carlstadt, NJ
Author:
Tom Beckett
Categories:
RollingStock,Action
Locomotives:
Views:
247
Comments:
0
Title:
View from the water
Description:
Dad went on a boat trip around Manhattan with some friends in August 1973, and of course, he took photos. This is the view of Hell Gate, looking pretty graceful for a stone and steel bridge, seen from the East River. Thats the Triboro behind it.
Photo Date:
8/16/1973
Upload Date:
2/29/2016 3:43:48 AM
Location:
Hell Gate Bridge, NY
Author:
Tom Beckett
Categories:
Scenic,Bridge,Track
Locomotives:
Views:
105
Comments:
0
Title:
Stone and steel
Description:
A shot of one of the Hell Gate bridge,towers, and the steelwork that it supports. How do those graffiti painters get up to those spots on the steel?? Not for me!!
Photo Date:
8/16/1973
Upload Date:
2/29/2016 3:45:18 AM
Location:
Hell Gate Bridge, NY
Author:
Tom Beckett
Categories:
Bridge
Locomotives:
Views:
118
Comments:
0
Title:
LV Pier
Description:
Dad took a boat trip with some friends, which allowed views of Manhatton that were off his normal rounds. He took advantage of the new viewpoint to get some interesting photos. One was this Lehigh Valley pier, near Christopher St. It is no longer in service, and at tis point, the question is, will the pier fall into the river before the railroad itself goes under in a couple of years.
Photo Date:
8/16/1973
Upload Date:
2/29/2016 3:56:42 AM
Location:
Manhattan, NY
Author:
Tom Beckett
Categories:
Station
Locomotives:
CSX 4559(SD70MAC)
Views:
199
Comments:
0
Title:
Brewster bound
Description:
A pair of FL 's lead a Brewster train north into the Bronx. At the time, all trains beyond North White Plains were diesel hauled. The line north of there would not be electrified for ~lmost another ten years.
Photo Date:
8/16/1973
Upload Date:
2/29/2016 4:12:58 AM
Location:
Bronx, NY
Author:
Tom Beckett
Categories:
Passenger,Action
Locomotives:
PC 5049(FL9)
PC 5027(FL9)
Views:
569
Comments:
0
Title:
Standard Railroad of the World-or is it the navy??
Description:
Another of the tumble down piers dad encountered on his trip around Manhattan, thit one an ex Pennsy facility, also fallen on hard times like its LV neighbor a few blocks south. Like all the roads that came into the north Jersey terminals, the Pennsy hgd a substantial carfloat operation, though by this date, due to mergers and new traffic patterns, carfloats were almost a memory.
Photo Date:
8/16/1973
Upload Date:
2/29/2016 4:17:31 AM
Location:
Manhattan, NY
Author:
Tom Beckett
Categories:
Station
Locomotives:
Views:
234
Comments:
0
Title:
Also on the property
Description:
This LIRR rotary plow was at the complex at Ringoes.
Photo Date:
10/7/1973
Upload Date:
3/6/2016 4:57:38 AM
Location:
Ringoes, NJ
Author:
Tom Beckett
Categories:
Roster,RollingStock
Locomotives:
Views:
154
Comments:
0
Title:
High density railroading
Description:
The Marklin layout at FAO Schwartz in New York was always a high point of any visit to the city. The action was fast and furious, though it was hard to get used to that European look for a kid from Queens.
Photo Date:
12/28/1973
Upload Date:
2/19/2016 4:39:58 AM
Location:
Manhattan, NY
Author:
Tom Beckett
Categories:
Model,Action
Locomotives:
Views:
128
Comments:
0
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