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| Title: |
After encountering snow drifts across eastern LI, the 169 heads west after a station stop |
| Description: |
After encountering snow drifts across eastern LI, the 169 heads west after a station stop |
| Photo Date: |
2/21/1981 Upload Date: 10/1/2012 8:37:45 PM |
| Location: |
Riverhead, NY |
| Author: |
Richard Gorddard |
| Categories: |
Winter,Station,Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
LI 169(MP15AC) |
| Views: |
1380 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Stripped/down |
| Description: |
LIRR G5 39 has been stripped of its cab and boiler jacket, and is up on blocks as it undergoes restoration |
| Photo Date: |
5/16/1981 Upload Date: 1/28/2013 12:45:44 AM |
| Location: |
Riverhead, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Yard,Steam |
| Locomotives: |
LI 39(4-6-2) |
| Views: |
1607 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
LIRR 39s tender |
| Description: |
LIRR 39s tender has been separated+from the engine, and will also undergo restoration |
| Photo Date: |
5/16/1981 Upload Date: 1/28/2013 12:50:12 AM |
| Location: |
Riverhead, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
RollingStock,Yard |
| Locomotives: |
LI 39(4-6-2) |
| Views: |
1303 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Ping pong |
| Description: |
A LIRR P54 "ping pong" coach intended for the train to be pulled by engine 39 awaits attention at the work site |
| Photo Date: |
5/16/1981 Upload Date: 1/28/2013 12:53:41 AM |
| Location: |
Riverhead, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Roster,RollingStock,Yard |
| Locomotives: |
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| Views: |
675 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Ex LIRR EMU RPO |
| Description: |
The Riverhead yard is much different today |
| Photo Date: |
3/6/1982 Upload Date: 11/2/2012 10:36:04 PM |
| Location: |
Riverhead, NY |
| Author: |
Richard Gorddard |
| Categories: |
RollingStock,Yard,Station |
| Locomotives: |
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| Views: |
964 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Snow plow |
| Description: |
LIRR W 83, their "Jaws" snow plow, sits retired at Riverhead |
| Photo Date: |
2/4/1986 Upload Date: 11/18/2011 2:40:15 AM |
| Location: |
Riverhead, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
RollingStock,Yard |
| Locomotives: |
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| Views: |
701 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Double decker |
| Description: |
The original double decker, LIRR 200, sits at Riverhead as part of the Project 39 restoration. |
| Photo Date: |
3/4/1986 Upload Date: 11/17/2014 4:14:17 AM |
| Location: |
Riverhead, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Roster,RollingStock,Passenger |
| Locomotives: |
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| Views: |
1357 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
MP15ac #158 on the old Slaters Siding |
| Description: |
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| Photo Date: |
4/15/1986 Upload Date: 12/11/2013 11:07:01 PM |
| Location: |
Riverhead, NY |
| Author: |
Richard Gorddard |
| Categories: |
Yard |
| Locomotives: |
LI 158(MP15AC) LI 1556(RS3) |
| Views: |
1357 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
LIRR MP15 moving ex LIRR Alco 1556 |
| Description: |
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| Photo Date: |
4/15/1986 Upload Date: 12/11/2013 11:13:01 PM |
| Location: |
Riverhead, NY |
| Author: |
Richard Gorddard |
| Categories: |
Roster,Action |
| Locomotives: |
LI 158(MP15AC) LI 1556(RS3) |
| Views: |
1816 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
LIRR 158 Making Yard Moves |
| Description: |
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| Photo Date: |
4/15/1986 Upload Date: 12/11/2013 11:30:05 PM |
| Location: |
Riverhead, NY |
| Author: |
Richard Gorddard |
| Categories: |
Yard,Action |
| Locomotives: |
LI 158(MP15AC) |
| Views: |
1117 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Action on the siding |
| Description: |
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| Photo Date: |
4/15/1986 Upload Date: 12/11/2013 11:35:43 PM |
| Location: |
Riverhead, NY |
| Author: |
Richard Gorddard |
| Categories: |
Yard,Action |
| Locomotives: |
LI 158(MP15AC) |
| Views: |
1088 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Alco 1556 Moving to her present location |
| Description: |
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| Photo Date: |
4/15/1986 Upload Date: 12/11/2013 11:09:20 PM |
| Location: |
Riverhead, NY |
| Author: |
Richard Gorddard |
| Categories: |
Yard,Action |
| Locomotives: |
LI 1556(RS3) |
| Views: |
1146 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Alco 1556 sitting all alone on the passing siding at Riverhead |
| Description: |
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| Photo Date: |
4/15/1986 Upload Date: 12/11/2013 11:33:54 PM |
| Location: |
Riverhead, NY |
| Author: |
Richard Gorddard |
| Categories: |
Yard,Action |
| Locomotives: |
LI 1556(RS3) |
| Views: |
1095 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Westbound LIRR Frieght |
| Description: |
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| Photo Date: |
4/15/1986 Upload Date: 10/13/2012 10:25:44 PM |
| Location: |
Riverhead, NY |
| Author: |
Richard Gorddard |
| Categories: |
Station,Action |
| Locomotives: |
LI 156(MP15AC) |
| Views: |
1208 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
All Alcos as scoot meets fantrip |
| Description: |
A Project 39 fantrip to Greenport behind C 420s meets the Greenport scoot behind an FA on a lovely day for an excursion |
| Photo Date: |
6/7/1986 Upload Date: 6/20/2011 1:07:05 AM |
| Location: |
Riverhead, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Station,Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
LI 222(C420) LI 229(C420) LI 617(Power Car) |
| Views: |
1733 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Great day for a fantrip |
| Description: |
The Project 39 group ran a fantrip to benefit their restoration og LIRR 4-6-0 39, selecting a June Saturday for the trip. It poured, all day. No one will be getting off to see the 39 at Riverhead. The train has arrived, and will walt to meet the westbound scoot from Greenport, then roll on to the end of the line itself. |
| Photo Date: |
6/7/1986 Upload Date: 11/23/2014 3:04:46 AM |
| Location: |
Riverhead, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Station,Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
LI 222(C420) LI 229(C420) |
| Views: |
950 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Switching the team track |
| Description: |
RF 63 switches the team track at Riverhead. |
| Photo Date: |
8/19/1986 Upload Date: 6/20/2011 1:59:00 AM |
| Location: |
Riverhead, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Yard,Action |
| Locomotives: |
LI 227(C420) LI 226(C420) |
| Views: |
1666 Comments: 3 |
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| Title: |
Switching |
| Description: |
RF 62 often did extensive switching at Riverhead where there were several sidings and an active team track. Here the power backs down to a hitch with a boxcar as the rest of the train sits on the main. This train did not have radios for the crews, and all moves were coordinated by hand signals. |
| Photo Date: |
8/19/1986 Upload Date: 2/12/2012 10:51:39 PM |
| Location: |
Riverhead, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Station,Action |
| Locomotives: |
LI 227(C420) LI 226(C420) |
| Views: |
1652 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Headed west |
| Description: |
RF 63 has completed switching in Riverhead and is ready to work back to Pine Aire. |
| Photo Date: |
8/19/1986 Upload Date: 2/12/2012 11:09:01 PM |
| Location: |
Riverhead, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Station,Action |
| Locomotives: |
LI 227(C420) LI 226(C420) |
| Views: |
1420 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Getting underway |
| Description: |
RF 63 is out of town and getting a roll on westbound. It will have work at Yaphank before it heads back to Pine Aire. |
| Photo Date: |
8/19/1986 Upload Date: 12/7/2014 3:41:24 AM |
| Location: |
Riverhead, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Action |
| Locomotives: |
LI 227(C420) LI 226(C420) |
| Views: |
1329 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
RF 63 start its westbound trip |
| Description: |
RF 63, the westbound part of the turn from Pine Aire, gathers speed as it heads back toward its terminal and the end of a day switching on the east end. |
| Photo Date: |
10/7/1986 Upload Date: 10/5/2011 11:40:48 PM |
| Location: |
Riverhead, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Action |
| Locomotives: |
LI 224(C420) LI 229(C420) |
| Views: |
1033 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Not management |
| Description: |
Riders on the LIRR often complained about the way the railroad was run, especially when things went wrong. Most were unaware of the logistics of keeping an operation that ran over 700 trains every day going. They referred to the people running tha railroad in many ways, sometimes even as turkeys. Here we see the real thing, caught while I was waiting for RF 63 near Riverhead. |
| Photo Date: |
10/7/1986 Upload Date: 12/15/2014 4:40:04 AM |
| Location: |
Riverhead, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Track |
| Locomotives: |
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| Views: |
315 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
LIRR MU baggage/RPO |
| Description: |
The group that was restoring LIRR 39 in Riverhead had also started to acquire some rolling stock. Among other items was this MP54 baggage/RPO. These were used for storage mail and newspapers, although this one appears to have a working RPO apartment. I can recall seeing sacks of mail being tossed off the train in Manhasset when visiting my grandparents back in the 60s. |
| Photo Date: |
10/14/1986 Upload Date: 11/18/2011 12:35:33 AM |
| Location: |
Riverhead, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
RollingStock,Yard,Passenger |
| Locomotives: |
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| Views: |
2287 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Caboose at the LIRR museum |
| Description: |
The museum also acquired a bay window caboose. I do not know the history on this car, anyone who knows, please comment. |
| Photo Date: |
10/14/1986 Upload Date: 11/18/2011 7:28:04 PM |
| Location: |
Riverhead, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Roster,RollingStock |
| Locomotives: |
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| Views: |
570 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Double decker |
| Description: |
Among the cars held for the LIRR museum is a double decker, a car that was unique to the LIRR. They went into service in the 1930s, with the last ones being retired in 1972. Most were set up as MU cabs, with motorman controls. This one has been repainted into as delivered scheme. |
| Photo Date: |
10/14/1986 Upload Date: 11/18/2011 7:25:25 PM |
| Location: |
Riverhead, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Roster,RollingStock,Passenger |
| Locomotives: |
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| Views: |
977 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Museum operation |
| Description: |
No, not the Alcos, though they are getting close. The RR Museum of Long Island is adjacent to the Riverhead station. The power from RF 62 passes while working the team tracks there, in view of one of LIRRs unique double deckers. |
| Photo Date: |
10/21/1986 Upload Date: 12/19/2014 3:15:22 AM |
| Location: |
Riverhead, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
RollingStock,Station,Action |
| Locomotives: |
LI 224(C420) LI 229(C420) |
| Views: |
763 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Through the pine barrens |
| Description: |
RF 62 roll through the pine barrens west of Riverhead as it approaches its days objective. Fall color is starting to show on this late Octover day. |
| Photo Date: |
10/21/1986 Upload Date: 12/17/2014 2:21:30 AM |
| Location: |
Riverhead, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Action |
| Locomotives: |
LI 229(C420) LI 224(C420) |
| Views: |
795 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Past the station |
| Description: |
The east end of Riverhead station as RF 62s power passes |
| Photo Date: |
10/21/1986 Upload Date: 12/19/2014 3:16:55 AM |
| Location: |
Riverhead, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Station,Action |
| Locomotives: |
LI 229(C420) LI 224(C420) |
| Views: |
832 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Yellow caboose |
| Description: |
One of LIRRs distinctive yellow cabooses is in the middle of RF 62 as it approaches Riverhead. |
| Photo Date: |
10/21/1986 Upload Date: 12/17/2014 1:54:18 AM |
| Location: |
Riverhead, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
RollingStock,Action |
| Locomotives: |
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| Views: |
376 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Passing the potato exchange |
| Description: |
RF 63 passes the Long Island potato exchange. Potatoes were once a significant source of traffic on the LIRR, but have long since gone to trucks by this date. |
| Photo Date: |
2/3/1987 Upload Date: 6/20/2011 2:01:26 AM |
| Location: |
Riverhead, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Winter,Action |
| Locomotives: |
LI 222(C420) LI 227(C420) |
| Views: |
1036 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Starting west |
| Description: |
RF 63 has just left Riverhead and is working its way to a pick up at Yaphank and hopefully no rush hour delays getting back to Pine Aire. |
| Photo Date: |
2/5/1987 Upload Date: 12/31/2014 4:08:18 AM |
| Location: |
Riverhead, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Winter,Action |
| Locomotives: |
LI 222(C420) LI 227(C420) |
| Views: |
899 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Sign of days gone by |
| Description: |
The building behind RF 63 is the Long Island Potato Exchange, once a huge deal on the Island. As late as the 1950s, solid trains of potatoes would be sent west from Riverhead. Better roads and higher real estate values meant fewer potatoes, and most of them now go by truck. Imagine three or four C 420s and 90 cars of potatoes-what a sight!! |
| Photo Date: |
2/5/1987 Upload Date: 12/31/2014 4:11:33 AM |
| Location: |
Riverhead, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Winter,Action |
| Locomotives: |
LI 222(C420) LI 227(C420) |
| Views: |
783 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Working the team track |
| Description: |
RF 63 works the team track at Riverhead as its train sits on the lead |
| Photo Date: |
3/10/1987 Upload Date: 6/20/2011 2:06:42 AM |
| Location: |
Riverhead, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Yard,Station,Action |
| Locomotives: |
LI 227(C420) LI 224(C420) |
| Views: |
797 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Working the team track |
| Description: |
Once a common sight in many towns, the team track had become a rare feature. Riverhead still had one(as did Queens Village, though I dont recall seeing any cars spotted there in the 80s), here being switched by RF 62s C 420s. The crews on this train did not get radios, so hand signals were the standard way for the trainmen to communicate. It was a real lesson in old style railroading. |
| Photo Date: |
3/19/1987 Upload Date: 4/18/2015 3:52:51 AM |
| Location: |
Riverhead, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Station,Action |
| Locomotives: |
LI 227(C420) LI 224(C420) |
| Views: |
585 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
RF 63 and a relic |
| Description: |
RF 63#passes the Riverhead station and restoration project G 5 39 as it heads down to work the team track. |
| Photo Date: |
3/19/1987 Upload Date: 4/21/2015 3:44:13 AM |
| Location: |
Riverhead, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Station,Steam,Action |
| Locomotives: |
LI 227(C420) LI 224(C420) LI 39(4-6-2) |
| Views: |
1048 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Potatoes!! |
| Description: |
RF 63 gets ready to go west as it sits in front of what was once one of LIRRs prime traffic sources-the Suffolk Potato Exchange. The LIRR at the end of WW II would ship 110 car produce blocks from Suffolk County, one of Americas main potato producers. Now it all goes by truck, whats left of it. |
| Photo Date: |
3/19/1987 Upload Date: 4/18/2015 4:05:06 AM |
| Location: |
Riverhead, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Action |
| Locomotives: |
LI 227(C420) LI 224(C420) |
| Views: |
487 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Jaws |
| Description: |
The LIRR MOW crews painted this Russell plow up with shark teeth, a tribute tl the famous movie that took place on the south shore. Now out of service, its at Slater Supply in Riverhead, stored til the RR Museum of Long Island can make a place for it. Poy Scheider would be proud. |
| Photo Date: |
3/19/1987 Upload Date: 3/19/1987 12:00:00 AM |
| Location: |
Riverhead, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Roster,RollingStock,Yard |
| Locomotives: |
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| Views: |
648 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Returning hero |
| Description: |
Maryland Midland 1556, originally LIRR 1556 and now repatriated to Long Island, sits at Slater Supply waiti`g for space at the museum. |
| Photo Date: |
3/19/1987 Upload Date: 4/21/2015 3:56:02 AM |
| Location: |
Riverhead, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Roster,Yard |
| Locomotives: |
MMID 1556(RS3) |
| Views: |
1034 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Waiting in good company |
| Description: |
Sperry car 134 waits on a siding at Riverhead. In the background is the tender for LIRR 39, behind restored at the Railroad Museum of Long Island. |
| Photo Date: |
11/21/1987 Upload Date: 6/11/2015 3:53:52 AM |
| Location: |
Riverhead, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Roster,Yard |
| Locomotives: |
SRS 134(Doodlebug) |
| Views: |
731 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Old doodlebug |
| Description: |
A nose on shot of Sperry car 134 shows it for the doodlebug it once was. Partly dismantled G 5 4-6-0 39 is at left. |
| Photo Date: |
11/21/1987 Upload Date: 6/11/2015 4:02:46 AM |
| Location: |
Riverhead, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Roster,Yard |
| Locomotives: |
SRS 134(Doodlebug) LI 39(4-6-2) |
| Views: |
1005 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Lonely out there |
| Description: |
Train 251, the westbound mid day scoot from Riverhead to Ronkonkoma, is ready to return west at Riverhead. You can count the riders on one hand for this trip. It will get busier at Ronkonkoma, as this is the first day of electric service on the Main Line there. |
| Photo Date: |
1/18/1988 Upload Date: 6/20/2015 4:47:29 AM |
| Location: |
Riverhead, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Winter,Station,Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
LI 168(MP15AC) |
| Views: |
720 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Potatoes |
| Description: |
Eastern Long Island was once a huge producer of potatoes, as evidenced by the building behind train 251, just getting started out of Riverhead. |
| Photo Date: |
1/18/1988 Upload Date: 6/23/2015 3:38:16 AM |
| Location: |
Riverhead, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Winter,Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
LI 168(MP15AC) |
| Views: |
635 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Original Dashing Dan LIRR log found under the paint on anec LIRR RS3 |
| Description: |
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| Photo Date: |
7/16/1988 Upload Date: 11/6/2018 4:20:49 PM |
| Location: |
Riverhead, NY |
| Author: |
Richard Gorddard |
| Categories: |
|
| Locomotives: |
LI 1556(RS3) |
| Views: |
951 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Power Pack 615 |
| Description: |
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| Photo Date: |
8/27/1988 Upload Date: 10/13/2012 9:32:04 PM |
| Location: |
Riverhead, NY |
| Author: |
Richard Gorddard |
| Categories: |
Roster,Passenger |
| Locomotives: |
LI 615(Power Car) |
| Views: |
1206 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
251 takes the siding at LD |
| Description: |
251 takes the siding at LD |
| Photo Date: |
6/10/1989 Upload Date: 10/3/2012 11:31:52 PM |
| Location: |
Riverhead, NY |
| Author: |
Richard Gorddard |
| Categories: |
Roster,Station |
| Locomotives: |
LI 251(GP38-2) |
| Views: |
1108 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Ex LI 1556 now owned by RMLI |
| Description: |
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| Photo Date: |
10/14/1989 Upload Date: 11/9/2018 3:19:14 PM |
| Location: |
Riverhead, NY |
| Author: |
Richard Gorddard |
| Categories: |
Yard |
| Locomotives: |
LI 1556(RS3) |
| Views: |
669 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Project 39 RS3 smoking it up like an Alco does |
| Description: |
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| Photo Date: |
10/14/1989 Upload Date: 11/9/2018 3:20:45 PM |
| Location: |
Riverhead, NY |
| Author: |
Richard Gorddard |
| Categories: |
Roster,Yard,Action |
| Locomotives: |
LI 1556(RS3) |
| Views: |
751 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
LI 1556 still in Gettysburg paint |
| Description: |
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| Photo Date: |
7/28/1990 Upload Date: 7/2/2019 4:16:14 PM |
| Location: |
Riverhead, NY |
| Author: |
Richard Gorddard |
| Categories: |
Roster,Yard |
| Locomotives: |
LI 1556(RS3) |
| Views: |
635 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
LI 1556 at Riverhead |
| Description: |
Still in Gettysburg RR paint |
| Photo Date: |
7/28/1990 Upload Date: 7/2/2019 2:59:17 PM |
| Location: |
Riverhead, NY |
| Author: |
Richard Gorddard |
| Categories: |
Yard |
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LI 1556(RS3) |
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| Title: |
Rear of W83 |
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| Photo Date: |
7/28/1990 Upload Date: 7/2/2019 2:42:29 PM |
| Location: |
Riverhead, NY |
| Author: |
Richard Gorddard |
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RollingStock,Yard |
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