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| Title: |
Penn Central #14 "Pennsylvania" |
| Description: |
And now Budd Metropolitan M1's behind the move! |
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10/1/1969 Upload Date: 12/22/2012 6:49:36 PM |
| Location: |
Manhattan, NY |
| Author: |
Philip M. Goldstein |
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Yard |
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![PC #4933 [GG1]](http://s3.amazonaws.com/rrpa_photos/86628/thumbnails/Negatives0016.jpg)
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| Title: |
PC #4933 [GG1] |
| Description: |
Note the open platform observation it's towing! And the LIRR "Ping Pong" combine behind! |
| Photo Date: |
10/1/1969 Upload Date: 12/22/2012 6:49:37 PM |
| Location: |
Manhattan, NY |
| Author: |
Philip M. Goldstein |
| Categories: |
Yard |
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PC 4933(GG1) |
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![PRR (PC) #4890 [GG1]](http://s3.amazonaws.com/rrpa_photos/86628/thumbnails/Negatives0017.jpg)
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PRR (PC) #4890 [GG1] |
| Description: |
"Overhead Catenary" Looking down in an unusual view on Pennsylvania GG1 #4890, exiting the Hudson River tubes (right) and entering Penn Station, New York (left). Great vantage point - and it still exists! I was here in 2007 purely by coincidence, after going to B&H Photo. I shot the Penn Station interlocking using a friend's digital camera (I never got the photo). When I came across this shot in dad's slide carousels while organizing them, I knew exactly where it was taken from! Dad and I had a good laugh about it. Now with him gone, I treasure this image.. |
| Photo Date: |
10/1/1969 Upload Date: 12/22/2012 6:49:38 PM |
| Location: |
Manhattan, NY |
| Author: |
Philip M. Goldstein |
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PC 4890(GG1) |
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383 Comments: 0 |
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![NJ D.O.T #108 [Arrow I-B]](http://s3.amazonaws.com/rrpa_photos/86628/thumbnails/Negatives0018.jpg)
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NJ D.O.T #108 [Arrow I-B] |
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10/1/1969 Upload Date: 12/22/2012 6:49:39 PM |
| Location: |
Manhattan, NY |
| Author: |
Philip M. Goldstein |
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NJDOT 108(Electric M.U.) |
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1265 Comments: 0 |
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![PRR (PC) #4892 [GG1] with a fast eastbound freight.](http://s3.amazonaws.com/rrpa_photos/86628/thumbnails/Negatives0019.jpg)
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PRR (PC) #4892 [GG1] with a fast eastbound freight. |
| Description: |
Note the REA Express boxcars behind the locomotive and at bottom of image |
| Photo Date: |
10/1/1969 Upload Date: 12/22/2012 6:49:39 PM |
| Location: |
Manhattan, NY |
| Author: |
Philip M. Goldstein |
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PRR 4892(GG1) |
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632 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
RBX under 11th Avenue |
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4/1/1971 Upload Date: 3/12/2013 1:07:36 PM |
| Location: |
Manhattan, NY |
| Author: |
Philip M. Goldstein |
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177 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
West Side Yards |
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| Photo Date: |
4/1/1971 Upload Date: 3/12/2013 1:07:36 PM |
| Location: |
Manhattan, NY |
| Author: |
Philip M. Goldstein |
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141 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
RBX 55 - now RBBX 60007 |
| Description: |
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| Photo Date: |
4/1/1971 Upload Date: 3/12/2013 1:07:37 PM |
| Location: |
Manhattan, NY |
| Author: |
Philip M. Goldstein |
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992 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
RBX |
| Description: |
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| Photo Date: |
4/1/1971 Upload Date: 3/12/2013 1:07:37 PM |
| Location: |
Manhattan, NY |
| Author: |
Philip M. Goldstein |
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102 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
RBX in the West Side Yard |
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| Photo Date: |
4/1/1971 Upload Date: 3/12/2013 1:07:38 PM |
| Location: |
Manhattan, NY |
| Author: |
Philip M. Goldstein |
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237 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
RBX |
| Description: |
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| Photo Date: |
4/1/1972 Upload Date: 3/12/2013 1:09:45 PM |
| Location: |
Manhattan, NY |
| Author: |
Philip M. Goldstein |
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92 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
RBX stock car |
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| Photo Date: |
4/1/1972 Upload Date: 3/12/2013 1:09:46 PM |
| Location: |
Manhattan, NY |
| Author: |
Philip M. Goldstein |
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90 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
RBX |
| Description: |
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| Photo Date: |
4/1/1972 Upload Date: 3/12/2013 1:09:47 PM |
| Location: |
Manhattan, NY |
| Author: |
Philip M. Goldstein |
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100 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
RBX |
| Description: |
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| Photo Date: |
4/1/1972 Upload Date: 3/12/2013 1:09:49 PM |
| Location: |
Manhattan, NY |
| Author: |
Philip M. Goldstein |
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91 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
RBX 150 "Hickory Creek" |
| Description: |
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| Photo Date: |
4/1/1972 Upload Date: 3/12/2013 1:09:51 PM |
| Location: |
Manhattan, NY |
| Author: |
Philip M. Goldstein |
| Categories: |
Yard |
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1549 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
RBX freight cars |
| Description: |
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| Photo Date: |
4/1/1972 Upload Date: 3/12/2013 1:09:51 PM |
| Location: |
Manhattan, NY |
| Author: |
Philip M. Goldstein |
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185 Comments: 0 |
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| 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) |
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251 Comments: 0 |
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| 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 |
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262 Comments: 0 |
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| 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 |
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| Title: |
Roll by |
| Description: |
A German passenger train rolls past on the Marklin layout at FAO Schwartz. |
| Photo Date: |
12/28/1973 Upload Date: 2/19/2016 4:45:07 AM |
| Location: |
Manhattan, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Model,Action |
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84 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Going nowhere |
| Description: |
A red over red on the 8th Avenue line, and nobody is going anywhere. |
| Photo Date: |
12/28/1973 Upload Date: 2/19/2016 4:48:44 AM |
| Location: |
Manhattan, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Station,Signal |
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131 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Another day on the IRT |
| Description: |
Dad was good at getting candid shots of just about everything, and the subway was no exception. We see a rider on the IRT doing what most of us do on the train. Read the paper, pass the time. |
| Photo Date: |
1/12/1974 Upload Date: 2/20/2016 4:04:15 AM |
| Location: |
Manhattan, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Transit,Passenger,Action |
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158 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Essex St on the BMT |
| Description: |
These were taken on what was most likely an ERA trip with the IRT Low V cars. The TA had a museum set that they would charter for various groups, running to different points on the system. Since the IRT cars were only 9 feet wide, they could go anywhere, and did. This is a shot of them at Essex St on the BMT M line. Thats my brother John on the platform, age 9 at the time. |
| Photo Date: |
4/14/1974 Upload Date: 2/19/2016 4:56:47 AM |
| Location: |
Manhattan, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Station,Transit,Action |
| Locomotives: |
NYCTA 5290(Electric M.U.) |
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223 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Ready to go |
| Description: |
This ERA trip originated at Times Square on the #7 Flushing Line with a set of Low V IRT cars. |
| Photo Date: |
4/14/1974 Upload Date: 2/20/2016 3:59:31 AM |
| Location: |
Manhattan, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Station,Transit,Passenger,Action |
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177 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Going nowhere |
| Description: |
A red signal on the BMT Broadway Line in Manhattan is at stop. The trip arm next to the rail will prohibit any further movement til the signal clears. |
| Photo Date: |
4/15/1974 Upload Date: 2/6/2016 4:00:59 AM |
| Location: |
Manhattan, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Station,Signal,Transit |
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156 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
K train |
| Description: |
A shot my dad took of the K train at 57 St/6 Av station, which was the Manhattan terminus of this route. The K ran rush hours only from here to Eastern Parkway on whe Broadway BMT, via the newly built(1970) Grand St connectihn, and the Williamsburg Bridge. This was a typical train set for the line. I rode it almost daily in those days, and I dont recall ever seeing anything else on these trains. But the Broadway line was a poor stepchild anyway, with the J and K getting R7s and 9s most of the time, though the J got R 16s and some R 27s. |
| Photo Date: |
6/28/1974 Upload Date: 2/1/2016 4:54:51 AM |
| Location: |
Manhattan, NY |
| Author: |
Tom#Beckett |
| Categories: |
Roster,RollingStock,Model,Station,Transit,Passenger,Action |
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248 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Warm glow |
| Description: |
One of the appealing things about the older cars is the use of incandescent bulbs. They give off a much warmer light than fluorescents. Even in a 40 year old subway car, it has fn inviting appeal. This is the K train at 57 St/6 Av. I miss those old cars. |
| Photo Date: |
6/28/1974 Upload Date: 2/1/2016 5:00:50 AM |
| Location: |
Manhattan, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Station,Transit,Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
NYCTA 1556(Electric M.U.) |
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234 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Into the dark |
| Description: |
We were riding a K train to Brooklyn, which uses the Williamsburg Bridge. As we were coming out of the tunnel, this M train with a set of R42s was rolling off the bridge into the tunnel, headed for its turnaround at Broad and Wall |
| Photo Date: |
9/26/1974 Upload Date: 12/4/2014 3:38:00 AM |
| Location: |
Manhattan, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Tunnel,Bridge,Passenger,Action |
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241 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Signs, signs, everywhere theres signs |
| Description: |
Ths one is at the Fifth Av and 53rd St station on the ID Queens line. |
| Photo Date: |
5/29/1975 Upload Date: 12/4/2014 3:52:50 AM |
| Location: |
Manhattan, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Station,Passenger |
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141 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Penn Station eagle |
| Description: |
The original Penn Station had over 20 of these stone eagles on the building. When the station was demolished in the mid 60s, some wound up dumped in the Jersey meadows, but others were saved and displayed. This one is outside a Chemical Bank branch in Manhattan. |
| Photo Date: |
9/14/1975 Upload Date: 3/25/2016 4:38:22 AM |
| Location: |
Manhattan, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
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Station |
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| Title: |
On the avenue |
| Description: |
Fifth Avenue. Dad shot this down the platform view of the IND station at 5th Av and 53rd St. The pillars create an interesting effect. |
| Photo Date: |
6/12/1976 Upload Date: 3/25/2016 3:35:26 AM |
| Location: |
Manhattan, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Station,Transit,Passenger |
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| Title: |
AMTK X995 Rc4a |
| Description: |
Prototype for the AEM-7 fleet. Realized I never uploaded this, and its also in memory of this opening between 9th and 10th Avenues, which has been sealded over to construct a building on top. |
| Photo Date: |
3/1/1977 Upload Date: 11/20/2014 10:43:15 PM |
| Location: |
Manhattan, NY |
| Author: |
Tim Darnell |
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AMTK X995(UNKNOWN) |
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| Title: |
R 27s on the D train |
| Description: |
The D train during the mid 1970s usually had some of the newest cars assigned to it, mostly R42s, and by 1977, R 46s. R 27s were really uncommon, though, as this photo at 34th St and 6th Av shows, rush hours can make for some strange assignments. A train of R 27s, usually found on the BMTs J, M, and RR trains, pulls away as it picks up speed for a fast run to W 4th St. |
| Photo Date: |
12/11/1977 Upload Date: 11/19/2016 3:24:34 AM |
| Location: |
Manhattan, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Station,Transit,Passenger,Action |
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| Title: |
R 46 |
| Description: |
One of the lines that got the new R 46 cars was the N, unusual since the BMT tended to be the poor stepchild of the B Division when it came to car assignments. The IND got all the new cars, with the BMT mostly getting hand me downs that had come off the prime runs. Nonetheless, the N was assigned some of the new cars, one of which we see here during its layover time at 57 St and 7th Av. The interiors, like those of the R 44s that immediately preceded these, was a departure from the longitudinal seating of the cars of the 50s and 60s. |
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12/11/1977 Upload Date: 11/19/2016 4:02:55 AM |
| Location: |
Manhattan, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
RollingStock,Station,Transit,Passenger |
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| Title: |
R 10 |
| Description: |
Believe it or not, the move to R 10s was an improvement for this line. The CC was a rush hour only train that ran from Bedford Park Blvd in the Bronx to Rockaway Park. I often wondered if a train ever made it all the way from one end to the other before the rush hour expired. It was the exception to the rule that the IND got the new cars, and the BMT got the hand me downs. This train got R1/9s almost all the time, though once in a while there would be a set of R 10s, such as these. When the R1/9s were retired, these cars were moved off the A train to the CC. They were the last group on the B Division to have air operated doors, with the conductor standing between cars to operate them. They were already 30 years old by the time I got this photo at 8th Av and 42 St. |
| Photo Date: |
12/11/1977 Upload Date: 11/19/2016 4:20:39 AM |
| Location: |
Manhattan, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
RollingStock,Station,Transit,Passenger,Action |
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184 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Lift bridge over the Harlem River. |
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8/18/1982 Upload Date: 6/28/2024 12:08:44 AM |
| Location: |
Manhattan, NY |
| Author: |
Tim Darnell |
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| Title: |
Off the train |
| Description: |
There a numerous shots of the Ringling Bros train, in my collection and elsewhere. We dont typically see the wagons once off the train. Dad caught several outside Madison Square Garden in New York. They would reach here either by staging at an old LIRR float bridge yard in Long Island City and going through the Midtown Tunnel, or staging in Jersey, coming through the Lincoln Tunnel. The train got from Long Island, where the circus usually played first, to Jersey via a convoluted route that involved LIRR, Amtrak, and Conrail. |
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6/16/1983 Upload Date: 11/24/2014 11:52:12 PM |
| Location: |
Manhattan, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
RollingStock,Action |
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156 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
New station |
| Description: |
Actually it was new in 1970 or so, but while the design was classic IND, the materials-mostly terrazo-were quite a departure from the concrete and tile that had been standard for many years. Dad shot the mezzanine of the 6 Av/57 St IND station, served by the B train at all times except rush hours, when the newly established K train, that went to the Broadway Brooklyn elevated via the new Grand St connection, was in service. |
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7/15/1985 Upload Date: 11/21/2014 2:41:24 AM |
| Location: |
Manhattan, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Station,Passenger |
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| Title: |
Platform level |
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The new station was quite bright, much more so than the older ones, since it had fluorescent lights, rather than the bulbs in the older stations. This made the stations much more appealing, and probably safer. At the time, 57th St was the terminal for the B train, two of which are seen here. The train on the left has just arrived; the train on the right will be departing shortly for Coney Island via the Grand St connection, Manhattan Bridge, and the West End line. The cars are R 32s, the typical equipment on this line. When the K ran during rush hour, it almost always got R 9s. If anyone remembers the opening to Welcome Back Kotter, it was the West End line that you saw the high school from, as it is elevated south of 39th St/9 Av in Brooklyn. |
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7/15/1985 Upload Date: 11/21/2014 2:48:27 AM |
| Location: |
Manhattan, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Station,Passenger,Action |
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| Title: |
Bad day on 5th Avenue |
| Description: |
Not exactly a train photo, but so different I thought Id include it. This NYCTA bus seems to have had a problem on its way downown. Ive heard of drivers running hot, but this is extreme. |
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7/27/1985 Upload Date: 1/10/2016 2:23:59 AM |
| Location: |
Manhattan, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Roster,Wreck |
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285 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
On the viaduct |
| Description: |
Like most fans, I will ride the front car an look out the window if I can. I was able to do so on this Hudson Line train, catching some of the action on the Park Av viaduct, in this case a set of CDOT cars on their last lap into Grand Central. |
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6/3/1989 Upload Date: 10/30/2015 3:35:47 AM |
| Location: |
Manhattan, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Bridge,Passenger,Action |
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| Title: |
Signal bridge |
| Description: |
This signal bridge is on the Park Avenue viaduct as the line approaches 125th St. Its a classic example of NYC signal structures. A New Haven Line train approaches in the distance. |
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6/3/1989 Upload Date: 10/29/2015 4:06:16 AM |
| Location: |
Manhattan, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Bridge,Signal,Action |
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221 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
R 32s |
| Description: |
By the time this photo was taken, in 1992, the R 32 cars had already been in service for over 25 years, and would see yet another rebuilding that would carry them into their fifth decade of service. Now having been demoted to secondary lines, they carried on, taking over trains that had once been the stomping grounds of "old" cars-R 10s, for example. As one who recalls these cars in their prime, its hard to see them as the old guard. Were at Chambers St in this photo. |
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4/17/1992 Upload Date: 5/13/2016 4:29:20 AM |
| Location: |
Manhattan, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Station,Transit,Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
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| Title: |
Take the D train |
| Description: |
Looks like a lot of folks did tonight. We look into an R 46 car on the D line in midtown. |
| Photo Date: |
4/17/1992 Upload Date: 5/13/2016 4:30:48 AM |
| Location: |
Manhattan, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Station,Transit,Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
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49 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
New 30th St |
| Description: |
The 30th St yarf was formerly a NYC facility, built to serve the trains that worked the West Side Line, now the High Line Park. A connection was built from Penn Station to the yard, and it is now used to store LIRR equipment, saving a round tpip to the Island to lay up for the day. Dad caught a train rolling out among all the slumbering M 1s. |
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5/3/1992 Upload Date: 3/25/2016 4:15:04 AM |
| Location: |
Manhattan, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Yard,Passenger,Action |
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110 Comments: 0 |
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IND station |
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Dad would sometimes shoot station scenes, mostly as a human interest thing-he appreciated people in various situations. This is a photo of the crowd waiting on the IND platform at 8th Av and 14th St. |
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11/6/1996 Upload Date: 11/3/2015 1:45:37 AM |
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Manhattan, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
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Daylight |
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This shot of the IRT Broadway and 72nd St station shows how close to the surface the original line was, the sun streaming through the ventilation grates to the street at the end of the platform. This was part of the original 1904 IRT line, which just marked its 111th year in service as I post the photo. |
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7/12/1997 Upload Date: 11/3/2015 1:48:49 AM |
| Location: |
Manhattan, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
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Tunnel,Station,Transit,Passenger |
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63rd St Tunnel |
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One place that never had a station til the 63rd St tunnel was opened in the 90s was Roosevelt Island, which by then had become somewhat gentrified. In previous generations it was home to a number of state hospitals, primarily mental institutions, and never had subway service. |
| Photo Date: |
10/5/1997 Upload Date: 2/13/2016 3:49:08 AM |
| Location: |
Manhattan, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
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Tunnel,Station,Transit,Passenger,Action |
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Cammerer yard |
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Storage at Penn Station has always been limited, due to the lack of space in the area around it. The Pennsy built it as a run through station, with trains going on to Sunnyside yard to be turned and serviced. The problem for the LIRR was that this was the end of the line. Since there was no storage capacity, trains ran back out to the Island after morning rush, only to deadhead back to Penn for their afternoon runs. The advent of Conrail and Amtrak, as well as a decline in rail freight in the city caused a number of changes over the years. One of them was the availability of the ex NYC 30th St yard for other uses. The MTA took advantage of the situation to build a layup yard for the LIRR on the site, known as the John Cammerer yard, in honor of a state senator from Long Island. This is how it looks from the street, full of LIRR MUs in the middle of the day. The facility saves the LIRR several million dollars each year by avoiding the need to run trains as much as 100 extra miles each day in deadhead moves. |
| Photo Date: |
10/6/1997 Upload Date: 2/13/2016 3:58:21 AM |
| Location: |
Manhattan, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
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Yard,Passenger |
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Remember these?? |
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At one time, kiosks such as this one at Braodway and 72nd St were common in Manhattan, but by the late 60s, almost all of them had been removed in favor of the stairs you most commonly see today. The MTA has restored some at various stations, making for a much more elegant entrance to the system. |
| Photo Date: |
10/18/1997 Upload Date: 5/18/2016 4:40:29 AM |
| Location: |
Manhattan, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
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