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Before the M 1s
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
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Classy window
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
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Views:  170   Comments: 0
Rolling em by
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:  403   Comments: 0
Inside a double decker
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
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Views:  297   Comments: 0
Approach in the rain
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
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Views:  194   Comments: 0
Rolling them by
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
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Slogging home
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
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Views:  243   Comments: 0
Blue hour double decker
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
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Views:  241   Comments: 0
Rolling into history
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
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MP 72
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
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Views:  277   Comments: 0
Welcome sight
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
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Views:  314   Comments: 0
After the blizzard
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
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Views:  268   Comments: 0
Sunset on the snow
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
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Blue Hour
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
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Views:  362   Comments: 2
The blizzard is upon us
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
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Views:  226   Comments: 0
Insulated joint
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
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Views:  158   Comments: 0
Pulling away
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
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Views:  224   Comments: 0
M 1s
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
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Why position lights are good in poor conditions
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
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Views:  179   Comments: 0
Knocking it down
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
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Station at  night
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
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Light station in the dark
Title:  Light station in the dark
Description:  For the first ten or so years I lived in Little Neck, the station was red. At some point in the mid 70s, the LIRR decided to repaint, {iving us this white with green trim scheme that actually doesnt look too bad. Dad caught it while waiting for a train one night.
Photo Date:  1/19/1975  Upload Date: 2/29/2016 3:50:06 AM
Location:  Little Neck, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Night,Station,Passenger
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Mood shot
Title:  Mood shot
Description:  Dad liked a good mood shot, and devoted a farr amount of effort to the task. This one is of an M 1 train approaching Little Neck on the Port Washington Branch. My parents divorced in 1974; dad had us(two younger brothers and me) every Sunday, and for two weeks in the summer. We piled up a lot of riding time on the LIRR to Penn, since dad lived on 34th St at the time. This was taken on a Sunday in 1976 of a westbound.
Photo Date:  2/15/1976  Upload Date: 9/18/2014 2:27:10 AM
Location:  Little Neck, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Winter,Station,Passenger,Action
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Views:  120   Comments: 0
Inviting
Title:  Inviting
Description:  To my mind, there is nothing so inviting, so fraught with possibility as a clear signal. This it is with signal N124, just west of the Little Neck station on a gloomy night in January
Photo Date:  1/15/1978  Upload Date: 3/10/2016 4:19:11 AM
Location:  Little Neck, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Night,Station,Signal
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Views:  51   Comments: 0
Clear west, running east
Title:  Clear west, running east
Description:  The signal at Little Neck is still showing clear in anticipation of a Penn Station bound train to arrive shortly. On track 2, a Port Washington train rolls upgrade from Douglaston.
Photo Date:  1/15/1978  Upload Date: 3/10/2016 4:24:06 AM
Location:  Little Neck, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Night,Station,Signal,Passenger,Action
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Views:  44   Comments: 0
Snow train
Title:  Snow train
Description:  The Port Washington Branch almost never saw diesel trains in regular service. The one exception was when we had a lot of snow. The winter of 1977-78 was one of those times, with several heavy snowstorms in January and Febrary of 1978. There was enough to get the diesels out, since the third rail was snow covered and the M 1s were not able to get good contact. I caught LIRR 261 about to arrive at the Little Neck station with a connection from Woodside.
Photo Date:  2/15/1978  Upload Date: 12/2/2016 4:49:11 AM
Location:  Little Neck, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Winter,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  LI 261(GP38-2)
Views:  519   Comments: 1
Unlikely place for an FA
Title:  Unlikely place for an FA
Description:  The LIRR was running diesel trains on its electrified branches following one of the heavy snows that blanketed the region that winter, using typical train sets with a GP 38 up front and an FA in the rear, allowing this rare view of an FA on the Port Washington Branch.
Photo Date:  2/15/1978  Upload Date: 12/2/2016 4:58:14 AM
Location:  Little Neck, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Winter,Station,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  LI 611(Power Car)
Views:  593   Comments: 2
Coming and going
Title:  Coming and going
Description:  The Port Washington Branch was double track as far as Great Neck, where it went to single for the remainder of the trip to Port Washington. The schedule was set up so that trains would meet at Little Neck. Most of the time, it worked. Here we have the New York bound train making its stop as the eastbound approaches the station. All is well.
Photo Date:  11/12/1978  Upload Date: 4/12/2016 2:25:06 AM
Location:  Little Neck, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Night,Station,Passenger,Action
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Snowy night quietude
Title:  Snowy night quietude
Description:  A late season snowfall coats the Little Neck station as the drivers at Ollies Taxi wait for the next train from New York to arrive to break the tranquility. It looks peaceful now, but in the morning the snow will make things chaotic.
Photo Date:  3/14/1981  Upload Date: 11/27/2016 4:55:20 AM
Location:  Little Neck, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Winter,Night,Station,Passenger
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Views:  250   Comments: 1
Points of light
Title:  Points of light
Description:  Not Ronald Reagans thousand points of light, just three from the Pennsy position light signal immediately west of the Little Neck Parkway crossing on the Port Washington Branch. The amber lights cut through the gloom of a late season snow quite effectively, demonstrating the wisdom of using such hardware for a critical safety function.
Photo Date:  3/14/1981  Upload Date: 11/27/2016 4:59:34 AM
Location:  Little Neck, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Winter,Night,Signal
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New cars
Title:  New cars
Description:  A test train of M-3s rolls west at Little Neck, back to the test facility at Shea Stadium
Photo Date:  9/13/1983  Upload Date: 11/28/2013 2:31:04 AM
Location:  Little Neck, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Signal,Passenger,Action
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M-1s make their stop
Title:  M-1s make their stop
Description:  A train of M-1s stops at Little Neck on its way to Penn Station. The eastbound train can be seen in the far distance.
Photo Date:  9/20/1983  Upload Date: 11/25/2013 1:03:36 AM
Location:  Little Neck, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Station,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  LI 9323(M-1 Metropolitan)
Views:  376   Comments: 0
Metro North comes for a visit
Title:  Metro North comes for a visit
Description:  Much of the testing of new equipment was done at a facility at the Shea Stadium station, and it was not uncommon for trains to take a test run to Great Neck on the Port Washington Branch. Here a set of new Metro North M3A's passes Little Neck.
Photo Date:  10/12/1983  Upload Date: 7/29/2012 2:38:16 AM
Location:  Little Neck, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  RollingStock,Station,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  MNCW 8001(Electric M.U.)
Views:  911   Comments: 1
Alcohol train
Title:  Alcohol train
Description:  The alcohol train is a specially equipped car that sprays an alcohol solution on the third rail to prevent icing, allowing MU cars to maintain good contact in snow and ice conditions. Here it is passing over Little Neck Parkway on the Port Washington Branch.
Photo Date:  1/11/1984  Upload Date: 6/20/2011 1:15:11 AM
Location:  Little Neck, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Winter,Station,Signal,Action
Locomotives:  LI 163(MP15AC) LI 229(C420)
Views:  1446   Comments: 3
M1s in winter
Title:  M1s in winter
Description:  A Penn Station bound train of M1s stops at Little Neck on a snowy day in 1984
Photo Date:  1/11/1984  Upload Date: 6/20/2011 1:31:10 AM
Location:  Little Neck, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Winter,Station,Passenger,Action
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Alcohol train 2
Title:  Alcohol train 2
Description:  The alcohol train passes through Little Neck, spraying the third rail to keep it free of snow and ice.
Photo Date:  1/11/1984  Upload Date: 6/20/2011 1:40:14 AM
Location:  Little Neck, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Winter,Station,Action
Locomotives:  LI 163(MP15AC) LI 229(C420)
Views:  948   Comments: 0
Penn Station bound
Title:  Penn Station bound
Description:  A Port Washington train that has just left Little Neck passes the automatic as it rolls for Douglaston and NY. The block signal would be removed when the line got cab signalled years later.
Photo Date:  1/11/1984  Upload Date: 11/28/2013 2:37:04 AM
Location:  Little Neck, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Winter,Station,Signal,Passenger,Action
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Views:  250   Comments: 1
Passing trains
Title:  Passing trains
Description:  Dad got this shot of an M1 train at the crossing in Little Neck, and exercise in light and reflection.
Photo Date:  3/18/1984  Upload Date: 12/4/2014 3:19:09 PM
Location:  Little Neck, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Night,Passenger,Action
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Views:  97   Comments: 0
LIRR Budd M1/M3 (eb)
Title:  LIRR Budd M1/M3 (eb)
Description: 
Photo Date:  6/30/1996  Upload Date: 6/22/2013 11:28:13 PM
Location:  Little Neck, NY
Author:  Philip M. Goldstein
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LIRR Budd M1/M3 (eb) - Commuters heading home
Title:  LIRR Budd M1/M3 (eb) - Commuters heading home
Description: 
Photo Date:  6/30/1996  Upload Date: 6/22/2013 11:28:16 PM
Location:  Little Neck, NY
Author:  Philip M. Goldstein
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LIRR Budd M1/M3 (wb & eb meet)
Title:  LIRR Budd M1/M3 (wb & eb meet)
Description: 
Photo Date:  6/30/1996  Upload Date: 6/22/2013 11:28:17 PM
Location:  Little Neck, NY
Author:  Philip M. Goldstein
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LIRR Budd M1/M3 (wb)
Title:  LIRR Budd M1/M3 (wb)
Description: 
Photo Date:  6/30/1996  Upload Date: 6/22/2013 11:28:18 PM
Location:  Little Neck, NY
Author:  Philip M. Goldstein
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LIRR Budd M1/M3 (wb)
Title:  LIRR Budd M1/M3 (wb)
Description: 
Photo Date:  6/30/1996  Upload Date: 6/22/2013 11:28:19 PM
Location:  Little Neck, NY
Author:  Philip M. Goldstein
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LIRR Budd M1/M3 (wb)
Title:  LIRR Budd M1/M3 (wb)
Description: 
Photo Date:  6/30/1996  Upload Date: 6/22/2013 11:28:20 PM
Location:  Little Neck, NY
Author:  Philip M. Goldstein
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Views:  124   Comments: 0
Little Neck
Title:  Little Neck
Description: 
Photo Date:  4/4/2007  Upload Date: 4/5/2007 8:04:02 PM
Location:  Little Neck, NY
Author:  Kevin Wong
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Views:  110   Comments: 0
Little Neak station in the rain
Title:  Little Neak station in the rain
Description: 
Photo Date:  4/4/2007  Upload Date: 4/5/2007 8:23:14 PM
Location:  Little Neck, NY
Author:  Kevin Wong
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Port Washington train in the rain
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)
Views:  138   Comments: 0
M3 9813
Title:  M3 9813
Description:  Leads a 12 car set of Train 463 from Port Washington to Penn Station.
Photo Date:  6/6/2012  Upload Date: 6/7/2012 9:15:51 AM
Location:  Little Neck, NY
Author:  Neil Feldman
Categories:  Roster,Station,Passenger,Track,Action
Locomotives:  LI 9813(M-3 Metropolitan)
Views:  295   Comments: 0


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