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By:Tom Beckett
Dates:1/1/1978 - 10/31/2011
Album Info:Photos of Metro North and Conrail operations of the Hudson, Harlem, and New Haven divisions.
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SEMTA 101
Title:  SEMTA 101
Description:  Metro North got a set of cars from SEMTA when they quit their commuter trains from Detroit to Pntiac on the Grand Trunk. The cars had a Metro North sticker applied and went into service. Heres a one by one look at them on a Poughkegpsie train
Photo Date:  4/12/1985  Upload Date: 9/29/2014 2:39:34 AM
Location:  Peekskill, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  RollingStock,Passenger,Action
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Views:  1407   Comments: 0
SEMTA 103
Title:  SEMTA 103
Description:  Pontiac
Photo Date:  4/12/1985  Upload Date: 9/29/2014 2:44:18 AM
Location:  Peekskill, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  RollingStock,Passenger,Action
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Views:  664   Comments: 0
SEMTA 105
Title:  SEMTA 105
Description:  Clawson
Photo Date:  4/12/1985  Upload Date: 9/29/2014 2:50:57 AM
Location:  Peekskill, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  RollingStock,Passenger,Action
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Views:  657   Comments: 0
SEMTA 107
Title:  SEMTA 107
Description:  Troy
Photo Date:  4/12/1985  Upload Date: 9/29/2014 2:54:06 AM
Location:  Peekskill, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  RollingStock,Passenger,Action
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Views:  621   Comments: 0
SEMTA 108
Title:  SEMTA 108
Description:  Hazel Park. Check out the guy in the dutch door. Seems like everyone rode in the vestibulds in those days. It was a more civilized era.
Photo Date:  4/12/1985  Upload Date: 9/29/2014 2:57:12 AM
Location:  Peekskill, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  RollingStock,Passenger,Action
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Views:  632   Comments: 0
SEMTA 110
Title:  SEMTA 110
Description:  Berkely.
Photo Date:  4/12/1985  Upload Date: 9/29/2014 3:04:23 AM
Location:  Peekskill, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  RollingStock,Passenger,Action
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Views:  502   Comments: 1
SEMTA 112
Title:  SEMTA 112
Description:  Pleasant Ridge
Photo Date:  4/12/1985  Upload Date: 9/29/2014 3:10:21 AM
Location:  Peekskill, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  RollingStock,Passenger,Action
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Views:  666   Comments: 0
Shop
Title:  Shop
Description:  An overview of the Harmon shop show a lot of interesting power, including this pair of FL 9's showing the two paint schemes then in use. The New Haven painted units would not appear til the following year. several RDC's are also in the yard.
Photo Date:  4/19/1985  Upload Date: 9/30/2014 3:30:53 AM
Location:  Harmon, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Yard
Locomotives:  MNCR 2029(FL9) MNCR 2026(FL9)
Views:  463   Comments: 0
Short train
Title:  Short train
Description:  A shuttle from Harmon to Poughkeepsie has just made itp Garrison stop and is resuming its trip aloag the Hudson.
Photo Date:  4/19/1985  Upload Date: 9/29/2014 2:23:23 AM
Location:  Garrison, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Station,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  MNCR 2032(FL9)
Views:  356   Comments: 0
M1As
Title:  M1As
Description:  A pair of M1As sit at the Harmon shop. These were identical to Long Islands M1s, but with an underrunning third rail shoe.
Photo Date:  4/19/1985  Upload Date: 9/30/2014 3:35:32 AM
Location:  Harmon, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Roster,Yard
Locomotives:  MNCR 8225(M-1 Metropolitan)
Views:  290   Comments: 0
CDOT car
Title:  CDOT car
Description:  Connecticut DOT acquired a variety of rail equipment, which was painted variously for Metro North, Amtrak, and later New Haven, heritage units long before NS or UP had the idea. Despite the paint jobs, it ran where DOT needed it, and it was not uncommon to see an Amtrak painted car on a New Haven commuter train. Such is the case here, a CDOT car painted Amtrak working on the Danbury Branch.
Photo Date:  7/9/1985  Upload Date: 10/1/2014 2:57:59 AM
Location:  Branchville, CT
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Roster,Station,Passenger
Locomotives:  CDOT 997(SPV-2000)
Views:  354   Comments: 0
Classic New England
Title:  Classic New England
Description:  If only the power were painted New Haven. That would come, and once again it could be the 1960s. For now, well have to settle for a beach ball, though its still good to see an FL 9 doing what it was intended for.
Photo Date:  7/9/1985  Upload Date: 10/1/2014 3:01:28 AM
Location:  Cannondale, CT
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Station,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  MNCR 2004(FL9)
Views:  387   Comments: 0
Headed up the river
Title:  Headed up the river
Description:  A Poughkeepsie train from Grand Central makes its way along the river, now only a few miles from the end of the trip.
Photo Date:  7/9/1985  Upload Date: 10/1/2014 3:17:03 AM
Location:  Manitou, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  MNCR 2010(FL9) MNCR 2021(FL9)
Views:  357   Comments: 0
Headed for Danbury
Title:  Headed for Danbury
Description:  A Danbury train behind the typical pair of FL 9s stops at Branchville.
Photo Date:  7/9/1985  Upload Date: 10/1/2014 3:03:24 AM
Location:  Branchville, CT
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Station,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  MNCR 2014(FL9) MNCR 2020(FL9)
Views:  531   Comments: 0
Commuters headed home
Title:  Commuters headed home
Description:  A Danbury Branch train works its way to the end of the line near Wilton
Photo Date:  7/9/1985  Upload Date: 10/4/2014 1:57:54 AM
Location:  Wilton, CT
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  MNCR 2021(FL9) MNCR 2010(FL9)
Views:  431   Comments: 0
Along the river
Title:  Along the river
Description:  Just out of Breakneck Tunnel, a Poughkeepsie train is about to roll under a NYC signal bridge, then the Bear Mountain Bridge on its last leg of the trip.
Photo Date:  7/9/1985  Upload Date: 10/1/2014 3:20:11 AM
Location:  Manitou, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Signal,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  MNCR 2031(FL9) MNCR 2033(FL9)
Views:  319   Comments: 0
Meet of odd power
Title:  Meet of odd power
Description:  The Danbury train rolls past the SPV 2000 that was waiting in the siding, in a meet of power you wont find anywhere else.
Photo Date:  7/9/1985  Upload Date: 10/1/2014 3:07:24 AM
Location:  Branchville, CT
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Station,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  MNCR 2020(FL9) CDOT 997(SPV-2000)
Views:  573   Comments: 0
Train time
Title:  Train time
Description:  A timeless scene unfolds at the New Haven station as the ad men prepare to board their train for another day of toil in Manhattan.
Photo Date:  7/16/1985  Upload Date: 8/21/2011 10:07:58 PM
Location:  Wilton, CT
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Station,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  MNCR 2021(FL9) MNCR 2010(FL9)
Views:  685   Comments: 0
Rolling down the Coast Line
Title:  Rolling down the Coast Line
Description:  A Danbury train rolls fast down the center tracks in a classic New Haven RR scene as it heads for Grand Central.
Photo Date:  7/16/1985  Upload Date: 10/4/2014 2:00:12 AM
Location:  Greenwich, CT
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  MNCR 2025(FL9)
Views:  296   Comments: 0
Homeward bound
Title:  Homeward bound
Description:  A Danbury train makes its stop at Branchville.
Photo Date:  7/16/1985  Upload Date: 10/5/2014 3:28:31 AM
Location:  Branchville, CT
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Station,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  MNCR 2027(FL9) MNCR 2007(FL9)
Views:  550   Comments: 0
Ready for the main line
Title:  Ready for the main line
Description:  Sometimes Id go out early to catch the inbound action, taking advantage of the "engine leading" practice on Metro North at the time. This Danbury train is making its way though Norwalk, and will shortly attain the Shore Line at South Norwalk.
Photo Date:  7/16/1985  Upload Date: 10/4/2014 2:03:49 AM
Location:  Norwalk, CT
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  MNCR 2027(FL9)
Views:  325   Comments: 0
Commuters going to work
Title:  Commuters going to work
Description:  A New York bound Danbury train appraoaches South Norwalk through the gauntlet of catenary poles that once carried the wire to Danbury.
Photo Date:  8/13/1985  Upload Date: 10/5/2014 3:24:51 AM
Location:  Norwalk, CT
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  MNCR 2021(FL9) MNCR 2010(FL9)
Views:  464   Comments: 0
Movin on
Title:  Movin on
Description:  A Danbury train rolls out of South Norwalk and is about to take a clear signal on its way to Grand Central
Photo Date:  8/13/1985  Upload Date: 10/6/2014 1:24:33 AM
Location:  South Norwalk, CT
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Station,Signal,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  MNCR 2022(FL9) MNCR 2020(FL9)
Views:  357   Comments: 0
Rolling to a stop
Title:  Rolling to a stop
Description:  An inbound Danbury train approaches its stop at South Norwalk
Photo Date:  8/13/1985  Upload Date: 10/6/2014 1:21:22 AM
Location:  South Norwalk, CT
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Station,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  MNCR 2022(FL9) MNCR 2020(FL9)
Views:  445   Comments: 0
Picking up more
Title:  Picking up more
Description:  An inbound Danbury train makes its station stop at South Norwalk, taking on more riders for Grand Central
Photo Date:  8/13/1985  Upload Date: 10/5/2014 3:27:08 AM
Location:  South Norwalk, CT
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Station,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  MNCR 2022(FL9) MNCR 2020(FL9)
Views:  330   Comments: 0
M-2s for GCT
Title:  M-2s for GCT
Description:  A train of M 2s makes its stop at South Norwalk en route to Grand Central.
Photo Date:  8/13/1985  Upload Date: 10/5/2014 3:30:36 AM
Location:  South Norwalk, CT
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Station,Passenger,Action
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Views:  247   Comments: 0
MUs to New York
Title:  MUs to New York
Description:  A train of M-2s rolls toward Grand Central after making South Norwalk.
Photo Date:  8/13/1985  Upload Date: 10/6/2014 1:30:54 AM
Location:  South Norwalk, CT
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Signal,Passenger,Action
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Views:  128   Comments: 0
M 2s meet
Title:  M 2s meet
Description:  A Grand Central bound train stops to take on passengers as a New Haven train rolls away from the camera.
Photo Date:  8/13/1985  Upload Date: 10/5/2014 3:32:29 AM
Location:  South Norwalk, CT
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Station,Signal,Passenger,Action
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Views:  75   Comments: 0
Rebuilds testing
Title:  Rebuilds testing
Description:  A pair of rebuilt New Haven painted FL 9s are doing a test run across the river from Bear Mountain State Park. Theyll soon become the stars of the New Haven side
Photo Date:  9/24/1985  Upload Date: 10/8/2014 2:23:41 AM
Location:  Manitou, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  MNCR 2002(FL9) MNCR 2019(FL9)
Views:  414   Comments: 0
Early in the morning
Title:  Early in the morning
Description:  I was out before daybreak on my day off-I worked nights and Id typically get done around 0100, go home, have dinner, watch TV, then head out to whatever train watching spot I had targeted. Today its Wakefield in the Bronx to catch the morning rush action. I got there before the sun was high enough to get good light, but shot photos anyway. Heres a set of ex NYC MUs rolling toward Grand Central on the Harlem Line.
Photo Date:  12/10/1985  Upload Date: 10/16/2014 3:26:00 AM
Location:  Woodlawn, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Station,Signal,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  MNCR 1073(ACMU)
Views:  338   Comments: 0
MU's to Grand Central
Title:  MU's to Grand Central
Description:  Metro North had a sizeable fleet of these ex NYC cars, which they ran primarily in rush hour. So far, two trains, two sets of the 1963 built MUs.
Photo Date:  12/10/1985  Upload Date: 10/16/2014 3:30:10 AM
Location:  Woodlawn, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Station,Signal,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  MNCR 1148(ACMU)
Views:  151   Comments: 0
More MUs to Grand Central
Title:  More MUs to Grand Central
Description:  Another set of ex NYC cars. Theyd last into the 21st century, well past 40 years in service.
Photo Date:  12/10/1985  Upload Date: 10/16/2014 3:32:43 AM
Location:  Woodlawn, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Station,Signal,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  MNCR 1073(ACMU)
Views:  209   Comments: 0
A little sun
Title:  A little sun
Description:  Finally the sun is high enough to hit the trains, and we see a set of NYC cars in daylight.
Photo Date:  12/10/1985  Upload Date: 10/16/2014 3:35:42 AM
Location:  Woodlawn, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Station,Signal,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  MNCR 1171(Electric M.U.) MNCR 1171(Electric M.U.)
Views:  574   Comments: 0
Harlem train
Title:  Harlem train
Description:  Some Harlem Line trains still ran behind FL 9s, including this short train making a run at Grand Central
Photo Date:  12/10/1985  Upload Date: 10/16/2014 3:38:44 AM
Location:  Woodlawn, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Station,Signal,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  MNCR 2011(FL9) MNCR 2029(FL9)
Views:  379   Comments: 0
More Harlem traffic
Title:  More Harlem traffic
Description:  Another Harlem Line train rolls through the station at Woodlawn
Photo Date:  12/10/1985  Upload Date: 10/16/2014 3:43:42 AM
Location:  Woodlawn, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Station,Signal,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  MNCR 2014(FL9) MNCR 2004(FL9)
Views:  407   Comments: 0
FL 9s seeing the light
Title:  FL 9s seeing the light
Description:  Daylight arrives, and now the trains are lit, this one is led by FL 9s coming from the Danbury Branch with a set of ex SEMTA cars from Detroit.
Photo Date:  12/10/1985  Upload Date: 10/16/2014 3:46:57 AM
Location:  Woodlawn, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Station,Signal,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  MNCR 2022(FL9) MNCR 2003(FL9)
Views:  338   Comments: 1
More FL 9s
Title:  More FL 9s
Description:  Woodlawn was a great place to watch the Harlem and New Haven Lines, since the New Haven joined the ex NYC just north of here. Not sure why I didnt shoot the Connectcut cars, though I was surely going after the diesels, which even then were rumored to be up for replacement. Who knew some would last another 25 years.
Photo Date:  12/10/1985  Upload Date: 10/16/2014 3:51:19 AM
Location:  Woodlawn, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Station,Signal,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  MNCR 2032(FL9) MNCR 2024(FL9)
Views:  432   Comments: 0
More Harlem riders
Title:  More Harlem riders
Description:  Another FL 9 led train rollls down from the upper Harlem Line
Photo Date:  12/10/1985  Upload Date: 10/16/2014 3:53:48 AM
Location:  Woodlawn, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Station,Signal,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  MNCR 2033(FL9) MNCR 2002(FL9)
Views:  501   Comments: 0
M 1 A
Title:  M 1 A
Description:  A set of Metro North cars rolls into Woodlawn. These were identical to the LIRR cars of the same era, but with under running third rail pick up to run on the ex NYC lines.
Photo Date:  12/10/1985  Upload Date: 10/16/2014 3:56:44 AM
Location:  Woodlawn, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Station,Signal,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  MNCR 8355(M-1 Metropolitan)
Views:  179   Comments: 0
Racing the barge
Title:  Racing the barge
Description:  A northbound train of SPV 2000s rolls toward Poughkeepsie, racing a tug and barge on the river. Who do you think will win that one??
Photo Date:  4/1/1986  Upload Date: 11/17/2014 4:17:44 AM
Location:  Manitou, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Passenger,Action
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Views:  116   Comments: 0
Headed for Harmon
Title:  Headed for Harmon
Description:  A southbound Poughkeepsie shuttle works past the Bear Mountain Bridge and down river to a New York connection
Photo Date:  4/1/1986  Upload Date: 11/17/2014 4:21:12 AM
Location:  Manitou, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Passenger,Action
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Views:  59   Comments: 0
New Haven lives
Title:  New Haven lives
Description:  One of the recently rebuilt FL 9s in New Haven paint rolls a Poughkeepsie train north.
Photo Date:  4/1/1986  Upload Date: 11/17/2014 4:24:06 AM
Location:  Manitou, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  MNCR 2006(FL9) MNCR 2026(FL9)
Views:  363   Comments: 0
Checking the Hudson Line
Title:  Checking the Hudson Line
Description:  This Sperry car worked south on the Hudson Line while I was over at Bear Mountain
Photo Date:  4/1/1986  Upload Date: 11/17/2014 4:01:15 AM
Location:  Manitou, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,RollingStock,Action
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Views:  83   Comments: 0
New Haven power
Title:  New Haven power
Description:  The state of Connecticut financed the rebuild of a group of four FL 9s. Ideally meant for service in that state, they went right into the general pool. This was inevitable, since the maintenance base was at Harmon, and theyd have to get there somehow. This one is on a Poughkeppsie train at Garrison.
Photo Date:  4/8/1986  Upload Date: 11/19/2014 2:30:44 PM
Location:  Garrison, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Station,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  MNCR 2006(FL9) MNCR 2026(FL9)
Views:  534   Comments: 0
Pan in the dark
Title:  Pan in the dark
Description:  I must have been trying to pan this shot, as the lead unit is clear, but everything else kinda blurred. I like it.
Photo Date:  4/8/1986  Upload Date: 11/19/2014 2:32:17 PM
Location:  Garrison, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Signal,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  MNCR 2018(FL9) MNCR 2019(FL9)
Views:  431   Comments: 0
NYC MUs
Title:  NYC MUs
Description:  A train of 1963 built ACMUs comes out of the shop complex at Harmon and will soon be headed for Grand Central for the afternoon rush. An Amtrak F40 looks on, having just cut off a train from Niagara Falls. Note the hoppers with stone beyond the train. EL LIVES!!!!
Photo Date:  7/22/1986  Upload Date: 12/3/2014 2:55:10 PM
Location:  Harmon, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Yard,Station,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  AMTK 338(F40PH) MNCR 1136(ACMU)
Views:  659   Comments: 0
Made it!!
Title:  Made it!!
Description:  This set of SPV 2000s has made the trip down from Poughkeepsie and will be shortly dropping riders for an MU train to Grand Central. The Harmon shop complex is to the left.
Photo Date:  7/22/1986  Upload Date: 12/3/2014 2:53:21 PM
Location:  Harmon, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Station,Signal,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  MNCR 293(SPV-2000)
Views:  714   Comments: 0
Rolling on the branch
Title:  Rolling on the branch
Description:  A Grand Central bound Danbury train rolls through Norwalk on its way to the New Haven Line.
Photo Date:  11/12/1986  Upload Date: 12/22/2014 3:15:15 AM
Location:  Norwalk, CT
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Passenger,Action
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Views:  243   Comments: 0
Pushing to work
Title:  Pushing to work
Description:  A New Haven painted FL 9 with a Metro North sister pushes the Danbury train towards S Norwalk
Photo Date:  11/12/1986  Upload Date: 12/22/2014 3:16:29 AM
Location:  Norwalk, CT
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  MNCR 2002(FL9) MNCR 2020(FL9)
Views:  485   Comments: 0
FL 9 east
Title:  FL 9 east
Description:  There were some trains that ran with conventional train sets on the New Haven Line. This one is eastbound at Larchmont.
Photo Date:  11/12/1986  Upload Date: 12/21/2014 1:09:22 AM
Location:  Larchmont, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Station,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  MNCR 2017(FL9) MNCR 2020(FL9)
Views:  539   Comments: 0


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