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Viewing Album:  LIRR Bellerose
 
By:Tom Beckett
Dates:1/1/1981 - 1/1/1990
Album Info:Photos taken at Bellerose NY on the LIRR. I was the organist for the First Church of Christ, Scientist in Jamaica for several years. After church on Sunday, I'd usually spend an hour or so at Bellerose, since there were a group of diesel trains that ran mid day, as well as the occasional freight. I went other times as well, as it was a good spot to see Main Line action at the east end of Queens interlocking, and the lighting was good most of the day.
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What we came to see
Title:  What we came to see
Description:  As the 80s wore on, we all knew the FAs would not last forever. I took every opportunity to shoot them as often as possible. Heres 609 trailing a Ronkonkoma train
Photo Date:  10/12/1986  Upload Date: 12/16/2014 3:54:49 AM
Location:  Bellerose, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Station,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  LI 609(Power Car)
Views:  251   Comments: 0
Huntington train
Title:  Huntington train
Description:  An MU train that originated at Huntington on the Port Jefferson branch rolls past Bellerose on track 1.
Photo Date:  10/12/1986  Upload Date: 12/16/2014 3:55:53 AM
Location:  Bellerose, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Station,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  LI 9187(M-1 Metropolitan)
Views:  235   Comments: 0
Port Jeff bound in the rain
Title:  Port Jeff bound in the rain
Description:  An eastbound Port Jefferson train passes Bellerose on a rainy Sunday behind the former bicentennial unit.
Photo Date:  10/26/1986  Upload Date: 12/19/2014 3:52:13 AM
Location:  Bellerose, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Station,Signal,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  LI 252(GP38-2)
Views:  317   Comments: 0
Off season 4012
Title:  Off season 4012
Description:  The off season version of 4012 didnt have parlors, and was a bit shorter than the summertime trains. Here it is at Bellerose on a rainy day. No one is headed for the beach on this train.
Photo Date:  10/26/1986  Upload Date: 12/19/2014 3:56:07 AM
Location:  Bellerose, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Station,Signal,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  LI 267(GP38-2)
Views:  273   Comments: 0
Port Jeff bound FA
Title:  Port Jeff bound FA
Description:  This FA is taking up the rear of a Port Jefferson train at Bellerose.
Photo Date:  10/26/1986  Upload Date: 12/19/2014 3:59:59 AM
Location:  Bellerose, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Station,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  LI 606(Power Car)
Views:  387   Comments: 0
4012 with an FA
Title:  4012 with an FA
Description:  For the summer season, train 4012 gets an MP 15 for head end power. In the off season, it will sometimes get an FA. Here it is rolling east with 615 taking the rear end.
Photo Date:  10/26/1986  Upload Date: 12/19/2014 4:05:51 AM
Location:  Bellerose, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Station,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  LI 615(Power Car)
Views:  485   Comments: 0
Colorful Huntington train
Title:  Colorful Huntington train
Description:  Fall color has come to the Island, and the LIRR fleet is contributing with its yellow ends.
Photo Date:  10/26/1986  Upload Date: 12/20/2014 4:43:56 AM
Location:  Bellerose, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Station,Passenger,Action
Locomotives: 
Views:  94   Comments: 0
Westbound from Huntington
Title:  Westbound from Huntington
Description:  A westbound Huntington train has just knocked down the signal at Queens and will shortly be in Jamaica
Photo Date:  10/26/1986  Upload Date: 12/20/2014 4:46:29 AM
Location:  Bellerose, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Station,Signal,Passenger,Action
Locomotives: 
Views:  133   Comments: 0
Electric meet
Title:  Electric meet
Description:  The train on the right is a westbound train on the Hempstead Branch, approaching its stop at Bellerose. The train on its left is a Huntington bound train that has just cleared Queens interlocking, which is now set up to let the Hempstead Branch train cross over all the way to track 1 to make Queens Village, Hollis, and Jamaica.
Photo Date:  10/26/1986  Upload Date: 12/20/2014 4:50:15 AM
Location:  Bellerose, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Station,Passenger,Action
Locomotives: 
Views:  95   Comments: 0
Eastbound stone
Title:  Eastbound stone
Description:  What is probably the last stone train of the season heads past Bellerose station as it clears Queens interlocking behind a pair of C 420s
Photo Date:  11/2/1986  Upload Date: 6/12/2011 2:06:43 AM
Location:  Bellerose, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Station,Signal,Action
Locomotives:  LI 222(C420) LI 228(C420)
Views:  975   Comments: 1
Lite power east
Title:  Lite power east
Description:  Dont know where this guy was going. He was light headed east, possibly for a power swap somewhere.
Photo Date:  11/2/1986  Upload Date: 12/20/2014 4:29:20 AM
Location:  Bellerose, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Signal,Action
Locomotives:  LI 170(MP15AC)
Views:  360   Comments: 0
Port Jeff bound
Title:  Port Jeff bound
Description:  Train 4652 rolls east this rainy Sunday.
Photo Date:  11/2/1986  Upload Date: 12/20/2014 4:32:46 AM
Location:  Bellerose, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Station,Signal,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  LI 272(GP38-2)
Views:  326   Comments: 0
F 7 going east
Title:  F 7 going east
Description:  One of the ex MILW f 7s trails train 4652 today.
Photo Date:  11/2/1986  Upload Date: 12/20/2014 4:35:06 AM
Location:  Bellerose, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Station,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  LI 619(Power Car)
Views:  427   Comments: 0
Port Jeff in the rain
Title:  Port Jeff in the rain
Description:  Were close to the building today due to the rain, a different perspective than the usual perch at the west end of the platform. Im dry as this Port Jefferson train rolls by.
Photo Date:  11/9/1986  Upload Date: 12/20/2014 4:30:48 AM
Location:  Bellerose, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Station,Signal,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  LI 272(GP38-2)
Views:  440   Comments: 0
Fresh paint
Title:  Fresh paint
Description:  The LIRR still had enough faith in these old warriors to give them a paint job every now and then. Freshly painted 613 trails a Port Jefferson train at Bellerose.
Photo Date:  11/9/1986  Upload Date: 12/22/2014 4:24:43 AM
Location:  Bellerose, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Station,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  LI 613(Power Car)
Views:  458   Comments: 0
Winters coming
Title:  Winters coming
Description:  The shorter off season 4012 rolls east at Bellerose in the quiet times for the run now that summer is over.
Photo Date:  11/16/1986  Upload Date: 12/19/2014 4:10:42 AM
Location:  Bellerose, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Station,Signal,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  LI 254(GP38-2)
Views:  239   Comments: 0
Montauk FA
Title:  Montauk FA
Description:  FA 608 takes up the rear of today's 4012.
Photo Date:  11/16/1986  Upload Date: 12/19/2014 4:18:18 AM
Location:  Bellerose, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Station,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  LI 608(Power Car)
Views:  553   Comments: 0
Ronkonkoma in the rain
Title:  Ronkonkoma in the rain
Description:  A Ronkonkoma bound train behind the Walter Schlager rolls east at Bellerose
Photo Date:  11/23/1986  Upload Date: 12/19/2014 4:25:36 AM
Location:  Bellerose, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Station,Signal,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  LI 277(GP38-2)
Views:  319   Comments: 0
Ronkonkoma FA
Title:  Ronkonkoma FA
Description:  FA 614 brings up the rear on this rainy Sunday.
Photo Date:  11/23/1986  Upload Date: 12/19/2014 4:31:22 AM
Location:  Bellerose, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Station,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  LI 614(Power Car)
Views:  485   Comments: 0
Hempstead meets Huntington
Title:  Hempstead meets Huntington
Description:  A Brooklyn bound Hempstead train waits in the foreground as a Huntington bound train clears Queens interlocking. Once clear, the Hempstead train will get the signal to cross over to track 1.
Photo Date:  11/23/1986  Upload Date: 12/22/2014 4:13:50 AM
Location:  Bellerose, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Station,Signal,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  LI 9181(M-1 Metropolitan)
Views:  249   Comments: 0
Rolling for New York
Title:  Rolling for New York
Description:  This train from Huntington rolls past Bellerose on its way to Jamaica and Penn Station. The lead set still has the blue stripe all the way around.
Photo Date:  11/23/1986  Upload Date: 12/22/2014 4:15:28 AM
Location:  Bellerose, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  LI 9279(M-1 Metropolitan)
Views:  276   Comments: 0
Yellowbird
Title:  Yellowbird
Description:  LIRR painted the stripe yellow across the nose after it was found that the plain nose was not very visible at crossings. It does add a splash of color, but to me does not look as good as the original blue. Train is running from Huntington to New York.
Photo Date:  11/23/1986  Upload Date: 12/22/2014 4:18:56 AM
Location:  Bellerose, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  LI 9481(M-1 Metropolitan)
Views:  314   Comments: 0
Port Jeff with an MP 15
Title:  Port Jeff with an MP 15
Description:  An eastbound Port Jeff train rolls past the station at Bellerose with an MP 15 keeping the heat on.
Photo Date:  1/11/1987  Upload Date: 12/29/2014 3:40:21 AM
Location:  Bellerose, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Station,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  LI 169(MP15AC)
Views:  336   Comments: 0
4012 in low sun
Title:  4012 in low sun
Description:  The winter is here, and 4012 bathes in the low sun, even with its mid day departure from Jamaica.
Photo Date:  1/11/1987  Upload Date: 12/29/2014 4:05:56 AM
Location:  Bellerose, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Station,Signal,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  LI 256(GP38-2)
Views:  230   Comments: 0
Clean paint
Title:  Clean paint
Description:  It was encouraging to see LIRR still painting its FAs this late in their careers. The Ronkonkoma electrification project would open in a year, and their future was clouded.
Photo Date:  1/11/1987  Upload Date: 12/29/2014 4:10:01 AM
Location:  Bellerose, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Station,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  LI 607(Power Car)
Views:  330   Comments: 0
4012 has a clean FA
Title:  4012 has a clean FA
Description:  4012, which more often than not got an MP 15, today had a clean FA, looking like it had just been repainted.
Photo Date:  1/11/1987  Upload Date: 12/29/2014 4:13:22 AM
Location:  Bellerose, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Station,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  LI 615(Power Car)
Views:  482   Comments: 0
Snowy scene
Title:  Snowy scene
Description:  Long Island didnt get a lot of snow, so it was good to be able to get some winter scenes, even if dealing with it the rest of the time was a pain. Heres 4652 for Port Jeff rolling toward Bellerose station.
Photo Date:  2/1/1987  Upload Date: 12/31/2014 3:41:02 AM
Location:  Bellerose, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Station,Signal,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  LI 259(GP38-2)
Views:  183   Comments: 0
FA in the snow
Title:  FA in the snow
Description:  A Port Jeff train pulls away on this snowy day with an FA trailing, as it usually does.
Photo Date:  2/1/1987  Upload Date: 12/31/2014 3:47:22 AM
Location:  Bellerose, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Station,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  LI 607(Power Car)
Views:  297   Comments: 2
Rolling in from Huntington
Title:  Rolling in from Huntington
Description:  A westbound train from Huntington passes Bellerose at speed as it races to Jamaica in a snow blanketed scene.
Photo Date:  2/1/1987  Upload Date: 12/31/2014 3:29:48 AM
Location:  Bellerose, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Station,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  LI 9187(M-1 Metropolitan)
Views:  152   Comments: 0
MUs in the snow
Title:  MUs in the snow
Description:  We didnt get a lot of snow on the Island due to proximity to the ocean, which tended to keep the temperatures a little more moderate than inland. Thus, it was not all that common to get snow shots. That winter we had a few storms, which yielded this shot of a Huntington train approaching Bellerose in a snowy scene.
Photo Date:  2/1/1987  Upload Date: 12/31/2014 3:32:46 AM
Location:  Bellerose, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Winter,Station,Signal,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  LI 9202(M-1 Metropolitan)
Views:  170   Comments: 0
Tagging along
Title:  Tagging along
Description:  Train 4012 was one of my favorite photographic subjects. It ran with a good sized consist and always had a power pack on the rear, though it was almost always an MP 15. Today its headed east with the typical MP 15 set for train heat and light bringing up the rear.
Photo Date:  2/8/1987  Upload Date: 4/17/2015 1:35:32 AM
Location:  Bellerose, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Station,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  LI 171(MP15AC)
Views:  283   Comments: 0
Lite RF 7
Title:  Lite RF 7
Description:  RF 7 was a catch all train that worked whatever needed to be done on the west end, and could be found anywhere. Today its headed east past Bellerose on the main line with a C420 and MP15, probably to handle a customer switch somewhere fairly close.
Photo Date:  2/8/1987  Upload Date: 4/16/2015 3:18:15 AM
Location:  Bellerose, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Station,Action
Locomotives:  LI 229(C420) LI 157(MP15AC)
Views:  444   Comments: 0
Winter time 4012
Title:  Winter time 4012
Description:  Unlike its summer counterpart, the winter edition of train 4012, which ran from Jamaica to Montauk on Sunday afternoon. This time of year, it was usually 8 or 9 cars behind a single unit, unlike the beach season, when the consist would swell to 12 or 14 cars behind a pair of GP 38-2s, usually back to back.
Photo Date:  2/8/1987  Upload Date: 4/17/2015 1:48:52 AM
Location:  Bellerose, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Signal,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  LI 256(GP38-2)
Views:  234   Comments: 1
F 7
Title:  F 7
Description:  One of the newer ower packs, rebuilt from a MILW F unit, was 620. Here it is rolling east on the rear of a Ronkokom train.
Photo Date:  2/22/1987  Upload Date: 4/18/2015 4:20:34 AM
Location:  Bellerose, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Station,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  LI 620(Power Car)
Views:  279   Comments: 1
NY bound
Title:  NY bound
Description:  An MU train led by one of the late M 1 sets rolls in from Huntington on its way to Jamaica and Penn Station. Note the "stealth" scheme. There is no "M" herald on the nose, in fact it's completely blank. Just another variation of the many latter day paint jobs on Long Island.
Photo Date:  3/8/1987  Upload Date: 4/20/2015 2:11:37 AM
Location:  Bellerose, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Station,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  LI 9763(M-1 Metropolitan)
Views:  224   Comments: 0
M 3s from Hempstead
Title:  M 3s from Hempstead
Description:  The Bellerose station was served by Hempstead Branch trains. This one has just made its stop and is now waiting for the signal at Queens, as it needs to cross all the way over to track 4 to make Queens Village and Hollis on its way to Jamaica and Brooklyn. The M 3 set we are looking at was almost new in 1987.
Photo Date:  3/8/1987  Upload Date: 4/20/2015 2:15:33 AM
Location:  Bellerose, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Signal,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  LI 9856(M-3 Metropolitan)
Views:  230   Comments: 0
FA westbound
Title:  FA westbound
Description:  An FA leads a westbound Oyster Bay train toward Jamaica and connections to New York and Brooklyn
Photo Date:  3/15/1987  Upload Date: 10/5/2011 11:33:09 PM
Location:  Bellerose, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Station,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  LI 607(Power Car)
Views:  439   Comments: 0
M 3s
Title:  M 3s
Description:  Bellerose was a great place to see the action on the Main Line as it crossed the Queens-Nassau county line. Besides diesel trains, there was also a lot of MU action. This train is westbound from Hempstead with a set of then new M 3 cars, about to enter the plant at Queens interlocking.
Photo Date:  3/15/1987  Upload Date: 2/20/2012 1:01:21 AM
Location:  Bellerose, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Station,Signal,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  LI 9856(M-3 Metropolitan)
Views:  269   Comments: 0
Lite power
Title:  Lite power
Description:  This lite power move, most likely an RF 7, since that train used to do most of the "as needed" work on the west end, passes Bellerose station.
Photo Date:  3/22/1987  Upload Date: 4/20/2015 1:51:51 AM
Location:  Bellerose, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Signal,Action
Locomotives:  LI 159(MP15AC) LI 154(MP15AC)
Views:  493   Comments: 0
FA going away
Title:  FA going away
Description:  An FA brings up the rear of train 4012 to Montauk passing the Bellerose station. This was unusual, as 4012 almost always got an MP 15 power pack.
Photo Date:  3/22/1987  Upload Date: 4/20/2015 1:55:59 AM
Location:  Bellerose, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Station,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  LI 605(Power Car)
Views:  405   Comments: 1
Clean power
Title:  Clean power
Description:  Well, the paint is-we all know that Alcos were heavy smokers, though by this time, these units had Caterpillar engine/generator sets installed, and were much more efficient and cleaner running. This is a Ronkonkoma train headed east.
Photo Date:  3/22/1987  Upload Date: 4/20/2015 2:04:34 AM
Location:  Bellerose, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Station,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  LI 607(Power Car)
Views:  279   Comments: 0
Another Ronkonkoma train
Title:  Another Ronkonkoma train
Description:  FA 2 615 takes up the rear of this Main Line train going east.
Photo Date:  3/22/1987  Upload Date: 4/20/2015 2:09:17 AM
Location:  Bellerose, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Station,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  LI 615(Power Car)
Views:  425   Comments: 0
Huntington westbound
Title:  Huntington westbound
Description:  A westbound MU train from Huntington rolls past Bellerose on the Main Line with one of the last M 1's leading.
Photo Date:  3/22/1987  Upload Date: 4/20/2015 2:10:25 AM
Location:  Bellerose, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Station,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  LI 9747(M-1 Metropolitan)
Views:  216   Comments: 0
Rolling for Ronkonkoma
Title:  Rolling for Ronkonkoma
Description:  Diesel service has about 9 months to go as a regular event as this Sunday train rolls past Bellerose on the Main Line. Next January, this run will be handled by M 1s and M 3s.
Photo Date:  3/29/1987  Upload Date: 4/23/2015 3:22:35 AM
Location:  Bellerose, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Station,Signal,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  LI 261(GP38-2)
Views:  265   Comments: 0
Another Sunday, another FA
Title:  Another Sunday, another FA
Description:  Former FA 1 616 brings up the rear of this Ronkonkoma train seen from the platform at Bellerose.
Photo Date:  3/29/1987  Upload Date: 4/23/2015 3:33:16 AM
Location:  Bellerose, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Station,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  LI 616(Power Car)
Views:  492   Comments: 0
Hempstead M 3
Title:  Hempstead M 3
Description:  A pair of new M 3s lead this Brooklyn bound Hempstead train. It will make its stop, then wait at Queens for a westbound Huntington train before crossing over to make Queens Village and Hollis.
Photo Date:  3/29/1987  Upload Date: 4/23/2015 3:37:33 AM
Location:  Bellerose, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Station,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  LI 9939(M-3 Metropolitan)
Views:  258   Comments: 0
Sunday Ronkonkoma train
Title:  Sunday Ronkonkoma train
Description:  The typical set of a GP 38 and 5 cars trailed by an FA rolls past Bellerose. The leader is special today. The sign under the cab window honors engineer George Mc Sherry.
Photo Date:  4/5/1987  Upload Date: 4/23/2015 3:25:32 AM
Location:  Bellerose, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Station,Signal,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  LI 269(GP38-2)
Views:  228   Comments: 1
FA 2
Title:  FA 2
Description:  You cant really tell now, since the original Alco 244 power plant was replaced by a Caterpillar "sled", at which time the grills were changed, but this was once an FA 2. In any configuration, it looks good still on the road
Photo Date:  4/5/1987  Upload Date: 4/23/2015 3:29:48 AM
Location:  Bellerose, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Station,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  LI 606(Power Car)
Views:  395   Comments: 1
Almost done
Title:  Almost done
Description:  A westbound Oyster Bay train pushes through Queens interlocking as it runs down the home stretch to Jamaica. A Huntington train approaches in the distance, still in Queens Tower's interlocking limits.
Photo Date:  6/14/1987  Upload Date: 5/2/2015 3:59:05 AM
Location:  Bellerose, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Signal,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  LI 155(MP15AC)
Views:  282   Comments: 0
Clean leader
Title:  Clean leader
Description:  A freshly painted FA 2 leads this westbound Oyster Bay train past Bellerose.
Photo Date:  6/14/1987  Upload Date: 5/2/2015 4:06:54 AM
Location:  Bellerose, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Station,Signal,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  LI 607(Power Car)
Views:  185   Comments: 2

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