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Owner: Long Island Rail Road Company
Model:Alco C420Built As:LI 229 (C420)
Serial Number:6006-08Order No:21304
Frame Number:6006-08Built:8/1968
Notes:blt 8/68
Other locos with this serial:  LI 229(C420)
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LI 229
Title:  LI 229
Description:  Long Island Alco C420 223 with a short off-peak consist westbound between Cold Spring Harbor and Syosset. View is from the South Woods Road overpass. Date of photo approximate.
Photo Date:  6/1/1970  Upload Date: 2/19/2021 6:10:54 PM
Location:  Syosset, NY
Author:  Mike Woodruff
Categories: 
Locomotives:  LI 229(C420)
Views:  233   Comments: 0
LI 229
Title:  LI 229
Description:  Westbound push-pull trainset departs Bethpage behind LIRR's highest numbered C420. Date approximate.
Photo Date:  6/30/1972  Upload Date: 12/18/2008 1:52:24 PM
Location:  Bethpage, NY
Author:  Mike Woodruff
Categories: 
Locomotives:  LI 229(C420)
Views:  869   Comments: 0
LI 229
Title:  LI 229
Description:  LI 229 and PNCX!1702 work the freight lead at Pine Aire on the Main Line.
Photo Date:  6/8/1974  Upload Date: 12/9/2010 8:27:17 PM
Location:  Pine Aire, NY
Author:  Vincent J. Benkovitz
Categories: 
Locomotives:  LI 229(C420) PNCX 1702(GP9)
Views:  1936   Comments: 0
LI 229
Title:  LI 229
Description:  LI 229 teamed up with BAR 62 at Montauk. Date of photo approximate.
Photo Date:  8/1/1974  Upload Date: 12/9/2010 9:43:31 PM
Location:  Montauk, NY
Author: 
Categories: 
Locomotives:  LI 229(C420) BAR 62(GP7)
Views:  1071   Comments: 1
LI 229
Title:  LI 229
Description:  126 Instamatic photo
Photo Date:  11/10/1974  Upload Date: 12/28/2021 8:02:36 PM
Location:  Oyster Bay, NY
Author:  Tim Darnell
Categories: 
Locomotives:  LI 229(C420)
Views:  143   Comments: 0
LI 229
Title:  LI 229
Description:  Actual date not known. 126 Instamatic photo.
Photo Date:  1/1/1975  Upload Date: 12/28/2021 8:02:47 PM
Location:  Mineola, NY
Author:  Tim Darnell
Categories: 
Locomotives:  LI 229(C420)
Views:  148   Comments: 0
LI 229 with new silver "M" plate
Title:  LI 229 with new silver "M" plate
Description:  Actual date not known. 126 Instamatic photo.
Photo Date:  1/1/1975  Upload Date: 1/21/2022 9:36:57 PM
Location:  Oyster Bay, NY
Author:  Tim Darnell
Categories: 
Locomotives:  LI 229(C420)
Views:  144   Comments: 2
LI 229
Title:  LI 229
Description:  FRESH paint!
Photo Date:  5/1/1975  Upload Date: 6/24/2016 11:06:05 PM
Location:  Mineola, NY
Author:  Tim Darnell
Categories: 
Locomotives:  LI 229(C420)
Views:  633   Comments: 0
LI 226, 229
Title:  LI 226, 229
Description:  Special bicycle train for eastern LI, coaches & B60 baggage cars on the rear.
Photo Date:  6/1/1975  Upload Date: 1/24/2022 8:57:01 PM
Location:  Mineola, NY
Author:  Tim Darnell
Categories: 
Locomotives:  LI 226(C420) LI 229(C420)
Views:  209   Comments: 2
LI 229
Title:  LI 229
Description:  Day not known.
Photo Date:  10/1/1975  Upload Date: 3/30/2020 9:57:23 PM
Location:  Oyster Bay, NY
Author:  Tim Darnell
Categories: 
Locomotives:  LI 229(C420) LI 607(Power Car)
Views:  461   Comments: 1
LI 229
Title:  LI 229
Description: 
Photo Date:  12/6/1975  Upload Date: 9/9/2018 4:06:24 PM
Location:  Oyster Bay, NY
Author:  Edwin G Betz
Categories: 
Locomotives:  LI 229(C420)
Views:  301   Comments: 0
C420 #229 at Long Island City 02/04/1976
Title:  C420 #229 at Long Island City 02/04/1976
Description: 
Photo Date:  2/4/1976  Upload Date: 12/28/2015 1:03:37 AM
Location:  Long Island City, NY
Author: 
Categories:  Roster,Yard
Locomotives:  LI 229(C420)
Views:  719   Comments: 2
LI 229
Title:  LI 229
Description:  Actual day not recorded.
Photo Date:  5/1/1976  Upload Date: 4/18/2020 7:47:41 PM
Location:  Morris Park, NY
Author:  Tim Darnell
Categories: 
Locomotives:  LI 229(C420)
Views:  217   Comments: 1
LI 229
Title:  LI 229
Description: 
Photo Date:  10/1/1976  Upload Date: 2/12/2011 4:49:14 PM
Location:  Morris Park, NY
Author:  Tim Darnell
Categories: 
Locomotives:  LI 229(C420)
Views:  598   Comments: 0
Way out layover
Title:  Way out layover
Description:  One of the two Yaphank trains sits on the siding there, having completed its trip, the power now on the west end for tomorrows inbound trip. This was the longest Main Line commuter run at the time.
Photo Date:  7/22/1977  Upload Date: 12/2/2016 4:20:09 AM
Location:  Yaphank, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  LI 229(C420)
Views:  453   Comments: 0
Morning line up
Title:  Morning line up
Description:  A set of C 420s is on the ready track at Holban Yard, ready to move out with whatever the yardmaster has put together for them. Theyll go east later in the day. Holban, a combination of HOLlis and st alBANs, sat between the two sections of Queens, in a triangle shape, bounded by the Main Line on the north, and the Montauk Branch on the south. The Montauk Branch is seen behind the power, its viaduct crossing over the eastbound Main Line and yard lead just west of the yard at a place called Hillside, where there was an abandoned station. It is used by trains going to Babylon, as well as a few diesel trains going farther east.
Photo Date:  4/26/1979  Upload Date: 11/30/2016 5:04:32 AM
Location:  Hollis, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Roster,Yard
Locomotives:  LI 229(C420) LI 227(C420) LI 228(C420)
Views:  928   Comments: 0
LI 229
Title:  LI 229
Description:  After stripe change.
Photo Date:  7/1/1979  Upload Date: 2/12/2011 4:49:16 PM
Location:  Morris Park, NY
Author:  Tim Darnell
Categories: 
Locomotives:  LI 229(C420)
Views:  605   Comments: 1
LI 229 on RF58
Title:  LI 229 on RF58
Description: 
Photo Date:  2/1/1980  Upload Date: 5/15/2020 12:04:03 AM
Location:  Mineola, NY
Author:  Tim Darnell
Categories: 
Locomotives:  LI 229(C420)
Views:  208   Comments: 2
LI 229 out of service
Title:  LI 229 out of service
Description:  Actual day not recorded.
Photo Date:  2/1/1983  Upload Date: 5/9/2020 9:26:35 PM
Location:  Morris Park, NY
Author:  Tim Darnell
Categories: 
Locomotives:  LI 229(C420)
Views:  189   Comments: 1
LIRR 229
Title:  LIRR 229
Description:  LIRR C420 229 is parked among employee vehicles at the Morris Park roundhouse.
Photo Date:  2/7/1983  Upload Date: 3/10/2008 4:17:31 PM
Location:  Jamaica, NY
Author:  Donald Albertson
Categories: 
Locomotives:  LI 229(C420)
Views:  826   Comments: 0
Perpandicular Alcos
Title:  Perpandicular Alcos
Description:  FA-1m 617 is at 90 degrees from C420 229 at Morris Park.
Photo Date:  6/24/1983  Upload Date: 2/19/2008 5:42:15 PM
Location:  Jamaica, NY
Author:  Donald Albertson
Categories: 
Locomotives:  LI 617(Power Car) LI 229(C420)
Views:  1011   Comments: 0
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 229(C420)
Views:  1328   Comments: 3
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 229(C420)
Views:  834   Comments: 0
LIRR 229
Title:  LIRR 229
Description: 
Photo Date:  5/12/1984  Upload Date: 10/22/2016 12:28:11 AM
Location:  Morris Park, NY
Author:  Richard Gorddard
Categories:  Roster,Yard
Locomotives:  LI 229(C420)
Views:  611   Comments: 0
Work train
Title:  Work train
Description:  In June 1984, there was a washout on the Port Washington Branch about 1/2 mile east of Little Neck, which closed the line for a couple of weeks while the repairs were made. These C 420s brought the work train out and were parked at Douglaston station, a very unusual circumstance. View is from the Douglaston Parkway overpass.
Photo Date:  6/14/1984  Upload Date: 6/26/2014 3:41:34 AM
Location:  Douglaston, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Roster,Station
Locomotives:  LI 228(C420) LI 224(C420) LI 229(C420)
Views:  1065   Comments: 1
Work train power
Title:  Work train power
Description:  A platform view of the power for the work train that had brought fill for the Little Neck washout.
Photo Date:  6/14/1984  Upload Date: 6/26/2014 3:45:28 AM
Location:  Douglaston, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Roster,Station
Locomotives:  LI 229(C420) LI 224(C420) LI 228(C420)
Views:  929   Comments: 0
LI 229
Title:  LI 229
Description: 
Photo Date:  12/2/1984  Upload Date: 1/23/2021 6:28:20 PM
Location:  Sunnyside, NY
Author:  andrew koenigsberg
Categories: 
Locomotives:  LI 229(C420)
Views:  119   Comments: 0
RF 63 at William Floyd Parkway
Title:  RF 63 at William Floyd Parkway
Description:  RF 63 heads west under a local road bridge as it approaches the William Floyd Parkway en route back to Pine Aire
Photo Date:  10/29/1985  Upload Date: 5/15/2011 10:23:36 PM
Location:  Yaphank, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Bridge,Action
Locomotives:  LI 224(C420) LI 229(C420)
Views:  1198   Comments: 3
All Alcos as scoot meets fantrip
Title:  All Alcos as scoot meets fantrip
Description:  A Project 39 fantrip to Greenport behind C 420s meets the Greenport scoot behind an FA on a lovely day for an excursion
Photo Date:  6/7/1986  Upload Date: 6/20/2011 1:07:05 AM
Location:  Riverhead, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Station,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  LI 222(C420) LI 229(C420) LI 617(Power Car)
Views:  1165   Comments: 0
B Tower
Title:  B Tower
Description:  The connection from the Main Line to the Central Branch was controlled by B Tower in Bethpage. Here an Alco powered fantrip to benefit Project 39 heads toward Riverhead on the Main Line, as operator Jay Bendersky hands up the orders.
Photo Date:  6/7/1986  Upload Date: 10/5/2011 11:38:11 PM
Location:  Bethpage, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Signal,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  LI 222(C420) LI 229(C420)
Views:  783   Comments: 1
Photo stop in the rain
Title:  Photo stop in the rain
Description:  The Project 39 trip ran in dismal weather. The stop at Oyster Bay was a washout, but some got off to get the shot anyway.
Photo Date:  6/7/1986  Upload Date: 11/21/2014 3:35:43 AM
Location:  Oyster Bay, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Station,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  LI 222(C420) LI 229(C420)
Views:  487   Comments: 0
Project 39 trip
Title:  Project 39 trip
Description:  A fantrip tobenefit Project 39 ran on June 7 1986, a woefully rainy day in the New York area. Here the train approaches Jamaica to pick up its riders for the trip out to Greenport behind a pair of C 420s with F unit 619. At the time, there were still eight C 420's left, all from the 1968 order. These had hi ad trucks, unlike the first order from 1963. Interestingly, this was not even close to a farewell. These units would carry on into the 1990's before being retired. Note the PRR style dwarf signals, as well as the "hanger" on the platform canopy.
Photo Date:  6/7/1986  Upload Date: 10/7/2014 2:18:51 AM
Location:  Jamaica, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Station,Signal,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  LI 222(C420) LI 229(C420)
Views:  541   Comments: 0
Arriving in the rain
Title:  Arriving in the rain
Description:  The Project 39%fantrip behind C 420s made a run up the Oyster Bay Branch before returning to Mineola and heading for Greenport. Here it is as seen from the yard side of the main.
Photo Date:  6/7/1986  Upload Date: 11/23/2014 2:58:26 AM
Location:  Oyster Bay, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Yard,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  LI 222(C420) LI 229(C420)
Views:  456   Comments: 0
Smoking it up
Title:  Smoking it up
Description:  The Project 39 trip ran behind a pair of C 420s, here seen at Queens Village doing what Alcos do, laying down a pall of exhaust.
Photo Date:  6/7/1986  Upload Date: 11/21/2014 3:38:32 AM
Location:  Queens Village, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Station,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  LI 222(C420) LI 229(C420)
Views:  486   Comments: 0
Pushing on through
Title:  Pushing on through
Description:  The Project 39 fantrip is on its return to Mineola and the main line, seen here with Alcos pushing tle train through Glen Cove.
Photo Date:  6/7/1986  Upload Date: 11/23/2014 3:08:44 AM
Location:  Glen Cove, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Station,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  LI 222(C420) LI 229(C420)
Views:  467   Comments: 0
Meeting the scoot
Title:  Meeting the scoot
Description:  The Project 39 fantrip meets the Greenport scoot with LIRR 267 pushing toward Jamaica, at Riverhead.
Photo Date:  6/7/1986  Upload Date: 11/23/2014 3:14:11 AM
Location:  Glen Cove, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Station,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  LI 222(C420) LI 229(C420) LI 267(GP38-2)
Views:  728   Comments: 0
Great day for a fantrip
Title:  Great day for a fantrip
Description:  The Project 39 group ran a fantrip to benefit their restoration og LIRR 4-6-0 39, selecting a June Saturday for the trip. It poured, all day. No one will be getting off to see the 39 at Riverhead. The train has arrived, and will walt to meet the westbound scoot from Greenport, then roll on to the end of the line itself.
Photo Date:  6/7/1986  Upload Date: 11/23/2014 3:04:46 AM
Location:  Riverhead, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Station,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  LI 222(C420) LI 229(C420)
Views:  486   Comments: 0
Pulling up
Title:  Pulling up
Description:  RF 91 pulls up into New Hyde Park station to make the cut for the customer siding just to the east.
Photo Date:  7/8/1986  Upload Date: 12/3/2014 2:46:12 PM
Location:  New Hyde Park, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Night,Station,Action
Locomotives:  LI 229(C420) LI 223(C420)
Views:  495   Comments: 0
Closed up and rolling
Title:  Closed up and rolling
Description:  RF 63 has closed up the siding after picking up, and is now getting a move on toward Ronkonkoma from YA-note the block limit sign at right.
Photo Date:  7/29/1986  Upload Date: 12/7/2014 3:51:02 AM
Location:  Yaphank, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Signal,Action
Locomotives:  LI 229(C420) LI 222(C420)
Views:  718   Comments: 1
Done for the day
Title:  Done for the day
Description:  RF 63 has returned to Pine Aire and tied up. A new crew will come on after the evening rush and take the train to Fresh Pond as RF 91.
Photo Date:  9/23/1986  Upload Date: 12/14/2014 2:11:07 AM
Location:  Pine Aire, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Yard,Action
Locomotives:  LI 229(C420) LI 225(C420)
Views:  667   Comments: 0
RF 63 start its westbound trip
Title:  RF 63 start its westbound trip
Description:  RF 63, the westbound part of the turn from Pine Aire, gathers speed as it heads back toward its terminal and the end of a day switching on the east end.
Photo Date:  10/7/1986  Upload Date: 10/5/2011 11:40:48 PM
Location:  Riverhead, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  LI 224(C420) LI 229(C420)
Views:  677   Comments: 0
RF 63
Title:  RF 63
Description:  RF 63 passes under the Ronkonkoma Av bridge in the late afternoon sun. Work is underway for the Main Line electrification, which will open in about 15 months.
Photo Date:  10/19/1986  Upload Date: 10/8/2011 2:09:30 AM
Location:  Ronkonkoma, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Bridge,Action
Locomotives:  LI 224(C420) LI 229(C420)
Views:  638   Comments: 0
Museum operation
Title:  Museum operation
Description:  No, not the Alcos, though they are getting close. The RR Museum of Long Island is adjacent to the Riverhead station. The power from RF 62 passes while working the team tracks there, in view of one of LIRRs unique double deckers.
Photo Date:  10/21/1986  Upload Date: 12/19/2014 3:15:22 AM
Location:  Riverhead, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  RollingStock,Station,Action
Locomotives:  LI 224(C420) LI 229(C420)
Views:  427   Comments: 0
Pouring it on for Pine Aire
Title:  Pouring it on for Pine Aire
Description:  RF 63 rolls under the old bridge at Ronkonkoma as it hustles home to Pine Aire.
Photo Date:  10/21/1986  Upload Date: 12/19/2014 3:19:01 AM
Location:  Ronkonkoma, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Bridge,Action
Locomotives:  LI 224(C420) LI 229(C420)
Views:  514   Comments: 0
RF 62 nears Riverhead
Title:  RF 62 nears Riverhead
Description:  RF 62 is almost to where it will do most of its work today, passing Calverton, one of the more unremarked points on the LIRR. There is not much here at this time, just some relay rail. There was once a station, now long gone. Trains quit stopping here in the 70s.
Photo Date:  10/21/1986  Upload Date: 12/17/2014 2:19:39 AM
Location:  Calverton, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  LI 229(C420) LI 224(C420)
Views:  386   Comments: 0
Through the pine barrens
Title:  Through the pine barrens
Description:  RF 62 roll through the pine barrens west of Riverhead as it approaches its days objective. Fall color is starting to show on this late Octover day.
Photo Date:  10/21/1986  Upload Date: 12/17/2014 2:21:30 AM
Location:  Riverhead, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  LI 229(C420) LI 224(C420)
Views:  475   Comments: 0
Broad view
Title:  Broad view
Description:  There was a spot near Yaphank station where you could get an across the field shot of the LIRR. It is here that we see RF 62s power, the usual pair of C 420s. I caught up to him here after chasing some commuter trains and RF 65 near Farmingdale.
Photo Date:  10/21/1986  Upload Date: 12/17/2014 2:23:38 AM
Location:  Yaphank, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  LI 229(C420) LI 224(C420)
Views:  430   Comments: 1
Past the station
Title:  Past the station
Description:  The east end of Riverhead station as RF 62s power passes
Photo Date:  10/21/1986  Upload Date: 12/19/2014 3:16:55 AM
Location:  Riverhead, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Station,Action
Locomotives:  LI 229(C420) LI 224(C420)
Views:  592   Comments: 0
Almost home
Title:  Almost home
Description:  RF 63 passes through Ronkonkoma as it hustles to Pine Aire to get out of the way of the evening rush. The electrification project is progressing. The ties have been replaced, and third rail ties-note every fifth tie is extended-are now installed.
Photo Date:  10/21/1986  Upload Date: 12/15/2014 3:52:04 AM
Location:  Ronkonkoma, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  LI 229(C420) LI 226(C420)
Views:  370   Comments: 0
Made it
Title:  Made it
Description:  RF 63 is tied up at Pine Aire. The same power will run west later this evening as RF 91 to Fresh Pond. The electrification project is making its mark here, as the third rail has been installed.
Photo Date:  10/21/1986  Upload Date: 12/15/2014 3:55:06 AM
Location:  Pine Aire, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Yard,Action
Locomotives:  LI 229(C420) LI 226(C420)
Views:  336   Comments: 0


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