THE BROOKLYN, FLATBUSH AND CONEY ISLAND RAILWAY
PART FIVE |
SHEEPSHEAD BAY RACE TRACK
TRACK ARRANGEMENT IN 1906 SHOWING L.I.R.R. AND
B.R.T FACILITIES AT SHEEPSHEAD BAY RACE TRACK.
1910 BLUEPRINT SHOWS L.I.R.R. SINGLE TRACK CONNECTION BECOMING TWO
TRACK AND JOINING OLD RIGHT OF WAY, THEN BEING CROSSED BY B.R.T. TRACK.
NOTE TWO B.R.T. UNDERJUMPS - THE EASTWARD BENEATH THEIR FOUR TRACKS
AND THE TWO L.I.R.R. TRACKS AND THE WESTWARD BENEATH BOTH L.I.R.R.
THE B.R.T. HAS GAINED A TERMINAL CLOSER TO THE RACE TRACK ENTRANCE.
IN 1908 AND 1909 THE L.I.R.R. WAS STILL USING THE ORIGINAL RIGHT OF WAY. THE
B.R.T. CROSSING WAS PROTECTED BY GATES ACROSS THE B.R.T. WHICH WERE SWUNG
ACROSS THE MANHATTAN BEACH TRACKS TO ALLOW B.R.T. RACE TRAINS TO PASS.
JULY 10, 1909 COLLISION AT GRADE CROSSING AT RACE TRACK
1986 REMAINS OF THE WESTWARD B.R.T. UNDERJUMP.
1986 REMAINS OF THE WESTWARD B.R.T. UNDERJUMP.
1986 REMAINS OF THE EASTWARD B.R.T. UNDERJUMP BENEATH
FOUR BRIGHTON TRACKS AND TWO L.I.R.R. TRACKS.
SHEEPSHEAD BAY RACE TRACK STATION
looking North in 1903. BRT STATION at left is full of ELEVATED
CARS and TROLLEY CARS. L.I.R.R. Train has a NEW CAMELBACK.
GO TO ---> CONEY ISLAND JOCKEY CLUB at SHEEPSHEAD BAY RACE TRACK
AVENUE Y IN 1986.
L.I.R.R. ABUTMENT STILL INTACT
THIS BLUEPRINT SHOWS THE NEW FOUR TRACK BRIGHTON LINE AND TWO TRACK L.I.R.R.
ON THE SHARED RIGHT OF WAY AND THE TWO LINES SEPARATING SOUTH OF VOORHIES AVENUE.
LOOKING WEST ON SHORE ROAD IN 1903
“Shore Road” is now known as Sheepshead Bay Road.
SHEEPSHEAD BAY STATION IN 1903
SHORE ROAD FROM THE NEW BRIGHTON LINE STATION
BEFORE THE LONG ISLAND TRACKS HAD BEEN INSTALLED.
IND CARS AT SHEEPSHEAD BAY STATION
SHEEPSHEAD BAY JUNCTION
IN 1899 AN INTERLOCKING WAS BUILT AT EMMONS (NEPTUNE) AVENUE
AND THE MANHATTAN BEACH BRANCH WAS CONNECTED WITH THE
BRIGHTON LINE AND THE NEPTUNE AVENUE TROLLEY LINE ALLOWING
B.R.T. TRAINS AND TROLLEYS TO RUN TO MANHATTAN BEACH.
THE TOWER WAS NUMBER 79 1/2.
LOOKING SOUTH TOWARD EMMONS (NEPTUNE) AVENUE AT SHEEPSHEAD BAY JUNCTION.
L.I.R.R. MANHATTAN BEACH BRANCH AND TOWER NUMBER 79 1/2 IN DISTANCE AT LEFT.
JULY 1903 LOOKING WEST ON THE MANHATTAN BEACH RAILWAY -
A TROLLEY IS PASSING THROUGH THE INTERLOCKING ON THE BRIGHTON LINE.
THE INTERLOCKING WAS REBUILT IN JUNE 1906 FOR THE TEMPORARY
OPERATION OF BRIGHTON LINE TRAINS ON THE MANHATTAN BEACH BRANCH.
THIS PHOTO CIRCA 1909 SHOWS THE NEW BRIGHTON LINE EMBANKMENT
-----> MORE ON SHEEPSHEAD BAY JUNCTION <-----
LOOKING WEST ON EMMONS (NEPTUNE) AVENUE AT BRIGHTON
LINE CROSSING BEFORE GRADE CROSSING ELIMINATION
LOOKING EAST ON EMMONS (NEPTUNE) AVENUE AFTER THE GRADE CROSSING ELIMINATION
WITH THE L.I.R.R. BRIDGE IN THE BACKGROUND. THE B.R.T. TOWER AT THE LEFT
CONTROLLED THE INTERLOCKING WHERE FOUR TRACKS WERE REDUCED TO TWO.
LOOKING SOUTH PROBABLY FROM THE TOWER
go to ----> BRIGHTON BEACH
go to ----> MANHATTAN BEACH
return to ----> SHEEPSHEAD BAY
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