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THE STEWART LINE
L. I. R. R. CENTRAL EXTENSION
SALISBURY PLAINS TO BETHPAGE JUNCTION
1923 FELIX REIFSCHNEIDER PHOTO OF OCEAN ELECTRIC RAILWAY CAR NO. 15 AT SALISBURY
PLAINS STATION. BRICK PASSENGER STATION WAS UNDER CONSTRUCTION AND OPENED IN 1924.
CIRCA 1940
BILL SLADE PHOTOS JULY 27, 1953
DECEMBER 1962 DICK MAKSE PHOTO
IN 1973 THE TRACK WAS GONE BUT THE FORMER STATION AND FIRE HYDRANT WERE STILL THERE
IN 1985 THE TRACK WAS GONE BUT THE BUILDING WAS STILL THERE.
DECEMBER 23, 2001 - THE FIRE HYDRANT, POLE, FENCE AND CURB REMAIN.
NO TRACE OF A RAILROAD EVER HAVING BEEN HERE.
MEADOW BROOK CLUB IN 1930'S.
IN 1985 THIS BUILDING REMAINED. IT MAY HAVE BEEN A NEWER MEADOW BROOK CLUB
CLUBHOUSE. THE ARCHITECTURE MATCHED THAT OF SALISBURY PLAINS STATION.
MERRICK AVENUE CROSSING CIRCA 1950
JUNE 1956 - ENGINE 35 BEING BROUGHT TO SALISBURY PARK
TRACK STILL CROSSED MERRICK AVENUE.
LOOKING WEST - SALISBURY PLAINS STATION IN DISTANCE
LOOKING EAST WHEN THIRD RAIL WAS STILL IN PLACE
TO MEADOWBROOK HOSPITAL BUT OBVIOUSLY NOT USED.
C.R.4. OCTOBER 1, 1948 ...
STATION C24 "NEWBRIDGE" APPARENTLY SIDINGS INSTALLED FOR
DELIVERY OF CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS FOR LEVITTOWN
VINCENT F. SEYFRIED 1952 PHOTOS: LOOKING WEST (top) AND EAST (lower) FROM EAST OF CARMAN AVENUE, BEHIND MEADOWBROOK HOSPITAL. CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS FOR THE BUILDING OF LEVITTOWN WERE DELIVERED HERE, THE SIDING KNOWN IN 1948 C.R.-4 AS "C 24 NEWBRIDGE."
IN EASTERLY DISTANCE IS A WATER TOWER IN LEVITTOWN.
HENRY WILHELM VISITED THE AREA IN 1942, 1948 AND LATER.
IN 1945 THE TRACK ENDED BEHIND MEADOWBROOK HOSPITAL.
IN 1948 HE NOTED THE SIDINGS FOR LEVITTOWN CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS.
AS LATE AS 1951 THERE MAY HAVE BEEN OCCASIONAL DELIVERIES FOR LEVITT
HENRY RAUDENBUSCH MAP CIRCA 1950
WANTAGH STATE PARKWAY EXTENSION
FROM WIKIPEDIA:
"The parkway was extended northward to Southern State Parkway
in July 1932 and to Northern State Parkway in December 1938".
PROVISION WAS MADE TO PLACE RAILS ACROSS THE NEW PARK -
WAY IF THE RAILROAD WERE EVER PLACED BACK IN SERVICE
THANKS TO DAVE KELLER FOR ANOTHER GREAT PHOTOGRAPH
PROBABLY THE LATEST USE BY PASSENGER TRAINS EAST OF
SALISBURY PLAINS WERE SPECIALS TO THE VANDERBILT CUP RACES.
go to ----> LONG ISLAND MOTOR PARKWAY
THIS PHOTOGRAPH COURTESY OF MARK AT oil4kids.com
SHOWS ONE OF TWO AREAS WHERE L.I.M.P RAN ADJACENT TO THE L.I.R.R.
THIS MAY BE LOOKING EAST FROM OLD JERUSALEM ROAD, NOW OLD WESTBURY
ROAD, TOWARDS NEW BRIDGE ROAD WHERE THE L.I.R.R. HAD A PASSING SIDING
THIS ENLARGEMENT SHOWS A TRAIN, TENDER FIRST, IN THE DISTANCE
CIRCA 1916 L.I.R.R. MAPS SHOW L.I.M.P. RIGHT OF WAY ABUTTING L.I.R.R. ROW.
EAST OF DIVISION STREET (NOW AVENUE) WAS A CINDER PLATFORM
1512 FEET LONG TO ACCOMMODATE PASSENGERS FOR THE GRANDSTAND
circa 1916 L.I.R.R. MAP SHOWS LONG ISLAND MOTOR PARKWAY RIGHT OF WAY
AT DEAD MAN'S CURVE 100 FEET WIDE AND RAILROAD RIGHT OF WAY 62.5 FEET WIDE
C.R.R.L.I. BRICK ARCH CULVERT, C275 ON WILHELM'S MAP - PHOTO COURTESY DAVE KELLER
PARTIALLY FILLED BUT STILL VISIBLE IN 1985.
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L. I. R. R. CENTRAL EXTENSION
SALISBURY PLAINS TO BETHPAGE JUNCTION
1923 FELIX REIFSCHNEIDER PHOTO OF OCEAN ELECTRIC RAILWAY CAR NO. 15 AT SALISBURY
PLAINS STATION. BRICK PASSENGER STATION WAS UNDER CONSTRUCTION AND OPENED IN 1924.
CIRCA 1940
BILL SLADE PHOTOS JULY 27, 1953
DECEMBER 1962 DICK MAKSE PHOTO
IN 1973 THE TRACK WAS GONE BUT THE FORMER STATION AND FIRE HYDRANT WERE STILL THERE
IN 1985 THE TRACK WAS GONE BUT THE BUILDING WAS STILL THERE.
DECEMBER 23, 2001 - THE FIRE HYDRANT, POLE, FENCE AND CURB REMAIN.
NO TRACE OF A RAILROAD EVER HAVING BEEN HERE.
MEADOW BROOK CLUB IN 1930'S.
IN 1985 THIS BUILDING REMAINED. IT MAY HAVE BEEN A NEWER MEADOW BROOK CLUB
CLUBHOUSE. THE ARCHITECTURE MATCHED THAT OF SALISBURY PLAINS STATION.
MERRICK AVENUE CROSSING CIRCA 1950
JUNE 1956 - ENGINE 35 BEING BROUGHT TO SALISBURY PARK
TRACK STILL CROSSED MERRICK AVENUE.
LOOKING WEST - SALISBURY PLAINS STATION IN DISTANCE
LOOKING EAST WHEN THIRD RAIL WAS STILL IN PLACE
TO MEADOWBROOK HOSPITAL BUT OBVIOUSLY NOT USED.
C.R.4. OCTOBER 1, 1948 ...
STATION C24 "NEWBRIDGE" APPARENTLY SIDINGS INSTALLED FOR
DELIVERY OF CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS FOR LEVITTOWN
VINCENT F. SEYFRIED 1952 PHOTOS: LOOKING WEST (top) AND EAST (lower) FROM EAST OF CARMAN AVENUE, BEHIND MEADOWBROOK HOSPITAL. CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS FOR THE BUILDING OF LEVITTOWN WERE DELIVERED HERE, THE SIDING KNOWN IN 1948 C.R.-4 AS "C 24 NEWBRIDGE."
IN EASTERLY DISTANCE IS A WATER TOWER IN LEVITTOWN.
HENRY WILHELM VISITED THE AREA IN 1942, 1948 AND LATER.
IN 1945 THE TRACK ENDED BEHIND MEADOWBROOK HOSPITAL.
IN 1948 HE NOTED THE SIDINGS FOR LEVITTOWN CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS.
AS LATE AS 1951 THERE MAY HAVE BEEN OCCASIONAL DELIVERIES FOR LEVITT
HENRY RAUDENBUSCH MAP CIRCA 1950
WANTAGH STATE PARKWAY EXTENSION
FROM WIKIPEDIA:
"The parkway was extended northward to Southern State Parkway
in July 1932 and to Northern State Parkway in December 1938".
PROVISION WAS MADE TO PLACE RAILS ACROSS THE NEW PARK -
WAY IF THE RAILROAD WERE EVER PLACED BACK IN SERVICE
THANKS TO DAVE KELLER FOR ANOTHER GREAT PHOTOGRAPH
PROBABLY THE LATEST USE BY PASSENGER TRAINS EAST OF
SALISBURY PLAINS WERE SPECIALS TO THE VANDERBILT CUP RACES.
go to ----> LONG ISLAND MOTOR PARKWAY
THIS PHOTOGRAPH COURTESY OF MARK AT oil4kids.com
SHOWS ONE OF TWO AREAS WHERE L.I.M.P RAN ADJACENT TO THE L.I.R.R.
THIS MAY BE LOOKING EAST FROM OLD JERUSALEM ROAD, NOW OLD WESTBURY
ROAD, TOWARDS NEW BRIDGE ROAD WHERE THE L.I.R.R. HAD A PASSING SIDING
THIS ENLARGEMENT SHOWS A TRAIN, TENDER FIRST, IN THE DISTANCE
CIRCA 1916 L.I.R.R. MAPS SHOW L.I.M.P. RIGHT OF WAY ABUTTING L.I.R.R. ROW.
EAST OF DIVISION STREET (NOW AVENUE) WAS A CINDER PLATFORM
1512 FEET LONG TO ACCOMMODATE PASSENGERS FOR THE GRANDSTAND
circa 1916 L.I.R.R. MAP SHOWS LONG ISLAND MOTOR PARKWAY RIGHT OF WAY
AT DEAD MAN'S CURVE 100 FEET WIDE AND RAILROAD RIGHT OF WAY 62.5 FEET WIDE
C.R.R.L.I. BRICK ARCH CULVERT, C275 ON WILHELM'S MAP - PHOTO COURTESY DAVE KELLER
PARTIALLY FILLED BUT STILL VISIBLE IN 1985.
Return to ----> MEADOWBROOK
GO TO - - - - > MITCHEL FIELD
go to ----> CENTRAL PAGE ONE - THE STEWART LINE
go to ----> BETHPAGE JUNCTION
return to ----> HOME PAGE