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CENTRAL NEW ENGLAND RAILROAD 2-8-2 NUMBER 182 PASSING FN CABIN CIRCA 1920.
PHOTOGRAPH BY WILLIAM PREUSCH
IN 1926 - 1927 THE NEW YORK CONNECTING RAILROAD AND THE BAY RIDGE
BRANCH WERE BEING ELECTRIFIED WITH 11000 VOLT AC CATENARY.
IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE ELECTRIFICATION BRICK TOWERS WERE BUILT AT FN, NO AND NU.
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CENTRAL NEW ENGLAND RAILROAD 2-8-2 NUMBER 182 PASSING FN CABIN CIRCA 1920.
PHOTOGRAPH BY WILLIAM PREUSCH
IN 1926 - 1927 THE NEW YORK CONNECTING RAILROAD AND THE BAY RIDGE
BRANCH WERE BEING ELECTRIFIED WITH 11000 VOLT AC CATENARY.
IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE ELECTRIFICATION BRICK TOWERS WERE BUILT AT FN, NO AND NU.
Go to ----> NO TOWER
Go to ----> NU TOWER
ORIGINALLY THERE WAS A DOUBLE TRACK CONNECTION
WITH THE MONTAUK DIVISION AND FRESH POND YARD
AND THE JUNCTION WAS KNOWN AS "FRESH POND JUNCTION"
EVENTUALLY THE CONNECTION BECAME SINGLE TRACK
WITH AN INTERLOCKED SWITCH LEADING TO TWO TRACKS
AND A SECOND INTERLOCKED SWITCH LEADING TO THE EAST YARD
LOOKING SOUTH FROM FN TOWER CIRCA 1930. FROM HERE TO MJ
TOWER AT MANHATTAN BEACH JUNCTION THERE WERE FOUR TRACKS
WITH AUTOMATIC SIGNALS AND AN INTERLOCKING AT NO TOWER NEW LOTS.
SAME VIEW IN 1982
1940's PHOTOGRAPH OF A C51 0-8-0 SWITCHER COMING OFF THE
CONNECTION TO THE MONTAUK BRANCH AND EAST YARD AT FRESH POND.
BALDWIN NUMBER 411 SWITCHING THE INTERCHANGE TRACKS
NEW HAVEN EF4's NUMBERS 310 AND 309 - FORMER VIRGINIAN RAILWAY POWER -
LEAVING THE NEW YORK CONNECTING RAILROAD AND ENTERING FREMONT INTERLOCKING.
IN THE LEFT-CENTER BACKGROUND CAN BE SEEN THE BRIDGE OVER THE MONTAUK DIVISION.
THE NEW YORK CONNECTING RAILROAD BRIDGE OVER THE MONTAUK DIVISION.
AT THE FAR LEFT THERE IS A L.I.R.R. FREIGHT ON THE CONNECTING TRACK.
THE COLOR LIGHT SIGNAL ON A BRIDGE WAS CONTROLLED FROM POND TOWER.
1982 VIEW FROM FREMONT TOWER
LASHUP OF EF1's TYPICAL FROM 1927 UNTIL ABOUT ABOUT 1960
1960's DIESEL POWER
F I N I
ORIGINALLY THERE WAS A DOUBLE TRACK CONNECTION
WITH THE MONTAUK DIVISION AND FRESH POND YARD
AND THE JUNCTION WAS KNOWN AS "FRESH POND JUNCTION"
EVENTUALLY THE CONNECTION BECAME SINGLE TRACK
WITH AN INTERLOCKED SWITCH LEADING TO TWO TRACKS
AND A SECOND INTERLOCKED SWITCH LEADING TO THE EAST YARD
LOOKING SOUTH FROM FN TOWER CIRCA 1930. FROM HERE TO MJ
TOWER AT MANHATTAN BEACH JUNCTION THERE WERE FOUR TRACKS
WITH AUTOMATIC SIGNALS AND AN INTERLOCKING AT NO TOWER NEW LOTS.
SAME VIEW IN 1982
1940's PHOTOGRAPH OF A C51 0-8-0 SWITCHER COMING OFF THE
CONNECTION TO THE MONTAUK BRANCH AND EAST YARD AT FRESH POND.
BALDWIN NUMBER 411 SWITCHING THE INTERCHANGE TRACKS
NEW HAVEN EF4's NUMBERS 310 AND 309 - FORMER VIRGINIAN RAILWAY POWER -
LEAVING THE NEW YORK CONNECTING RAILROAD AND ENTERING FREMONT INTERLOCKING.
IN THE LEFT-CENTER BACKGROUND CAN BE SEEN THE BRIDGE OVER THE MONTAUK DIVISION.
THE NEW YORK CONNECTING RAILROAD BRIDGE OVER THE MONTAUK DIVISION.
AT THE FAR LEFT THERE IS A L.I.R.R. FREIGHT ON THE CONNECTING TRACK.
THE COLOR LIGHT SIGNAL ON A BRIDGE WAS CONTROLLED FROM POND TOWER.
1982 VIEW FROM FREMONT TOWER
LASHUP OF EF1's TYPICAL FROM 1927 UNTIL ABOUT ABOUT 1960
1960's DIESEL POWER
F I N I