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IN 1876 THE COMPETING RAILROADS MERGED AND TRAINS
BEGAN USING THE LONG ISLAND RAIL ROAD STATION.
THE NOVEMBER 1878 EMPLOYE TIME TABLE HAD A TABLE OF TRAINS
BETWEEN LONG ISLAND DEPOT AND LONG ISLAND CROSS - OVER
BORDEN AVENUE CROSSING
THIRD STREET CROSSING MARCH 19, 1915
THIS 1903 PLAN SHOWS THE PROPOSED TOWER A AND TOWER NUMBER ONE.
SCROLL TO RIGHT TO VIEW ENTIRE TRACK PLAN
THIS PLAN SHOWS THE FULL WIDTH OF THE TERMINAL AT THE EAST END
A 1951 PLAN
LOOKING NORTHWEST FROM TOWER A
LONG ISLAND CITY STATION
THIS 1915 PHOTOGRAPH SHOWS TOWER B IN THE DISTANCE.
BOTH TOWERS ARE OUT OF SERVICE AND THE SWITCHES ARE HAND THROWN.
MANY SWITCHES ARE SPIKED AND BLOCKED
AND SOME TRACKS HAVE BEEN REMOVED.
SAME PHOTOGRAPH ENLARGED
BILL BIESECKER TOOK THIS PHOTO IN 1918.
A 1951 SCENE
OCTOBER 31, 1954 - THE FOUNDATION OF TOWER A WAS STILL THERE.
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THE LONG ISLAND RAIL ROAD COMPANY
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IN 1876 THE COMPETING RAILROADS MERGED AND TRAINS
BEGAN USING THE LONG ISLAND RAIL ROAD STATION.
from November 1878 Employe Time Table
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A JUNCTION WAS CREATED AT BORDEN AND EAST AVENUES TO CONNECT THE LONG ISLAND AND SOUTH SIDE RAILROADS. THROUGH 1879 IT WAS KNOWN AS "SOUTHERN JUNCTION" - BEGINNING IN 1880 IT WAS KNOWN AS "MONTAUK JUNCTION". IN JUNE 1884 TOWER NUMBER ONE WITH A 48 LEVER SAXBY & FARMER INTERLOCKING MACHINE WAS INSTALLED BY THE NATIONAL INTERLOCKING SWITCH AND SIGNAL COMPANY OF BROOKLYN. |
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ANOTHER JUNCTION WAS CREATED NEAR ARCH, BEECH AND CRANE STREETS TO CONNECT THE LONG ISLAND AND NORTH SIDE RAILROADS. THROUGH 1879 IT WAS KNOWN AS "LONG ISLAND CROSS - OVER". LATER IT WAS KNOWN AS "NORTH SHORE JUNCTION". IN JULY 1884 A TOWER WITH A 16 LEVER SAXBY & FARMER INTERLOCKING MACHINE WAS INSTALLED BY THE NATIONAL INTERLOCKING SWITCH AND SIGNAL COMPANY OF BROOKLYN. IT BECAME TOWER NUMBER 30 AND THEN "YD" TOWER. |
THE NOVEMBER 1878 EMPLOYE TIME TABLE HAD A TABLE OF TRAINS
BETWEEN LONG ISLAND DEPOT AND LONG ISLAND CROSS - OVER
BORDEN AVENUE CROSSING
THIRD STREET CROSSING MARCH 19, 1915
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TOWER A THE ENLARGED LONG ISLAND CITY TERMINAL HAD SEVENTEEN STATION TRACKS AND SEVEN EXPRESS HOUSE TRACKS AND ALL SWITCHES WERE HAND THROWN BY MEN ON THE GROUND. TOWER NUMBER ONE AT MONTAUK JUNCTION HAD CONTROLLED SWITCHES ONLY WITHIN ABOUT 600 FEET OF THE TOWER. ON NOVEMBER 6, 1904 TOWER "A" REPLACED TOWER NUMBER ONE AND DOZENS OF SWITCHTENDERS. THE BUILDING, LOCATED JUST EAST OF THE STATION, WAS FOUR STORIES HIGH - GALVANIZED IRON ON A STEEL FRAME - AND CONTAINED A 167 LEVER WESTINGHOUSE ELECTROPNEUMATIC MACHINE. 86 LEVERS OPERATED 56 SINGLE SWITCHES, 28 DOUBLE SLIP SWITCHES WITH MOVABLE POINT FROGS AND THREE SINGLE SLIP SWITCHES WITH M.P.F. THERE WERE ONLY TWO TRACK CIRCUITS, WHICH ANNOUNCED THE APPROACH OF TRAINS FROM NORTH SHORE JUNCTION. SWITCHES WERE PROTECTED BY DETECTOR BARS! MASSIVE DELAYS OCCURRED FROM THE INTERLOCKING'S OPENING UNTIL A SECOND TOWER - "TOWER B" - WAS BUILT NEAR MONTAUK JUNCTION. TOWERS "A" AND "B" WERE LAST LISTED IN EMPLOYE TIME TABLE NUMBER 72, OCTOBER 21, 1913. |
THIS 1903 PLAN SHOWS THE PROPOSED TOWER A AND TOWER NUMBER ONE.
SCROLL TO RIGHT TO VIEW ENTIRE TRACK PLAN
THIS PLAN SHOWS THE FULL WIDTH OF THE TERMINAL AT THE EAST END
A 1951 PLAN
LOOKING NORTHWEST FROM TOWER A
LONG ISLAND CITY STATION
THIS 1915 PHOTOGRAPH SHOWS TOWER B IN THE DISTANCE.
BOTH TOWERS ARE OUT OF SERVICE AND THE SWITCHES ARE HAND THROWN.
MANY SWITCHES ARE SPIKED AND BLOCKED
AND SOME TRACKS HAVE BEEN REMOVED.
SAME PHOTOGRAPH ENLARGED
BILL BIESECKER TOOK THIS PHOTO IN 1918.
A 1951 SCENE
OCTOBER 31, 1954 - THE FOUNDATION OF TOWER A WAS STILL THERE.