THE BROOKLYN & JAMAICA RAIL ROAD THE LONG ISLAND RAIL ROAD and ATLANTIC AVENUE
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THE ATLANTIC AVENUE IMPROVEMENT
DIVISION THREE
LOOKING EAST AT THE WEST END OF DIVISION THREE
LOOKING WEST AT THE WEST END OF DIVISION THREE
MANHATTAN CROSSING EAST NEW YORK
CROSSING OF THE ATLANTIC AND MANHATTAN BEACH DIVISIONS
THIS VIEW IS LOOKING WEST IN 1903 - THE TOWER WAS NUMBER 63, LATER "NO". THE ATLANTIC BRANCH TRACKS HAVE BEEN SHIFTED TO THE NORTH AND SOUTH FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE TUNNEL
THAT'S A RAPID TRANSIT TRAIN APPROACHING ON THE TEMPORARY EASTBOUND TRACK. THE EASTBOUND PLATFORM OF THE EAST NEW YORK STATION IS JUST PAST THE CROSSING
WHEN OPENED IN 1904 MANUAL BLOCK RULES WERE IN EFFECT THROUGH THE TUNNEL. THERE WERE SIGNAL STATIONS AT EACH END - RALPH AVENUE AND STONE AVENUE. COLOR LIGHT AUTOMATIC SIGNALS WERE PUT INTO SERVICE IN 1906.
THIS 1905 VIEW SHOWS THAT THE CONNECTING TRACKS AND SWITCHES TO THE MANHATTAN BEACH DIVISION WERE STILL IN PLACE. THE SEMAPHORE SIGNAL TO THE LEFT WAS THE EASTBOUND HOME SIGNAL OF "NO" TOWER.
IN 1943 ATLANTIC AVENUE WAS ELEVATED ABOVE THE EAST NEW YORK STATION AND EAST PORTAL OF THE 1904 TUNNEL