BETHPAGE JUNCTION
Made a separate page October 31, 2001 - - - Revised 12/10
BETHPAGE JUNCTION WAS CREATED IN 1873 WHEN THE CENTRAL RAIL ROAD OF LONG ISLAND BETHPAGE BRANCH
CROSSED THE LONG ISLAND RAIL ROAD'S MAIN LINE. A STATION WAS OPENED TO ALLOW PASSENGERS TO CHANGE TO
L.I.R.R. TRAINS. ONCE THE CENTRAL EXTENSION RAIL ROAD OPENED TO BABYLON VERY FEW C.R.R.L.I. TRAINS STOPPED HERE.
THIS BRICK ARCH CULVERT JUST WEST OF BETHPAGE JUNCTION WAS PARTIALLY FILLED BUT STILL VISIBLE IN 1985.
Made a separate page October 31, 2001 - - - Revised 12/10
BETHPAGE JUNCTION WAS CREATED IN 1873 WHEN THE CENTRAL RAIL ROAD OF LONG ISLAND BETHPAGE BRANCH
CROSSED THE LONG ISLAND RAIL ROAD'S MAIN LINE. A STATION WAS OPENED TO ALLOW PASSENGERS TO CHANGE TO
L.I.R.R. TRAINS. ONCE THE CENTRAL EXTENSION RAIL ROAD OPENED TO BABYLON VERY FEW C.R.R.L.I. TRAINS STOPPED HERE.
THIS BRICK ARCH CULVERT JUST WEST OF BETHPAGE JUNCTION WAS PARTIALLY FILLED BUT STILL VISIBLE IN 1985.
1877 LONG ISLAND RAIL ROAD PUBLIC TIMETABLE
PATCHOGUE TRAINS RUNNING VIA STEWART LINE TO LONG ISLAND CITY
AND CONNECTING AT BETHPAGE JUNCTION WITH GREENPORT TO EAST NEW YORK TRAINS VIA MAIN LINE.
ONE DAILY ROUND TRIP TO BETHPAGE
MARCH 1879 PUBLIC TIMETABLE SHOWS TRAINS TERMINATING AT BETHPAGE WHERE THERE WERE AN ENGINEHOUSE
AND TURNTABLE, AND STOPPING AT FARMINGDALE WHICH REQUIRED A REVERSE MOVE AT BETHPAGE JUNCTION.
1900 FULLERTON PHOTO OF EASTWARD MAIN LINE TRAIN AT SWITCH TO CENTRAL EXTENSION.
SWITCHES ARE HAND OPERATED BUT SIGNAL MASTS AND PIPELINE TRUNKING ARE INTACT
1892 BLUEPRINT OF BETHPAGE JUNCTION INTERLOCKING - TOWER NUMBER 49 INSTALLED AUGUST, 1885.
THE 1885 INTERLOCKING WAS REMOVED FROM SERVICE IN 1897 or 1898 AND THE CENTRAL EXTENSION, GARDEN CITY TO BELMONT JUNCTION, NO LONGER USED FOR REGULAR TRAINS. IN 1925 THE CENTRAL BRANCH WAS REBUILT BETHPAGE JUNCTION TO BELMONT JUNCTION AND THE SWITCHES WERE MOVED TO WEST OF THE CURVE AND OPERATED BY "BE" CABIN UNTIL "B" TOWER WAS COMPLETED. MANUAL BLOCK SIGNAL STATIONS WERE "HX" TOWER HICKSVILLE, "PK" AT CENTRAL PARK STATION, "BE" AND "A" CABIN WEST OF FARMINGDALE STATION.
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PK BLOCK STATION WAS IN CENTRAL PARK STATION
"B" TOWER NEARING COMPLETION IN 1925 - "BE" CABIN WEST OF TOWER.
"A" CABIN, JUST WEST OF FARMINGDALE CONTROLLED BLOCK SIGNALS AND CROSSING GATES
IN 1930 "PW" INTERLOCKING AT THE END OF DOUBLE TRACK EAST OF FARMINGDALE WAS MADE REMOTE CONTROLLED FROM "B". PHOTO SHOWS MACHINE IN "B" TOWER FOR OPERATING "PW".
IN MAY 1936 THE MECHANICAL INTERLOCKING WAS REPLACED BY AN ALL ELECTRIC INTERLOCKING
AND THE FRAME TOWER WAS REPLACED BY A NEW BRICK TOWER.
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EASTWARD RONKONKOMA TRAIN CROSSING FROM WESTBOUND TRACK TO EASTBOUND TRACK -
WESTWARD TRAIN WAITS AT STOP SIGNAL.
JUNE 16, 1987 - BETHPAGE TRAIN ON CENTRAL BRANCH CHANGING ENDS.
PATCHOGUE TRAINS RUNNING VIA STEWART LINE TO LONG ISLAND CITY
AND CONNECTING AT BETHPAGE JUNCTION WITH GREENPORT TO EAST NEW YORK TRAINS VIA MAIN LINE.
ONE DAILY ROUND TRIP TO BETHPAGE
MARCH 1879 PUBLIC TIMETABLE SHOWS TRAINS TERMINATING AT BETHPAGE WHERE THERE WERE AN ENGINEHOUSE
AND TURNTABLE, AND STOPPING AT FARMINGDALE WHICH REQUIRED A REVERSE MOVE AT BETHPAGE JUNCTION.
1900 FULLERTON PHOTO OF EASTWARD MAIN LINE TRAIN AT SWITCH TO CENTRAL EXTENSION.
SWITCHES ARE HAND OPERATED BUT SIGNAL MASTS AND PIPELINE TRUNKING ARE INTACT
1892 BLUEPRINT OF BETHPAGE JUNCTION INTERLOCKING - TOWER NUMBER 49 INSTALLED AUGUST, 1885.
THE 1885 INTERLOCKING WAS REMOVED FROM SERVICE IN 1897 or 1898 AND THE CENTRAL EXTENSION, GARDEN CITY TO BELMONT JUNCTION, NO LONGER USED FOR REGULAR TRAINS. IN 1925 THE CENTRAL BRANCH WAS REBUILT BETHPAGE JUNCTION TO BELMONT JUNCTION AND THE SWITCHES WERE MOVED TO WEST OF THE CURVE AND OPERATED BY "BE" CABIN UNTIL "B" TOWER WAS COMPLETED. MANUAL BLOCK SIGNAL STATIONS WERE "HX" TOWER HICKSVILLE, "PK" AT CENTRAL PARK STATION, "BE" AND "A" CABIN WEST OF FARMINGDALE STATION.
. PK BLOCK STATION WAS IN CENTRAL PARK STATION
"B" TOWER NEARING COMPLETION IN 1925 - "BE" CABIN WEST OF TOWER.
"A" CABIN, JUST WEST OF FARMINGDALE CONTROLLED BLOCK SIGNALS AND CROSSING GATES
IN 1930 "PW" INTERLOCKING AT THE END OF DOUBLE TRACK EAST OF FARMINGDALE WAS MADE REMOTE CONTROLLED FROM "B". PHOTO SHOWS MACHINE IN "B" TOWER FOR OPERATING "PW".
IN MAY 1936 THE MECHANICAL INTERLOCKING WAS REPLACED BY AN ALL ELECTRIC INTERLOCKING
AND THE FRAME TOWER WAS REPLACED BY A NEW BRICK TOWER.
.EASTWARD RONKONKOMA TRAIN CROSSING FROM WESTBOUND TRACK TO EASTBOUND TRACK -
WESTWARD TRAIN WAITS AT STOP SIGNAL.
JUNE 16, 1987 - BETHPAGE TRAIN ON CENTRAL BRANCH CHANGING ENDS.