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GOD BLESS AMERICA!
Copyright © 2005 - 2012 Arthur John Huneke
ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
THESE ARE THE STATIONS SHOWN IN EMPLOYE TIME TABLE NUMBER 37 OF NOVEMBER 5, 1905
SUBURBAN TRAINS ARE NOW "LOCAL ELECTRIC TRAINS".
SUPPLEMENT 1 TO EMPLOYE TIME TABLE NUMBER 37 SHOWS
BRUSHVILLE ROAD STATION INSTEAD OF INTERSTATE PARK.
HOLLIS STATION
HOLLIS STATION AND SIGNAL STATION NUMBER 43 AT FARMERS AVENUE - LOOKING EAST IN 1902
AND LOOKING WEST - THREE YEARS LATER THE MAIN TRACKS
WERE ELECTRIFIED - IN 1906 HOLBAN YARD OPENED.
IN 1905 AN INTERLOCKING AND NEW TOWER WERE INSTALLED EAST OF THE STATION.
IN APRIL 1907 A THIRD TRACK WAS BUILT FROM HERE TO QUEENS WHERE IT
CONNECTED WITH THE THIRD TRACK WHICH RAN TO WEST FLORAL PARK
TOWER NUMBER 46, THUS CREATING A FREIGHT OR THIRD "RUNNING TRACK".
INTERSTATE PARK - BRUSHVILLE ROAD
RENAMED BELLAIRE IN 1907
SIGNAL STATION NUMBER 44 1/2 - "HQ"
HEMPSTEAD TURNPIKE HIGHWAY AND TROLLEY CROSSING
LOOKING EAST - TRACK AT FAR RIGHT IS THIRD RUN-
NING TRACK BETWEEN HOLBAN YARD AND FLORAL PARK
NEW YORK & LONG ISLAND TRACTION COMPANY CAR NUMBER 69 APPROACHING CROSSING
AFTER HQ HAD CLOSED - JANUARY 7, 1923 - ACCOUNT GRADE CROSSING ELIMINATION.
QUEENS STATION
SIGNAL STATION NUMBER 45 - "QU"
THIRD TRACK DID NOT EXTEND WEST OF HERE UNTIL APRIL 1907.
"QY" CABIN
FOUR TRACKS RAN FROM HERE TO "BM" TOWER AT BELMONT PARK TERMINAL.
THE THIRD OR "RUNNING TRACK" TO WEST FLORAL PARK IS AT RIGHT.
BELMONT PARK DOES NOT APPEAR AGAIN IN EMPLOYE TIME TABLES AS
TERMINAL FOR LOCAL ELECTRIC TRAINS - ALL LOCALS ARE "QUEENS LOCALS".
THIS PUBLIC TIMETABLE FOR NOVEMBER 1909 SHOWS TWO DAILY ROUND TRIPS TO BELMONT PARK.
A PORTABLE SUB-STATION BUILDING WAS LOCATED HERE UNTIL 1908 AND WAS
MOVED TO FLORAL PARK WHEN ELECTRIFICATION WAS EXTENDED TO HEMPSTEAD.
PROGRAMME FOR THE FIRST ELECTRIC TRAIN SERVICE TO BELMONT PARK
STANDARD SEVEN CAR TRAIN WITH FOUR MP41 MOTORS AND THREE CENTER DOOR
WOOD TRAILERS ON THE FOUR TRACK SECTION BETWEEN "QY" CABIN AND "BM" TOWER.
ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
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THESE ARE THE STATIONS SHOWN IN EMPLOYE TIME TABLE NUMBER 37 OF NOVEMBER 5, 1905
SUBURBAN TRAINS ARE NOW "LOCAL ELECTRIC TRAINS".
SUPPLEMENT 1 TO EMPLOYE TIME TABLE NUMBER 37 SHOWS
BRUSHVILLE ROAD STATION INSTEAD OF INTERSTATE PARK.
HOLLIS STATION
HOLLIS STATION AND SIGNAL STATION NUMBER 43 AT FARMERS AVENUE - LOOKING EAST IN 1902
AND LOOKING WEST - THREE YEARS LATER THE MAIN TRACKS
WERE ELECTRIFIED - IN 1906 HOLBAN YARD OPENED.
IN 1905 AN INTERLOCKING AND NEW TOWER WERE INSTALLED EAST OF THE STATION.
IN APRIL 1907 A THIRD TRACK WAS BUILT FROM HERE TO QUEENS WHERE IT
CONNECTED WITH THE THIRD TRACK WHICH RAN TO WEST FLORAL PARK
TOWER NUMBER 46, THUS CREATING A FREIGHT OR THIRD "RUNNING TRACK".
INTERSTATE PARK - BRUSHVILLE ROAD
RENAMED BELLAIRE IN 1907
SIGNAL STATION NUMBER 44 1/2 - "HQ"
HEMPSTEAD TURNPIKE HIGHWAY AND TROLLEY CROSSING
LOOKING EAST - TRACK AT FAR RIGHT IS THIRD RUN-
NING TRACK BETWEEN HOLBAN YARD AND FLORAL PARK
NEW YORK & LONG ISLAND TRACTION COMPANY CAR NUMBER 69 APPROACHING CROSSING
AFTER HQ HAD CLOSED - JANUARY 7, 1923 - ACCOUNT GRADE CROSSING ELIMINATION.
QUEENS STATION
SIGNAL STATION NUMBER 45 - "QU"
THIRD TRACK DID NOT EXTEND WEST OF HERE UNTIL APRIL 1907.
"QY" CABIN
FOUR TRACKS RAN FROM HERE TO "BM" TOWER AT BELMONT PARK TERMINAL.
THE THIRD OR "RUNNING TRACK" TO WEST FLORAL PARK IS AT RIGHT.
BELMONT PARK DOES NOT APPEAR AGAIN IN EMPLOYE TIME TABLES AS
TERMINAL FOR LOCAL ELECTRIC TRAINS - ALL LOCALS ARE "QUEENS LOCALS".
THIS PUBLIC TIMETABLE FOR NOVEMBER 1909 SHOWS TWO DAILY ROUND TRIPS TO BELMONT PARK.
A PORTABLE SUB-STATION BUILDING WAS LOCATED HERE UNTIL 1908 AND WAS
MOVED TO FLORAL PARK WHEN ELECTRIFICATION WAS EXTENDED TO HEMPSTEAD.
PROGRAMME FOR THE FIRST ELECTRIC TRAIN SERVICE TO BELMONT PARK
STANDARD SEVEN CAR TRAIN WITH FOUR MP41 MOTORS AND THREE CENTER DOOR
WOOD TRAILERS ON THE FOUR TRACK SECTION BETWEEN "QY" CABIN AND "BM" TOWER.