CENTRAL RAIL ROAD COMPANY OF LONG ISLAND
CENTRAL RAIL ROAD EXTENSION COMPANY OF LONG ISLAND |
COVERT AVENUE FORMERLY HEMPSTEAD PLAINS ROAD - LOOKING EAST IN 1946. AUTOMATIC GATES AND AUTOMATIC SIGNALS WERE BEING INSTALLED. IN 1878 A SINGLE TRACK WAS EXTENDED FROM STEWART JUNCTION TO CENTRAL JUNCTION see CENTRAL PAGE SEVEN - EAST HINSDALE, FLORAL PARK JUST EAST OF THE CROSSING. IN 1908 THIS TRACK WAS ELECTRIFIED. NOTE THE OLD FASHIONED THIRD RAIL PROTECTION BOARDS ON THE EASTBOUND TRACK. IN 1918 THE SECOND TRACK WAS INSTALLED. |