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THIS WAS THE DEGREE OF COMPLETION OF THE UNDERGROUND FLATBUSH AVENUE TERMINAL WHEN ELECTRIC TRAINS BEGAN USING TRACKS ONE, TWO AND THREE.
A TRAIN OF BRAND NEW MP41'S OCCUPIES TRACK THREE (FIVE ON EARLY PLANS)
AS WORK PROGRESSES ABOVE TRACK FOUR (SIX ON EARLY PLANS)
TRACK ONE, TRACK TWO AT LEFT. UNTIL 1909 OR 1910 THERE WAS NO
PLATFORM BETWEEN THESE TRACKS AND THEY EXTENDED FURTHER WEST.
THE MP41 WAS BASICALLY AN I.R.T. MOTOR EQUIPPED WITH STEPS FOR LOW PLATFORM
STATIONS. BEING NARROWER THAN THE STEAM LINE EQUIPMENT AND LATER MP54S
THEIR TRAPDOORS WERE ADJUSTABLE AND WOULD BE PUSHED OUTWARD TO CLOSE
THE GAP AT HIGH PLATFORM STATIONS WHERE NECESSARY.
PROVISION WAS MADE FOR ADDING A CENTER DOOR ON
EACH SIDE WHERE THE FACING SEATS WERE LOCATED
THESE ARE THE STATIONS SHOWN IN EMPLOYE TIME TABLE NUMBER 36 OF SEPTEMBER 20, 1905
THESE ARE THE STATIONS SHOWN IN EMPLOYE TIME TABLE NUMBER 37 OF NOVEMBER 5, 1905
FIRST STOP - NOSTRAND AVENUE
WHEN THE SHORT TUNNEL WEST OF EAST NEW YORK 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.
EAST NEW YORK STATION IN 1912
THE OVERHEAD TOWER - SIGNAL STATION 63, LATER "NO" - PROTECTED
THE CROSSING AT GRADE OF THE MANHATTAN BEACH DIVISION
WARWICK STREET STATION
CHESTNUT STREET JUNCTION
THE CONNECTION FROM THE B.R.T. ELEVATED ON JAMAICA AVENUE
SIGNAL STATION 65 - CN TOWER - AND RAILROAD AVENUE STATION.
BEFORE ELECTRIFICATION THE SWITCHES AND SIGNALS
WERE OPERATED FROM A LARGE CABIN ON THE GROUND.
WITH ELECTRIFICATION AND THE ADDITION OF TWO LOCAL TRACKS AN ALL ELECTRIC INTERLOCKING WAS INSTALLED AND OPERATED FROM OVERHEAD TOWER NUMBER 65 - "CN".
UNION COURSE STATION
WOODHAVEN STATION
WOODHAVEN JUNCTION
JUNCTION WITH THE ROCKAWAY BEACH DIVISION
SUB - STATION NUMBER THREE at WOODHAVEN JUNCTION
THESE ARE ROTARY CONVERTERS
ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
ONE HUNDRED YEARS
1905 - ELECTRIFICATION - 2005 |
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THIS WAS THE DEGREE OF COMPLETION OF THE UNDERGROUND FLATBUSH AVENUE TERMINAL WHEN ELECTRIC TRAINS BEGAN USING TRACKS ONE, TWO AND THREE.
A TRAIN OF BRAND NEW MP41'S OCCUPIES TRACK THREE (FIVE ON EARLY PLANS)
AS WORK PROGRESSES ABOVE TRACK FOUR (SIX ON EARLY PLANS)
TRACK ONE, TRACK TWO AT LEFT. UNTIL 1909 OR 1910 THERE WAS NO
PLATFORM BETWEEN THESE TRACKS AND THEY EXTENDED FURTHER WEST.
THE MP41 WAS BASICALLY AN I.R.T. MOTOR EQUIPPED WITH STEPS FOR LOW PLATFORM
STATIONS. BEING NARROWER THAN THE STEAM LINE EQUIPMENT AND LATER MP54S
THEIR TRAPDOORS WERE ADJUSTABLE AND WOULD BE PUSHED OUTWARD TO CLOSE
THE GAP AT HIGH PLATFORM STATIONS WHERE NECESSARY.
PROVISION WAS MADE FOR ADDING A CENTER DOOR ON
EACH SIDE WHERE THE FACING SEATS WERE LOCATED
THESE ARE THE STATIONS SHOWN IN EMPLOYE TIME TABLE NUMBER 36 OF SEPTEMBER 20, 1905
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THESE ARE THE STATIONS SHOWN IN EMPLOYE TIME TABLE NUMBER 37 OF NOVEMBER 5, 1905
FIRST STOP - NOSTRAND AVENUE
WHEN THE SHORT TUNNEL WEST OF EAST NEW YORK 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.
EAST NEW YORK STATION IN 1912
THE OVERHEAD TOWER - SIGNAL STATION 63, LATER "NO" - PROTECTED
THE CROSSING AT GRADE OF THE MANHATTAN BEACH DIVISION
WARWICK STREET STATION
CHESTNUT STREET JUNCTION
THE CONNECTION FROM THE B.R.T. ELEVATED ON JAMAICA AVENUE
SIGNAL STATION 65 - CN TOWER - AND RAILROAD AVENUE STATION.
BEFORE ELECTRIFICATION THE SWITCHES AND SIGNALS
WERE OPERATED FROM A LARGE CABIN ON THE GROUND.
WITH ELECTRIFICATION AND THE ADDITION OF TWO LOCAL TRACKS AN ALL ELECTRIC INTERLOCKING WAS INSTALLED AND OPERATED FROM OVERHEAD TOWER NUMBER 65 - "CN".
UNION COURSE STATION
WOODHAVEN STATION
WOODHAVEN JUNCTION
JUNCTION WITH THE ROCKAWAY BEACH DIVISION
SUB - STATION NUMBER THREE at WOODHAVEN JUNCTION
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THESE ARE ROTARY CONVERTERS