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THE NEW YORK AND MANHATTAN BEACH RAILWAY Part Five |
TOWER 78 and NECK ROAD STATION
ORIGINAL RIGHT OF WAY AT TOP - NEW RIGHT OF WAY
(AFTER GRADE CROSSING ELIMINATION) BELOW
TOWER 78 and NECK ROAD
LOOKING NORTH FROM RACE TRACK IN 1903
NEW NECK ROAD STATION SEPTEMBER, 1910
NOTE CROSSOVER AND SWITCH TO RACE TRACK.
AND 1986
TRACK ARRANGEMENT IN 1906 SHOWING L.I.R.R.
AND B.R.T FACILITIES AT RACE TRACK.
1910 BLUEPRINT SHOWS L.I.R.R. SINGLE TRACK CONNECTION BECOMING TWO
TRACK AND JOINING OLD RIGHT OF WAY, THEN BEING CROSSED BY B.R.T. TRACK.
NOTE TWO B.R.T. UNDERJUMPS - THE EASTWARD BENEATH THEIR FOUR TRACKS
AND THE TWO L.I.R.R. TRACKS AND THE WESTWARD BENEATH BOTH L.I.R.R.
THE B.R.T. HAS GAINED A TERMINAL CLOSER TO THE RACE TRACK ENTRANCE.
IN 1908 AND 1909 THE L.I.R.R. WAS STILL USING THE ORIGINAL RIGHT OF WAY. THE
B.R.T. CROSSING WAS PROTECTED BY GATES ACROSS THE B.R.T. WHICH WERE SWUNG
ACROSS THE MANHATTAN BEACH TRACKS TO ALLOW B.R.T. RACE TRAINS TO PASS.
JULY 10, 1909 COLLISION AT GRADE CROSSING AT RACE TRACK
1986 REMAINS OF THE WESTWARD B.R.T. UNDERJUMP.
1986 REMAINS OF THE WESTWARD B.R.T. UNDERJUMP.
1986 REMAINS OF THE EASTWARD B.R.T. UNDERJUMP BENEATH
FOUR BRIGHTON TRACKS AND TWO L.I.R.R. TRACKS.
SHEEPSHEAD BAY RACE TRACK STATION
Looking North in 1903. BRT STATION at left is full of ELEVATED CARS and TROLLEY CARS.
L.I.R.R. Train has a NEW CAMELBACK.
Looking North in 1903. That's a Long Island Rail Road HORSE CAR.
GO TO ---> CONEY ISLAND JOCKEY CLUB at SHEEPSHEAD BAY RACE TRACK
AVENUE Y IN 1986.
BLUEPRINT SHOWS OLD AND NEW RIGHTS OF WAY. NOTE
HEFFNER'S SIDING APPARENTLY A COAL AND LUMBER COMPANY.
LOOKING SOUTH IN 1903 TOWARD HEFFNER'S SIDING.
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