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THE STATE HOSPITALS
IN SUFFOLK COUNTY NEW YORK
AND THE LONG ISLAND RAIL ROAD
NEW PAGE DECEMBER 6, 2001 - revised SEPTEMBER 20 THROUGH OCTOBER 2, 2008
HENRY RAUDENBUSCH MAP CIRCA 1950 SHOWS PILGRIM AND CENTRAL ISLIP STATE
HOSPITAL SIDINGS. C.I.S.H. SIDING TO THE EAST WAS TO NEW POWER HOUSE AND
NEW YORK STATE WAREHOUSE. OTHER SIDINGS WERE REMOVED IN EARLY 1950'S.
CENTRAL ISLIP STATE HOSPITAL
C.I.S.H. HAD ITS OWN LOCOMOTIVE, AN EX-PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD
CLASS A3 0-4-0 SWITCHER (P.R.R. NUMBER 3008, BUILT JUNIATA DECEMBER
1905, CONSTRUCTION NUMBER 1401) NUMBERED FIRST "3" AND LATER "03".
OCCASIONALLY THE 03 TRAVELED TO MORRIS PARK SHOPS FOR REPAIRS AND/OR MAINTENANCE.
RICHIE HARRISON PHOTOGRAPHED THE 03 IN JAMAICA ON TRACK ELEVEN JUST EAST OF "JE" TOWER.
THERE WERE ALSO A FORMER L.I.R.R. COACH AND COMBINE.
IN THE 1950'S BILL SLADE CORRESPONDED WITH BILL RUGEN.
THIS IS FROM A LETTER ASKING ABOUT THE HOSPITAL CARS.
THE COACH WAS NUMBER 02 - BOB EMERY THOUGHT THIS WAS THE FORMER L.I.R.R. NUMBER 98
THE COMBINE WAS NUMBER 01 - IT WAS PHOTOGRAPHED AT ELIZABETHPORT NJ MAY 27, 1939. IT HAD BEEN REPAINTED GREEN AND WAS LATER AT THE U. S. ARMY'S CLAIBORNE & POLK RAILWAY IN LOUISIANA.
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ENGINE 03 WAS PHOTOGRAPHED AT ELIZABETHORT NJ DECEMBER 19, 1937
.
"REGULAR VISITING DAYS ARE TUESDAYS, THURSDAYS, SUNDAYS AND HOLIDAYS"
THE LAST PASSENGER SERVICE TO THE HOSPITAL IS SHOWN ON
THE STATE HOSPITAL INTRODUCTION PAGE
THANKS AGAIN TO DAVE KELLER FOR TWO MORE GREAT HISTORIC PHOTOS!
THE C. I. STATE HOSPITAL SWITCHER WITH A LONG ISLAND R. R. B-40 BAGGAGE CAR AND TRAIN CREW
THE C. I. STATE HOSPITAL TRAIN CREW: GUS NEWMAN, ENGINEER; FRANK "DUSTY" RHODES,
TRAINMAN; BILL BLAKE, TRAINMAN; WALTER WEBB, CONDUCTOR; UNIDENTIFIED FIREMAN.
OBVIOUSLY FRANK RHODES DID NOT REPLACE ALLING AS CONDUCTOR.
WALTER WEBB NO DOUBT HAD SENIORITY.
OCCASIONALLY ENGINE 03 WOULD BE SHOPPED AND A LARGER
LOCOMOTIVE BORROWED. THIS IS D16sb NUMBER 228 AND CREW:
GUS NEWMAN, ENGINEER; FRANK "DUSTY" RHODES, TRAINMAN;
BILL BLAKE, TRAINMAN; WALTER WEBB, CONDUCTOR; UNIDENTIFIED FIREMAN.
THIS WAS THE STATION IN THE 1920'S.
LATER THIS CONCRETE CURBED, ASPHALT PLATFORM WAS BUILT AT THE EAST SIDE OF CARLETON AVENUE.
THE TRACK AND BENCHES ARE LONG GONE BUT THE PLATFORM REMAINS TODAY.
ONE RAIL REMAINED VISIBLE UNTIL THE ROAD WAS WIDENED.
PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD E6s NUMBER 169 WAS PHOTOGRAPHED AT CARLETON AVENUE PROBABLY IN 1947.
EASTWARD HOSPITAL TRAIN IN SOUTH SIDING AT SWITCH TO C.I.STATE HOSPITAL.
SIDE TRACK IN FOREGROUND SERVED WALDBAUM'S SUPERMARKETS WAREHOUSE.
INTERSECTION OF LOWELL AVENUE AND CLAYTON STREET.
THE NEW STATION WAS ADJACENT TO LOWELL AVENUE.
HERE THE SUNDAY TRAIN IS FLAGGED OVER CLAYTON STREET CROSSING APPROACHING THE STATION.
EITHER AN E.R.A. FANTRIP OR A L.I.R.R. INSPECTION TRAIN AT HOSPITAL STATION IN 1968
CENTRAL ISLIP STATE HOSPITAL STATION IN 1973
SIDING RAN SOUTH TO POWERHOUSE, FOR DELIVERY OF COAL, AND TO STATE WAREHOUSE.
POWERHOUSE BUILT CIRCA 1950.
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IN SUFFOLK COUNTY NEW YORK
AND THE LONG ISLAND RAIL ROAD
NEW PAGE DECEMBER 6, 2001 - revised SEPTEMBER 20 THROUGH OCTOBER 2, 2008
HENRY RAUDENBUSCH MAP CIRCA 1950 SHOWS PILGRIM AND CENTRAL ISLIP STATE
HOSPITAL SIDINGS. C.I.S.H. SIDING TO THE EAST WAS TO NEW POWER HOUSE AND
NEW YORK STATE WAREHOUSE. OTHER SIDINGS WERE REMOVED IN EARLY 1950'S.
CENTRAL ISLIP STATE HOSPITAL
C.I.S.H. HAD ITS OWN LOCOMOTIVE, AN EX-PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD
CLASS A3 0-4-0 SWITCHER (P.R.R. NUMBER 3008, BUILT JUNIATA DECEMBER
1905, CONSTRUCTION NUMBER 1401) NUMBERED FIRST "3" AND LATER "03".
OCCASIONALLY THE 03 TRAVELED TO MORRIS PARK SHOPS FOR REPAIRS AND/OR MAINTENANCE.
RICHIE HARRISON PHOTOGRAPHED THE 03 IN JAMAICA ON TRACK ELEVEN JUST EAST OF "JE" TOWER.
THERE WERE ALSO A FORMER L.I.R.R. COACH AND COMBINE.
IN THE 1950'S BILL SLADE CORRESPONDED WITH BILL RUGEN.
THIS IS FROM A LETTER ASKING ABOUT THE HOSPITAL CARS.
THE COACH WAS NUMBER 02 - BOB EMERY THOUGHT THIS WAS THE FORMER L.I.R.R. NUMBER 98
THE COMBINE WAS NUMBER 01 - IT WAS PHOTOGRAPHED AT ELIZABETHPORT NJ MAY 27, 1939. IT HAD BEEN REPAINTED GREEN AND WAS LATER AT THE U. S. ARMY'S CLAIBORNE & POLK RAILWAY IN LOUISIANA.
Go To CAMP CLAIBORNE WEBSITE ------ >
ENGINE 03 WAS PHOTOGRAPHED AT ELIZABETHORT NJ DECEMBER 19, 1937
.
"REGULAR VISITING DAYS ARE TUESDAYS, THURSDAYS, SUNDAYS AND HOLIDAYS"
|
PASSENGER EXTRAS MIGHT HAVE BEEN RUN TO THE HOSPITAL OR REGULAR TRAINS COULD HAVE CARRIED A CAR OF VISITORS WHICH WAS LEFT AT CENTRAL ISLIP STATION TO BE PICKED UP BY THE HOSPITAL SWITCHER. OR PASSENGERS MIGHT HAVE DETRAINED AT CENTRAL ISLIP STATION AND RIDDEN INTO THE HOSPITAL IN THEIR OWN CAR, THE 01/02 OR THEIR PREDECESSORS. THE FIRST SCHEDULED TRAINS TO C. I. S. H. ARE SHOWN IN EMPLOYE TIME TABLE NUMBER 63 OF OCTOBER 16, 1911, NUMBERS 2220 AND 2229 |
THE LAST PASSENGER SERVICE TO THE HOSPITAL IS SHOWN ON
THE STATE HOSPITAL INTRODUCTION PAGE
THANKS AGAIN TO DAVE KELLER FOR TWO MORE GREAT HISTORIC PHOTOS!
THE C. I. STATE HOSPITAL SWITCHER WITH A LONG ISLAND R. R. B-40 BAGGAGE CAR AND TRAIN CREW
THE C. I. STATE HOSPITAL TRAIN CREW: GUS NEWMAN, ENGINEER; FRANK "DUSTY" RHODES,
TRAINMAN; BILL BLAKE, TRAINMAN; WALTER WEBB, CONDUCTOR; UNIDENTIFIED FIREMAN.
OBVIOUSLY FRANK RHODES DID NOT REPLACE ALLING AS CONDUCTOR.
WALTER WEBB NO DOUBT HAD SENIORITY.
OCCASIONALLY ENGINE 03 WOULD BE SHOPPED AND A LARGER
LOCOMOTIVE BORROWED. THIS IS D16sb NUMBER 228 AND CREW:
GUS NEWMAN, ENGINEER; FRANK "DUSTY" RHODES, TRAINMAN;
BILL BLAKE, TRAINMAN; WALTER WEBB, CONDUCTOR; UNIDENTIFIED FIREMAN.
THIS WAS THE STATION IN THE 1920'S.
LATER THIS CONCRETE CURBED, ASPHALT PLATFORM WAS BUILT AT THE EAST SIDE OF CARLETON AVENUE.
THE TRACK AND BENCHES ARE LONG GONE BUT THE PLATFORM REMAINS TODAY.
ONE RAIL REMAINED VISIBLE UNTIL THE ROAD WAS WIDENED.
PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD E6s NUMBER 169 WAS PHOTOGRAPHED AT CARLETON AVENUE PROBABLY IN 1947.
EASTWARD HOSPITAL TRAIN IN SOUTH SIDING AT SWITCH TO C.I.STATE HOSPITAL.
SIDE TRACK IN FOREGROUND SERVED WALDBAUM'S SUPERMARKETS WAREHOUSE.
INTERSECTION OF LOWELL AVENUE AND CLAYTON STREET.
THE NEW STATION WAS ADJACENT TO LOWELL AVENUE.
HERE THE SUNDAY TRAIN IS FLAGGED OVER CLAYTON STREET CROSSING APPROACHING THE STATION.
EITHER AN E.R.A. FANTRIP OR A L.I.R.R. INSPECTION TRAIN AT HOSPITAL STATION IN 1968
CENTRAL ISLIP STATE HOSPITAL STATION IN 1973
SIDING RAN SOUTH TO POWERHOUSE, FOR DELIVERY OF COAL, AND TO STATE WAREHOUSE.
POWERHOUSE BUILT CIRCA 1950.
go to ----> KINGS PARK STATE HOSPITAL
return to ----> PILGRIM STATE HOSPITAL
return to ----> STATE HOSPITALS INTRO PAGE
return to ----> HOME PAGE
RETURN TO TOP