ARRT'S    ARRCHIVES

THE  1986  U.  S.  OPEN AND  THE  LONG  ISLAND  RAIL  ROAD

NEW JUNE 8, 2002 - Revised JUNE 16, 2003

GOLF   GROUNDS   STATION

OPENED IN 1900 AT TUCKAHOE ROAD - THIS BUILDING
WAS ERECTED IN 1907 - STATION CLOSED IN 1939


GOLF GROUNDS WAS RESURRECTED AS SOUTHAMPTON COLLEGE STATION.   FOR THE
U.S. OPEN THIS FOOTBRIDGE WAS BUILT OVER THE RAILROAD AND NORTH HIGHWAY.




PHOTOGRAPHER'S MANIPULATION SHEET FOR SATURDAY JUNE 14 AND SUNDAY
JUNE 15.   THE SPECIALS WERE IDENTIFIED BY COLOR AND AUTHORIZED BY
TIMETABLE SCHEDULE.   THERE WERE THREE SPECIALS FROM THE CITY -
RED, WHITE AND BLUE       -       AND ONE FROM AMAGANSETT.

BRIDGEHAMPTON AT 2:33PM SUNDAY JUNE 15

TRAIN 4012 GOING EAST BETWEEN THE EQUIPMENT OF TRAINS 9304 AND 8302.
THE SIGNAL IDENTIFIED AS "BH" IS A BLOCK LIMIT SIGNAL
AND WAS NOT IN SERVICE AS PER TRAIN ORDER.




TEMPORARY MANUAL BLOCK SIGNAL AT HAMPTON BAYS AS PER TRAIN ORDER.
THE CAR WITH THE RED STRIPE IS A PARLOR CAR.


THE BLOCK OPERATOR AT SOUTHAMPTON HAD FOUR TRAIN ORDERS FOR NUMBER 9305.


THIS   IS   MANUAL   BLOCK.


A   WARNING.














TODAY THE FOOTBRIDGE, THE STATION
AND THE EQUIPMENT ARE GONE.

"SOUTHAMPTON CAMPUS" STATION SHORTLY BEFORE ITS CLOSING.




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