ARRT'S ARRCHIVES |
THE BROOKLYN & JAMAICA RAIL ROAD THE LONG ISLAND RAIL ROAD and ATLANTIC AVENUE |
CARLTON AVENUE FREIGHT YARD
and
VANDERBILT AVENUE FREIGHT YARD
UNTIL THE CHANGES OF 1904 - 1906 BROOKLYN WAS SERVED BY THE CARLTON AVENUE
FREIGHT YARD WHICH WAS SITUATED BETWEEN CARLTON AVENUE AND SIXTH AVENUE.
THE FREIGHT HOUSE HAD A TELEGRAPH OFFICE WITH THE CALL LETTERS "FH".
CARLTON AVENUE YARD WAS EXTENDED EAST TO VANDERBILT AVENUE AND WEST NEARLY TO FIFTH AVENUE. AT VANDERBILT AVENUE A NEW CONNECTION WAS MADE WITH THE TRACKS IN THE TUNNEL AT "VD" INTERLOCKING. THE YARD BECAME KNOWN AS " VD YARD" OR "VANDERBILT AVENUE YARD".
THE WORK WAS REPORTED IN THE ANNUAL REPORT FOR 1907
AND THE ANNUAL REPORT FOR 1910
AT CARLTON AVENUE NOTE THE DOUBLE TRACK CONNECTION
WITH THE ATLANTIC BRANCH MAIN TRACKS IN THE TUNNEL.
"CT" TOWER CONTROLLED THE SWITCHES AND SIGNALS.
SIGNALS ENTERING THE TUNNEL FROM THE YARD WERE INSTALLED JULY 10, 1906.
NOTE THE LONG ISLAND EXPRESS STABLE WITH TWO TRACKS ENTERING THE BUILDING,
click here for - - - - > LARGE 1951 BLUEPRINT OF VD YARD
AND DUNTON ANNEX M.U. CAR SHOP FACILITIES
NOTE THE TRAVELING OVERHEAD CRANE IN THE FREIGHT YARD
ON THE SITE OF THE LONG ISLAND EXPRESS STABLE
THE NEW VANDERBILT AVENUE FREIGHT YARD.
THE RAMP FROM PACIFIC STREET IS UNDER CONSTRUCTION.
CIRCA 1915 HOLMAN PHOTO.
JUNE 1959 - MORE REEFERS THAN IN 1915.
McCAULEY POTATOES BUILDING WAS RAZED TO BUILD A GAS STATION.
NOTE THAT THERE ARE FREIGHT CARS IN THE FREIGHT YARD. (FAR RIGHT)
JUNE 1959 - THE WEST YARD BECAME A LAYUP YARD FOR MU CARS.
IN THE DISTANCE ARE THE ELEVATED TRACK AND
UNLOADING PLATFORM FOR ARMOUR COMPANY.
SOME OF THAT ELEVATED STRUCTURE MAY HAVE DATED BACK TO 1899.
IN 1904 - 1906 THIS STRETCH OF EL REPLACED THE 1899 STRUCTURE BUILT ABOVE THE
TRACKS ON ATLANTIC AVENUE. ARMOUR'S UNLOADING FACILITY IS HIGH ON THE LEFT.
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