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GOD BLESS AMERICA!
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ISLAND RAIL ROAD COMPANY
THE JAMAICA
ELIMINATION
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LOOKING EAST AT JAMAICA PASSENGER CAR YARD
IN THE DISTANCE "R" TOWER CAN BE SEEN.
"R" TOWER OPENED IN 1913 AND WAS CLOSED AUGUST 16, 1928
"R" TOWER AND, FROM THE LEFT, AUTOMATIC SIGNAL
S-81, HOME SIGNALS NUMBERS 12Ra, 12Rb AND 12Rc, 12Rd.
JUNE 1, 1921
"R" TOWER WAS CLOSED AUGUST 16, 1928.
HOME SIGNAL 12Ra, 12Rb BECAME AUTOMATIC SIGNAL "S-80".
AUTOMATIC SIGNAL "S-81" WAS REMOVED FROM THE
BRIDGE AND MOVED WEST TO REPLACE HOME SIGNAL
16L AS AUTOMATIC SIGNAL NUMBER "S-79".
GENERAL ORDER NUMBER 110
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ON NOVEMBER 21, 1930 THE SWITCH CONNECTING THE MIDDLE TRACK WITH MONTAUK BRANCH NUMBER ONE
TRACK WAS CHANGED TO AN INTERLOCKED SWITCH CONTROLLED FROM "J" TOWER LEVER NUMBER 53.
TWO POSITION LIGHT SIGNALS ON THE BRIDGE AND AN OPPOSING LOW HOME SIGNAL WERE CONTROLLED
BY LEVER NUMBER 54. |
"J" TOWER SIGNAL NUMBER 54L ON BRIDGE
AUTOMATIC SIGNAL S-79 AND "J" TOWER SIGNAL BRIDGE 54
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THE MIDDLE TRACK REFERRED TO IN GENERAL ORDERS 108-12 AND 113-11 WAS THE WESTBOUND MONTAUK
DIVISION PASSENGER TRACK BETWEEN "J" AND "R" TOWERS. AT THE EAST END WAS AUTOMATIC
SIGNAL S-88.
"J" TRAFFIC LEVERS 55 AND 62 CONTROLLED THE DIRECTION OF TRAFFIC BETWEEN "J"
AND "R" TOWERS. |
THREE 1913 IMAGES
AUTOMATIC SIGNAL NUMBER S-88 JUST BEFORE ITS ACTIVATION.
FROM A 1944 BLUEPRINT OF JAY INTERLOCKING
THE FORMER "R" INTERLOCKING
EVENTUALLY THE "WESTBOUND MONTAUK" AND
THE RECEIVING YARD WERE EQUIPPED WITH THIRD RAIL.
MANY THANKS TO DAVE KELLER FOR THIS LATE 1930'S PHOTO.
M. U. TRAINS WERE LAID UP ON THE W. B. MONTAUK AFTER
THE MORNING RUSH-HOUR. BILL RUGEN SHOT THIS IN 1956
THE "WESTBOUND MONTAUK" AND THE RECEVING YARD IN 1972.
BY 1982 THE THIRD RAIL WAS GONE.
