ARRT'S    ARRCHIVES

THE   BROOKLYN   &   JAMAICA   RAIL   ROAD THE   LONG     ISLAND   RAIL   ROAD and    ATLANTIC   AVENUE

PAGE NEW NOVEMBER 16, 2003 - REVISED MARCH 30, 2005

THE   ATLANTIC   AVENUE   IMPROVEMENT

DIVISION   TWO   -   PART   TWO


THE 1903 ELEVATED STRUCTURE AND AUTOMATIC SIGNALS




FOLLOWING TWO DISASTROUS 1950 WRECKS AUTOMATIC TRAIN STOPS
- TRIPPERS - WERE INSTALLED BETWEEN JAMAICA AND BROOKLYN


THESE POSITION LIGHT SIGNALS HAD REPLACED THE SEMAPHORES.
THE TRAIN IS THE "LAWYERS' SPECIAL" FROM BROOKLYN TO MONTAUK AND
WAS PHOTOGRAPHED BACKING FROM JAMAICA TO BROOKLYN IN JULY 1961



THE "LAWYERS' SPECIAL" FROM BROOKLYN TO MONTAUK HEADING EAST




AN ERA FAN TRIP CIRCA 1970





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