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THESE ARE THE STATIONS SHOWN IN EMPLOYE TIME TABLE NUMBER 36 OF SEPTEMBER 20, 1905
WOODHAVEN JUNCTION STATION
LOOKING WEST
CLARENCEVILLE STATION
MORRIS PARK STATION
WITH EASTBOUND TRAIN OF MP41s AND LOW PLATFORMS
1910 VIEW LOOKING EAST COURTESY LEAH AND ROGER McENERY
THANKS LEAH AND ROGER!
MORRIS PARK STATION
WITH WESTBOUND TRAIN OF MP41s AND HIGH PLATFORMS
MORRIS PARK STATION LOOKING EAST
MORRIS PARK SHOPS BUILDINGS AND SMOKESTACKS VISIBLE IN DISTANCE.
SIGNAL STATION NUMBER 67 - LATER "MP"
UNDERGROUND CONDUITS FOR THE HIGH TENSION POWER LINES ARE BEING INSTALLED
MORRIS PARK YARD
LOOKING WEST IN 1908
DUNTON STATION LOOKING EAST
FLAG STATION SIGNAL
REAL ESTATE DEVLOPER'S FREE TRANSPORTATION
OFFERED TO POTENTIAL BUYERS
DIVISION STREET TOWER AND JAMAICA STATION
OLDER AND MORE RECENT PHOTOGRAPHS OF THIS TOWER SHOW NO CALL LETTERS SIGN.
THE SIGNALS ARE PNEUMATIC AND ARE CONTROLLED FROM TOWER NUMBER 15 - "JT".
NOTICE THE MP41 TRAIN WITH WOODEN TRAILER CARS.
LOOKING WEST FROM "JE" TOWER - ORIGINALLY THE SECOND TOWER NUMBER 41
NEW YORK AVENUE GRADE CROSSING AND TOWER NUMBER 41
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THESE ARE THE STATIONS SHOWN IN EMPLOYE TIME TABLE NUMBER 36 OF SEPTEMBER 20, 1905
WOODHAVEN JUNCTION STATION
LOOKING WEST
CLARENCEVILLE STATION
MORRIS PARK STATION
WITH EASTBOUND TRAIN OF MP41s AND LOW PLATFORMS
1910 VIEW LOOKING EAST COURTESY LEAH AND ROGER McENERY
THANKS LEAH AND ROGER!
MORRIS PARK STATION
WITH WESTBOUND TRAIN OF MP41s AND HIGH PLATFORMS
MORRIS PARK STATION LOOKING EAST
MORRIS PARK SHOPS BUILDINGS AND SMOKESTACKS VISIBLE IN DISTANCE.
SIGNAL STATION NUMBER 67 - LATER "MP"
UNDERGROUND CONDUITS FOR THE HIGH TENSION POWER LINES ARE BEING INSTALLED
MORRIS PARK YARD
LOOKING WEST IN 1908
DUNTON STATION LOOKING EAST
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THE GRADE CROSSING IS VAN WYCK AVENUE - MANY OF THE TRAINS SERVING DUNTON MADE "f" STOPS - "STOP ON SIGNAL TO LAND
OR RECEIVE PASSENGERS". THE SHORT SEMAPHORE SIGNALS AT EACH END OF THE STATION
PLATFORM ARE FLAG STATION SIGNALS OPERATED BY PASSENGERS.
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FLAG STATION SIGNAL
REAL ESTATE DEVLOPER'S FREE TRANSPORTATION
OFFERED TO POTENTIAL BUYERS
DIVISION STREET TOWER AND JAMAICA STATION
OLDER AND MORE RECENT PHOTOGRAPHS OF THIS TOWER SHOW NO CALL LETTERS SIGN.
THE SIGNALS ARE PNEUMATIC AND ARE CONTROLLED FROM TOWER NUMBER 15 - "JT".
NOTICE THE MP41 TRAIN WITH WOODEN TRAILER CARS.
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UNTIL JUNE 1906 THE SWITCHES AT THE EAST END OF JAMAICA STATION WERE HAND OPERATED BY SWITCHMEN - EVEN THE DOUBLE SLIP SWITCHES WITH MOVABLE POINT FROGS.
AT THE LEFT ARE A GAS HOUSE AND GAS STORAGE CAR FOR SUPPLYING GAS LIGHTED PASSENGER CARS. |
LOOKING WEST FROM "JE" TOWER - ORIGINALLY THE SECOND TOWER NUMBER 41
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THIS WAS AN ALL-ELECTRIC INTERLOCKING.
THE LOCOMOTIVE APPEARS TO BE WELL PAST THE SIGNAL AND THE FOULING POINT OF THE CONNECTING TRACK BUT THE SEMAPHORE STILL INDICATES "PROCEED". |
NEW YORK AVENUE GRADE CROSSING AND TOWER NUMBER 41
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LOOKING EAST CIRCA 1900 -
THE SIX CAR TRAIN IS EASTWARD ON THE MONTAUK DIVISION. APPROACHING IS A FORNEY POWERED "RAPID TRANSIT". THIS WAS THE LAYOUT FROM 1903 UNTIL JUNE 1906 |
PHOTOGRAPH BY JOHN TOOKER
ROCKAWAY JUNCTION
SUB-STATION NUMBER FOUR AND "RJ" TOWER'S
EASTWARD HOME SIGNALS FROM BRENTON AVENUE.
LOOKING WEST FROM THE MONTAUK DIVISION IN 1903
- "RJ" WAS A MECHANICAL INTERLOCKING.
ROCKAWAY JUNCTION STATION IN 1896
THE FIREMAN ON THE RAPID TRANSIT'S FORNEY WAS JOHN TOOKER WHO WAS INTERESTED IN
RAILROAD HISTORY AND PHOTOGRAPHY. BILL SLADE AND JOHN CORRESPONDED FOR YEARS.
"RJ" TOWER - FORMERLY NUMBER 42 - BUILT IN 1895
IN 1906 AN ALL-ELECTRIC INTERLOCKING WAS INSTALLED
WHEN THIS PLAN WAS REVISED IN 1913 THE SWITCHES WERE STILL PROTECTED
BY DETECTOR BARS - TRACK CIRCUITS HAD NOT YET BEEN INSTALLED.
SUB-STATION NUMBER FOUR AND "RJ" TOWER'S
EASTWARD HOME SIGNALS FROM BRENTON AVENUE.
LOOKING WEST FROM THE MONTAUK DIVISION IN 1903
- "RJ" WAS A MECHANICAL INTERLOCKING.
ROCKAWAY JUNCTION STATION IN 1896
THE FIREMAN ON THE RAPID TRANSIT'S FORNEY WAS JOHN TOOKER WHO WAS INTERESTED IN
RAILROAD HISTORY AND PHOTOGRAPHY. BILL SLADE AND JOHN CORRESPONDED FOR YEARS.
"RJ" TOWER - FORMERLY NUMBER 42 - BUILT IN 1895
IN 1906 AN ALL-ELECTRIC INTERLOCKING WAS INSTALLED
WHEN THIS PLAN WAS REVISED IN 1913 THE SWITCHES WERE STILL PROTECTED
BY DETECTOR BARS - TRACK CIRCUITS HAD NOT YET BEEN INSTALLED.