LONG ISLAND RAIL ROAD BABYLON ELECTRIFICATION

ARRT'S ARRCHIVES

1925 - EIGHTY YEARS - 2005
THE LONG ISLAND RAIL ROAD
BABYLON ELECTRIFICATION

BEFORE ELECTRIFICATION

READ THIS AND CONSIDER HOW DIFFERENT THINGS WERE ONLY FORTY YEARS LATER

LONG ISLAND RAILROAD INFORMATION BULLETIN JUNE 3 1925

COMPLETION OF THE ELECTRIFICATION TO BABYLON WAS CELEBRATED MAY 20, 1925 WITH
A SPECIAL TRAIN FROM PENN STATION AND A GRAND CEREMONY IN BABYLON VILLAGE.

THE HALF MILLION DOLLAR SPECIAL

LONG ISLAND RAILROAD INFORMATION BULLETIN JUNE 3 1925

LONG ISLAND RAILROAD INFORMATION BULLETIN JUNE 3 1925

THE SPECIAL HAD FOURTEEN NEW MP54s FILLED WITH AMERICAN FLAG WAVING GUESTS

JAMES OSBORNE PHOTOGRAPH

ONE OF SIX NEW SUB-STATIONS - WEST OF BABYLON STATION

JAMES OSBORNE PHOTOGRAPH

MAIN STREET BABYLON LOOKING EAST

JAMES OSBORNE PHOTOGRAPH

HIGH LEVEL ISLAND PLATFORMS - CONSIDERED NECESSARY FOR THE RAPID TRANSFER OF PASSENGERS BETWEEN CONNECTING TRAIN - NOT DONE FORTY-EIGHT YEARS LATER WHEN THIRD RAIL WAS EXTENDED TO HUNTINGTON RESULTING IN WHAT OPERATING PEOPLE CALL THE "HUNTINGTON SHUFFLE" - AMONG OTHER THINGS

JAMES OSBORNE PHOTOGRAPH

LONG ISLAND RAILROAD INFORMATION BULLETIN JUNE 3 1925

JAMES OSBORNE PHOTOGRAPH

SUB - STATIONS

NEW SUB - STATIONS WERE CONSTRUCTED AT LAURELTON,
LYNBROOK, FREEPORT, WANTAGH, AMITYVILLE AND BABYLON.

LONG ISLAND RAILROAD INFORMATION BULLETIN JUNE 3 1925

BABYLON YARD IN 1920 - ELECTRIFICATION MADE THE ENGINEHOUSE UNNECESSARY
- LOCOMOTIVES WERE TURNED ON THE WYE UNTIL DIESELIZATION

OVER THE YEARS BABYLON YARD WAS INCREASED IN SIZE

THE CENTRAL BRANCH - LAST USED BY REGULAR PASSENGER TRAINS IN 1898 -
WAS REBUILT AND EXTENDED EAST INTO BABYLON STATION.
THE MONTAUK BRANCH TRACKS WERE MOVED SOUTH BY REVERSE CURVES

LONG ISLAND RAILROAD INFORMATION BULLETIN JUNE 3 1925

A NEW ELECTRO-PNEUMATIC INTERLOCKING AND BRICK TOWER WERE INSTALLED

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