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JULY 26, 1905 PART THREE
HAMMEL - SUB - STATION NUMBER FIVE
HAMMEL STATION AND FAIRVIEW AVENUE CROSSING
1899 - 1905
BRICK BATTERY HOUSE IN PLACE BUT NOT THIRD RAIL
"FX" TOWER - FAIRVIEW AVENUE - OPENED APRIL 19, 1907
CIRCA 1910 - THE CAMELBACK 4-4-0 HAS A FORMER FLUSHING & NORTHSIDE
RAILROAD BAGGAGE (MAIL?) CAR AND OTHER "HEAD END" CARS.
HOLLAND STATION
STEEPLECHASE STATION
THE BUSIEST STATIONS HAD HOLDING PENS TO LIMIT PASSENGERS' ACCESS TO
PLATFORMS UNTIL THE GATES WERE OPENED - PERHAPS AFTER FARES WERE COLLECTED.
HERE A SIDETRACK WAS COVERED BY A REMOVEABLE SECTION OF THE PLATFORM
SEASIDE STATION
PRE-ELECTRIFICATION PHOTOGRAPH
A TROLLEY CAR FROM FAR ROCKAWAY FOLLOWS THE STEAM TRAIN
A VERTICALLY HINGED GATE COVERS THE CROSSING WHEN A TRAIN PASSES AND COVERS THE
WESTBOUND TRACK AND THE END OF THE PLATFORM WHEN CROWDS ARE CROSSING THE TRACKS.
"SE" CABIN SEASIDE
THE TWO TRACKS BECAME FOUR - SWITCHES AND SIGNALS WERE INTERLOCKED.
ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
ONE HUNDRED YEARS
1905 - ELECTRIFICATION - 2005 |
JULY 26, 1905 PART THREE
HAMMEL - SUB - STATION NUMBER FIVE
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HAMMEL STATION AND FAIRVIEW AVENUE CROSSING
1899 - 1905
BRICK BATTERY HOUSE IN PLACE BUT NOT THIRD RAIL
"FX" TOWER - FAIRVIEW AVENUE - OPENED APRIL 19, 1907
CIRCA 1910 - THE CAMELBACK 4-4-0 HAS A FORMER FLUSHING & NORTHSIDE
RAILROAD BAGGAGE (MAIL?) CAR AND OTHER "HEAD END" CARS.
HOLLAND STATION
STEEPLECHASE STATION
THE BUSIEST STATIONS HAD HOLDING PENS TO LIMIT PASSENGERS' ACCESS TO
PLATFORMS UNTIL THE GATES WERE OPENED - PERHAPS AFTER FARES WERE COLLECTED.
HERE A SIDETRACK WAS COVERED BY A REMOVEABLE SECTION OF THE PLATFORM
SEASIDE STATION
PRE-ELECTRIFICATION PHOTOGRAPH
A TROLLEY CAR FROM FAR ROCKAWAY FOLLOWS THE STEAM TRAIN
A VERTICALLY HINGED GATE COVERS THE CROSSING WHEN A TRAIN PASSES AND COVERS THE
WESTBOUND TRACK AND THE END OF THE PLATFORM WHEN CROWDS ARE CROSSING THE TRACKS.
"SE" CABIN SEASIDE
THE TWO TRACKS BECAME FOUR - SWITCHES AND SIGNALS WERE INTERLOCKED.