THE STEWART LINE
LONG ISLAND RAIL ROAD CENTRAL EXTENSION
SPANISH AMERICAN WAR TO WORLD WAR TWO
made a separate page October 20, 2001 - Revised AUGUST 9, 2003
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LONG ISLAND RAIL ROAD CENTRAL EXTENSION
SPANISH AMERICAN WAR TO WORLD WAR TWO
made a separate page October 20, 2001 - Revised AUGUST 9, 2003
go to ----> MITCHEL FIELD - ARMED FORCES DAY
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SPANISH AMERICAN WAR'S CAMP BLACK
DOUBLE ENDED SIDINGS 900 FEET LONG WERE INSTALLED AT EACH END OF CAMP
BLACK WITH A 400 FOOT SPUR OFF THE EAST SIDING. AT TOWER NUMBER 105,
HEMPSTEAD CROSSING, A NEW NORTHEAST LEG WAS ADDED TO THE WYE.
CAMP BLACK STATION
SEE CAMP WIKOFF AT MONTAUK ----> ----> CAMP WIKOFF
IN 1908 FIVE MILES OF TRACK EAST OF HEMPSTEAD CROSSING WERE ELECTRIFIED
WITH 11,000 VOLT A.C. CATENARY go to ----> 1908 AC ELECTRIFICATION
PROBABLY THE LATEST USE BY PASSENGER TRAINS EAST OF
SALISBURY PLAINS WERE SPECIALS TO THE VANDERBILT CUP RACES.
THIS PHOTOGRAPH COURTESY OF MARK AT oil4kids.com
SHOWS ONE OF TWO AREAS WHERE L.I.M.P RAN ADJACENT TO THE L.I.R.R. THIS MAY BE LOOKING EAST FROM OLD JERUSALEM ROAD, NOW OLD WESTBURY ROAD, TOWARDS NEW BRIDGE ROAD WHERE THE L.I.R.R. HAD A PASSING SIDING
DOES THIS ENLARGEMENT SHOW A TRAIN, TENDER FIRST, IN THE DISTANCE?
CIRCA 1916 L.I.R.R. MAPS SHOW L.I.M.P. RIGHT OF WAY ABUTTING L.I.R.R. ROW.
EAST OF DIVISION STREET (NOW AVENUE) WAS A CINDER PLATFORM
1512 FEET LONG TO ACCOMMODATE PASSENGERS FOR THE GRANDSTAND
circa 1916 L.I.R.R. MAP SHOWS LONG ISLAND MOTOR PARKWAY RIGHT OF WAY
AT DEAD MAN'S CURVE 100 FEET WIDE AND RAILROAD RIGHT OF WAY 62.5 FEET WIDE
DOUBLE ENDED SIDINGS 900 FEET LONG WERE INSTALLED AT EACH END OF CAMP
BLACK WITH A 400 FOOT SPUR OFF THE EAST SIDING. AT TOWER NUMBER 105,
HEMPSTEAD CROSSING, A NEW NORTHEAST LEG WAS ADDED TO THE WYE.
CAMP BLACK STATION
SEE CAMP WIKOFF AT MONTAUK ----> ----> CAMP WIKOFF
IN 1908 FIVE MILES OF TRACK EAST OF HEMPSTEAD CROSSING WERE ELECTRIFIED
WITH 11,000 VOLT A.C. CATENARY go to ----> 1908 AC ELECTRIFICATION
PROBABLY THE LATEST USE BY PASSENGER TRAINS EAST OF
SALISBURY PLAINS WERE SPECIALS TO THE VANDERBILT CUP RACES.
THIS PHOTOGRAPH COURTESY OF MARK AT oil4kids.com
SHOWS ONE OF TWO AREAS WHERE L.I.M.P RAN ADJACENT TO THE L.I.R.R. THIS MAY BE LOOKING EAST FROM OLD JERUSALEM ROAD, NOW OLD WESTBURY ROAD, TOWARDS NEW BRIDGE ROAD WHERE THE L.I.R.R. HAD A PASSING SIDING
DOES THIS ENLARGEMENT SHOW A TRAIN, TENDER FIRST, IN THE DISTANCE?
CIRCA 1916 L.I.R.R. MAPS SHOW L.I.M.P. RIGHT OF WAY ABUTTING L.I.R.R. ROW.
EAST OF DIVISION STREET (NOW AVENUE) WAS A CINDER PLATFORM
1512 FEET LONG TO ACCOMMODATE PASSENGERS FOR THE GRANDSTAND
circa 1916 L.I.R.R. MAP SHOWS LONG ISLAND MOTOR PARKWAY RIGHT OF WAY
AT DEAD MAN'S CURVE 100 FEET WIDE AND RAILROAD RIGHT OF WAY 62.5 FEET WIDE
FROM 1913 C.R.4.
FROM EMPLOYE TIMETABLE NUMBER 73 MAY 27, 1914
FROM EMPLOYE TIMETABLE NUMBER 81 MAY 14, 1916
WORLD WAR ONE
go to ---->WORLD WAR TWO
IN 1917 MEADOW BROOK STATION WAS MOVED ABOUT ONE-HALF MILE EAST.
IN 1923 THIS STATION WAS RENAMED SALISBURY PLAINS AND A NEW MEADOW BROOK STATION
OPENED ON THE SITE OF THE HIGH PLATFORM STATION FOR AVIATION FIELD NO. 2.
ABOUT 1925 THIS BRIDGE REPLACED THE ORIGINAL MEADOW BROOK CLUB ROAD BRIDGE (ON MAP ABOVE). THAT'S MEADOWBROOK PARKWAY IN DISTANCE.
MEADOW BROOK CLUB IN 1930'S.
TROLLEY CARS RAN FROM GARDEN CITY TO SALISBURY PLAINS (THEN MEADOW BROOK) FROM 1915 UNTIL 1933 WHEN THEY WERE REPLACED WITH MP41's. THIS 1923 FELIX REIFSCHNEIDER PHOTO SHOWS OCEAN ELECTRIC RAILWAY CAR NO. 15 AT SALISBURY PLAINS STATION AND THE NEW STATION UNDER CONSTRUCTION. IN 1927 O.E.RY. NOS. 31, 32 AND 34 BECAME L.I.R.R. NOS. 997, 998 AND 999.
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IN 1973 THE TRACKS WERE GONE BUT THE FORMER STATION AND FIRE HYDRANT REMAINED.
DECEMBER 23, 2001 - THE FIRE HYDRANT, POLE, FENCE AND CURB REMAIN.
NO TRACE OF A RAILROAD EVER HAVING BEEN HERE.
SALISBURY PLAINS STATION - torn down in the 1990's because a builder thought it was UGLY
IN 1985
BEFORE CHANGES OF 1918
ON JULY 28, 1917 TROLLEY SERVICE WAS CUT BACK TO CLINTON ROAD.
CLINTON ROAD STATION
ON FEBRUARY 17, 1918 SERVICE WAS RESTORED
TO JUST WEST OF THE HIGH PLATFORM AT AVIATION FIELD NO. 2.
ON FEBRUARY 26, 1918 THE THIRD RAIL WAS EXTENDED TO 300 FEET EAST OF THE HIGH PLATFORM.
ON APRIL 6, 1918 WEEKEND THROUGH SERVICE TO PENN STATION WAS INSTITUTED.
ON AUGUST 29, 1918 THE TROLLEY SIDING AT CLINTON ROAD WAS EXTENDED EAST
AND CONNECTED WITH THE TROLLEY SIDING AT AVIATION FIELD NO. 2....
.....GIVING THE TROLLEY CARS THEIR OWN TRACK. SIDINGS HAD BEEN INSTALLED FOR AVIATION FIELD NO. 2.
ON SEPTEMBER 20 THE TROLLEY SIDING WAS EXTENDED WEST AND CONNECTED WITH THE EAST LEG OF THE WYE AT HEMPSTEAD CROSSING. THE MAIN TRACK BECAME AN UNLOADING TRACK FOR CAMP MILLS.
"HC" TOWER HEMPSTEAD CROSSING
BLUEPRINT SHOWING U.S.GOVERNMENT SIDINGS OFF HEMPSTEAD BRANCH
NORTH OF HC AND MOTOR PARKWAY IN 1917.
BLUEPRINT REVISED TO SHOW CAMP MILLS AND AVIATION FIELD NUMBER 2 SIDINGS AND L. I. R. R. SIDINGS IN 1918.
C.R.4. SHOWS CAMP MILLS SIDINGS.
FORMER U.S.GOVERNMENT WAREHOUSE AT CAMP MILLS
1924 C.R.4. DOES NOT SHOW CAMP MILLS
L.I.R.R. MAP REVISED IN 1926 SHOWS L.I.M.P. CONNECTION CROSSING CENTRAL EXTENSION AT WEST END OF MITCHEL FIELD. PARALLEL STREET SOUTH OF L.I.R.R. IS COMMERCIAL AVENUE.
MOTOR PARKWAY CONNECTION LOOKING WEST IN 1973.
SWITCH LEADS TO SOUTH SIDINGS. WHEN THIS CROSSING WAS WIDENED
THE SWITCH WAS MOVED WEST OF COMMANDER OIL'S TANK IN DISTANCE.
MOTOR PARKWAY CONNECTION LOOKING EAST
AFTER THE WAR SERVICE WAS RESORED TO SALISBURY PLAINS. IN 1927 THE TROLLEY CARS BEGAN CONNECTING WITH TRAINS AT COUNTRY LIFE PRESS STATION USING A NEW TRACK WHICH DEADENDED BEHIND THE PLATFORM.
IN 1933 THE TROLLEY CARS WERE REPLACED WITH MP-41 MULTIPLE UNIT CARS.
AT FIRST TRAINS RAN WITH A SINGLE CAR. LATER TWO CARS WERE RUN.
WHEN "HC" TOWER WAS REPLACED BY "GARDEN" CABIN THIS TRACK WAS CONNECTED WITH THE HEMPSTEAD BRANCH WITH A HAND THROWN SWITCH. WILLIAM D. SLADE 1950 Photo.
IN 1950 MP54's REPLACED MP41's ON THE SHUTTLE
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FROM EMPLOYE TIMETABLE NUMBER 73 MAY 27, 1914
FROM EMPLOYE TIMETABLE NUMBER 81 MAY 14, 1916
WORLD WAR ONE
go to ---->WORLD WAR TWO
IN 1917 MEADOW BROOK STATION WAS MOVED ABOUT ONE-HALF MILE EAST.
IN 1923 THIS STATION WAS RENAMED SALISBURY PLAINS AND A NEW MEADOW BROOK STATION
OPENED ON THE SITE OF THE HIGH PLATFORM STATION FOR AVIATION FIELD NO. 2.
ABOUT 1925 THIS BRIDGE REPLACED THE ORIGINAL MEADOW BROOK CLUB ROAD BRIDGE (ON MAP ABOVE). THAT'S MEADOWBROOK PARKWAY IN DISTANCE.
MEADOW BROOK CLUB IN 1930'S.
TROLLEY CARS RAN FROM GARDEN CITY TO SALISBURY PLAINS (THEN MEADOW BROOK) FROM 1915 UNTIL 1933 WHEN THEY WERE REPLACED WITH MP41's. THIS 1923 FELIX REIFSCHNEIDER PHOTO SHOWS OCEAN ELECTRIC RAILWAY CAR NO. 15 AT SALISBURY PLAINS STATION AND THE NEW STATION UNDER CONSTRUCTION. IN 1927 O.E.RY. NOS. 31, 32 AND 34 BECAME L.I.R.R. NOS. 997, 998 AND 999.
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IN 1973 THE TRACKS WERE GONE BUT THE FORMER STATION AND FIRE HYDRANT REMAINED.
DECEMBER 23, 2001 - THE FIRE HYDRANT, POLE, FENCE AND CURB REMAIN.
NO TRACE OF A RAILROAD EVER HAVING BEEN HERE.
SALISBURY PLAINS STATION - torn down in the 1990's because a builder thought it was UGLY
IN 1985
BEFORE CHANGES OF 1918
ON JULY 28, 1917 TROLLEY SERVICE WAS CUT BACK TO CLINTON ROAD.
CLINTON ROAD STATION
ON FEBRUARY 17, 1918 SERVICE WAS RESTORED
TO JUST WEST OF THE HIGH PLATFORM AT AVIATION FIELD NO. 2.
ON FEBRUARY 26, 1918 THE THIRD RAIL WAS EXTENDED TO 300 FEET EAST OF THE HIGH PLATFORM.
ON APRIL 6, 1918 WEEKEND THROUGH SERVICE TO PENN STATION WAS INSTITUTED.
ON AUGUST 29, 1918 THE TROLLEY SIDING AT CLINTON ROAD WAS EXTENDED EAST
AND CONNECTED WITH THE TROLLEY SIDING AT AVIATION FIELD NO. 2....
.....GIVING THE TROLLEY CARS THEIR OWN TRACK. SIDINGS HAD BEEN INSTALLED FOR AVIATION FIELD NO. 2.
ON SEPTEMBER 20 THE TROLLEY SIDING WAS EXTENDED WEST AND CONNECTED WITH THE EAST LEG OF THE WYE AT HEMPSTEAD CROSSING. THE MAIN TRACK BECAME AN UNLOADING TRACK FOR CAMP MILLS.
"HC" TOWER HEMPSTEAD CROSSING
BLUEPRINT SHOWING U.S.GOVERNMENT SIDINGS OFF HEMPSTEAD BRANCH
NORTH OF HC AND MOTOR PARKWAY IN 1917.
BLUEPRINT REVISED TO SHOW CAMP MILLS AND AVIATION FIELD NUMBER 2 SIDINGS AND L. I. R. R. SIDINGS IN 1918.
C.R.4. SHOWS CAMP MILLS SIDINGS.
FORMER U.S.GOVERNMENT WAREHOUSE AT CAMP MILLS
1924 C.R.4. DOES NOT SHOW CAMP MILLS
L.I.R.R. MAP REVISED IN 1926 SHOWS L.I.M.P. CONNECTION CROSSING CENTRAL EXTENSION AT WEST END OF MITCHEL FIELD. PARALLEL STREET SOUTH OF L.I.R.R. IS COMMERCIAL AVENUE.
MOTOR PARKWAY CONNECTION LOOKING WEST IN 1973.
SWITCH LEADS TO SOUTH SIDINGS. WHEN THIS CROSSING WAS WIDENED
THE SWITCH WAS MOVED WEST OF COMMANDER OIL'S TANK IN DISTANCE.
MOTOR PARKWAY CONNECTION LOOKING EAST
AFTER THE WAR SERVICE WAS RESORED TO SALISBURY PLAINS. IN 1927 THE TROLLEY CARS BEGAN CONNECTING WITH TRAINS AT COUNTRY LIFE PRESS STATION USING A NEW TRACK WHICH DEADENDED BEHIND THE PLATFORM.
IN 1933 THE TROLLEY CARS WERE REPLACED WITH MP-41 MULTIPLE UNIT CARS.
AT FIRST TRAINS RAN WITH A SINGLE CAR. LATER TWO CARS WERE RUN.
WHEN "HC" TOWER WAS REPLACED BY "GARDEN" CABIN THIS TRACK WAS CONNECTED WITH THE HEMPSTEAD BRANCH WITH A HAND THROWN SWITCH. WILLIAM D. SLADE 1950 Photo.
IN 1950 MP54's REPLACED MP41's ON THE SHUTTLE
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