THE STEWART LINE PAGE 19A
LONG ISLAND RAIL ROAD CENTRAL EXTENSION
PROBABLY THE LATEST USE BY PASSENGER TRAINS EAST OF
SALISBURY PLAINS WERE SPECIALS TO THE VANDERBILT CUP RACES.
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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
THIS ENLARGEMENT SHOWS 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
WORLD WAR ONE
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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). THESE 1964 VIEWS COURTESY OF DICK MAKSE.
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
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LONG ISLAND RAIL ROAD CENTRAL EXTENSION
PROBABLY THE LATEST USE BY PASSENGER TRAINS EAST OF
SALISBURY PLAINS WERE SPECIALS TO THE VANDERBILT CUP RACES.
go to ----> LONG ISLAND MOTOR PARKWAY
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
THIS ENLARGEMENT SHOWS 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
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). THESE 1964 VIEWS COURTESY OF DICK MAKSE.
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
GO TO ----> PART ONE
return to ----> HOME PAGE