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Copyright © 2001-2010 Arthur John Huneke
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ON AUGUST 10, 1932 VA TOWER AND VALLEY STREAM STATION WERE CLOSED AND ALL
TRACKS AND SIGNALS REMOVED. THREE TEMPORARY ELECTRO-PNEUMATIC INTERLOCKINGS -
CA, HW AND HO - AND STATION FACILITIES WERE INSTALLED ON THE TEMPORARY TRACKS.
HENRY WILHELM MAP
LOOKING EAST TOWARD HW INTERLOCKING.
LOOKING NORTHEAST FROM NEW STATION SHOWING TEMPORARY MONTAUK
BRANCH WESTBOUND TRACK - LATER TEMPORARY WEST HEMPSTEAD BRANCH.
HENRY WILHELM MAP
LOOKING EAST TOWARD LOCATION OF FORMER HO INTERLOCKING.
ON AUGUST 23, 1932 TEMPORARY FAR ROCKAWAY BRANCH TRACKS AND STATION
WERE PLACED IN SERVICE. A STRETCH OF TRACK SPANNING ROOSEVELT AVENUE
WAS SINGLE TRACK CONTROLLED BY TEMPORARY BLOCK STATIONS RO AND GI.
TWO HENRY WILHELM MAPS
ON FEBRUARY 7, 1933 THE NEW STATION PLATFORM AND ELEVATED FAR
ROCKAWAY TRACKS WERE PLACED IN SERVICE. A STRETCH OF SINGLE TRACK
WAS CONTROLLED BY THE RELOCATED RO AND GI BLOCK STATIONS.
HENRY WILHELM MAP
LOOKING NORTH TOWARD THE RELOCATED RO BLOCK STATION.
TEMPORARY STATION AND FIRST RO CABIN SIGNALS.
IN DISTANCE THE CROSSING GATES AT SOUTH FRANKLIN AVENUE.
THANKS TO FELLOW LONG ISLAND RAIL ROAD RETIREE RAY RENCHER
FOR POINTING OUT MY MISTAKE CALLING THIS ROCKAWAY AVENUE.
LOOKING SOUTHEAST TOWARD THE RELOCATED RO BLOCK STATION.
TEMPORARY STATION AND FIRST RO CABIN SIGNALS.
GI BLOCK STATION LOOKING NORTH
A NORTHBOUND TRAIN IS LINED AND HAS AN "APPROACH"
SIGNAL TO ENTER THE TEMPORARY SINGLE TRACK.
ON MAY 2, 1933, THE EMBANKMENT HAVING BEEN WIDENED
AND THE NEW TRACK INSTALLED, RO AND GI WERE CLOSED.
A BRIDGE WAS PROVIDED FOR THE NEW SUNRISE HIGHWAY.
LOOKING EAST
GRADE CROSSING ON TEMPORARY TRACK AND NEW BRIDGE FOR ROOSEVELT AVENUE.
LOOKING WEST
LOOKING EAST
ON JUNE 27, 1933 THE NEW VA TOWER WAS PLACED IN SERVICE.
THE WEST HEMPSTEAD BRANCH AND ITS TEMPORARY STATION
REMAINED ON THE GROUND CONTROLLED BY CA INTERLOCKING.
THE NEW VA TOWER, NEW STATION AND FREIGHT HOUSE
R. I. P. SEPTEMBER 23, 2023 at Age NINETY
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