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Re: Q About the Meadowbrook Parkway and the LIRR |
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Posted by handbrake on Sun Mar 6 20:26:13 2011, in response to Re: Q About the Meadowbrook Parkway and the LIRR, posted by 3-9 on Sat Mar 5 12:11:09 2011. New York Telephone once received delivery of telephone poles via rail on a siding at or adjacent to the present Verizon building located at 741 Zeckendorf Blvd.By the 1970's the siding was no longer used, since delivery was being conducted via truck. NYTel wanted to enlarge an adjacent parking lot, and decided to rip out the rail siding to make room. An astute Shoreline member, and NYTel field foreman, found out about the rail siding rip out and was able to obtain both the siding rail, and a bumper block, donated. Actually the deal was even handed. The rail was picked up and removed, and the Company saved some money on the rip out work. I can't recall as to what may have happened to the track switch. The NYTel siding rail ended up at the Shoreline Trolley Museum, and replaced existing Connecticut Company 65 LB rail. The rail was laid down in May of 1975 at a point approximately east of where the Brooklyn Church Avenue underpass rail ends on the main line. I have always suspected that the railway overpass on the parkway may have been part of a railroad infrastructure that connected to the NYTel siding. |
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