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Re: LIRR Photo at NYCSubway.org |
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Posted by tunnel rat on Tue Oct 18 13:39:38 2005, in response to Re: LIRR Photo at NYCSubway.org, posted by Chris R16/R2730 on Tue Oct 18 12:25:54 2005. it is brooklyn manor,and it is a fan trip.later photos show an R16 on the structure |
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Posted by G1Ravage on Tue Oct 18 13:47:29 2005, in response to Re: LIRR Photo at NYCSubway.org, posted by GP38/R42 Chris on Tue Oct 18 12:14:39 2005. The tracks coming in and out of Woodside are perfectly straight. So that's not Woodside, unless the entire ROW was rebuilt between then and now.Based on the proximity to the gas tanks (that look like they're still being constructed), I'd say that this station is Hunterspoint Avenue. Yeah, Hunterspoint Avenue only has one platform these days. But back before the LIRR went to Penn Station, and the main terminal was Long Island City, I bet Hunterspoint Avenue had more service, and possibly an extra platform. But I don't know the history of that station. |
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Re: Greenport: Re: LIRR Photo at NYCSubway.org |
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Posted by Fred G on Tue Oct 18 13:59:09 2005, in response to Re: Greenport: Re: LIRR Photo at NYCSubway.org, posted by GP38/R42 Chris on Tue Oct 18 13:36:33 2005. I was wrong, it is Greenport. Here's the back of the station and you can see it's the same curve although down to one track nowadays. If you crop and brighten the photo, you can see the same woodwork as in the mystery pic.  Greenport it is! your pal, Fred |
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Re: What about this one Re: LIRR Photo at NYCSubway.org |
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Posted by R7 Torresdale Express on Tue Oct 18 14:01:33 2005, in response to Re: What about this one Re: LIRR Photo at NYCSubway.org, posted by GP38/R42 Chris on Tue Oct 18 12:37:17 2005. That's definitely Kew Gardens. |
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Posted by Bob Andersen on Tue Oct 18 14:07:26 2005, in response to Re: LIRR Photo at NYCSubway.org, posted by G1Ravage on Tue Oct 18 13:38:16 2005. I agree it's not Woodside.I'm not sure they are the Elmhurst Gas tanks, but what else could they be? There was a single gas tank just east of Jamaica until the 1970's, but it can't be there. I would make a guess of Rego Park looking westbound, but I don't think Rego Park had low platforms. |
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Posted by Chris R16/R2730 on Tue Oct 18 14:09:34 2005, in response to Re: LIRR Photo at NYCSubway.org, posted by Bob Andersen on Tue Oct 18 14:07:26 2005. Would the Greenpoint tanks be visable from Hunters Point? |
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Posted by GP38/R42 Chris on Tue Oct 18 14:14:08 2005, in response to Re: LIRR Photo at NYCSubway.org, posted by Chris R16/R2730 on Tue Oct 18 14:09:34 2005. The Greenpoing tanks were solid as opposed to latticed I believe. |
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Re: What about this one Re: LIRR Photo at NYCSubway.org |
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Posted by GP38/R42 Chris on Tue Oct 18 14:16:48 2005, in response to Re: What about this one Re: LIRR Photo at NYCSubway.org, posted by R7 Torresdale Express on Tue Oct 18 14:01:33 2005. Yup, you are absolutely correct it IS Kew Gardens, from a different angle. |
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Posted by R36 #9346 on Tue Oct 18 15:35:10 2005, in response to Re: LIRR Photo at NYCSubway.org, posted by GP38/R42 Chris on Tue Oct 18 14:14:08 2005. Yes.
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Re: More Newest LIRR Photos Re: LIRR Photo at NYCSubway.org |
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Posted by R36 #9346 on Tue Oct 18 15:38:27 2005, in response to Re: More Newest LIRR Photos Re: LIRR Photo at NYCSubway.org, posted by NIMBYkiller on Tue Oct 18 12:48:02 2005. Definitely Kew Gardens.
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Posted by Newkirk Images on Tue Oct 18 17:24:59 2005, in response to Re: LIRR Photo at NYCSubway.org, posted by GP38/R42 Chris on Tue Oct 18 12:14:39 2005. "Now I am thinking Rockaway Park?"Both photos are Rockaway Park. The thing is the LIRR platform was centered in the station where the current NYCT platform is further over to the right. Where that LIRR platform was is now yard trackage. Bill "Newkirk" |
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Posted by Newkirk Images on Tue Oct 18 17:30:53 2005, in response to Re: LIRR Photo at NYCSubway.org, posted by GP38/R42 Chris on Tue Oct 18 12:53:06 2005. I think that's Freeport looking east. That building on the far right looks like the one standing today. All the buildings on the left were demolished so the bank building stands alone today.Bill "Newkirk" |
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Posted by Bob Andersen on Tue Oct 18 18:33:46 2005, in response to Re: LIRR Photo at NYCSubway.org, posted by Newkirk Images on Tue Oct 18 17:24:59 2005. You're right, Bill. From Arrts-Arrchives says this is Rockaway Park Station. That's the turnarount track for the BRT cars in the foreground. |
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Posted by Bob Andersen on Tue Oct 18 18:35:17 2005, in response to PROFF!, posted by Bob Andersen on Tue Oct 18 18:33:46 2005. Looks like I need a spelling and grammar checker (and I don't mean for the subject line!) |
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Posted by Charles G on Tue Oct 18 18:38:30 2005, in response to Re: LIRR Photo at NYCSubway.org, posted by Newkirk Images on Tue Oct 18 17:30:53 2005. I had thought maybe Freeport, but I think that was elevated around 1950 (same time as RVC). I don't know much about cars, but those look like later than 1950 models.On the other hand, Meadowbrook National Bank was headquartered in Freeport... CG |
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Posted by Chris R16/R2730 on Tue Oct 18 19:04:11 2005, in response to Re: LIRR Photo at NYCSubway.org, posted by Newkirk Images on Tue Oct 18 17:24:59 2005. That would explain why the current platform is significantly offset compared to the old stationhouse (now mezzanine). |
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Re: More Newest LIRR Photos Re: LIRR Photo at NYCSubway.org |
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Posted by Fulton Frank on Tue Oct 18 19:21:50 2005, in response to Re: More Newest LIRR Photos Re: LIRR Photo at NYCSubway.org, posted by Chris R16/R2730 on Tue Oct 18 13:07:55 2005. The first ones are definitely Kew Gdns. 100% sure. This one is definitely NOT Kew Gdns. Don't know where. But it sure looks rural enough to be the Beach. |
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Re: More Newest LIRR Photos Re: LIRR Photo at NYCSubway.org |
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Posted by Chris R16/R2730 on Tue Oct 18 19:28:07 2005, in response to Re: More Newest LIRR Photos Re: LIRR Photo at NYCSubway.org, posted by Fulton Frank on Tue Oct 18 19:21:50 2005. The picture in question is virtually identical to a picture we all agree is Kew Gardens. |
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Posted by Jeff Rosen on Tue Oct 18 19:42:03 2005, in response to Re: LIRR Photo at NYCSubway.org, posted by NIMBYkiller on Tue Oct 18 12:49:22 2005. Those MP-54's were definitely made after the Flushing El was built. |
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Posted by Jeff Rosen on Tue Oct 18 19:59:20 2005, in response to Re: LIRR Photo at NYCSubway.org, posted by Charles G on Tue Oct 18 18:38:30 2005. Charles, Freeport had to be elevated after 1953 as this is a picture at Freeport in 1953. By the way, growing up in East Meadow I remember those Macks on the Hempstead bus Company very well. I even remember the Meadowbrook Bank which had an branch in East Meadow.
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Re: PROFF! |
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Posted by Newkirk Images on Tue Oct 18 20:04:57 2005, in response to PROFF!, posted by Bob Andersen on Tue Oct 18 18:33:46 2005. Thanks Bob, it's nice to right once in a while !Bill "Newkirk" |
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Re: More Newest LIRR Photos Re: LIRR Photo at NYCSubway.org |
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Posted by GP38/R42 Chris on Tue Oct 18 20:11:42 2005, in response to Re: More Newest LIRR Photos Re: LIRR Photo at NYCSubway.org, posted by Fulton Frank on Tue Oct 18 19:21:50 2005. Nope, it's Kew Gardens.The below photo which I originally thought was Howard Beach, was taken from the exact same spot as the one we already established as Kew Gardens....just a slightly different angle, not showing the Lefferts overpass:   You are thinking of Kew Gardens in the present....but the photo is old, so it looks more rural than now. |
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Posted by GP38/R42 Chris on Tue Oct 18 20:14:39 2005, in response to PROFF!, posted by Bob Andersen on Tue Oct 18 18:33:46 2005. Nice work!! All of a sudden, when I posted that, it looked like Rockaway park to me, but I couldn't prove it!Now the ultimate question.....does Dave put it in his subway "Rockaway Park" station section, or his LIRR section....perhaps both! |
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Posted by GP38/R42 Chris on Tue Oct 18 20:18:04 2005, in response to Re: LIRR Photo at NYCSubway.org, posted by Newkirk Images on Tue Oct 18 17:30:53 2005. Another good job Bill! You are absolutely correct, that is Freeport! I now recognize that building, I pass it all the time on the train. It does stand there alone now, in the middle of no where, as everything around it was torn down some years ago.That bank is/was part of a "suburban renewal" project for Freeport, but I don't know if it ever panned out. The building is vacant right now. Good work! |
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Posted by metropod on Tue Oct 18 20:22:31 2005, in response to Re: LIRR Photo at NYCSubway.org, posted by Newkirk Plaza David on Tue Oct 18 12:13:49 2005. the LIRR mian was not close enough to the site of the tanks, nore was there a station. if, those where the elmherst tanks, then the tracks would be ether on the LIE,or onGrand ave |
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Posted by GP38/R42 Chris on Tue Oct 18 20:37:16 2005, in response to LIRR Photo at NYCSubway.org, posted by GP38/R42 Chris on Tue Oct 18 12:12:49 2005. I heard from Dave, and he wanted to thank everyone for all the mystery identifications, so I thought I'd pass it on....Check out the Newest images, there are a bunch more LIRR phtoos uploaded that could use identification....I think I got all the ones I was able to do... This one is B Tower, near Bethpage....but I don't know if they call that area Bethpage or South Farmingdale...it's at the junction of the Central branch to Babylon and the Ronkonkoma Branch: 
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Posted by mellow one on Tue Oct 18 21:13:45 2005, in response to Re: LIRR Photo at NYCSubway.org, posted by GP38/R42 Chris on Tue Oct 18 20:37:16 2005. The Leaning Tower of Bethpage, eh! |
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Posted by NIMBYkiller on Tue Oct 18 22:25:52 2005, in response to Re: LIRR Photo at NYCSubway.org, posted by GP38/R42 Chris on Tue Oct 18 12:53:06 2005. Even before reading the answer, I had my doubts about it being anything remotely related to any part of the CRRLI |
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Re: More Newest LIRR Photos Re: LIRR Photo at NYCSubway.org |
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Posted by NIMBYkiller on Tue Oct 18 22:26:18 2005, in response to Re: More Newest LIRR Photos Re: LIRR Photo at NYCSubway.org, posted by R36 #9346 on Tue Oct 18 15:38:27 2005. There we go, that's exactly the structure I'm talking about! |
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Posted by NIMBYkiller on Tue Oct 18 22:29:45 2005, in response to Re: LIRR Photo at NYCSubway.org, posted by Bob Andersen on Tue Oct 18 13:15:22 2005. Oh yeah.....lol....I'm going with the Rockaway Branch between Woodhaven and Liberty Av(definately not Woodhaven station though) |
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Posted by NIMBYkiller on Tue Oct 18 22:32:50 2005, in response to Re: LIRR Photo at NYCSubway.org, posted by mellow one on Tue Oct 18 21:13:45 2005. HA! That is nothing compared to PD! |
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Posted by NIMBYkiller on Tue Oct 18 22:33:20 2005, in response to Re: LIRR Photo at NYCSubway.org, posted by GP38/R42 Chris on Tue Oct 18 20:37:16 2005. B Tower at Beth Interlocking at what was once called Bethpage Jct....I'd say it's Bethpage, lol |
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Re: More Newest LIRR Photos Re: LIRR Photo at NYCSubway.org |
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Posted by NIMBYkiller on Tue Oct 18 22:36:16 2005, in response to Re: More Newest LIRR Photos Re: LIRR Photo at NYCSubway.org, posted by GP38/R42 Chris on Tue Oct 18 20:11:42 2005. The platform structures are exactly the same. Also, in the 1st photo, you can see near the top left corner the end pillars of that brick overpass structure |
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Posted by GP38/R42 Chris on Tue Oct 18 22:43:41 2005, in response to Re: LIRR Photo at NYCSubway.org, posted by NIMBYkiller on Tue Oct 18 22:29:45 2005. Yeah, but it's Brooklyn Manor...no question. |
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Posted by Wayne-MrSlantR40 on Tue Oct 18 22:49:21 2005, in response to More Newest LIRR Photos Re: LIRR Photo at NYCSubway.org, posted by GP38/R42 Chris on Tue Oct 18 12:18:51 2005. Aye, it is; looking east.wayne |
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Re: More Newest LIRR Photos Re: LIRR Photo at NYCSubway.org |
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Posted by Wayne-MrSlantR40 on Tue Oct 18 22:51:17 2005, in response to Re: More Newest LIRR Photos Re: LIRR Photo at NYCSubway.org, posted by GP38/R42 Chris on Tue Oct 18 12:35:24 2005. Yes, the tree is still there; and the same poles are STILL there.Love those fish-eyed MP54s too. wayne |
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Posted by Wayne-MrSlantR40 on Tue Oct 18 22:56:23 2005, in response to Re: PROFF!, posted by GP38/R42 Chris on Tue Oct 18 20:14:39 2005. I would think it would go under LIRR since at the time of the photo, the line was under LIRR auspices, i.e. pre-1956.wayne |
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Re: More Newest LIRR Photos Re: LIRR Photo at NYCSubway.org |
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Posted by daDouce Man on Wed Oct 19 00:37:01 2005, in response to Re: More Newest LIRR Photos Re: LIRR Photo at NYCSubway.org, posted by Fulton Frank on Tue Oct 18 19:21:50 2005. I saw a picture of Howard Beach back in LIRR days.The neighborhood in the Coleman Square area hasn't changed that much. |
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Posted by Fulton Frank on Wed Oct 19 07:02:52 2005, in response to Re: LIRR Photo at NYCSubway.org, posted by GP38/R42 Chris on Tue Oct 18 20:37:16 2005. It is definitely Bethpage there. You are looking west, that is the Central branch veering off under the train to the left. Despite the picture, the tower does not lean. Behind the photographer, about 1/4 mile or less is the Merrit Rd grade crossing. (The engineer's hand is probably already on the whistle chord!) The Incorporated Vilage of Framingdale begins there. The Central Branch veers south into South Farmingdale. The first grade crossing there is Main St. I lived 300' from it. The picture is dated 4/66. I was 14 yrs old and frequently walked the tracks from South Farmingdale - which was a station at the Main St Central Branch crossing - all the way to Bethpage. Very nearly about this time they eliminated the S. Farmingdale stop. I actually "retreived" (stole!) the staion name sign. But alas, over the years my Dad threw it out! |
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Posted by GP38/R42 Chris on Wed Oct 19 08:06:03 2005, in response to Re: LIRR Photo at NYCSubway.org, posted by Fulton Frank on Wed Oct 19 07:02:52 2005. I actually "retreived" (stole!) the staion name sign. But alas, over the years my Dad threw it out!Oh the pain!!! My friend's father has a "Bellport" station sign, from the 1970's, when they went from the old signs and lamp posts to the "MTA" style. They were all lying in the parking lot in a pile, with all the old lamp posts.....and he only took one!!!! I found an older style "Manhassett" sign at a yard sale in the 80's, but I have since given that to my cousin's ex-boyfriend....before I knew he would be an "ex". He lived in Manhassett.... |
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Posted by Fulton Frank on Wed Oct 19 09:07:55 2005, in response to Re: LIRR Photo at NYCSubway.org, posted by GP38/R42 Chris on Wed Oct 19 08:06:03 2005. Yes, painful indeed. This was an old style one, of course. I think I even recall the old Pennsy keystone on it. Is that possible? |
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Posted by Fulton Frank on Wed Oct 19 09:10:57 2005, in response to Re: LIRR Photo at NYCSubway.org, posted by GP38/R42 Chris on Tue Oct 18 20:37:16 2005. This is a test: What is that rectangular thingy between the rails on the Central Branch for? |
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Posted by GP38/R42 Chris on Wed Oct 19 09:22:34 2005, in response to Re: LIRR Photo at NYCSubway.org, posted by Fulton Frank on Wed Oct 19 09:07:55 2005. Oh wow, that was a really old one then! Yes, you definitely could recall a Pennsy Keystone on it. That would be worth some money today.The one I had from manhassett was the ones after they had the Pennsy ones, but before the official MTA ones. It was just a reflective white bacground with capital black block letters. The one from Bellport my friend has is also like that. |
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Posted by GP38/R42 Chris on Wed Oct 19 09:23:37 2005, in response to Re: LIRR Photo at NYCSubway.org, posted by Fulton Frank on Wed Oct 19 09:10:57 2005. It must have something to do with the switches. Maybe a sensor of sorts?It's just a guess. |
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Posted by Fulton Frank on Wed Oct 19 09:40:10 2005, in response to Re: LIRR Photo at NYCSubway.org, posted by GP38/R42 Chris on Wed Oct 19 09:23:37 2005. No. Hint: It's just made of wood....... |
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Posted by Charles G on Wed Oct 19 09:54:44 2005, in response to Re: LIRR Photo at NYCSubway.org, posted by Jeff Rosen on Tue Oct 18 19:59:20 2005. I even remember the Meadowbrook Bank which had an branch in East Meadow.Well, at least we know that it isn't the East Meadow station on the LIRR -- unless there's an LI version of 76th Street. I'll take a ride through Freeport and see if any of the buildings look like those in the photo -- that seems like the logical choice at this point. CG (btw, that caption seems possibly incorrect -- I hope that bus wasn't laying over with it's rear-end nearly on the tracks!! |
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Re: More Newest LIRR Photos Re: LIRR Photo at NYCSubway.org |
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Posted by Charles G on Wed Oct 19 10:01:54 2005, in response to Re: More Newest LIRR Photos Re: LIRR Photo at NYCSubway.org, posted by GP38/R42 Chris on Tue Oct 18 20:11:42 2005. I think that what makes it appear rural is that there is a grassy area behind the houses at the western end of the eastbound platform (right side in the photos). I think that is now paved over and used as driveways and parking for the houses.CG |
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Re: More Newest LIRR Photos Re: LIRR Photo at NYCSubway.org |
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Posted by Fulton Frank on Wed Oct 19 11:03:04 2005, in response to Re: More Newest LIRR Photos Re: LIRR Photo at NYCSubway.org, posted by Charles G on Wed Oct 19 10:01:54 2005. Yup, that's the clincher...... You are all correct. this is fin, though.... |
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Re: More Newest LIRR Photos Re: LIRR Photo at NYCSubway.org |
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Posted by Fulton Frank on Wed Oct 19 11:08:28 2005, in response to Re: More Newest LIRR Photos Re: LIRR Photo at NYCSubway.org, posted by Fulton Frank on Wed Oct 19 11:03:04 2005. I meant fun!!! In fact, I think I can identify a couple more. Tell me again how you link to the picts here? |
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Posted by Fulton Frank on Wed Oct 19 11:14:01 2005, in response to Re: LIRR Photo at NYCSubway.org, posted by GP38/R42 Chris on Tue Oct 18 12:53:06 2005. The Central Branch is single track and never was electrified till this day. Brings up the question of electrifying it though....I guess it's established it's Freeport. My question: is that then Sunrise highway with the bank on it? Were the tracks that close? |
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