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BRENTWOOD: BUILT: 1870, BURNED: 4/1903 |
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The railroad moved out of Thompson Station in 1869, and it was then relocated in the center of Brentwood. Local residents donated the land and money for a new frame depot. George E. Gilquist was the first Station Agent. The station remained in that spot until April 1903, when it burned down. Mr. Bureta, who was the Station Agent at that time, lit a fire in the old stove and left the building one day. The stove grow too hot, and the building caught fire. The LIRR then constructed a new brick building, which opened in November 1903 and remained on the same spot for many years. |
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Robert Emery map Brentwood MP 40-41 5/1958 Archive: Dave Keller Original Emery hand drawn map
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Robert Emery map Brentwood MP 41 Sister's Siding Archive: Dave Keller Original Emery hand drawn map |
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St. Joseph's in the Pines - Brentwood colorized postcard c.1905 |
St. Joseph's in the Pines - Austral Hotel later converted to Nun's Novitiate Brentwood c.1905 |
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"Sisters of
St. Joseph
" girls convent in
Brentwood
had their own siding to bring in coal and freight. They
had a farm on the grounds. Info: Dave Keller |
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“SG” CABIN: 1
THOMPSON’S SIDING: W. OF BRENTWOOD (N. SIDE OF TRACKS AND
W. OF 2ND ST. BLOCK OFFICE WITH US&S 4 LEVER STYLE TC TABLE MACHINE IN
SERVICE: 06/28/1916 PER ETT #82. PERMISSIVE BLOCK ASPECT ADDED TO BLOCK
SIGNALS: 6/25/1928. OUT OF SVC: 10/26/1931. UNATTENDED BLOCK STATION IN
SVC. CONTINUOUSLY: 10/26/31. BLOCK STATION MANNED “SG” CABIN: 2 WEST OF BRENTWOOD (EARLY SITE OF THOMPSON'S STATION, 2,292’ WEST OF FORMER CABIN LOCATION, N. SIDE OF TRACKS AND W. OF FIFTH AVENUE. 2 LEVER TABLE MACHINE. IN SVC: 10/4/66. BLOCK AND BLOCK LIMIT STATION OUT OF SVC: 9/14/87 WITH ELECTRIFICATION PROJECT) Research: Dave Keller |
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Railfanning at "SG" by Dave Keller | ||
I first met George DePiazzy at a
Boy Scouts of America function. I was a young, volunteer Assistant
Scoutmaster from Troop 80 in Holtsville, NY and George was an Assistant
Scoutmaster from a Bayport, NY Troop, if I remember correctly. |
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In the distance you can make out the
Brentwood express house and see the track configuration matching Emery’s
map. The gondola car is on the team track on the west side of 2nd
Street. The team track was a continuation of the passing siding beyond
the crossover switches. |
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George DePiazzy, block operator at the replacement "SG" cabin throwing the switch opposite the cabin for a westbound train to access the relocated passing siding in 1972. Photo/Archive: Dave Keller |
Emery map - Brentwood MP40-41 5/1958 prior to when "SG" cabin was placed out of service, the passing siding and new cabin relocated on the west side of Fifth Ave. in Brentwood. Archive/Info: Dave Keller
The double-ended passing siding is indicated in its entirety (west switch and east switch) as meets were held here. In later years, when "SG" cabin and signal were relocated west of Fifth Ave. crossing, the passing siding was reconfigured and meets were held between Fifth Ave. where the east end of the siding was located and just short of Pine Aire where the west end of the siding was located. |
"SG" Cabin - Thompson's Siding west of Brentwood - View W This October, 1966 view shows the cabin as relocated further east, back on June 11, 1944. Photo/Archive: Dave Keller Note: The train order board displayed on the trackside wall of the cabin. It's got the black side with white stripe facing the photographer, meaning the yellow side is facing the other way, to advise an eastbound train engineer that there are orders for him to pick up here. You can see the jog in the passing siding to accommodate the distant (and very tall) position light signal as indicated on Emery's map (left). Very distant is the Sagtikos Parkway overpass west of Pine Aire! Dave Keller
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"SG" - View W 1977 Photo: Richard Makse
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Half fare ticket Brentwood and Central Islip 9/27/1961 Archive: Brad Phillips |
Brentwood Station - LIRR #201 1968 Photo/Archive: Ed Bacher
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LIRR RS-3 #1554 train #4210 6/01/1969 view west Photo: Richard Makse |
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Train #212 (The Shelter Island Express) got an expanded consist in July and August, with an added parlor and a ping combine whose baggage section was the bar car. 6/07/1968 Info/ Photo: Richard Makse |
Brentwood LIRR map 1986 Page 53 |
M7 #7628 "BRENT" Interlocking east of Brentwood View W - 4/18/2013 Photo/Archive: Chris J. Allen |
M7 #7196 Brentwood - View W 2/05/16 Photo: Edward Hand |
M7 #7235 - Brentwood Double Track Project View E 8/2018 |
La Estacion Deli and Pizzeria ex-Brentwood Station 6/14/2021 |