Oyster Bay Station interior 1947 Photo: Neil Scholl Collection:
Bob Myers/Gary Farkash |
Dedication sign at entrance to
Roosevelt Park
OB dock crane |
Mill Creek Bridge - west of town view SE 05/05/12 Photo: Andy Ciavarella
Railroad sign advising
long trailer load warning
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Engine #35 on the Move Again
Jakobson's Marine 1/4 Turntable |
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Oyster Bay Turntable Alco C420 #211 04-02-1965 Photos:
Pat Scopelliti
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1/17/2004 - new information about the Oyster Bay station
contributed by Gary Farkash (past president of the Friends of Locomotive
35)
The Oyster Bay Station is actually the original 1889 structure. Dave
Morrison and I found this information in the 1889 LIRR Annual Report. We
also found a drawing of the station in a book printed for the LIRR back
in the late 1880’s.
In 1902 the original structure was remodeled by the
addition of the bathroom section as well as a brick fireplace on the
same end.
The varnished chestnut was painted over in a sea foam
green color and the roof reworked. Also, all the gingerbread trim was
removed as was the porte cocher. The prominent bay window on the street
side was added as well.
The Operator’s Bay on the track side is original to the
structure. The original structure bears remarkable similarities to the
Newtown Depot (East Elmhurst) which was built the same year.
Compare photos form Ron Ziel’s Stations book and you can
clearly see this. We will be doing more research at the NY Public
Library on this and on the architect.
H16-44 No.1508 1956
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LIRR Donates Historic Train Station to Town
BY BILL BLEYER STAFF WRITER
Long Island Rail Road president James Dermody Friday donated the 1889
Oyster Bay station to the town as part of the process of creating a
railroad museum by 2008.
As the Oyster Bay Railroad Museum, the depot -- owned by the LIRR since
it was built -- will be restored to the way it looked in 1902 when it
was renovated when local resident Theodore Roosevelt was president. The
Town of Oyster Bay now owns the building and immediate surroundings, but
it will be managed by the restoration committee of the Oyster Bay
Historical Society.
David Morrison of Plainview, the committee chairman, said white paint
was stripped from the exterior bricks, wood trim was restored and
painted the original Essex green, and copper leaders and gutters
installed. Inside, they removed the partitions and second floor that
were added in later years.
"We want to restore it to the beautiful cathedral ceiling appearance it
once had," Morrison said. The museum will encompass the depot, the
turntable that reversed steam locomotives and Locomotive No. 35, the
LIRR steam engine that is slowly being restored by the same volunteers
who have been working on the station.
Copyright (c) 2005, Newsday, Inc. |
FA-2 #600, #601, #609 06/10/78
Archive: McEnery
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LIRR #50 c.1954 Photo: James J. Kelly
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It's 1950 and a time of transition. ALCO RS1 #469 in the Tichy
color scheme has just come off the turntable and is passing the old
water tank in the Oyster Bay yard. Visible under the water plug are
G5s #s 21 and 24. These two locomotives will remain in service
until the end of steam on the LIRR in October, 1955 when they'll be
sent to the scrapper. Archive: Dave Keller |
Oyster Bay Schedule 09-17-39
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G5s Oyster Bay LIRR #46 #34 #35 #23
1947 Photo: Ed Wittekind
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The old brick building is the old freight house at Oyster Bay in
1964. Info: Dave Keller
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Summer of 1972 Photo: Richard Glueck
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Oyster Bay Station view W 1965
Archive: Dave Keller
Oyster Bay Station view E 9/1966
(Sturm-Fehn)
Oyster Bay Station view E 1972
Photo/Archive: Richard Glueck
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Yard Crew Shanty 1965 ex-Bunkhouse location
Archive: Dave Keller
A bunkhouse in 1941 would have been either brick or wood. Not
cement block.
This, however, is a newer structure, possibly 1950s-style
architecture, replacing the 1941 structure indicated on Emery’s map. But
the location is most definitely the same.
Emery 1958 Map note #9 is former water tower. Note the old, yellowed
concrete slab to the left of the 1965 bunkhouse shot? That is
probably a remnant of the concrete foundation for the water tower.
Info: Dave Keller
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Emery map Oyster Bay MP32-33
7/1958 Archive: Dave Keller
Emery map Oyster Bay Yard MP33-33.30
7/1958 Archive: Dave Keller
Location:
#9 Water Tower 1941-1956
#10 Bunk House New 1941
#11 Pump House 1941-1956 |
LIRR #228 LIST fan trip Oyster Bay 11/09/1969
Photo/Archive: Joe Testagrose
The fan trip would be 1970 or, perhaps, a year earlier, as the
equipment began to appear on the property in 1968-69 and the B&O closed
observation “Nappannee” (which was traded for the LIRR’s BUDD RDC2
#3121) was repainted and renamed by 1971. Info: Dave Keller
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Jakobson Shipyard view SW 1972
Photo/Archive: Richard Glueck |
FA-2 #602 and FA-1 #610 03-01-81
Photo: Tim Darnell
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The turntable restoration now at the Oyster Bay Railroad Museum’s yard.
07/27/2008 Photo: JJ Earl
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LIRR #260 view SW Teddy Roosevelt Park 11/16/1999
Photo: William Skeats |
LIRR #225 and trio FA units Oyster Bay 11/1976 Photo: Tim
Darnell
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Oyster Bay Enterprise Pilot: Oyster Bay Station Centennial 10/10/2002 -
James Foote as Theodore Roosevelt Archive: Dave Morrison |
Oyster Bay Yard - View E 10/14/2007 |
View E 8/01/2010 Photo: Al Castelli |
View W 10/11/2010 Photo: Jon Lebowitz |
LIRR MP15ACs #172 - FA #604 Oyster Bay
2/1984 Photo/Archive: Bill Mangahas |
Oyster Bay Yard access - View N 7/03/2020
Photo/Archive: Dave Morrison |
Oyster Bay Yard access - View E 7/03/2020
Photo/Archive: Dave Morrison |
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Oyster Bay Herald 7/08/2022 |
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Joe Wiegand now plays the role that James Foote
used to play as Theodore Roosevelt (October 27, 1858 – January 6, 1919)
26th President of the United States - 7/03/2022 Photos/Archive: Dave
Morrison |
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LIRR C420 #255 running cab forward has just departed the "origin"
station on the Oyster Bay Branch after running around the train.
Note the generator car supplying the HEP. View NE in winter 1978 just
west of the old depot where the high level platforms are today.
The parking lot is to the right and west end Ave crossing is behind me
here.
Photo/Archive: Paul De Luca |