LIRR Amityville

	AMITYVILLE Amityville colorized photo postcard c. 1905		Amityville Station floor plan Drawing: Brad Phillips
Amityville - Cross-Island Trolley Opening Day 8/25/1909 The building is known as the "Triangle Building" - located at Broadway and Park Avenue looking south. Collection: Robert Emery, SUNY Stony Brook August 25, 1909, was celebrated in downtown Amityville as opening day for the Huntington-Amityville trolley. "Welcome to our city," the sign says. Amityville Historical Society The Huntington trolley used this station as a stop from 1909 to 1919.		Amityville Station trestle view E c.1900 for the Cross-Island Trolley line ran 18.5 miles from the Halesite, south, to the Amityville docks on the Great South Bay from 1909-1919. Photo: William J. Rugen Archive: Queens Public Library Huntington Railroad (Cross-Island Trolley) extended service to Farmingdale and on to Amityville began 8/25/1909. That year the power plant was added to the west side of the Farmingdale station building. Research: Dave Keller		Amityville 1889 Station interior 8/1960 Photo/Archive: Brad Phillips: Brad Phillips
Amityville Station - Huntington RR Trolley on Trestle view NW c.1910 Archive: Dave Keller		Amityville colorized photo postcard view W 1910 Huntington RR Trolley on Trestle		Amityville Station View E - 1937 Photo: Ron Ziel Collection Emery SUNY Stony Brook
Amityville station view SW 1953		Amityville Freight Station first Road n' Rail Bus - View NE 6/08/1963 Photo/Archive: Brad Phillips		Amityville station View SE 1963 Photo/Archive: Brad Phillips
Amityville Emery map - MP30-31 08/19/1958 Amityville Emery 1958 backdated c.1930's Diagram: Steven Lynch PRR K4s #5362 westbound at Broadway, Amityville crossing c.1935 - Archive: Dave Keller		"The Freight Train Doesn't Stop Here Anymore" by Walter A. Saxton - LIST NRHS Semaphore June 1993		Amityville - Emery ledger map 1958 Emery's finished product maps in his collection sold to SUNY Stony Brook. All drawn in ledger-sized spiral notebooks and illustrated with actual photos. Info: Dave Keller Amityville freight station 5/1964 View E Photo/Archive: Brad Phillips
Amityville Broadway widening - View S 4/1960 Photo/Archive: Brad Phillips		Amityville - John Street View W 1965 Archive: George Forero		Amityville - Temporary ticket office 1965 Archive: George Forero
Amityville temporary platforms, old tracks have been torn out. View W 1969 Archive: William Gilligan		Amityville temporary station facilities and tracks view E from crossover bridge late 1968 Archive: Dave Keller		Amityville View E 1965 Archive: George Forero LIRR maps Amityville-Copiague 6/1966 Archive: Dave Keller

AMITYVILLE Station History: S. S. R. R. (South Side R.R.) SVC. BEGAN:10/28/1867. DEPOT BUILT: NOV-DEC/1868. MOVED TO PRIVATE PROPERTY (29 RAILROAD AVE.): 1889. STILL STANDING: 1/2020. 2ND DEPOT OPENED: 7/25/1889, RAZED: 5/29/64. REPLACED WITH TEMPORARY STATION BUILDING. IN SVC: 5/29/64. OUT OF SVC: 10/25/68 DUE TO RELOCATION OF TRACKS AND FACILITIES FOR GRADE CROSSING ELIMINATION. BLDG. RAZED. 2ND TEMPORARY STA. BUILDING ACCOUNT OF GRADE CROSSING ELIMINATION IN SVC: 10/25/68.OUT OF SVC: 8/7/73 AND RAZED. ELEVATED STRUCTURE IN SVC: 8/7/73 Research: Dave Keller
View SE	S.S.R.R. Depot moved to 29 Railroad Avenue, Amityville in 1889 View SE 1/28/2020 Photos/Archive: Dave Morrison	View SW
Amityville DD-1 freight view W at Birch Ave. c.1930-1940	Amityville DD-1 freight view E c.1930-1940	Amityville Station and shelter 1964 View W
Amityville Trolley Bridge View W close-up 1964	Amityville Trolley Bridge View E 1964	Amityville M-1 first day of new service 08/06/1973
Inaugural run of the Road n� Rail bus service to Montauk on 6/8/63. Amityville was the origin for the South Shore run.	ZIP cars photo was taken within days of the first runs of this new equipment in August 1963 (Note the World�s Fair logo on the sides)	The Cannonball regularly ran on the Montauk division so I got to enjoy its passing every Friday in summer. Double-headed, sometimes triple-headed, Alco RS-3�s, 1963
Amityville station postcard with the Huntington Railroad trolley on bridge view NW c.>1909	Amityville station postcard view NE 1919	Amityville - Huntington Railroad trolley remains (c.1919) at Sterling Place/John St. View E 08/1967
Amityville Freight Yard - Greene Ave. west of station, view NE 1968	Amityville MU passing team track view W 1/1968 Note: The 3rd rail is still there.	Amityville team track - View E 1/1968
Amityville team track - View W 1/1968	LIRR Road 'n Rail bus #372 bound for Southampton is crossing John Street in Amityville, NY and is heading toward the station in October, 1964. The view is north. (Dave Keller archive)	South Side Railroad 1889 moved to private property Railroad Ave. Photo taken 2009
	Birch Ave., Amityville view W - 11/23/1968 New temporary tracks in service as the old tracks to the left are just about gone. The old and new sets of tracks converge at County Line Road.
Special thanks to Brad Phillips for photos and information.

07/05/2024