LIRR Huntington

Huntington Archive/Research material: Dave Keller unless noted HUNTINGTON STATION. BUILT: 1868 (?) CLOSED: 1909 2nd RELOCATED DEPOT OPENED: 10/1909
	A coupon of a (probably 4 coupon) Brooklyn – Huntington excursion ticket. It’s stamped on the back but it’s a partial and is illegible. The signature sure looks like “S. Spencer” with a title of General Sup’t. Per Seyfried’s “The Cross-Island Line” the LIRR reached Huntington in 1868. Transportation to the village was by stage until the first horse car line opened on 7/19/1890 to great enthusiasm by the public. That would put the ticket in the range of 1868 through +/-1890. The stage line went out of business that same year. Info/Archive: Brad Phillips
	The old Huntington Station located west of New York Avenue (Emery map 1957 location #7 map below left), showing a crowd waiting for the New York train due to arrive at 10:12 am, June 9, 1907. Note the summer trolley at right and Petit's Grain and Feed Depot. View NW	Huntington Belcher-Hyde map 1917 Archive: Dave Morrison
Emery map MP34-35 9/1957	LIRR 1966 Huntington map	LIRR 1986 Huntington map Archive: Jeff Erlitz
Grade Crossing Elimination Project 1909 Archive: Bill Ahern, whose grandfather was the construction foreman on the project.
Huntington Construction 1909 grade crossing (New York Ave. - Route 110) elimination. New station under construction in background. View E.	Huntington Construction 1909 grade crossing view S along New York Ave.	Huntington Construction 1909 grade crossing (New York Ave.) elimination. Old station in background. View W.
Huntington Construction 1909 grade crossing elimination horse team and construction worker.	Huntington Construction 1909 grade crossing (New York Ave.) elimination. Old station in background. View SW across Route 110.	Huntington Construction 1909 grade crossing (New York Ave.) elimination. New station under construction. View NW.
Huntington Station Action
LIRR #80 4-4-0 D55a westbound from Wading River. View is NE from west of the depot, looking towards the depot 1904	LIRR #39 G5s train eastbound at Huntington 1950 (Edwards-Keller)	FA2 #603 Push-Pull train 604 Port Jefferson Shuttle eastbound at Huntington 7/26/72 LIRR #227 C420 at power end
LIRR #205 at Huntington Station 1971 Photo/Archive: Richard Glueck	LIRR #611 at Huntington Station 1973 Photo/Archive: Richard Glueck
2^nd Huntington Station - Opened October 1909 HUNTINGTON STATION. BUILT: 1868 (?), CLOSED: 1909 2nd RELOCATED DEPOT OPENED: 10/1909
Huntington Station Floor Plan Electric Railway Journal 1909 Archive: Unknown	Huntington Station colorized post card view S c.1910	Huntington Station view W c.1914
Huntington Station view NE c.1910	Huntington Station view NE c.1940	Huntington Station view NE c.1915
Huntington Station view NE c.1915 Eastbound Express House in background	Huntington Station colorized post card view S c.1920	Huntington Station in snow view W 5/23/1928+
Huntington Station view W 1940	Under construction westbound Express House foreground and Huntington Station at "UN" block crossover 08/28/1951 View E	Huntington Station "UN" Block crossover 8/28/51 close-up view E
"UN" HUNTINGTON (1878 Book of Rules and 1903 CR4) (In ticket office Manual Block Signals in service: 9/8/1915 per ETT #79 (Art Huneke data). Unattended block station signal in service: 5/23/28. Permissive block aspect added to block signals: 6/25/28. Block signals relocated 260’ west of former location converted to position light signals: 2/16/59. Block station and block limit station limit signals Out of Service: 5/22/62)
Form 19 Train Order "UN" Huntington 10/30/1928	Form 19 Train Order "UN" Huntington 12/185/1932
Huntington Express Houses and Freight Houses
Huntington Freight Station View NE located west of New York Ave. 1969	Huntington Eastbound Express House located east of the station Valuation photo 10/03/1918. View NE	Huntington Eastbound Express House View E from New York Ave. 11/04/1921 (LIRR-Huneke)
Huntington Westbound Express House and Station View E from just west of New York Ave. girder bridge 11/04/21 (LIRR-Huneke)	Huntington Westbound Express House 1942 View W Photo: Unknown	Huntington Westbound Express House View W 12/1962 Archive: Brad Phillips
Huntington Shelter Archive: Dave Morrison
Huntington Shelter slate roof. View E late 1940s (Weber-Morrison)	Huntington Shelter slate roof. View NW late 1940s (Weber-Morrison)
Huntington Shelter drawing 10/16/1995	Huntington Shelter drawing -front 10/16/1995	Huntington Shelter drawing - side 10/16/1995
Huntington Station Shelter 4/2013 view SW	Huntington Station Shelter 4/2013 view NW	Huntington Station Shelter 4/2013 view N
This shelter was supposed to be demolished as part of the 1995 station renovation project. I was the Port Jefferson Branch Line Manager at the time. At a meeting with Capital Programs, I protested the shelter demolition, contending that the shelter should be restored and that it would then enhance the beauty of the entire project. Project Manager, Boris Gutman, agreed with me and had the shelter completely restored, putting on a new slate roof, re-staining the wood columns and repairing the stone walls. Well done Boris! Well, don't let any good dead go unpunished. About a decade later, some dummy in the Engineering Department decided that the beautiful, natural-wood columns should be painted with white paint. See the last three photographs. What a shame! Then, to add insult to injury, the paint has been allowed to peel and now the shelter looks horrible. Dave Morrison
Huntington Electrification
Huntington Station electrification project - MOW crew c.7/1970 Photo: Harry Glueck Archive: Richard Glueck High level platforms and third rail are in place, but the guard boards atop the third rail have not yet been installed. That's the last thing to do before turning on the juice. As electrification was completed in October, 1970 and electric service having commended that month, this photo was most probably taken during the summer of 1970 (leaves all on the tree in the background), leaving the remaining several months to get the guard boards in place and the juice flowing. Dave Keller	Huntington Electrification news article 10/22/70 Archive: Dave Morrison	Huntington Electrification ash tray project completion 10/13/1970 Archive: Dave Morrison
Huntington is presently the terminus of electrification on the Port Jefferson Branch. The project was extended from Mineola and completed October 13, 1970 with service commencing on October 19, and since then the station has become an intermediate transfer point for off-peak riders between electric trains to and from Penn Station and diesel scoot trains to Port Jefferson.
Huntington Industries
LIRR #453 switching the team track Huntington 1971 Photo/Archive: Richard Glueck	Kleet Lumber Huntington aerial view 2016