LIRR Towers & Cabins
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LIRR Track Profile Map MP 1-5 1994  Towers: F, HAROLD, WIN  Archive: William Gilligan
 
AMOTT INTERLOCKING

AMOTT INTERLOCKING (R.C.) EAST OF SYOSSET. (CONTROLLED FROM “DIVIDE.” IN SVC: 10/7/61. NAMED IN HONOR OF RETIRED LIRR ENGINEERS JOSEPH H., JR., CHARLES A. AND JAMES A. AMOTT per The Long Island Railroader:  10/11/61)  OUT OF SVC: 05/19/1986.  Research: Dave Keller

 
M1 train east - AMOTT Syosset 10/10/1977
 
 
  CABIN 7  

CABIN 7:  JAMAICA –WEST OF WASHINGTON ST. N. SIDE OF TRACKS.  (IN SVC: 1913 WITH JAMAICA GRADE ELIMINATION. THREE 2-LEVER MACHINES.  JOBS AT THIS BLOCK OFFICE WERE ABOLISHED EFF. 12/01/1929.  PER PHOTOGRAPHIC EVIDENCE TAKEN IN 1925,  THE BLOCK STATION THAT WAS TAKEN OUT OF SVC:  12/8/1929 PER G.O. 11-15 ACCOUNT JAMAICA EAST IMPROVEMENT PROJECT AND OPENING OF CABINS “J1,” “J2,” AND “J3” WAS A TOTALLY DIFFERENT DESIGN SO THE 1913 CABIN WAS REPLACED SOMETIME PRIOR TO 1925. CABIN WAS TAKEN OUT OF SERVICE DUE TO INSTALLATION OF NEW TRACK #6 ON THE N. SIDE OF THE MAIN, PLACED IN SVC. ON 11/26/1929 PER G.O. #111-11.)  Research: Dave Keller

 
Cabin 7 - Jamaica Grade Elimination Project-View N - 1925 Archive: Art Huneke
 
     
  CABIN #11˝  

CABIN #11˝:  JAMAICA PLANK ROAD (INTERSECTION OF JAMAICA AVE. TROLLEY CROSSING AND LEFFERTS AVE., WHICH CRISS-CROSSED OVER THE TRACKS ON THE E. SIDE OF RICHMOND HILL STATION. CABIN BUILT: 1900 ON S. SIDE OF TRACKS AND W. OF JAMAICA AVE. FOUR-LEVER MACHINE TO OPERATE TROLLEY DERAILS. NOT A SIGNAL STATION; NO TELEGRAPH, NO TELEPHONE (Per Art Huneke). PRE-1907 PHOTO SHOWS 3 LEVERS POSITIONED OUTSIDE THE CABIN. RENAMED “L” CABIN IN 1907. REBUILT: 1909.
OUT OF SVC: 1924 WITH JAMAICA AVE. GRADE ELIMINATION PROJECT)  
Research: Dave Keller


CABIN
11˝ Train at Express House Lefferts Ave crossing Richmond Hill c.1905 Archive: Art Huneke

CABIN
11˝ Lefferts Ave crossing Richmond Hill c.1905
close-up Archive: Art Huneke