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MINEOLA: Appears
on the timetable of March, 1837 as "Hempstead." this was the
stage connection to Hempstead. The station does not appear on
the timetables of 1838. Depot probably opened in July 1839 with
opening of the LIRR branch to Hempstead. Depot named
"Branch" as a result; later named "Hempstead
Branch." Last listed as "Hempstead Branch" in
timetable of June 6, 1861 and listed as "Mineola" in
timetable of June 4, 1862. Renovated: June/1872. |
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Mineola Dates Timeline |
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1837 track laid from
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LIRR Special Notice Timetable: Opening of the Glen Cove Branch 1/23/1865 Collection of Bert Seaman and Gordon M. Allan, Glen Cove, NY |
In July 1839
the new track to Hempstead was opened from Hempstead Branch, later
Mineola, to a terminal on Main Street. The Glen Cove Branch Railroad
was incorporated December 3, 1858 and opened to Glen Head January 23,
1865, to Glen Cove May 16, 1867 and to Locust Valley April 19, 1869.
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Mineola map with turntable c.1865 |
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below left (Mineola Junction 1878), the LIRR did not yet operate all the
way through to Oyster Bay, but ended its branch at Locust Valley.
The photo was shot in 1879-1880. The LIRR reached Locust Valley
in 1869, yet the depot reads " . . . Glen Cove . . . .Railroad(s)."
When constructing branches, the LIRR would form a new, temporary
company for construction purposes only. Once the construction
was complete and the branch placed in service, ownership was
transferred to the LIRR. The railroad opened to Locust Valley in
1869, and the Mineola depot was reportedly renovated in 1872, so the
names on the station were obviously painted AFTER the renovation.
Why the Glen Cove Railroad name was still on there at the time of this
image is not known, however, as the line was not yet complete, and was
to eventually reach Oyster Bay as its eastern-most terminus, the Glen
Cove Railroad may still have been on the books as construction wasn't
yet officially completed. However, this doesn't explain the use
of the "Hempstead Railroad" name. Another
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Mineola Front St./Main - Express House, water tank, pump house. View NNE with the Main line behind the structures. 1877 Archive: Richard Eikov
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Mineola Station ground view E (close-up) 1879
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To the left of the station is a switch target on a long post, with lantern atop. One red and one green globe. When the switch is thrown for the spur track to Hempstead, the globe will be red for westbound trains, advising them the switch has been set against them and they must stop. Below the lantern is some sort of rectangular object . .. perhaps a sign. . . and the round object is actually two . .. one on either side of the rectangular sign.
They are facing the opposite way, visible only to westbound trains....function
unknown.
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Mineola Depot MOW workers clearing the tracks for LIRR #53 4-4-0 , the first train through after the blizzard of January, 1899 Photo: Hal B. Fullerton-Queens Public Library Restored: Chris Klug The image also clearly shows the connection from the Oyster Bay branch south to Garden City via the east leg of the Mineola wye. Dave Keller |
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Mineola Station Cutoff to Hempstead Branch c.1885 There is no covered platform on the east side of the depot building and Tower #45:1 does not exist. Info: Dave Keller
Note: The old brick "MT" tower covered
with ivy. The tell-tales are for the "new" (1907) trestle for Mineola
Blvd. which replaced the old wooden trestle that's shown in Brainerd's
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Mineola sequence 1880-1937 View E Archive: Dave Keller |
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MT Tower and Sub-station bridge Mineola view SE c.1915 |
Mineola Sanborn map 7/1917 |
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On December 31, 1922 a freight train derailed in front of the 1890-era brick "MT" tower at Mineola. The block operator was seated at the chair visible in the upper left-hand corner of the structure. At that time, there was a second floor back door and wooden connecting bridge between the tower and the 2nd floor of the LIRR's electric sub-station behind it. You can make out the doorway and part of the wooden handrails just to the right of the operators chair. The operator ran out the rear tower door and into the LIRR substation, probably saving his life. When the freight car was pulled out of the structure, the tower collapsed. This image was probably shot the next day after the freight car was removed. Either a lineman or the block operator has climbed the telegraph pole between the tower and the Mineola depot to keep communications open. The current tower was built shortly thereafter and placed in service on April 25, 1923, retaining, for the time being, the call letters of "MT." (Joseph Burt photograph) Archive: Art Huneke Info: Dave Keller |
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Mineola Station Rear view SW 1966 Archive: Dave Keller |
Mineola Station trackside view N 1966 Archive: Dave Keller |
Mineola Station view NE 7/06/1963 Photo: George Votava, Archive: Dave Keller |
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Mineola Station newly constructed in service View W View SW (below) - 9/22/1923 Archive: MTA
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Mineola View NW c.1925 Archive: Dave Morrison
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Mineola Station - WW II draftees boarding 1942 train Archive: Old Bethpage Village Historical Society |
G5s #22 eastbound at Mineola 4/16/1950 (Hermanns-Keller) |
LIRR CP-20-5 #2006 westbound at Mineola 5/03/1953 Photo: Jim Gillin |
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Emery Mineola 1921 page 12 Archive: SUNY Stony Brook |
Key to Emery maps Mineola 1921 page 12-13 Info: Dave Keller |
Emery Mineola 1928 page 19 Archive: SUNY Stony Brook |
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Emery 1943 - Archive: Dave Keller
Circa 1950, Mineola
looking south from Third Street toward Old Country Road crossing
protected by a wooden diamond crossing sign. In the distance is the
Garden City - Mineola Freight House. |
Emery Roslyn Ave., Mineola 1928 page 24 Archive: SUNY Stony Brook
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Swift's Silverleaf Brand Pure Lard ad: 1916 |
Swift ad: "Meat - then and now" |
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MINEOLA - "THE HOLE" | ||||
Emery MP19-MP20 Mineola - East Williston 5/1958 "The Hole" A large switching complex just north of Jericho Turnpike, Mineola. Customers included Mineola Paper, Albertson Lumber, Local Steel, Mineola Plumbing, Latham Brothers Lumber, Windsor Coal, Pittsburgh Glass, an Iron Works Company, a candy company and another paper company (Charles F. Hubbs) at the end. Archive: Dave Keller |
MINEOLA "HOLE" 1958 Emery Map Legend
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Latham Brothers Lumber yard, Mineola c.1968 Photo/Archive: George Forero
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Emery MP19-MP20 Main Line 5/1958 Archive: Dave Keller |
Long Island Motor Parkway trestle over the Main Line east of MP19 View E 3/19/78 (Madden-Keller) The Motor Parkway trestle crossing the Main Line was truncated |
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RS3 #1560 has branched off the Main Line at the junction of the Oyster Bay branch and heads eastbound along the line with an early morning passenger train in 1965. The section house is to the left of the train and the LIRR electric sub-station and part of "NASSAU" tower are visible in the center background. Note the specific-named reefer spotted at the Wilson & Co. siding at the far right. LIRR 1966 freight map location #4 (above). View SW (Dave Keller archive) |
1966 view east with Garden City branch off to right Photos: Dave Keller Spur and switch from the main were completely gone by October, 1973 |
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P4857 Photo: Steve Hoskins c. 1960's |
P-GT2 Turbine Photo: Steve Hoskins c. 1960's |
Alco 601 Photo: Steve Hoskins c. 1970's |
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MPI5AC Engine 165 Photo: Steve Hoskins c. 1970's |
Alco C420 #204 Photo: Steve Hoskins c. 1970's |
MPI5AC Engine 154 Photo: Steve Hoskins c. 1970's |
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Baldwin with freight on the Hempstead Spur 03/20/54 Archive: Dave Keller |
Nassau tower - Substation 8 View SW 1969 Archive: Dave Keller |
Nassau tower view SE 1966 Note the stairs and a handrail in the door opening. Archive: Dave Keller |
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LIRR #217 Train L217 eastbound passing NASSAU Tower , Mineola c. 1960's Photo: Steve Hoskins Archive: Steve Lynch |
G5s #38 eastbound train entering the Oyster Bay Branch at NASSAU Tower, Mineola - 1951 (Hermanns-Keller) LIRR #465 eastbound entering the Oyster Bay Branch at NASSAU Tower, Mineola 1968 Photo/Archive: James Mardiguian |
Nassau Tower Cannonball c. 1969 Photo: Richard Glueck |
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LIRR #200 as delivered (note: fuel tanks) at Mineola eastbound passing under Mineola Blvd. - 1963 Photo: Robert B. Dunnet Archive: John Scala
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Mineola View E. 10/21/2008 Photo: Mark Edelman
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LIRR #618 07/11/1983 Photo: Robert Streich Archive: R. McEnery |
The engineer on LIRR 2703 dumps 30 pounds of pressure onto the pads to make his usual high speed stop. Brake dust is seen shooting in a cloud higher then the locomotive. c.2007 Photo: Mark Edelman |
LIRR # 171 approaching Nassau Tower from Oyster Bay Branch 10/08/2008 Photo: Mark Edelman |
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Mineola Station waiting room view NE 7/21/2020 Photo/Archive: Dave Morrison |
Mineola Station sign 4/03/2021 Photo/Archive: Dave Morrison |
Mineola Station waiting room view S 4/03/2021 Photo/Archive: Dave Morrison |
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Mineola Station - View E 4/03/2021 Photo/Archive: Dave Morrison |
Mineola Station - View W 4/03/2021 Photo/Archive: Dave Morrison |
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Mineola View E close-up 9/16/1931 Archive: Dave Morrison |
Section Shanty planked Main St. crossing 1952 (J. P. Sommer) Archive: Dave Keller |
Section Shanty view S 1966 Archive: Dave Keller |
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Section Shanty view E 1969 Archive: Dave Keller |
Section Shanty view NE 1969 Archive: Dave Keller |
Mineola track section house c.1980's Mineola Historical Society |
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Mineola - shanty rear view W c.1980 |
Approaching Nassau Tower from Oyster Bay Branch Cab of F7 #621 05/14/1988 Photo: John Fusto |
Section Shanty 09/09/2006 view NW Photos: John McCluskey Section Shanty 03/25/2008 view SE |
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Mineola accident 1/16/1999 Newsday: Article page 19 (photo right) Archive: Dave Morrison
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There was a track circuit problem on Track 1 during the AM rush causing the trains to move slowly and bunch up together to the point that the crossing gates remained down; before the crossings could be protected. Train
#2015, last stop Bethpage, came up Track 2 at MAS and struck the
automobile whose driver had lost patience and operated around the downed
gates. The accident happened at Willis Avenue and the car was dragged
along by the train causing the engine block to be propelled into the building. The train stopped in Mineola station. |
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M7 #7091 Train 7561 Consist: 7091-7092+7473-7474+7073-7074+7803-7804 2nd St., Mineola View E 7/25/2021 Photo/Archive: Jeff Erlitz |
Mineola view NW location old section house 6/26/2017 Archive: Dave Morrison |
Mineola - Willis Ave View W 6/26/2017 |
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THEN and NOW | ||||
Mineola - Main Street view E - January to October 2021 |
Mineola - Main Street view N - July 2020 to October 2021 |
Mineola - View E from garage roof - March to October 2021 |
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Mineola - View N from garage roof - November 2020 to October 2021 |
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MINEOLA STATION 100th ANNIVERSARY | ||||
Mineola's New Railroad Station |
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Mineola Station 100th Anniversary - View N 9/22/2023 Photo: MTA/LIRR |
Mineola Station 100th Anniversary - View NE 9/22/2023 Photo: MTA/LIRR |
Mineola Station 100th Anniversary - View W 9/22/2023 Photo: MTA/LIRR |
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Mineola Station 100th Anniversary Photos: 9/22/2023 MTA/LIRR |
Mineola Station 100th Anniversary - NY State Senator Jack M. Martins "Mineola is my hometown and I grew up at this station. And as America's first suburb, Long Island grew up around this station too. It was convenient and affordable and it made it possible for people to live here. Today the challenge is the same: keep the LIRR convenient and affordable" |
Jamie Torres-Springer MTA Construction & Development President (black shirt), Anthony Tufano VP in charge of Third Track Project, Mineola Mayor Paul Pereira, LIRR President Cathy Rinaldi, NY State Senator Jack M. Martins |
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Mineola Station 100th statue 9/22/2023 Photo: MTA/LIRR |
Mineola Station Rededication - Railpace Magazine December 2023 |
OBRM Display: Dave Morrison, Doug Kassner, Jim Corroon Mineola Station 100th Anniversary 9/22/2023 |
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Mineola Station 100th Anniversary waiting room 9/22/2023 Photo: MTA/LIRR |
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Nassau
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NASSAU Tower Operator Raymond B. Hubbs - 1930 Mineola Historical Society |
LIRR RS3 #1556 eastbound at NASSAU Tower - 1956 Archive: Brian Cudahy The open baggage door on the combine suggests this train was delivering early afternoon newspapers to online communities. Brian Cudahy |
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LIRR #227 westbound from Oyster Bay at NASSAU Tower 1/1971 Photo/Archive: Brad Phillips
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NASSAU Tower 04/12/2001 Photo: Brian Weinberg NASSAU Tower - Interior sign north wall 8/11/2020 Photo/Archive: Dave Morrison |
NASSAU Tower NE side of tower 5/17/1979 NASSAU Tower 3/1993 Photo/Archive: John Ciesla |
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NASSAU Tower - View W 2001 Photo/Archive: Lamont Ward |
DM30ac #518 train eastbound entering the Oyster Bay Branch at NASSAU Tower 10/01/2005 - Al Tillotson photo, Dave Keller archive. |
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NASSAU Tower View E 11/16/1992 Photo/Archive: Bill Mangahas |
NASSAU Tower - Aerial view E 7/1989 Photo/Archive: Bill Mangahas |
NASSAU Tower - View E 5/28/2020 Photo/Archive: Benjamin Lederer |
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Nassau Tower damage from Substation 8 north wall raze 3/09/2021 Photo/Archive: Dave Morrison |
NASSAU Tower - View NE 3/09/2021 Photo/Archive: Jeff Erlitz |
NASSAU Tower Raze - 9/18/2021 Photo/Archive: Dave Morrison |
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“NASSAU - 2”
INTERLOCKING (R.C.) JUNCTION OF OYSTER BAY BRANCH AND
.NASSAU - 2 Position Light Signal 1E all that remains of NASSAU Tower |
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HABS Nassau Tower Building Survey HABS Nassau Tower Building Drawings |
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The LIRR Today:
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Eastbound train, GP-38-2 #273 |
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Turnout Mechanism |
Interlocking rods |
Interlocking rods view west
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All of the Mineola pics were taken on May 17, 1979 about
12:00pm, give or take 1/2 hour. The levers are on the north side of the second floor, facing the tracks. The track board is towards the left side of the wall and the shot of the tower operator is facing eastward. The track board and other devices on the north wall explain the lack of windows there.
Only a few levers were in use when I was there. Some others may have been for sidings that no longer existed and some for the wye that came up from West Hempstead via Garden City. The
Block Operator (Perhaps someone from the LIRR knows his name) would align the switches for an approaching train, count the cars as it went by and call the next Tower Operator with the time and car count. |
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NASSAU control panel NASSAU-1 |
NASSAU control panel NASSAU-2, NASSAU-4
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NASSAU control panel NASSAU-3 |
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The auxiliary (or, maintainer’s)
control panel in the hut. This panel mimics the one up in Nassau Tower
(now out of service), which looks the same, except that one is curved. The area outlined in red tape is Nassau 1 Interlocking (see above), which is now out of service. The line on the upper part of the panel is the Oyster Bay Branch, in its entirety. The parts of the Oyster Bay Branch marked with white tape were, apparently, never placed in service. The panel up in Nassau Tower came out of service on 5/8/2020 and was replaced with an “office control system” (possibly Alstom’s PTM?) on that date. That was short-lived, being used only to 7/11/2020 when control was transferred to Jamaica Central Control. 3/12/2021 Info/Photo/Archive: Jeff Erlitz |
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NASSAU Tower interior Brian Doohan |
NASSAU control interior - View NE |
NASSAU Tower - window view W |
NASSAU Tower - window view E |
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Anthony Tufano, Steve Quigley, Leslie Mesnick and Brian Doohan outside Substation #8 south wall. |
Substation 8 spiral staircase - View NE |
Substation 8 knife switches
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Substation 8 interior view NW
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Substation 8 interior west wall 3/08/2021 Photo/Archive: Ed Frye |
Substation 8 interior east wall 3/08/2021 Photo/Archive: Ed Frye |
Substation 8 View SE 3/09/2021 Photo/Archive: John Ciesla
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NASSAU Tower - Substation north wall raze 3/09/2021 Photo/Archive: Dave Morrison |
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Substation Demolition NEWSDAY 3/10/2021 |
Substation 8 "Transformer Farm" removal 4/23/2021 Photo/Archive: Ed Frye |
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Last week, October 26th, 2021,while walking through the neighborhood, I noticed this vintage "stuff" was finally dismantled, for the purpose of removing it from the site...the transformers have been "herded" off to one side, while the cast-iron trellises -- with all their electrical "contraptions" (including classic ceramic insulators "prized" by some collectors of industrial artifacts) -- were piled in an area nearest the tracks. Photos/Archive: Ed Frye |
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HABS Mineola Substation 8 Building Survey |
HABS Mineola Substation 8 Drawings |
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Timetable
Main Line-Hempstead Branch 10/21/1913 Archive: Steve Melrose
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Central Railroad 1873 map - Garden City crossing with LIRR Hempstead Branch Archive: Art Huneke 1873: The LIRR's branch ran north-south and the Central Railroad's branch made the curve. |
LIRR 1878 post-acquisition of CRR map - Hempstead Crossing Archive: Art Huneke 1878: After acquisition of the CRR of LI by the LIRR: The LIRR tracks and terminal building at Hempstead were removed and the LIRR used the former CRR tracks and facilities |
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1892 map - Hempstead Crossing Archive: Art Huneke |
1893 map - Construction of NY Bay -Extension (West Hempstead Branch) from Valley Stream to Hempstead Crossing Archive: Art Huneke |
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Garden City - Hempstead Branch 1878-1893 Archive: Jeff Erlitz Map of Garden City showing original alignment of Hempstead Branch (running north-south) from Garden City into Hempstead; built: 1839, abandoned: 1876. The Central Extension runs east-west. Info: Robert Emery Notes
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Hempstead Crossing evolution 1873-1909 Research/Design: George Chiasson Jr.
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Blueprint - Garden Interlocking - 12/01/1954 Sheet 56 - Archive: Jeff Erlitz |
Blueprint - Garden Tower Interlocking - 12/01/1959 Sheet 56 - Archive: Jeff Erlitz |
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Blueprint - Garden Tower Interlocking - 12/01/1960 Sheet 20 - Archive: Jeff Erlitz |
Blueprint - Garden Tower Interlocking - 12/01/1966 Sheet 20 - Archive: Jeff Erlitz |
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Blueprint - Garden Tower Interlocking - 6/01/1976 Sheet 41 - Archive: Jeff Erlitz |
Blueprint - Garden Tower Interlocking - 1/30/1987 Sheet 41 - Archive: Jeff Erlitz |
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Emery map until 1926 Mineola south Hempstead Branch MP19 to Garden City |
Emery map after 1926 Mineola south Hempstead Branch MP19 to Garden City
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Emery map 1959 Hempstead Branch to Garden City MP20 north/south. Central Extension (Branch) MP18-MP19 west/east |
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#16 (left) is referred to as Hempstead Crossing. Hempstead Crossing and
"HC" tower (later "GARDEN" tower) was on the
Central branch a block or two east of Garden City and a short walking
distance north of Country Life Press. When the LIRR acquired the CRR they kept the Central's facilities as they were newer and built of brick and were in much better shape. They tore up their original 1830s-40s facilities and moved into the Stewart's. Hempstead Crossing remained in use as there was through train service between Mineola and West Hempstead and on to Valley Stream, as the West Hempstead branch curved off just south of the CLP depot until sometime in the 1960s. Years later the tower was renamed "GARDEN" but the crossing was still referred to as Hempstead Crossing. The through trains ended in the 1930s and, eventually, by 1939, the LIRR tore the crossing out, demolished the tower and GARDEN cabin opened up at Franklin Ave. where it remained until a few years ago. Research: Dave Keller
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Garden City at Franklin Ave. view E |
Country Life Press was a station stop opened in Garden City for the employees of the magazine by that name. It was a Doubleday publication. The station was located east of the Garden City station and east of Franklin Ave. and was the very next stop on the run to Hempstead. As soon as you crossed over Franklin Ave., the tracks curved to the right (south) and CLP station was there on your left. Not only was it a station stop on the Hempstead Branch, but it was also a station stop and terminus for the Mitchel Field shuttle along the Central branch. Here’s
Garden City at Franklin Ave. looking east. The
Central branch goes straight, the 1st track to the left is the
northwest leg of the wye to The cabin at Franklin Ave. was “B” cabin and not only was it for the crossing watchman to protect the crossing, he also operated a dwarf signal and derails for the trolley line that crossed the tracks. When
the trolley line was discontinued along
Switches and signals were handled by “HC” tower at Hempstead Crossing. Tower is visible in the center background and beyond it, with pointed, octagonal roof, is the old brick Stewart-era water tower at the crossing of the LIRR’s tracks and the CRR of LI’s tracks. Info: Dave Keller |
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When the tower was removed in 1939 along with Hempstead Crossing, this cabin was opened west of the former location at Franklin Ave., to handle the signals. I understand it no longer exists. Info: Dave Keller |
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Hempstead Branch - Bellerose to Stewart Manor Track profile map 1994 |
Hempstead Branch - Nassau Blvd. to Hempstead Track profile map 1994 |
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BUILT ADJACENT TO AND SOUTH OF THE 1911 OVERPASS OVER CHESTNUT ST. FIRST APPEARS ON EMPLOYEE TIMETABLE EFF: 5/25/13 |
Country Life Station 8/1967 (Sturm-Fehn) |
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CLP station (at the right: shelter shed in distance) looking north from track level. The Mitchel Field shuttle is laying up in the center and a Hempstead-bound train is approaching at the left. You see the switch points aligned for the In the foreground can be seen the
switch set for the Hempstead branch. When the points are set the
other way, it would be set for the W. Hempstead branch. You can see
the linkage connected to the switch meaning it was NOT hand
thrown. The two MP41 cars laying up at the right on the former
crossing track from Mineola is the Mitchel Field shuttle. It's
stopped at the platform to pick up any passengers that will be let off
on the southbound Hempstead train, and will then proceed on the
southeast leg of the wye in the direction of Mitchel Field via the
Central branch.
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Looking south towards Hempstead from the CLP station, we see the tracks to Hempstead to the left and the tracks to West Hempstead and on to The extra rails between the main
rails and the pipe rail fence at the right indicate a bridge with the
road crossing underneath this area. Those rails between the main
rails are to keep derailed trains from careening off the bridge. You
can just make out the concrete bridge abutment at the far right behind
the pipe rails.
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Country Life Press station - Mitchel Field shuttle - View N 5/15/1953 Archive: Jeff Erlitz |
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HEMPSTEAD: C.R.R. depot built:
Oct-Dec/1872 at Fulton Avenue and became LIRR’s Hempstead Station and
terminus in 1878. Remodeled: 7/1881. Razed: 1913. |
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Hempstead Branch Timetable Sept-Nov 2010 |
Hempstead Station aerial showing the 1913 depot at the original, Fulton Ave. location prior to the tracks being cut back and temporary station in service 12/30/41. In 1943 the grade crossings at Columbia and Jackson Streets were eliminated by moving the station north to Columbia street. Archive: Art Huneke Research: Dave Keller |
Emery map 7/1958 Hempstead Branch MP20 after 1943 Archive: Dave Keller |
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LIRR Hempstead Station Blueprint 1892 Archive: Art Huneke
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A LIRR Hempstead Station postcard photograph that dates between 1906 when the D16b engines were built and 1908 when the branch was electrified. A new turntable has been installed north and west of the enginehouse. Note: The NY & LI Traction Co. car on Main Street where the 1839 Hempstead Branch was until 1876. - Archive/Research: Art Huneke |
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LIRR Hempstead Station map 1859 Archive: NY Public Library |
The solid black line on the map is where I estimate the CRR's terminal and tracks to have been in relation to the LIRR's, as Stewart's depot at Hempstead was just to the left of the Presbyterian church, which is indicated on this map and which appears in many photos of Hempstead station at Fulton Ave. One railroad line was practically parallel to the other. Stewart's facilities were more substantial than the LIRR's, whose were much older, so after the takeover, the LIRR used the former CRR of LI facilities/tracks and eliminated their own. The c.1909 birds-eye view that appears above was most probably taken from the steeple of the Presbyterian church. Nothing else was high enough for that camera angle. Map Notation/Research: Dave Keller
The former Central RR of Long Island's 1873 Hempstead station on Fulton Street, in use by the LIRR. |
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CRR of LI Hempstead Station - Fulton Street c.1900 Collection: Hempstead Public Library |
CRR of LI Hempstead Station - Fulton Street c.1900 View SE Collection: Hempstead Public Library |
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The sign reads "LIRR
Employees Hempstead." Unfortunately there's no date on it but it
was shot in August based on Hearn's ad. Also, those cars at the right
are MP54 MUs, not MP41's so this image would be 1910-1912 as those cars
first arrived in 1910. MP41's arrived in 1905. Therefore, the
photo cannot be earlier than 1910 or later than the 1913 replacement
depot. Research: Dave Keller |
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Hempstead Station - View N - 2/26/1933 Archive: Jeff Erlitz |
Another view of the Hempstead station area on 2/26/1933, this time looking north (railroad west) across Jackson Street from near the north end of the longer platform. HM Tower can be seen on the other side of Jackson Street. This tower was in service from 9/1/1912 to 4/3/1933, when it was replaced with HM block-limit signal. In those days, block-limits were called Unattended Block Stations. The tower contained a 4-lever dwarf machine; the manufacturer unknown. Lever 1 was for the tall home signal, 2 was for the dwarf signal that is hard to see between the tracks off the end of the platform, 3 was for the switch coming off these two platform tracks and lever 4 was the facing point lock for that switch. The one drawing I have for HM Tower does not indicate the semaphore two-arm signal off in the distance. Info: Jeff Erlitz |
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Former ROW view N from Centre St., Hempstead 5/07/1942 - NY State Dep't of Public Works in progress valuation photo. Note: The 1913 depot that was moved north to Columbia St. (red rectangle). Research: Dave Keller - Photo: eBay
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This entire area was razed in 1942. The photo view (left) is looking N towards where the station was relocated at W. Columbia St., several streets north of the original terminal at Fulton Ave. Map/Research: Dave Keller |
Former ROW view N from Centre St., Hempstead 5/07/1942 - valuation photo in progress. Photo: eBay |
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The brand new depot at Fulton Ave., Hempstead shortly after it opened in February, 1913. This depot replaced the all-brick depot built by Alexander T. Stewart in 1872 for his Central Railroad of Long Island and used by the LIRR upon their acquisition of his railroad in 1878, as it was a better depot than the LIRR's own adjacent depot. View is northwest (railroad west). Note "Smith's Livery " at the left and the hitching post in the center foreground! This image had to be photographed shortly after opening as there are NO handrails yet installed at the two concrete stair locations and no shrubbery in place. It appears that the trees in the right background have leaves on them so this could be a May/June image. The new terminal building would have been opened for only 3-4 months at the time this may have been taken. (Dave Keller data and archive) |
Hempstead Station valuation photo view NW 6/17/1943 The image, above, shows the Hempstead station building after it was moved back to Columbia Street, from Fulton Ave. The notation on the back of the image states that it's a "completion shot" but although it was photographed in June, 1943, it does not mean that the relocated depot was opened then. It could have been opened a month earlier and the photographer only told to photograph it in June. Research: Dave Keller |
Hard to imagine that the image from 1960 (left) shows the SAME depot with the same Spanish tiles (47 years in place!) yet after the major fire of 1962 the roof style was changed by eliminating the stylish upward curve of the eaves at the ends, ugly rooftop dormers were added which were NOT in keeping with the architectural style AND the Spanish tiles were replaced by hum-drum, 3-tab, asphalt roof shingles.
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Hempstead Station - 11W home signal - View N January 2021 Photo/Archive: Jason Baxter Home signal 11W leaving Hempstead terminal. This protects the single track between here and Garden City. Though this signal is supposedly capable of displaying a clear aspect, the best it actually displays is approach-medium, which is what we see here. The switching lead track is on the right. Info: Jeff Erlitz |
Hempstead Station (J. P. Krzenski photo, Dave Keller archive) |
10/20/2024