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PD Tower Gone 1912-2006
PD Signal History
PD Crew Messages 1929-42

1873 South Side
Railroad

Pre 1888 South Side Railroad

Pre 1888 Schematic
MP 53

SSRR turntable and enginehouse
Collection: SUNY, Stony Brook
Thanks to: Dave Morrision 

1910 Schematic MP 53 

Loco Curve Restriction: c.1912-1913 PD "Tower" was placed in service May, 1912.  CR4 March 1, 1913 does not list this siding.
Archive: Art Huneke, Info: Dave Keller


1917 Hyde Map - Yard Area


1917 Hyde Map - MP53-54 

1918 Yard area valuation map

1926 Composite Sanborn Map - West of  Ocean Ave. Archive: Steven Lynch

LIRR June 29-1905 Timetable
Collection: Dave Morrison

Al Bunker, block operator, at levers – PD Tower, Patchogue , NY
March, 1930 
(J.V. Osborne photo, original image at Queensboro  Public Library)

Hyde Map - Patchogue Mfg. Co  c.1900

Hyde Map - Yard Area c.1900

1906 drawing station area

View SE 1906 drawing Rail Yard

View SE 1906 drawing Academy Street
 

Patchogue Academy with Civil War Monument  (view looking east)  LIRR “Schoolhouse track” to the right
Academy Street on the left

View west of 4 stall enginehouse from the roof of the brick freight house 
 c. 1886-1905 W. J. Rugen
Collection: SUNY, Stony Brook, NY
Thanks to: Dave Morrision 

The freight platform on the west side of the building was open. The freight platform on the east side of the building was covered and extended all the way up to the Railroad Ave. crossing. The street in this view is the West Avenue crossing.

SUFFOLK TRACTION Co.

Battery car #1 on flatcar on arrival at Patchogue yard – June, 1911.  Notice Week's coaling ramp in background.
Photo: Howard S. Conklin Archive: Queensboro Public Library

Close-up of Suffolk Traction Co. Battery car #1 with track close to curb Sayville, NY on opening day – July, 1911.
Info/Archive: Dave Keller

Patchogue view SE
Pen and Ink c. 1888

Old Grist Mill 1908

Aerial drawing Four  Corner's view SE 1906

Patchogue Station view NW 1905

Patchogue Station view NW 

1st train from Penn Station out to Patchogue: 9/8/1910. Photo by Howard S. Conklin Collection: Dave Keller

Patchogue post card view east c. 1925
Thanks to: Art Huneke

Patchogue view east 1955
Photo: Art Huneke

 Patchogue view west Supervisor's office water tower, gas tank, brick freight house, express house 1962
Photo: Art Huneke

South Side RR Train Shed c. 1870+
Painting: Edward Lang 
Collection: Queensborough Public Library

South Side RR Train Shed c. 1870

“Regarding the SSRR’s train shed pictured at left by L.I. artist Edward Lange . . . .”

I thought the artist may have taken “artist’s license”, however, everything else in the painting is realistic which leads me to believe that perhaps he’s correct.  The 3 roof vents are spaced farther apart because this is almost a broadside view.  The photo in Ziel’s book shows them closer together and that’s probably because that shot is almost head-on.  Also, the shed is cut off by the edge of the photo and some trees (?).

Went to Seyfried’s “Volume I:  The South Side Rail Road” and the description for Patchogue station in the back of the book said a “substantial shed” was constructed in July/August, 1869 and it was 220 feet long, definitely a “substantial” shed.

220 feet is the equivalent of four (4) P54 steam cars coupled with the left over 4 feet being taken up by the couplers.  You can’t go by the cars depicted in the painting because they’re not only, most probably, out of scale, but the cars back then weren’t 54 feet long, either!  A 220 feet long shed could have held a 5-car train of 40 feet long varnish coaches plus engine and tender!
Info: Dave Keller

Circa 1950 LIRR
P-54 Car Capacities

1958 MP 52 to 53


1958 Mile Post 53 to 54

1958 Schematic MP 53

1999 Schematic MP 53 East

Topographic Link

Bailey's Lumber Mill

View SW 1906 postal card

View SW c. 1921


View S

Bailey's Lumber Mill view SW 03/1946
 Photo: F. Weber, Archive: Dave Keller

4 Corners view N c. 1923

Ocean Ave view N

 
4 Corners view W c. 1923

Suffolk Traction - Main St. view W c. 1915

4 Corners view W c. 1930


 Photo: Milt Price c. 1930

Patchogue Four Corners: view is looking east.  McBride’s Drug Store at the far left, wooden framed building at right burned c. mid-late 1950s.  It was replaced with one-story storefronts.  Havil’s Jewelers was on that corner for years.  The church spire in the left background is the red/brown stone  Congregational Church that used to be across the street from the Patchogue Stationery store. 
Info: Dave Keller

Patchogue c. 1950's 

Armstrong  Turntable view SE 1955 
Photo: Bill Slade

Patchogue Lace Mill
View N 1909 Pat. Mfg. Co.


Lace Mill view SW

Lace Mill view S

Lace Mill view SE

Lace Mill view NW

Lace Mill view NW c. 1985

Lace Mill view E  c. 1985

Lace Mill view NE  c. 1985

LIRR #193 Rotary Snowplow across from Bailey's Lumber Mill, south yard 1921
Archive: Dave  Keller 

Railroad Ave view North c.1956

PD and Baggage House 1947 
Photo: F. Weber, Archive: Dave Keller

Swezey Fuel Co.
LIRR Rotary Plow #193 westbound 1968
Photo: Ron Ziel
Collection: SUNY, Stony Brook
Thanks to: Dave Morrision 


Rider Ave View SE  2001

Bay Ave crossing view NW 2001
Photo: Steve Lynch

View E c. 1985

VView E  2001


 
Knickerbocker Brewery

Rider Ave W view

Ocean Ave E view

Shand's  Feed & Hardware Main St. 
c. 1970
Reid Ice Cream
Abandoned view W 2000
Atlantic Ave, Bluepoint

Week's Coal & Wood

View SE

View SW

PELCO Plant 08-31-41
Collection: Stony Brook University, NY
Thanks to: Dave Morrision 

Week's Coal Ramp 1954
Collection: Dave Keller

LIRR Train 56 Eng #1554
Photo: 1964

Queensboro Ice Co.

Destroyed in fire c.1986

West Ave crossing view W 2001

Rider Ave crossing view W 2001
"Fence Track" siding

 
North side of  Fence track factory
Photo: Steve Lynch

Patchogue Electric Light Co.

Gas Co. c. 1906

PELCO Plant 1954
Collection: Dave Keller

LIRR Parlor Eastbound 1975 at PD Tower

Alco FA #617 c. late 1980's

PD Tower
PD Tower view W c. 10/1966 - early '67, the back of the #2038 "Setauket" on a LIST-NRHS excursion, the car was tacked onto the back of the morning Montauk run one Saturday.
Photo: Steve Hoskins

PD Tower  Eastbound GP38-2 #273 09/18/1983
 

View W 2001 Photo: Steve Lynch


View E  2001 Photo: Steve Lynch

LIRR #262 PD hooping orders  09/18/98 Photo: Joe Saullo

Patchogue Station view N 2000