L.I.R.R. TELEGRAPHIC CALL LETTERS,
NUMBERS AND NAMES
FOR STATIONS, BLOCK STATIONS, BLOCK LIMIT STATIONS,
TRAIN ORDER OFFICES, SIGNAL STATIONS,
MANUAL & REMOTE CONTROL (R.C.) INTERLOCKINGS
(Rev. 08/12/17)
(Compiled and researched by Dave
Keller from employee timetables, Robert M.
Emery’s hand-drawn maps and the knowledge,
experience and kind assistance of Art Huneke, Jeff Erlitz and other helpful,
knowledgeable railfans)
Note: Numbered cabins
and towers also used call letters concurrently due to telegraphic
transmission. In 1907, the tower numbers
were dropped per various General Orders and renamed to match their previously
identifying calls. (per
past interview between Art Huneke and
an old, retired LIRR tower operator.)
Note: It is very possible that the 1880 towers did
not have numbers. Numbers
may have first been used when the block
system was installed on the Montauk branch west of Jamaica in 1892. (per
Art Huneke)
Interlocking
Plant Manufacturers:
S&F
= Saxby & Farmer
US&S
Co. = Union Switch & Signal Co.
G. R.
S. Co. = General Railway Signal Co.
CABIN
1 BELMONT
PARK (JOB ADVERTISED:
5/16/19.
MAY HAVE BEEN PLACED IN
SERVICE
SOME YEARS EARLIER)
CABIN
5 TEMPORARY
CABIN EAST OF JAMAICA
AT
THE SITE OF THE CONSTRUCTION
OF
THE ATLANTIC BRANCH UNDER-
JUMP
ON WEST SIDE OF GAS TANKS
(IN
SVC: BY MARCH, 1913 WITH JAM-
AICA
GRADE ELIMINATION PROJECT.
CONTROLLED
THE CROSSING AT
GRADE
OF THE NEW WESTBOUND
ATLANTIC
DIVISION TRACK AND THE
EASTBOUND
TEMPORARY TRACKS.
OUT
OF SVC: 1913 AFTER COMPLE-
TION
OF PROJECT.)
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 ABOL-
ISHED
EFF. 12/01/29. PER PHOTO-
GRAPHIC
EVIDENCE TAKEN IN 1925,
THE
BLOCK STATION THAT WAS TAK-
EN
OUT OF SVC: 12/8/29 PER G.O.
111-15
ACCOUNT JAMAICA EAST IM-
PROVEMENT
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.)
CABIN
10 TEMPORARY
CABIN WEST OF HILLSIDE
STATION
AT SUBSTATION #4. (IN SVC:
1913
DURING JAMAICA GRADE ELIM-
INATION
TO CONTROL CROSSOVER OF
MONTAUK
BRANCH TRACK #1 AND
MAIN
LINE TRACK #2 AND RELATED
HOME
SIGNALS. 2 LEVER MECHANI-
CAL
MACHINE (Per Henry Wilhelm's
interlocking
map). OUT
OF SVC: NOV.
1922
AND CONTROL PASSED TO “RJ”
TOWER
FURTHER EAST) (Art Huneke
data)
CABIN
#11½ JAMAICA
PLANK ROAD (JAMAICA AVE.
TROLLEY
CROSSING W. OF LEFFERTS
AVE.,
RICHMOND HILL (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 LEVERS POSITIONED
OUTSIDE THE CABIN. RENAMED “L”
CABIN
IN 1907. REBUILT: 1909.)
CABIN
#? CHESTNUT
ST. JCT., (BRT & LIRR) EAST
NEW YORK, ON ATLANTIC BRANCH. (RE-
PLACED IN 1905 BY TOWER #65 BUILT
ON SIGNAL BRIDGE WITH ELECTRIFICA-
TION AND ADDITION OF 2 LOCAL
TRACKS.)
BLOCK
STATION #1 DUTCH
KILLS STREET – L. I. CITY (MAIN
(POSSIBLY
CABIN) LINE)
IN SVC: 7/3/1879 PER G.O. #47,
EFF.
7/2/1879. (Per Art Huneke)
TOWER
#1: 2 MONTAUK
JUNCTION, L. I. CITY (NORTH
OF
MAIN TRACKS AND EAST OF EAST
AVE. 48 LEVER SAXBY & FARMER
MECHANICAL
MACHINE IN SVC:
6/1884.)
TOWER
#2: 1 WEST
OF WOODSIDE STATION (IN SVC:
7/3/1879
PER G.O. #47, EFF. 7/2/1879)
(Per art Huneke)
TOWER
#2: 2 DUTCH
KILLS CREEK (S. SIDE OF MON-
TAUK
BRANCH TRACKS AND W. OF THE
CREEK.
? LEVER SAXBY & FARMER
MECHANICAL
MACH INE IN SVC: 1892.
MOVED
TO N. SIDE OF TRACKS WITH
ENLARGEMENT
OF NORTH YARD AND
INSTALLATION
OF CONNECTION TO
DOCK
YARD: 1903-04. 29 LEVER
UNION
S & S MODEL 14 ELECTRIC
MACHINE
IN SVC: 10/12/1905. RE-
NAMED
“DB” IN 1907. OUT OF SVC:
10/1915
[per Bob Emery’s maps] GONE
FROM
ETT OF 5/1916.)
TOWER
#3: 1 BETWEEN
WOODSIDE AND WINFIELD
(IN SVC: 7/3/1879 PER G.O. #47, EFF.
7/2/1879) (Per Art
Huneke)
TOWER
#3: 2 BLISSVILLE,
L. I. CITY (NORTH SIDE OF
TRACKS
AND WEST SIDE OF GREEN-
POINT
AVE. 16 LEVER SAXBY &
FARMER
MECHANICAL MACHINE. IN
SVC:
1894. RENAMED “BX” IN 1907.)
BLOCK
STATION #4 INSIDE WINFIELD
DEPOT (IN SVC:
7/3/1879
PER G.O. #47, EFF.
7/2/1879)
(Per Art Huneke)
TOWER
#4: PENNY
BRIDGE (c. 1903 ON S. SIDE OF
TRACKS
AND E. OF LAUREL HILL BLVD.
CROSSING.
RENAMED “PY” IN 1907.)
TOWER
#5: 1 HABERMAN
(N. SIDE OF TRACKS AND E.
OF
46TH ST./CLIFTON AVE. ADJACENT
TO
LAUREL HILL STATION. OUT OF SVC:
? . RELOCATED FURTHER EAST.)
TOWER
#5: 2 HABERMAN
(S. SIDE OF TRACKS, E. OF
FORMER
LOCATION AND E. OF HABER-
MAN
STATION. RENAMED “LH” c. 1907.)
TOWER #6 FLUSHING AVE., MASPETH (MT.OLIVET)
(N. SIDE OF MONTAUK BRANCH TRACKS
AND E. OF FLUSHING AVE. JOHNSON 8
LEVER STYLE A MECHANICAL MACH-
INE. IN SERVICE: 8/1/1895, OR 10/1895
OR 11/20/95 (?) RENAMED “MV”: 1907.
RENAMED “OLIVET”: 4/22/37)
TOWER
#6½ METROPOLITAN
AVE. – FRESH POND
(S.
SIDE OF TRACKS AND E. OF MET-
ROPOLITAN
AVE. IN SVC: 6/24/1896
OR
10/14/1896 (?). 16 LEVER MECH-
ANICAL
MACHINE. RENAMED “MX” IN
1907.)
TOWER
#7 BUSHWICK
JCT. - FRESH POND (N. SIDE
OF
TRACKS AND E. OF STATION. RE-
NAMED
“BJ” IN 1907.)
TOWER
#8 FRESH
POND JCT. (S. SIDE OF TRACKS
AND
E. OF JUNCTION. IN SERVICE:
1883
– 1918, RENAMED “DF” IN 1907.
12
LEVER MECH. MACHINE, INCREASED
TO
20 LEVER MACHINE BY 1912.)
TOWER
#9 GLENDALE
(c. 1903: S. SIDE OF TRACKS
AND
E. OF COOPER AVE. RENAMED
“GW”:
1907 DUE TO PROXIMITY OF
GLENDALE WELLS. SEE: "GW" TOWER)
TOWER
#10 GLENDALE
JUNCTION – JUNCTION OF
MONTAUK
AND ROCKAWAY BEACH
BRANCHES
(LOCATED ON MONTAUK
BRANCH:
S. SIDE OF TRACKS AND
E.
OF JUNCTION. IN SVC: 8/26/1880.
RENAMED
“JD” IN 1907. OUT OF SVC:
1910)
TOWER
#11 W.
RICHMOND HILL (FOREST PARK) ON
MONTAUK
BRANCH (S. SIDE OF TRACKS
AND
W. OF FOREST PARK ROAD. IN
SERVICE:
1892. RENAMED “RM” IN 1907)
TOWER
#12 RICHMOND
HILL ON MONTAUK BRANCH
(N.
SIDE OF TRACKS AND W. OF RIDGE-
WOOD
AVE. AND MORRIS PARK SHOPS
STATION. IN SVC. ?. RENAMED “RC” IN
1907)
TOWER
#14 JAMAICA
CROSS SWITCHES (DUNTON).
JCT
OF MAIN LINE AND ATLANTIC DIV.
(ON
ATLANTIC BRANCH AT WEST END OF
JAMAICA
YARD (S. SIDE OF TRACKS AND
E.
OF OLD DUNTON STA. AT VAN WYCK
AVENUE.
RENAMED “AC”: ? . LISTED
AS
“AC” IN 1903 CR4.)
TOWER
#15 “JAMAICA
AIR TOWER” ON ATLANTIC BR.
AT
EAST END OF JAMAICA YARD (S.
SIDE
OF TRACKS, WEST OF DEPOT
AND
W. OF ROCKAWAY ROAD. IN SVC:
1899.
RENAMED “JT” IN 1907. 1ST COM-
PLETELY
PNEUMATIC INTERLOCKING
ON
THE LIRR)
TOWER
#17 SOUTH
STREET, JAMAICA (RENAMED “SJ”:
1907.)
TOWER #18 (?) NEW
YORK AVENUE, CEDAR MANOR. IN
SVC: ? TO PROTECT AGAINST TROLLEY
CROSSING. RENAMED: ? OUT
OF SVC:
?
.
TOWER
#19 EAST
OF SPRINGFIELD JCT. ON OLD
SOUTHERN ROAD (S. SIDE OF TRACKS
AND E. OF
SPRINGFIELD JCT. IN SVC:
1880. OUT OF SVC:
5/11/1906.)
TOWER
#20 VALLEY
STREAM (IN SVC: 1886. OUT OF
SVC: 4/24/07 WHEN REPLACED BY
“VA”:1)
TOWER
#21 LYNBROOK
(S. SIDE OF TRACKS AND E. OF
ATLANTIC
AVE. AT STATION PLATFORM.
IN
SERVICE: 1884 (?) – 1910. SAXBY &
FARMER
MECHANICAL MACHINE IN SVC:
BY
1884. RENAMED “PT” IN 1907)
TOWER
#30 NORTH
SHORE JCT. (L. I. CROSSOVERS)
BETWEEN
5TH AND 6TH STREETS, L. I.
CITY.
(16 LEVER SAXBY & FARMER
MECHANICAL
MACHINE IN SVC: 7/1884.
RENAMED
“YD” IN 1907.)
TOWER
#31 QUEEN
STREET - L. I. CITY. (RENAMED
“QS”
IN 1907)
TOWER
#32 SKILLMAN
AVENUE, L. I. CITY (RE-
NAMED
“SX” IN 1907)
TOWER
#33 WEST
WOODSIDE (RENAMED “DW” IN
1907)
TOWER
#34 WOODSIDE JUNCTION (.2 MILES
WEST
OF WOODSIDE.
(SEE: "WJ" TOWER)
TOWER
#35 WINFIELD
JUNCTION - SOUTHEAST OF
INTERSECTION
OF THOMPSON AND
GREENPOINT
AVENUES AND S. SIDE
OF
TRACKS – L. I. CITY (S& F MECH-
ANICAL
MACHINE IN SVC: 1884. RE-
NAMED
“WJ” IN 1907.)
TOWER
#36: 1 “JAMAICA
BLOCK” (DUNTON) ON MAIN
LINE
BETWEEN MONROE AND WALNUT
STREETS.
(JUNCTION OF “BERLIN SID-
ING”
WITH MAIN LINE. W. SIDE OF
JUNCTION.
ORIGINALLY TOWER #40:1.
RENUMBERED
TO #36 IN 1903. RE-
NAMED
“JA” IN 1907)
TOWER
#36: 2 WHITE
POT - (GONE BEFORE 1907)
TOWER
#40: 1 SEE
“TOWER #36: 1” ABOVE
TOWER
#40: 2 “OLD”
JAMAICA (N. SIDE OF TRACKS
AT
W. END OF STATION PLATFORM,
EAST
SIDE OF DIVISION ST. ORIGIN-
ALLY
A GATE TOWER. SIGNAL LEVER
ADDED
AND TOWER NUMBERED
#40:2
IN 1903 WHEN TOWER NUMBER
WAS
TRANSFERRED FROM NEWLY-
NUMBERED
#36: 1. RENAMED “JS” IN
1907.
REVERTED TO GATE TOWER BY
DECEMBER,
1908 AND CALL LETTERS
RE MOVED.)
TOWER #41: 1 NEW YORK AVENUE – JAMAICA (SOUTH
SIDE OF TRACKS
AND EAST OF NEW
YORK AVENUE
CROSSING. IN SVC: 1890
WITH INSTALLATION
OF INTERLOCK-
ING SYSTEM. OUT
OF SVC: ? .)
TOWER #41: 2 “OLD” JAMAICA / “EAST END OF JA-
MAICA” (SOUTH SIDE OF TRACKS AND
EAST SIDE OF JAMAICA STATION. ALL
ELECTRIC. IN SVC: JUNE 29, 1906
PER G.O. 53.
RENAMED “JE” IN 1907.)
TOWER
#42 ROCKAWAY
JCT. – HILLSIDE – JCT. OF
MAIN LINE AND MONTAUK BR. (NORTH
SIDE OF MAIN LINE
TRACKS AT HILL-
SIDE STATION AND
EAST OF JUNCTION,
REPLACING “RJ”
TOWER: 1. ? LEVER
MECHANICAL
MACHINE. IN SVC: 1890
WITH INSTALLATION
OF BLOCK SYS-
TEM. REPLACED
WITH US&S 23 LEVER
STYLE “F”
ALL-ELECTRIC MACHINE IN
SVC: 1906. TOWER RENAMED: 1907.)
TOWER #43 : 1 E.
HINSDALE – JCT.OF EX-CRR OF L.I.
CREEDMOOR AND
CENTRAL BRANCHES
WITH L.I.R.R.
MAIN LINE (OPENED
OCT/1887 NORTH
SIDE OF TRACKS AND
EAST OF TULIP
AVE., ABOVE 1878 EX-
STEWART JUNCTION.
DEPOT. 24 LEVER
MECHANICAL
MACHINE. STATION RE-
NAMED FLORAL PARK
IN 1890. SHARED
CALLS OF “JN”
WITH 1ST FLOOR DEPOT.
TOWER RE-NUMBERED
#47 WITH IN-
STALLATION OF BLOCK
SYSTEM
BETWEEN ROCKAWAY
JCT. AND FLORAL
PARK: 1894. #43
REASSIGNED TO HOL-
LIS UPON OPENING.)
TOWER #43: 2 HOLLIS (N. SIDE OF TRACKS AND E. OF
FARMER’S AVE. AND
W. OF HOLLIS
DEPOT. IN SVC: 1894 WITH INSTALLA-
TION OF BLOCK
SYSTEM. OUT OF SVC:
1905. REPLACED WITH TOWER EAST
OF HOLLIS DEPOT.)
TOWER #43: 3 (?) HOLLIS (N. SIDE OF
TRACKS AND E. OF
HOLLIS DEPOT. IN SVC:
1905. RE-
NAMED “IS” IN 1907.
TOWER #44: 1 HEMPSTEAD CROSSING - EAST OF
GARDEN CITY WHERE LIRR TRACKS
CROSSED THOSE OF THE CENTRAL
RAILROAD OF L.I. RENUMBERED TO
TOWER #105 WHEN BLOCK SYSTEM
EXTENDED FURTHER EAST ON MAIN
LINE AND MORE TOWERS PLACED IN
SERVICE:
1894. NEVER IN THE MAIN
LINE BLOCK SYSTEM. #44 REAS-
SIGNED TO
BRUSHVILLE.
TOWER #44 : 2 INTERSTATE
PARK (BRUSHVILLE) ON MAIN
LINE (S. SIDE OF TRACKS AT E. END OF
STATION PLATFORM AND W. SIDE OF
BENNETT [BAYLIS] AVE. IN SERVICE:
1894 WITH INSTALLATION OF BLOCK
SYSTEM.
RENAMED “VI”. LAST LISTED
IN SVC: 1897. ALSO KNOWN AS
“BRUSHVILLE TOWER.” ???)
TOWER #44½ HEMPSTEAD TURNPIKE AND TROLLEY
CROSSING OF MAIN LINE WEST OF
QUEENS (QUEENS VILLAGE). (N. SIDE
OF TRACKS AND E.
OF CROSSING.
STEVENS 8 LEVER MECHANICAL
MA-
CHINE IN SVC:
7/1905. RENAMED “HQ”:
1907.)
TOWER #45 : 1 MINEOLA
(BRICK TOWER IN SVC: 1890
SOUTH
SIDE OF MAIN LINE TRACKS AT
CONTROL JCT. OF MINEOLA-HEMP-
STEAD AND OYSTER BAY
BRANCHES
WITH MAIN LINE.
SAXBY & FARMER
52 LEVER MECHANICAL MACHINE.
TOWER RENUMBERED #48 WHEN
BLOCK SYSTEM INSTALLED FURTHER
EAST AND MORE TOWERS PLACED IN
SERVICE:
1894. #45 REASSIGNED TO
QUEENS [SEE BELOW] UPON OPENING.
RENAMED “MT”: 1907.)
TOWER #45: 2 QUEENS
(QUEENS VILLAGE) (N. SIDE
OF TRACKS AND
EAST OF CREED AVE.
[SPRINGFIELD
BLVD.] AND STATION. IN
SVC: 1894. JOHNSON 16 LEVER MECH-
ANICAL
MACHINE. RENAMED “QU” 1907.
OUT OF SVC:
1923. REPLACED BY BRICK
TOWER IN 1924
WITH GRADE CROSSING
ELIMINATION.)
TOWER
#46: 1 BETHPAGE
JCT. – JCT. OF CENTRAL R.R.
OF L.I. AND L.I.R.R.(OPENED AUG/1885,
EAST SIDE OF TRACKS AND NORTH OF
CENTRAL R.R. SPUR TO BETHPAGE
BRICK WORKS
CROSSING L.I.R.R.
TRACKS.
RENUMBERED TO TOWER #49:
1894. #46
REASSIGNED TO WEST FLORAL
PARK UPON
OPENING. GONE BY 1897-98)
TOWER #46: 2 WEST FLORAL PARK (BELLEROSE) (S.
SIDE OF TRACKS AT W. SIDE OF REM-
SEN LANE AND 1,168’ E. OF STATION.
IN SERVICE: 1894 WITH INSTALLATION
OF BLOCK SYSTEM. INTERLOCKING
REBUILT 10/1/1905 PROBABLY ADDING
SWITCHES FOR NEW 3RD RUNNING
FREIGHT] TRACK. RENAMED “WA”
[WEST
FLORAL PARK] IN 1907. OUT OF
SVC. AND REPLACED BY “BE” CABIN
WHICH APPEARS ON ETT #49 EFF.
9/1908.) (Data
per Art Huneke)
TOWER #47 FLORAL PARK (EX-STEWART JUNCTION.
PREVIOUSLY TOWER #43: 1. RENUM-
BERED IN 1894 WITH INSTALLATION OF
BLOCK SYSTEM FROM THE WEST AND
MORE TOWERS PLACED IN SERVICE.
ORIGINALLY SHARED CALLS OF “JN”
WITH 1ST FLOOR DEPOT. RENAMED
“FP”: 1907. THESE CALLS ARE INDICA- TED IN THE LIRR JOB POSTINGS LIST
OF 9/20/1907. TOWER RAZED WITH
OLD STATION BLDG. WHEN NEW, RE-
LOCATED STATION AND NEW, FREE-
STANDING “FK” TOWER:1 PLACED IN
SVC: 1909.)
TOWER
#48 MINEOLA (BRICK TOWER IN SVC: 1890 AS
TOWER #45:1. SOUTH SIDE OF MAIN
LINE
TRACKS AT EAST END OF WOOD-
EN STATION PLATFORM, EAST OF MIN-
EOLA BLVD. TO CONTROL JCT. OF MIN-
EOLA-HEMPSTEAD AND
OYSTER BAY
BRANCHES WITH MAIN LINE. SAXBY &
FARMER 52 LEVER MECHANICAL MA-
CHINE. TOWER RENUMBERED #48
WHEN BLOCK SYSTEM INSTALLED “RJ”
TO FLORAL PARK AND MORE TOWERS
PLACED IN SERVICE: 1894. #45 RE-
ASSIGNED TO QUEENS UPON OPENING.
RENAMED “MT”: 1907.)
TOWER
#49 BETHPAGE
JCT. – JCT. OF CENTRAL R.R.
OF L.I. AND L.I.R.R.(ORIGINALLY TOWER
#46 OPENED:
AUG/1885 EAST SIDE OF
TRACKS AND NORTH OF CENTRAL R.R.
SPUR TO BETHPAGE BRICK WORKS
CROSSING L.I.R.R. TRACKS. RENUM-
BERED TOWER #49: 1894. GONE BY
1897-98)
TOWER
#51 ELMHURST
(N. SIDE OF TRACKS AND E.
OF BROADWAY CROSSING. BUILT: ?
OUT OF SERVICE: 1902-03)
TOWER
#52 CORONA
(N. SIDE OF TRACKS AND W. OF
ALBURTIS AVE. OUT OF SERVICE: 1902-
1903)
TOWER
#53 WHITESTONE
JUNCTION (1878 BOOK OF
RULES AND 1903 CR4) JCT. OF PORT
WASHINGTON AND WHITESTONE
BRANCHES.
RENAMED “JC” IN 1907.)
TOWER
#63 MANHATTAN
CROSSING (EAST NEW YORK)
ON ATLANTIC BRANCH (BUILT ON SIGNAL
BRIDGE WEST OF BAY RIDGE BRANCH
CROSSING. IN SVC: MAY/1883.
RE-
NAMED “NO” TOWER IN 1907)
TOWER
#64 NORWOOD
AVENUE (EAST NEW YORK) ON
ATLANTIC BRANCH. (LAST LISTED IN
ETT OF SEPTEMBER,
1905. GONE BY
NOVEMBER, 1905.)
TOWER
#65 CHESTNUT
ST. JCT., EAST NEW YORK, ON ATLANTIC BRANCH. (BUILT ON SIGNAL
BRIDGE.
11-LEVER US&S MODEL 14
ELECTRO-MECHANICAL MACHINE IN SVC:
8/3/06. REPLACED EARLIER CABIN AT
GRADE. CONTROLLED CONNECTION
BETWEEN L.I.R.R. AND B.R.T. SYSTEMS
DURING PERIOD OF JOINT OPERATION.
RENAMED “CN” IN 1907.)
TOWER
#66 WOODHAVEN
JCT (1903 CR4). – JCT. OF
ATLANTIC AND ROCKAWAY BEACH
BRANCHES. (ON ATLANTIC BRANCH,
SOUTH SIDE OF TRACKS, WEST OF STA-
TION AND EAST OF JCT. FORMERLY
TOWER #66. SAXBY & FARMER MECHAN-
ICAL MACHINE IN SVC: BY 1884. RE-
NAMED “WT” IN 1907.)
TOWER
#67 MAURE
AVE., MORRIS PARK ON ATLANTIC
BRANCH (S. SIDE OF TRACKS AND E. OF
MAURE AVE. RENAMED “MP” IN 1907.)
TOWER
#70 MYRTLE
AVE. TROLLEY CROSSING ON BAY
RIDGE/MANHATTAN BEACH BRANCH (12
LEVER MECHANICAL MACHINE. IN SVC:
6/1892 ON S. SIDE OF TRACKS AND W.
OF FRESH POND ROAD AND MYRTLE
AVE. RENAMED “MY”: 1907.
OUT OF
SVC: 1914 ACCOUNT GRADE ELIMIN-
ATION.)
TOWER
#71 CYPRESS
AVE. TROLLEY CROSSING ON
BAY RIDGE/MANHATTAN
BEACH
BRANCH (8 LEVER
MECHANICAL MACH-
INE. IN SVC: 3/14/1895 OR 8/15/1895 (?)
ON S. SIDE OF
TRACKS AND E. OF CY-
PRESS AVE. RENAMED “CY” IN 1907.
OUT OF SVC: 1914 ACCOUNT GRADE
CROSSING
ELIMINATION.)
TOWER
#72 EAST
NEW YORK ON MANHATTAN BEACH
BRANCH (W. OF
TRACKS AND S. OF LIB-
ERTY AVE. 12
LEVER MECHANICAL
MACHIN IN
SVC: 12/12/1895. RENAMED
“LM” IN 1907. CLOSED
c. 1914 WHEN
EAST NEW YORK
TUNNEL WAS BUILT.)
TOWER
#73 ROCKAWAY
AVE. ON MANHATTAN BEACH
BRANCH (8 LEVER MECHANICAL MACH-
INE IN SVC: 3/14/1896. RENAMED “AY”
IN 1907. OUT OF SVC:
? )
TOWER
#74 FLATBUSH
AVE. ON MANHATTAN BEACH
BRANCH (CLOSED: 1907)
TOWER
#74½ OCEAN
AVENUE TROLLEY CROSSING –
MANHATTAN BEACH JCT. STATION,
(OCEAN AVE. –
BKLYN.) ON BAY RIDGE
BRANCH- (WOODEN TOWER BUILT
SOUTH OF TRACKS
AT STATION PLAT-
FORM, EAST OF
JUNCTION. TOWER
WAS CLOSED FOR
WINTER AND
SWITCHES WERE
CONTROLLED FROM
TOWER 75 AT THE
JUNCTION JUST
WEST OF TOWER 74 ½ . CLOSED: 1907
WITH GRADE ELIMINATION.)
TOWER
#75: 1 MANHATTAN
BEACH JCT. (WEST OF
OCEAN AVE., BKLYN., RAILROAD EAST)
JCT. OF BAY RIDGE AND MANHATTAN
BEACH BRANCHES (BRICK TOWER ON
BAY RIDGE BRANCH NORTH OF TRACKS
AND DIRECTLY OPPOSITE
THE JCT.
WYE. IN SVC: c. 1885. LAST LISTED
IN ETT AND CR4 OF
1903 AS INTER-
LOCKING. CONTINUED AS A TRAIN
ORDER AND TRAIN
REPORTING OFF-
ICE AND BLOCK
STATION WHEN
RACES RUN AT
CONEY ISLAND JOCK-
EY CLUB. REMAINED IN SITU AT
GRADE WHEN TRACKS
DEPRESSED
FOR GRADE
ELIMINATION PROJECT:
1909. OUT OF SVC: c. 1910 WITH
DISCONTINUANCE OF
RACE TRAINS.
STILL INDICATED
ON LIRR BLUEPRINT
OF 1915 AS STILL
STANDING BUT
NOTED AS “ABANDONED.”)
TOWER
#75: 2 BRT
JCT. – MANHATTAN TERRACE,
BKLYN. JCT. OF
BRT EL BRIGHTON
BEACH LINE AND
LIRR MANHATTAN
BEACH BRANCH. (WOODEN TOWER
IN TEMPORARY SERVICE: 5/25/06
ON WEST SIDE OF
TRACKS JUST
SOUTH OF MANHATTAN
BEACH JCT.
TOWER GIVEN CALL
NUMBER FROM
MANHATTAN JCT.
TOWER. TEMPO-
RARY INTERLOCKING
GONE BY 1907
WITH GRADE
ELIMINATION AND
TRACK
RELOCATION.)
TOWER
#76 SOUTH
GREENFIELD, BKLYN. ON MANHAT-
TAN BEACH BRANCH (WOODEN TOWER
LOCATED AT WEST
SIDE OF TRACKS AND
NORTH OF ELM
AVENUE ACROSS FROM
SOUTH GREENFIELD
STATION. PROBAB-
LY GONE BY 1909
WITH GRADE ELIM-
INATION AND TRACK
RELOCATION.)
TOWER
#77 KINGS
HIGHWAY, BKLYN ON MANHATTAN
BEACH
BRANCH. (WOODEN TOWER
LOCATED ON WEST
SIDE OF TRACKS
AND SOUTH OF
KINGS HIGHWAY. RE-
NAMED “KF” IN
1907.)
TOWER
#78 NECK
ROAD, BKLYN. ON MANHATTAN
BEACH BRANCH
(“NECK ROAD TOWER”)
(WOODEN TOWER
BUILT ON WEST SIDE
OF TRACKS AND
SOUTH OF NECK ROAD
[GRAVESEND NECK
ROAD]. PROBABLY
GONE BY 1909 WITH
GRADE ELIMINA-
TION AND TRACK
RELOCATION.)
TOWER
#79 SHEEPSHEAD
BAY, BKLYN. ON MANHAT-
TAN BEACH BRANCH
(TOWER LOCATED
AT EAST SIDE OF
TRACKS AND SOUTH
OF SHEEPSHEAD BAY
RD. PROBABLY
GONE BY 1909 WITH
GRADE ELIMINA-
TION AND TRACK
RELOCATION.)
TOWER
#79½ EMMONS
AVE. TROLLEY CROSSING –
(EMMONS AVE.,
LATER NEPTUNE AVE.,
BKLYN.) ON MANHATTAN BEACH
BRANCH (WOODEN TOWER BUILT:
10/1898 OR 12/1898 ON W. SIDE OF
TRACKS AND NORTH OF EMMONS AVE.
REBUILT AND PUT IN SERVICE: 6/11/06.
20 LEVER MECHANICAL MACHINE. RE-
NAMED “SQ” IN 1907.)
TOWER #91 OZONE PARK (IN SVC: 12/1906 ABOVE
STATION BUILDING AT GRADE ON W.
SIDE OF TRACKS. RENAMED “RK” IN
1907. 28 LEVER MECHANICAL MACHINE.)
TOWER #92 ON SIGNAL BRIDGE S. OF LIBERTY AVE-
NUE (SOUTH OF OZONE PARK ON ROCK-
AWAY BEACH BRANCH) (IN SVC: 1904.
RENAMED “LR” IN 1907)
TOWER #93 WEST END TRESTLE (HAMILTON BEACH)
(E. SIDE OF
TRACKS AND S. OF STA-
TION. NORTH OF JAMAICA
BAY TREST-
LE ON LAND. 16-LEVER
S&F MECHAN-
ICAL MACHINE IN
SVC: 1904. RE-
NAMED “WD” IN
1907.)
TOWER
#94 ON JAMAICA BAY
TRESTLE (700’ EAST OF
GOOSE CREEK STATION) (IN SVC: BY
1906. IN USE DURING SUMMERS ONLY.
RENAMED “EC” IN 1907.)
TOWER
#95 WEST
GOOSE CREEK (ON JAMAICA BAY
TRESTLE, 2,800’ EAST OF TOWER #94. IN
SVC: BY 1906. IN USE DURING SUMMERS
ONLY.
RENAMED “WU” IN 1907.)
TOWER
#96 ON
JAMAICA BAY TRESTLE (1,300’ EAST
OF THE RAUNT STATION) (IN SVC: BY
1906.
IN USE DURING SUMMERS ONLY.
RENAMED “ER” IN 1907.)
TOWER
#101 HAMMEL
SWING BRIDGE (HAMMEL JCT.)
(WEST SIDE OF
TRACKS AND SOUTH
OF CHANNEL. 7-LEVER
TABLE MACH-
INE IN SVC: ? . RENAMED “HJ” IN 1907.)
TOWER
#102 EAST
END OF HAMMEL WYE (JOHNSON
44 LEVER MECHANICAL MACHINE. OUT
OF SVC:
8/2/1907. REPLACED BY “HU”
TOWER.)
TOWER #105 HEMPSTEAD CROSSING, GARDEN CITY.
JCT. OF HEMPSTEAD
BRANCH, CEN-
TRAL BRANCH AND, AFTER 1893, THE
N.Y. BAY EXTENSION (PER 1903 CR4.)
(OPENED JAN/1890, IN NORTHWEST
QUADRANT OF CROSSING AS TOWER
#44. SAXBY
& FARMER 36 LEVER
MECHANICAL MACHINE. RENUMB-
ERED
TOWER #105: 1894. RENAMED
“HC” IN 1907. INCREASED TO 40 LEV-
ERS BY 1926.)
TOWER/CABIN
#? FLUSHING
AVE. AND TROLLEY CROSSING
(FLUSHING
AVE. TROLLEY XING) OF BUSHWICK BRANCH
(N. SIDE OF
TRACKS
AND W. OF FLUSHING AVE.
(3
LEVER MECHANICAL MACHINE IN
SVC: 11/26/1895 CONTROLLING 2
RAILROAD
SIGNALS AND 2 TROLLEY
DERAILS.
OUT OF SVC: 1941. STOP-
BOARDS
REPLACED THE SIGNALS.
Per
Art Huneke’s website)
LAST LISTED IN ETT #72 OF 10/21/1913.)
“A1” (?) CABIN (see: “J1”) JAMAICA (250’ WEST OF
PROSPECT ST.
[159TH ST.] TEMPORARY CABIN AC-
COUNT JAMAICA
EAST IMPROVEMENT.
US&S 8 LEVER
CIRCUIT CONTROLLER
MACHINE. IN SVC: 12/8/29)
BOOK
OF RULES AND 1903 CR4) (IN
TICKET
OFFICE.)
“A”
CABIN W.
OF VERNON AVE., L. I. CITY (IN SVC:
1904.
OUT OF SERVICE: 8/31/28)
“A”
CABIN FLUSHING
MAIN STREET (GONE BY 1929)
“A” CABIN: 1 CENTRAL
PARK (N. SIDE OF TRACKS AND
W.
OF STEWART AVE. LISTED IN ETT
OF
5/14/1916 FOR END OF DOUBLE
TRACK. NOT LISTED IN ETT OF
6/28/1916.)
“A” CABIN: 2 CENTRAL
PARK (N. SIDE OF TRACKS AND
E.
OF BROADWAY. IN SERVICE: 8/1917.
FOR
END OF DOUBLE TRACK. OUT OF
SVC: 1918)
“A” CABIN FARMINGDALE (SOUTH SIDE OF
TRACKS
AND WEST OF MAIN
ST. X-ING. FORMER-
LY “B” CABIN. RENAMED IN ETT #88 EFF:
10/18/18.
BLOCK OFFICE CLOSED:
8/21/25 WITH OPENING OF “B” TOWER.
CABIN REMAINED IN SERVICE TO PRO-
TECT CROSSING WITH GATES UNDER
SUPERVISION OF POLICE DEPARTMENT
PER G.O. #76 SPECIAL NOTE.)
“A” TOWER (PRR) .2 MILES EAST OF
PENN STATION (OUT OF
SVC: 9/30/94)
“A” INTERLOCKING (R.C.) EAST OF PENN STATION
(CONTROLLED
FROM PSCC.
IN SVC: 9/30/94)
“AC” TOWER JAMAICA
CROSS SWITCHES (DUNTON)
JCT.
OF MAIN LINE AND ATLANTIC DIV.
(ON
ATLANTIC BRANCH AT WEST END
OF JAMAICA
YARD (S. SIDE OF TRACKS
AND
E. OF OLD DUNTON STA. AT VAN
WYCK
AVENUE. FORMERLY TOWER #14.
RENAMED
“AC” ? . LISTED AS “AC” IN
1903
CR4)
TRACK
(1878 BOOK OF RULES)
“AD” AUBURNDALE
(IN TICKET OFFICE: 1921-
1926)
“ADAMS” CABIN NORTH (RAILROAD WEST) OF AQUEDUCT
STA. (IND CONNECTION TO ROCKAWAY
BEACH BRANCH) AT CROSSOVER
SWITCHES. (TEMPORARY BLOCK STA-
TION IN SVC. DURING RACING SEASON
6/13/55 TO 7/9/55 PER G.O. #204 AND
FROM 8/29/55 TO 9/20/55 PER G.O.
#212)
“AF” FLATBUSH
AVE. (1878 BOOK OF RULES
AND
1903 CR4)
“AG” AMAGANSETT
(1903 CR4) (IN TICKET OFF-
ICE. UNATTENDED BLOCK STATION
SIGNALS IN SVC: 5/23/28. BLOCK AND
UNATTENDED BLOCK
SIGNALS RELOC-
ATED 1,012’ E. OF
FORMER LOCATION:
9/22/28. BLOCK STATION OUT OF SVC:
12/11/29. UNATTENDED
BLOCK STA-
TION IN SVC. CONTINUOUSLY:
12/11/29.
BLOCK STATION AGAIN
IN SVC: ? .
OUT
OF SVC: 5/19/58. BLOCK
LIMIT STATION
SIGNALS IN SVC: 5/19/58. R. C. FROM
BABYLON WITH
CLOSE OF “PD” TOWER:
5/6/2006)
“AH” CALVERTON
(1903 CR4) (BAITING HOL-
LOW) (TRAIN ORDER
OFFICE IN TICK-
ET OFFICE. BLOCK OFFICE IN SVC:
5/28/18 PER ETT
#87. UNATTEND-
ED BLOCK STATION SIGNAL IN SVC:
5/23/28.
BLOCK STATION OUT OF
SVC. BY 6/43. BLOCK LIMIT STATION
SIGNALS IN SVC BY
6/43. RELOCATED
700’ EAST:
4/11/79)
“AK” LAKELAND
(1878 BOOK OF RULES)
RONKONKOMA PER 1903 CR4 (IN
TICKET
OFFICE.)
“AMITYVILLE” INTERLKG. (R.C.) AMITYVILLE
(CONTROLLED FROM
“BABYLON”/”PORT”
IN SVC: 8/7/73.
REMOTE
FROM “VALLEY” ONLY:
5/16/83)
“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)
“AN” ARVERNE
(STRAITON AVE.) (1903 CR4)
(IN TICKET OFFICE)
“AP” ATLANTIC
PARK (SOUTHERN DIVISION:
1878
BOOK OF RULES) (IN TICKET OFF-
ICE.)
“AP” A&P
WHSE. (CENTRAL EXTENSION) (5,200’
EAST
OF “HC”. BLOCK STATION IN SVC:
10/12/36
FOR ONE DAY ONLY AC-
COUNT
VANDERBILT CUP RACE HELD
AT
ROOSEVELT RACEWAY. AGAIN IN
SVC:
7/3/37 FOR ONE DAY ONLY AC-
COUNT
SAME EVENT. EVENT POST-
PONED
2 DAYS ACCOUNT RAIN. AS-
SUMED
BLOCK STATION ACTUALLY
OPENED
ON ACTUAL DATE OF EVENT:
7/5/37.
[see: The Vanderbilt Cup by
Dennis
David:
http://www.ddavid.com/formula1/vand2.htm)
“AQ” AQUEDUCT
(SUMMER ONLY PER 1903 CR4)
“AQ” AQUEBOGUE
(TRAIN ORDER OFFICE IN TICKET OFFICE. BLOCK OFFICE IN SVC:
5/28/18 PER ETT #87. OUT OF SERVICE:
9/1927.
UNATTENDED BLOCK STATION
SIGNAL IN SVC: 9/1927. OUT OF SVC:
9/8/40)
“AQUEDUCT” AQUEDUCT
RACEWAY (TEMPORARY
BLOCK STATION AT
W. END OF EAST-
BOUND PLATFORM IN
SERVICE DURING
RACING SEASON
ONLY:
6/12/52 TO 7/13/52
9/01/52 TO 9/14/52
6/20/53 TO 7/12/53
8/31/53 TO 9/20/53)
“AU” SETAUKET
(1903 CR4) (IN TICKET OFF-
ICE. MANUAL
BLOCK SIGNALS IN SVC:
9/8/1915 PER ETT
#79 (Art Huneke data),
BLOCK OFFICE
CLOSED IN DEPOT:
5/8/29. SEMAPHORES REMOVED AND
SIGNAL MAST CUT
OFF: 5/8/29. UNAT-
TENDED BLOCK STATION
SIGNAL IN SVC:
5/8/29 (Robt. Emery data). PERMISSIVE
BLOCK ASPECT
ADDED TO BLOCK SIG-
NALS: 6/25/28.
OUT OF SVC: 6/12/49.)
“AUTUMN”
TOWER (ON SIGNAL AUTUMN AVE.
(CHESTNUT ST. JCT.)
BRIDGE) EAST NEW YORK (PREVIOUSLY “CN”
TOWER. 16-LEVER GRS MODEL 2 UNIT
LEVER TYPE ALL
ELECTRIC MACHINE IN
SVC: 1922. RENAMED:
4/15/37. OUT
OF SVC: 12/27/39 WITH GRADE ELIMIN-
ATION.)
“AV” ARVERNE
(IN TICKET OFFICE.)
“AW” EAST
ROCKAWAY (IN TICKET OFFICE. SUM-
MER ONLY PER 1903
CR4)
“AX” EAST
NEW YORK (JCT WITH MANHATTAN
BEACH BRANCH PER 1903 CR4)
“AY” ROCKAWAY
PARK (1903 CR4) (TRAIN
ORDER OFFICE IN DEPOT)
“AY”
TOWER ROCKAWAY
AVE. – MANHATTAN BEACH
BRANCH (8 LEVER MECHANICAL MACH-
INE. IN SVC:
3/14/1896. FORMERLY
TOWER #73.
RENAMED: 1907. OUT OF
SVC: ? )
TOWER
“B” EAST
OF EAST AVE., L. I. CITY (EAST OF
TOWER “A”, NEAR
MONTAUK JCT.
ACROSS TRACKS
FROM FORMER LOCA-
TION OF TOWER
#1. IN SVC: 1905 OR
LATER TO ASSIST
TOWER “A”. LAST
LISTED IN ETT #72
OF 10/21/1913. OUT
OF SVC: 1913-1914.
RAZED: 11/22/22)
“B1”
CABIN BAYSIDE
(TEMPORARY BLOCK STATION
2,000’ EAST OF
AUBURNDALE STATION,
S. SIDE OF TRACKS
ACCOUNT GRADE
CROSSING ELIMINATION
AT AUBURN-
DALE AND
BAYSIDE. US&S 4 LEVER
STYLE TC TABLE
MACHINE IN SVC:
6/18/29. OUT OF SVC:
12/5/29.)
“B2”
CABIN BAYSIDE (TEMPORARY BLOCK
STATION
1,500’ EAST OF BAYSIDE STATION ON
E. SIDE OF FREIGHT HOUSE, N. SIDE
OF TRACKS ACCOUNT GRADE CROS-
SING ELIMINATION AT AUBURNDALE
AND BAYSIDE.
US&S 4 LEVER STYLE
TC TABLE MACHINE IN
SVC: 6/18/29.
OUT OF SVC: 12/5/29.)
“B”
CABIN CROSSING
WATCHMAN’S CABIN - GARDEN
CITY (EAST SIDE
OF FRANKLIN AVENUE,
BETWEEN CENTRAL
AND HEMPSTEAD
BRANCHES, BUILT WITH A 2-LEVER
DWARF INTERLOCKING MACHINE CON-
TROLLING DERAILS AND DWARF SIGNALS
ON THE N.Y. & L.I. TRACTION CO. TRACKS
ON FRANKLIN AVENUE. INTERLOCKED
WITH “HC” TOWER. IN SVC: 1920s. OUT
OF SVC:
1/27/39 WITH OPENING OF
“GARDEN” CABIN.)
“B”
CABIN FARMINGDALE
(S. SIDE OF TRACKS AND
WEST OF MAIN ST. X-ING. FIRST APPEARS
IN ETT #73, EFF: 5/27/14. RENAMED “A”
CABIN IN ETT #88,
EFF: 10/18/18.)
(SEE “A” CABIN)
“B” CABIN BROADWAY,
FLUSHING (S. SIDE OF
TRACKS AND E. OF STATION. IN SVC:
1913.
NO LONGER LISTED AS IN SVC.
PER ETT #90 EFFECTIVE 10/16/1919)
“B”
TOWER EAST
OF EAST AVE., L. I. CITY (EAST OF
TOWER “A”, NEAR
MONTAUK JCT.
ACROSS TRACKS
FROM FORMER LOCA-
TION OF TOWER #1. ALSO REFERRED
TO AS “TOWER
B.” IN SVC: 1905 OR
LATER TO ASSIST
TOWER “A”. LAST LIST-
ED IN ETT #72 OF
10/21/1913. OUT OF
SVC: 1913-1914.
RAZED: 11/22/22)
“B”
TOWER: 1 BETHPAGE (JCT. OF CENTRAL BRANCH
EXT. TO MAIN LINE) (WOODEN TOWER
OPENED
8/21/25, SOUTH SIDE OF
TRACKS. SAXBY & FARMER 24 LEVER
MECHANICAL MACHINE. PERMISSIVE
BLOCK ASPECT ADDED TO BLOCK SIG-
NALS:
6/25/28. ADDITIONAL US&S 5
LEVER STYLE TC TABLE MACHINE TO
CONTROL
“PW” IN SVC: 7/29/30. BOTH
MACHINES OUT OF SVC: 5/28/36 AND
TOWER RAZED ACCOUNT CONSTRUC-
TION BETHPAGE STATE PKY.)
“B”
TOWER: 2 BETHPAGE
(JCT. OF CENTRAL BRANCH
EXT. TO MAIN LINE) (REPLACEMENT
BRICK TOWER 230’
EAST OF FORMER
LOCATION AND SOUTH
SIDE OF TRACKS.
INTERLOCKING
RELOCATED 85’ SOUTH
OF FORMER
LOCATION ACCOUNT COM-
PLETION OF BRIDGE
OVER BETHPAGE
STATE PKY. 19-LEVER US&S MODEL 14,
STYLE F, ALL
ELECTRIC MACHINE IN SVC:
5/28/36. UNATTENDED BLOCK SIGNAL
IN SVC: 11/1/37.
OUT OF SVC: 4/27/87.
“BA” BRIDGEHAMPTON
(FOR SAG HARBOR BR.)
JCT. OF MONTAUK
AND SAG HARBOR
BRANCHES 1895 –
1939 (IN TICKET OFF-
ICE. UNATTENDED BLOCK STATION SIG-
NAL ON SAG HARBOR
BRANCH E. OF
LUMBER LANE. IN
SVC: 1/8/29. BLOCK
OFFICE CLOSED IN
DEPOT: 1/28/32.
UNATTENDED BLOCK STATION
SIGNAL
OUT OF SVC: 5/3/1939.)
“BA”
CABIN BAYPORT
(LISTED IN ETT OF 9/9/15/ ON
S. SIDE OF TRACKS AND E. OF SNEDE-
COR
AVE. GONE FROM ETT OF 9/9/15.
BLOCK OFFICE MOVED INTO DEPOT.)
“BA”
CABIN OZONE
PARK (1,100’ WEST OF “RK” INTER-
LOCKING
STATION. TEMPORARY CABIN
ACCOUNT OZONE
PARK GRADE CROS-
SING ELIMINATION
AND NEW ATLANTIC
BRANCH CONNECTION
TRACK INSTAL-
LATION. US&S 7 LEVER STYLE TC TABLE
MACHINE IN SVC: 4/25/30. OUT OF SVC:
3/25/31.)
"BABYLON" TRAIN
ORDER OFFICE IN DEPOT PER ETT
OF 06/28/1916. LATER "BN" PER ETT
OF 05/28/1918.
“BABYLON EAST” BABYLON (SEE: “BABYLON” TOWER: 2)
(IN SVC:
5/28/2006 WITH CLOSING OF
“PD” TOWER IN
PATCHOGUE.)
“BABYLON”
TOWER: 1 BABYLON
(SOUTH OF TRACKS AND EAST
OF STATION AND
DEER PARK AVE.
PREVIOUSLY “BJ”
TOWER. US&S 23 LEV-
ER MODEL 14 ELECTRO-PNEUMATIC
MACHINE. RENAMED: 4/30/37. OUT OF
SVC: 4/6/63 WITH GRADE ELIMINATION.)
“BABYLON”
TOWER: 2 BABYLON
(NORTH OF TRACKS AND EAST
OF STATION AND DEER PARK AVE. NEW
TOWER DUE TO
GRADE ELIMINATION IN
SVC: 4/6/63. US&S 27 LEVER MODEL 14
ELECTRO-MECHANICAL MACHINE, OUT
OF SVC:
9/9/64. US&S STYLE UR CON-
TROL PANEL IN SVC: 9/9/64. TOWER
REMODELED: 1987. BLOCK OFFICE DIV-
IDED INTO “BABYLON EAST” AND “BABY-
LON WEST” UTILIZING TWO BLOCK OPER-
ATORS, EFF: 5/28/2006 WITH CLOSING
OF “PD” TOWER. “BABYLON EAST” HAND-
LED BLOCK FROM BABYLON EASTWARD
TO MONTAUK.
“BABYLON WEST” HAND-
LED BLOCK FROM BABYLON WESTWARD)
“BABYLON WEST” BABYLON (SEE: “BABYLON” TOWER: 2)
(IN SVC:
5/28/2006 WITH CLOSING OF
“PD” TOWER IN
PATCHOGUE.)
“BAY”
BLOCK STATION (R.C.) NEW UTRECHT AVE., BAY RIDGE,
BKLYN.
(PREVIOUSLY “NU” BLOCK STATION. RE-
MOTE FROM
“FREMONT.” IN SVC.
4/4/66. OUT OF SVC: 4/15/70)
“BAY”
BLOCK STATION EAST OF BAYSIDE
- TEMPORARY BLOCK
STATION FOR
SINGLE TRACKING DUR-
ING TRACK
REHABILITATION BETWEEN
BAYSIDE AND SHEA
STADIUM AND BAY-
SIDE AND GREAT
NECK, BOUNCING
BACK AND FORTH
BETWEEN THE 1ST
AND 2ND CROSSOVER
SWITCHES EAST
OF BAYSIDE.
IN SVC:
4/05/78. O.O.S: 5/07/78
RELOCATED AND IN SVC: 5/08/78
RELOCATED AND IN SVC: 6/07/78.
RELOCATED AND IN SVC: 8/09/78.
O.O.S: 10/14/78
IN SVC:
11/01/78. O.O.S: 12/13/78
IN SVC:
2/05/79. O.O.S: 4/23/79
IN SVC:
10/02/82 FOR ONE DAY ONLY
RELOCATED AND IN SVC: 3/14/83.
RELOCATED AND IN SVC: 4/04/83.
RELOCATED AND IN SVC: 5/09/83.
IN SVC:
7/12/86 FOR ONE DAY ONLY
IN SVC:
7/19/86 FOR ONE DAY ONLY
IN SVC:
9/27/86 FOR ONE DAY ONLY
IN SVC:
3/28/87 FOR ONE DAY ONLY
IN SVC:
8/15/87 FOR ONE DAY ONLY
IN SVC:
8/22/87 FOR ONE DAY ONLY
IN SVC:
3/12/88. O.O.S: 3/13/88
“BAY”
INTERLOCKING (R.C.) EAST OF BAYSIDE
(CONTROLLED FROM
“HAROLD” IN SVC: 3/21/88
“BC”
CABIN BROAD
CHANNEL ON ROCKAWAY BEACH
BRANCH (BRIDGE
TENDER’S CABIN ON
W. SIDE OF TRACKS
AND S. OF STATION.
LOCATED ON SWING BRIDGE. IN USE
ON 1917 MAP. SAXBY & FARMER 4 LEV-
ER MECHANICAL
MACHINE. BRIDGE TEN-
DER HANDLED BLOCK
SIGNALS. RE-
PLACED WITH
US&S 4-LEVER MODEL TC
TABLE
MACHINE: c. 1938. OUT OF SVC:
5/1950 (Per Jeff Erlitz)
“BC”
CABIN FRESH
POND (TEMPORARY CABIN DURING
METROPOLITAN
AVE. GRADE CROSSING ELIMINATION. IN SVC: 3/8/1915)
“BD” BAY
RIDGE (1903 CR4) (IN TICKET OFFICE.)
“BD” BEDFORD
(1903 CR4) (IN TICKET OFFICE.)
“BE”
CABIN BELLEROSE
(N. SIDE OF TRACKS AND W.
OF STATION.
REPLACED “WA” TOWER.
CABIN IN SVC. PER ETT #49 EFF. 9/1908.
OUT OF SVC:
1923) (Data per Art Huneke)
“BE”
CABIN BETHPAGE
JCT. (TEMPORARY BLOCK
STATION BUILT 1925, SOUTH SIDE
OF TRACKS, JUST
WEST OF CONSTRUC-
TION SITE,
FOR USE DURING CON –
STRUCTION OF “B” TOWER. CLOSED
8/21/25 WITH OPENING OF “B” TOWER)
“BEACH”
TOWER HAMILTON
BEACH (PREVIOUSLY “WD”
TOWER) (EAST SIDE OF TRACKS AND
SOUTH [RAILROAD EAST] OF STATION.
SAXBY & FARMER 16 LEVER MECHAN-
ICAL MACHINE. RENAMED:
5/1/37.
US&S 7 LEVER STYLE TC TABLE MA-
CHINE CONTROLLING “HB” INTERLOCK-
ING IN SVC: 11/13/39. 7 LEVER MA-
CHINE AND “HB” OUT OF SVC: 9/26/40.
“BEACH” TOWER OUT OF SVC: 7/16/51.)
“BEDFORD
JUNCTION” BEDFORD,
BKLYN (1st INTERLOCKING
PLANT ON THE LIRR) (LOCATED ON
ATLANTIC BRANCH.) JUNCTION OF
L.I.R.R. ATLANTIC BRANCH AND BROOK-
LYN, FLATBUSH & CONEY ISLAND R.R.
(IN SVC: 6/14/1879 ON S. SIDE OF
TRACKS INSIDE JUNCTION WYE. 14 LEV-
ER SAXBY & FARMER MECHANICAL MA-
CHINE. INTERLOCKING PLANT LASTED 5
TO 6 YEARS.
TOWER REMAINED INTO
THE 1890s) (per Art Huneke)
“BEDFORD” TOWER EAST (RAILROAD WEST) OF STATION,
OCEAN AVE., BKLYN. (ON BAY RIDGE
BRANCH AT MANHATTAN BEACH JCT.)
(BRICK TOWER PREVIOUSLY NAMED
“MJ”. 24-LEVER GRS TYPE B ELECTRO-
MECHANICAL MACHINE: 16-LEVER
ELECTRICAL AND 8-LEVER MECHANIC-
AL IN SVC: 1918. RENAMED: 1938.
OUT OF SVC: 12/29/49. UPPER POR-
TION RAZED. LOWER PORTION STILL
STANDING AS LATE AS 1985 ALTHOUGH
HEAVILY VANDALIZED.
“BEDFORD”
BLOCK STATION OCEAN AVE., BKLYN.
(IN SVC. 3/2/66.
OUT OF SVC: 4/4/66)
“BEDFORD”
BLOCK STA. (R.C.) OCEAN AVE., BKLYN.
(REMOTE FROM
“FREMONT.”
IN SVC: 4/4/66. OUT OF
SVC. 4/15/70.)
“BETH:
INTERLOCKING STA. EAST OF BETHPAGE. (TEMPORARILY
CONTROLLED FROM THE LOCAL CON-
TROL PANEL IN THE HUT. USED
DUR-
ING
ELECTRIFICATION EXTENSION TO
RONKONKOMA. IN SVC:
4/27/87.
OUT OF SVC: 6/15/87.
“BETH”
INTERLOCKING (R.C.) EAST
OF BETHPAGE (CONTROLLED
FROM “DIVIDE.” IN
SVC: 6/15/87)
“BF”
CABIN BABYLON
– “BELMONT JCT.” JCT. OF
CENTRAL AND MONTAUK BRANCHES
(LOCATED ON CENTRAL BRANCH.
CLOSED 8/21/25 WITH OPENING OF
“B” TOWER)
“BG” BETHPAGE
JCT. (1878 BOOK OF RULES)
“BG”
CABIN LONG
BEACH (SUMMER USE ONLY) (EAST
SIDE OF TRACKS AT ENTRANCE TO
YARD.
IN SERVICE: 1913. OUT OF SVC.
FOR THE WINTER: 10/10/22.
OUT OF
SVC. PERMANENTLY: 10/17/28.)
“BH” BRIDGEHAMPTON
(1878 BOOK OF RULES
AND 1903 CR4) JCT. OF MONTAUK AND
SAG HARBOR BRANCHES 1895 – 1939.
(IN TICKET OFFICE. UNATTENDED
BLOCK STATION SIGNAL IN SVC: 1/8/29.
FULL-TIME BLOCK OFFICE IN DEPOT OUT
OF SVC:
1/18/32. UNATTENDED BLOCK
STATION IN SVC. CONTINUOUSLY:
1/18/32. MANNED, PART-TIME BLOCK
STATION IN SVC. “SUMMERS ONLY.”
PARTIAL DATES AS FOLLOWS:
IN
SVC: 6/25/33. O.O.S:
9/ ? /33.
IN
SVC: 6/23/35. O.O.S:
9/15/35.
JUNCTION REMOVED: 1939 WITH ABAND-
ONMENT OF SAG HARBOR BRANCH. UN-
ATTENDED BLOCK STATION SIGNAL RE-
LOCATED 500’ EAST OF FORMER LOCA-
TION:
8/11/39. BLOCK LIMIT STATION
SIGNALS IN SVC: 9/15/35 [?]. R.C. FROM
BABYLON 5/6/2006)
“BJ” CABIN BUSHWICK JCT –
FRESH POND – TEMPO-
RARY INTERLOCKING ACCOUNT GRADE
CROSSING ELIMINATION. LISTED IN
ETT OF 9/9/15. NOT LISTED IN ETT OF
6/28/1916.
“BJ”
TOWER FRESH
POND AT BUSHWICK JCT. (NORTH
SIDE OF TRACKS AND E. OF STATION.
FORMERLY TOWER #7. RENAMED IN
1907. GONE BY
1920s)
“BK” STONY
BROOK (1903 CR4) (IN
TICKET
OFFICE. MANUAL BLOCK SIGNALS IN
SVC: 9/8/1915 PER ETT #79 (Art Huneke
data).
2-LEVER GRS WALL TYPE MECH-
ANICAL MACHINE IN
SVC: 1917. UNAT-
TENDED BLOCK STATION
SIGNAL IN-
STALLED: 5/1928. PERMISSIVE
BLOCK
ASPECT ADDED TO
BLOCK SIGNALS:
6/25/28. WALL TYPE MECHANICAL MA-
CHINE REPLACED BY
2-LEVER TABLE
MACHINE SOMETIME
AFTER 2/26/39
[PER INTERLOCKING
DRAWINGS]. LAST
INDICATED AS
FULL-TIME BLOCK OF-
FICE PER ETT #17,
EFF. 9/11/49. INDI-
CATED AS
PART-TIME BLOCK OFFICE
PER ETT #18, EFF.
6/25/50. BLOCK
AND BLOCK LIMIT
SIGNALS RELOCATED
406’ WEST OF
FORMER LOCATION AND
CONVERTED TO POSITION LIGHT SIG-
NALS: 10/26/59.
BLOCK AND BLOCK
LIMIT SIGNALS
RELOCATED TO A POINT
150' EAST OF NEW
HIGH-LEVEL PLAT-
FORM ON S. SIDE
OF MAIN TRACK WITH
TRACK REALIGNMENT
AND REBUILT IN-
TERLOCKING: 11/14/88 PER G.N. 2-41.
PART-TIME BLOCK
OFFICE PERMANENT-
LY OUT OF
SVC: 9/27/91)
“BLISS”
TOWER BLISSVILLE,
L.I. CITY - JCT. OF MONTAUK
BRANCH AND
MONTAUK CUT-OFF. (SEE:
“BX” TOWER. STEEL
SPIRAL STAIRCASE
REPLACED WOODEN
STAIRS: ? .
OUT
OF SVC: 10/12/60.
RAZED 11/17/60.)
“BLISS”
CABIN BLISSVILLE,
L.I. CITY – JCT. OF MONTAUK
BRANCH AND
MONTAUK CUT-OFF.
(IN SVC: 10/12/60
ON N. SIDE OF
TRACKS, W. OF
GREENPOINT AVE., 112’
WEST OF PREVIOUS
LOCATION. US&S 4
LEVER STYLE TC TABLE
MACHINE. YEAR-
ROUND OFFICE
CLOSED 1990s. RE-
OPENED DURING
SUMMER MONTHS)
“BM” TOWER BELMONT
PARK RACE TRACK. (OPENED
1905 EAST SIDE OF TRACKS AND N.
OF HEMPSTEAD
TPKE. STANDARD 16
LEVER MECHANICAL
MACHINE. CON-
TROLLED 4-TRACK
ACCESS TO PARK
WHERE IT
BOTTLE-NECKED TO TWO
TRACKS. DESTROYED BY FIRE: 7/9/25)
“BM” CABIN BELMONT
PARK RACE TRACK JCT. (2,850’
EAST OF “QU”, QUEENS VILLAGE AND
1650’ EAST OF “KW” CABIN. BLOCK STA-
TION IN SVC. FOR RACING EVENTS ONLY.
PARTIAL DATES AS FOLLOWS:
IN SVC:
9/02/29. O.O.S: 9/16/29
IN SVC:
11/02/29. O.O.S: 11/05/29
IN SVC:
5/15/30. O.O.S: 6/10/30
IN SVC:
9/01/30. O.O.S: 9/17/30
IN SVC:
5/15/31. O.O.S: 6/13/31
IN
SVC: 9/07/31. O.O.S:
9/19/31
IN SVC:
9/05/32. O.O.S:
9/17/32
IN SVC:
5/27/33. O.O.S:
6/16/33
IN SVC:
9/04/33. O.O.S:
9/16/33
IN SVC:
5/16/34. O.O.S:
6/09/34
IN SVC:
9/03/34. O.O.S:
9/15/34
IN SVC:
5/15/35. O.O.S:
6/08/35
IN SVC:
9/30/35. O.O.S:
10/12/35
IN SVC: 5/11/36. O.O.S:
6/06/36
IN SVC: 9/17/36. O.O.S:
10/03/36
IN SVC:
5/10/37. O.O.S:
6/05/37.
“BN” BABYLON
STATION (1878 BOOK OF RULES
AND 1903 CR4) (IN TICKET OFFICE.)
“BN”
CABIN BABYLON
(FIRST
APPEARS ON ETT OF
1918.
IN USE THROUGHOUT ELECTRI-
FICATION
PROJECT AND CONSTRUC-
TION OF “BJ” TOWER. NORTH SIDE OF
PLACED IN SERVICE.)
“BO” BELLPORT
(1903 CR4) (IN TICKET OFFICE.
BLOCK STATION OUT
OF SVC: 12/11/29.
UNATTENDED BLOCK
STATION IN SVC.
CONTINUOUSLY:
12/11/29. BLOCK STA-
TION AGAIN IN
SVC: ? .
OUT OF SVC:
BY 6/43. BLOCK LIMIT STATION SIGNALS
IN SVC. BY 6/43. OUT OF SVC:
5/6/2006)
“BP” BAYPORT
(1903 CR4) (IN TICKET OFFICE.
UNATTENDED BLOCK
STATION RELOCAT-
ED 200’ WEST OF
SWITCH 2: 10/22/29)
“BQ” CABIN BELLPORT (S. SIDE OF TRACKS AND E.
OF STATION ROAD.
IN SERVICE: 1916 –
1919. BURNED:
1919, NOT REPLACED)
“BR” BRENTWOOD
(1878 BOOK OF RULES AND
1903
CR4) (IN TICKET OFFICE.)
“BR” BROOKLYN
MANOR (S. OF DEPOT AND W.
SIDE
OF TRACKS. BLOCK STATION IN
SVC:
5/22/36 ACCOUNT 91ST AVE.
BRIDGE
RECONSTRUCTION. US&S 4
LEVER
STYLE TC TABLE MACHINE.
OUT
OF SVC: 10/23/36.)
“BRENT” E.
OF BRENTWOOD AT START OF DOU-
BLE
TRACK EASTBOUND (TEMP BLOCK
SIGNAL
IN SVC: 9/14/87 DURING ELEC-
TRIFICATION
PROJECT. R.C. FROM "DIV-
IDE"
TOWER. OUT OF SVC: 12/14/87.
REPLACED
BY “BRENT" INTERLOCKING)
“BRENT” INTERLOCKING (R.C.) EAST OF BRENTWOOD AT START OF DOU-
BLE
TRACK WESTBOUND (CONTROLLED
FROM
“DIVIDE.” IN SVC: 12/14/87.)
“BRIDGE STREET DRAWBRIDGE” DRAWBRIDGE
WEST OF FLUSHING,
BRIDGE STREET STATION ON WHITE-
STONE BRANCH. 3 LEVER DWARF
GROUND FRAMES AT EACH END OF
DRAWBRIDGE. IN SVC:
c. 1912. OUT
OF
SVC: c. 1930. REPLACED BY 2 LEV-
ER S&F DWARF MACHINES: c. 1930.
DRAWBRIDGE
OUT OF SVC: 2/19/32
WITH
BRANCH ABANDONMENT.)
“BROAD CHANNEL SWING
BRIDGE ON S. SIDE OF CHANNEL.
DRAWBRIDGE” (ORIGINALLY
CONTROLLED BY “BC”
CABIN. ORIGINAL MACHINE REPLACED
BY
4-LEVER US&S STYLE TC TAB-
LE
MACHINE IN SVC: c. 1938. LATER CON-
TROLLED BY “DRAW” TOWER. INTER-
LOCKING
AND INTERLOCKING STA-
TION
OUT OF SVC: 5/23/50 WITH
ABANDONMENT
OF JAMAICA BAY
TRESTLE
AFTER FIRE OF 1950.)
“BROOK”
TOWER: 1 FLATBUSH
AVE., BROOKLYN (UNDER-
GROUND: E. END OF
STATION PLAT-
FORM BETWEEN
TRACKS 4 AND 5.
FORMERLY “FT”. 35-LEVER
US&S
MODEL 14
ELECTRO-PNEUMATIC
MACHINE IN
SVC: 1906. RENAMED:
4/15/37. OUT OF SVC: SUMMER/1999.
“BROOK”
TOWER: 2 FLATBUSH
AVE., BROOKLYN (UNDER-
GROUND: RELOCATED
TO YARDMAST-
ER’S OFFICE AT E.
END OF PLATFORM
BETWEEN TRACKS 2
AND 3)
“BROOK
1” INTERLOCKING EAST OF
FLATBUSH AVE., BROOKLYN (IN
SVC: 2000 ?)
“BROOK
2” INTERLOCKING EAST OF FLATBUSH AVE., BROOKLYN (IN
SVC: 2000 ?)
“BS”
CABIN BAYSIDE (S. SIDE OF
TRACKS AND W.
END OF E.B. STATION PLATFORM. IN
SERVICE: 12/26/19 – 10/1926)
“BS”
TOWER BLISSVILLE,
L.I. CITY – JCT. OF MONTAUK
BRANCH AND
MONTAUK CUT-OFF. (SEE:
“BX” TOWER. RENAMED “BLISS”:
4/22/37)
“BT” BLUEPOINT
(1903 CR4) (IN TICKET OFFICE.)
BOOK
OF RULES AND 1903 CR4) (IN
TICKET
OFFICE.)
“BUSHWICK DRAWBRIDGE” SWINGBRIDGE
ON BUSHWICK BRANCH
(TWO
S&F DWARF MACHINES - 2 LEV-
ERS
EACH – ON EACH SIDE OF BRIDGE
IN
SVC: 1902. SMASHBOARD SIGNALS
INSTALLED:
3/26/29
“BURKE”
INTERLOCKING (R.C.) WEST OF
HUNTINGTON (IN SVC: 5/22/62.
NAMED AFTER
RETIRED TRACK FORE-
MAN PATRICK BURKE
per The Long Island
Railroader:
10/11/61. NAMED AFTER RE-
TIRED CONDUCTOR JOE BURKE per W. S.
Boerckel. OUT OF SVC: 6/26/72. BE-
CAME “HUNT 1” LOCATION)
“BV” BELLMORE
(1903 CR4) (IN TICKET OFFICE.)
“BW” BALDWIN
(1903 CR4) (IN TICKET OFFICE.)
“BW”
CABIN BELLAIRE
(IN SVC: 1920s. OUR OF SVC: ? )
“BX”
TOWER BLISSVILLE,
L.I. CITY – JCT. OF MONTAUK
BRANCH AND
MONTAUK CUT-OFF.
(BUILT: 1894
NORTH SIDE OF TRACKS
AND WEST SIDE OF
GREENPOINT AVE.
16-LEVER G.R.S.-SAXBY
& FARMER
MECHANICAL MACHINE. FORMERLY
TOWER #3: 2. RENAMED “BX” IN 1907.
MOVED SOUTH OF TRACKS AND WEST
SIDE OF GREENPOINT AVE.: 3/1908.
INCREASED TO 24-LEVER G.R.S.-S&F
MECHANICAL MACHINE: ? . RENAMED
“BS”: 11/23/28. RENAMED “BLISS”:
4/22/37.)
“BY” BAYSHORE
(1878 BOOK OF RULES AND
1903 CR4) (IN TICKET OFFICE.)
“C3”
(?) CABIN (see: “J3”) JAMAICA
(300’ WEST OF “RJ” TOWER. IN
SVC: 12/1/29 FOR “JAMAICA IMPROVE-
MENT EAST”
PROJECT.)
“C” COLLEGE
POINT (NORTH SHORE DIVISON:
1878
BOOK OF RULES AND 1903 CR4)
(IN
TICKET OFFICE.)
“C” CABIN CUMBERLAND
STREET, JAMAICA ON OLD
SOUTHERN
ROAD BETWEEN 108th AVE.
AND
109th RD, SOUTH OF THE OLD
"SJ"
TOWER, AND PAST THE END OF
THE
1913 VIADUCT (IN SVC: 1913 DUR-
ING
JAMAICA GRADE ELIMINATION.
OUT
OF SVC. THE SAME YEAR WITH
COMPLE TION OF PROJECT. APPEARS
AGAIN
IN ETTs OF 06/28/1916 AND
05/28/1918.)
“C”
TOWER (PRR) PENNSYLVANIA
STATION, NY (OUT OF SVC:
9/30/94)
“C”
INTERLOCKING (R.C.) PENN
STATION (CONTROLLED FROM PSCC.
IN
SVC: 9/30/94)
“CA” MORRIS
PARK SHOPS (1903 CR4)
“CA”
CABIN WEST
OF CENTRAL AVE., VALLEY STREAM.
(US&S 14
LEVER STYLE TC TABLE MA-
CHINE IN
SVC: 8/10/32 ACCOUNT VAL-
LEY STREAM GRADE
CROSSING ELIMINA-
TION. OUT OF
SVC: 9/10/33 WITH
PLACING OF ELEVATED JCT. OF W.
HEMPSTEAD BRANCH IN SVC. ALL SIG-
NALS AND CONTROLS HANDLED BY “VA”
TOWER.)
“CANAL”
FLUSHING
MEADOWS (FOR SEWER LINE
CONSTRUCTION
ADJACENT TO FLUSH-
ING CREEK.
US&S 6 LEVER STYLE TC
TABLE MACHINE IN SVC: 7/13/38. OUT
OF SVC: 9/19/38)
SHORE DIVISION: 1878 BOOK OF
RULES)
(IN TICKET OFFICE.)
“CD” CABIN CENTRAL
PARK (NEAR W. END OF STA-
TION
PLATFORM. IN SVC: 6/24/1909
PER
G.O. #82 FOR MANUAL BLOCK.
USED
IN CONJUNCTION WITH “FB”
CABIN
AND “HX” TOWER. GONE BY
1911
ETT WHEN MANUAL BLOCK NO
LONGER
IN EF FECT ON MAIN LINE
EAST
OF “HX”.)
“CE” LAWRENCE
(1903 CR4) (IN TICKET OFF-
ICE.)
“CENTRE” ROCKVILLE
CENTRE (TEMPORARY BLOCK
OFFICE
DURING ROCKVILLE CENTRE
GRADE
ELIMINATION. LOCATED IN
TICKET
OFC. ON TEMPORARY WEST-
BOUND
PLATFORM. US&S 4 LEVER
STYLE
TC TABLE MACHINE. IN SVC:
4/19/49. OUT OF SVC: 7/18/50)
“CF” SEA
CLIFF (1903 CR4) (IN TICKET OFFICE.)
“CH” CONEY
ISLAND (ON PROSPECT PARK &
CONEY ISLAND RAIL ROAD) (1878 BK
OF RULES AND 1903 CR4) (IN TICKET
OFFICE.)
“CI” CENTRAL
ISLIP STATION (1903 CR4)
TRAIN ORDER OFFICE IN TICKET OFF-
ICE. BLOCK
OFFICE IN SVC: 1916.
ONE LEVER MECHANICAL MACHINE.
REPLACED IN 1930s BY 2-LEVER
TABLE MACHINE. UNATTENDED
BLOCK STATION SIGNAL IN SVC:
5/23/28.
PERMISSIVE BLOCK ASPECT
ADDED TO BLOCK SIGNALS: 6/25/28.
BLOCK SIGNALS RELOCATED 1,050’
EAST OF FORMER LOCATION. BLOCK
AND BLOCK LIMIT SIGNALS RELOCAT-
ED AN ADDITIONAL 170’ EAST: 9/9/77.
BLOCK AND BLOCK LIMIT STATION
OUT OF SVC:
12/14/87 WITH ELECTRI-
FICATION PROJECT.)
“CI 1” INTERLOCKING (R.C.) WEST OF CENTRAL ISLIP (CONTROLLED
FROM “DIVIDE.” IN
SVC: 12/14/87)
“CI 2” INTERLOCKING (R.C.) EAST OF CENTRAL ISLIP (CONTROLLED
FROM “DIVIDE.” IN
SVC: 12/14/87)
“CK” LITTLE
NECK (1903 CR4) (IN TICKET OFF-
ICE.)
“CM” CREEDMOOR
(NORTH SHORE DIVISION:
1878
BOOK OF RULES) (IN TICKET
OFFICE.)
“CM”
CABIN CENTER
MORICHES (OPENED: 1916 ON
S. SIDE OF TRACKS AND E. OF DEPOT.
GONE FROM ETT OF 05/28/1918)
“CN”
TOWER CHESTNUT
ST. JCT., EAST NEW YORK
(LOCATED ON SIGNAL BRIDGE ON
ATLANTIC BRANCH WEST OF RAILROAD
AVE. AND RAILROAD AVE. STATION.
FORMERLY TOWER #65. CONTROLLED
CONNECTION BETWEEN L.I.R.R. AND
B.R.T. SYSTEMS DURING PERIOD OF
JOINT OPERATIONS. RENAMED IN 1907.
US&S 11 LEVER MECHANICAL MACHINE
IN SVC:
? . BRT CONNECTION OUT OF
SVC: 1917. INTERLOCKING PLANT RE-
BUILT AND 16-LEVER GRS MODEL 2
UNIT LEVER TYPE ALL ELECTRIC MACH-
INE IN SVC: 1922. STATION AND STREET
RENAMED AUTUMN AVE., AND TOWER
RENAMED “AUTUMN”: 4/15/37.
“CO” CABIN CORONA (TEMPORARY CABIN
ACCOUNT
GRADE CROSSING ELIMINATION. US&S
3 LEVER STYLE TC TABLE MACHINE IN
SVC: 5/8/30. OUT OF SVC: 10/17/30.)
“COREY”
INTERLOCKING (R.C.) EAST OF
HUNTINGTON (IN SVC: 5/22/62,
OUT OF SVC:
6/26/72. NAMED AFTER
RETIRED ENGINEER
BENJAMIN C. COREY
per The Long
Island Railroader: 10/11/61.
BECAME “HUNT 3” LOCATION.)
“CP”
CABIN CENTRAL
ISLIP (SOUTH SIDE OF TRACKS
AND WEST OF STATION. LISTED IN
ETT OF 5/14/1916. GONE FROM ETT
OF 6/28/1916. CALL LETTERS MOUNT-
ED ON CABIN BUT NEVER PLACED IN
SVC. LOADED ON FLATCAR AND RELO-
CATED TO CAMP UPTON JCT: 1916. RE-
NAMED “WC” CABIN. AGENT AT CEN-
TRAL ISLIP PAID EXTRA TO HANDLE “CI”
BLOCK IN TICKET OFFICE. Per George G.
Ayling, Block Opr. At “CI”: 1910-1923,
Agent/Opr: 1923-1954.)
“CP” CENTRAL
PARK (BLOCK HANDLED AT STA:
8/1918 UNTIL 8/1925. FORMERLY “PK”)
“CR” EAST
OF GARDEN CITY (CENTRAL EXTEN-
SION) (7,875’ EAST OF “HC” INTERLOCK-
ING STATION.
POSSIBLY NAMED FOR
PROXIMITY TO CLINTON ROAD: Dave
Keller,
CURTIS ENGINEERING, SIDING
FOR WHICH WAS AT THE CABIN’S LOCA-
TION: Richard Makse, OR LONG ISLAND
MOTOR PARKWAY CONNECTING ROAD
WHICH WAS IN THE SAME VICINITY: Art
Huneke] TEMPORARY BLOCK STATION
IN SVC: 9/6/30 POSSIBLY FOR MEAD-
OWBROOK COUNTRY CLUB POLO TOUR-
NAMENT.
OUT OF SVC: 9/13/30.)
“CS” COLD
SPRING (1903 CR4) (LATER: COLD
SPRING HARBOR) (IN TICKET OFFICE.)
“CT” TOWER CARLTON
AVE., BKLYN (BUILT INTO THE
WALL ON THE S. SIDE OF TRACKS AND
W. OF CARLTON AVE. YARD ENTRANCE.
IN SVC: 7/10/1906. OUT OF SVC:
12/16/1907
“CU” STONE
HOUSE CURVE – WEST WOODSIDE
AREA (SUNNYSIDE) (IN SVC: BY 1907)
“CU” CABIN CAMP
UPTON JCT. – JCT. OF CAMP
UPTON SPUR WITH
MAIN LINE. (IN SVC:
3/14/44 SOUTH
SIDE OF TRACKS,
OPPOSITE JCT. OF WEST LEG OF WYE
[EASTWARD FACING
POINT SWITCH OF
CAMP UPTON
BRANCH]. BLOCK STA-
TION, BLOCK LIMIT
STATION AND RE-
LATED SIGNALS OUT
OF SVC: 10/2/44
PER G.O. #612. STILL ON-SITE IN 1964
IN USE AS “T”
BOX. MOVED TO PRI-
VATE PROPERTY AS
TOOL SHED.)
“CV”
CABIN OZONE
PARK (500’ WEST OF SIGNAL
BRIDGE 93 ON N.
SIDE OF TRACKS,
TEMPORARY CABIN
ACCOUNT OZONE
PARK GRADE
CROSSING ELIMINATION.
US&S 9 LEVER
STYLE TC TABLE MACH-
INE IN SVC: 5/5/30.
OUT OF SVC:
3/25/31.)
“CY”
TOWER CYPRESS
AVE. TROLLEY CROSSING –
BAY RIDGE/MANHATTAN BEACH
BRANCH (8 LEVER MECHANICAL MACH-
INE. IN SVC: 3/14/1895 OR 8/15/1895 (?).
FORMERLY TOWER 71. RENAMED: 1907.
OUT OF SVC: 1914 ACCOUNT GRADE
CROSSING
ELIMINATION.)
DIVISION:
1878 BOOK OF RULES)
“D” BUSHWICK
JUNCTION (1903 CR4)
“D”
CABIN: 1 DOUGLASTON
DRAWBRIDGE (SWING-
BRIDGE) OVER
LITTLE NECK CREEK.
(BRIDGE BUILT
1894. BRIDGE TEND-
ER'S CABIN ON S. SIDE
OF TRACKS
BUILT ON
RECLAIMED W. EDGE OF
CREEK. GAUNTLET TRACK AND
BLOCK OFFICE WITH
4-LEVER S&F
MECHANICAL
MACHINE IN SVC:
9/1911 – 3/7/1923)
“D”
CABIN: 2 DOUGLASTON
DRAWBRIDGE (SWING-
BRIDGE) OVER
LITTLE NECK CREEK.
(BRIDGE REPLACED
WITH DOUBLE
TRACK SPAN. BRIDGE TENDER'S
CABIN AND BLOCK
OFFICE RELO-
CATED TO N. SIDE
OF TRACKS, ON
E. SIDE OF CREEK. IN SVC:
3/7/1923-1926. 4-LEVER
S&F MECH-
ANICAL
MACHINE. AFTER 1926, BE-
CAME BRIDGE
TENDER’S CABIN ONLY.
RENAMED
“DOUGLASTON DRAW-
BRIDGE” IN
ETT's. PER EMERY DATA,
CABIN REMOVED: 1950)
“DB”
TOWER DUTCH
KILLS DRAW BRIDGE OVER
DUTCH KILLS CREEK, L. I. CITY (N. SIDE
OF MONTAUK
BRANCH TRACKS AND W.
OF THE CREEK. FORMERLY TOWER #2: 2.
8
LEVER SAXBY & FARMER MECHANICAL
MACHINE IN SVC: 1892. MOVED TO N.
SIDE
OF TRACKS WITH ENLARGEMENT
OF NORTH YARD AND INSTALLATION OF
CONNECTION TO DOCK YARD: 1903-04.
29 LEVER UNION S & S MODEL 14 ELEC-
TRIC MACHINE IN SVC: 10/12/1905. RE-
NAMED “DB”:
1907. OUT OF SVC:
10/1915 [per Bob Emery’s maps] GONE
FROM ETT OF 5/1916.)
“DB”
CABIN DUTCH
KILLS DRAW BRIDGE - L.I. CITY
(8-LEVER
S&F MECHANICAL MACHINE
IN SVC: 10/1915
ON N. SIDE OF MON-
TAUK BRANCH TRACKS AND E. OF
DRAWBRIDGE [SWING BRIDGE] OVER
DUTCH KILLS CREEK.)
“DE” LONG
ISLAND CITY (GONE BETWEEN1925
AND1929)
“DEER”
INTERLOCKING (R.C.) WEST OF DEER
PARK AT START OF DOU-
BLE TRACK EASTBOUND (CONTROLLED
FROM
“DIVIDE.” IN SVC: 9/14/87 WITH
INTENTION
TO BE NAMED “DEER” BUT
NAMED
“JS” AFTER JIMMY SULLIVAN,
LIRR
SR. VICE PRESIDENT-ADMINISTR-
ATION.
REFERRED TO AS BOTH “JS”
AND
DEER” INTERLOCKING ON LIRR
INTERLOCKING
DIAGRAM DATED
3/1/88
(Data courtesy of Jeff Erlitz)
“DF”
TOWER: 1 FRESH
POND JCT (EAST OF FRESH POND
STA. - S. SIDE OF
TRACKS AND E. OF
JUNCTION. IN SERVICE: 1883 – 1917.
FORMERLY TOWER #8.
JOHNSON 12
LEVER MECHANICAL
MACHINE, IN-
CREASED TO 20
LEVERS BY 1912.)
“DF”
TOWER: 2 EAST
OF FRESH POND STA. (OPENED:
12/1917 ON N.
SIDE OF TRACKS AND
WEST OF N.Y. INTERCONNECTING R.R.
TRESTLE. SAXBY & FARMER 36 LEVER
MECHANICAL MACHINE. RENAMED
“POND”: 4/22/37.)
“DIVIDE”
TOWER: 1 HICKSVILLE
(PREVIOUSLY “HX”, “HN”
TOWERS) (PORT JEFFERSON BRANCH
AND MAIN LINE DIVIDE
AT JUNCTION.
LOCATED BETWEEN
LEGS OF WYE,
EAST OF STATION. SAXBY
& FARMER 48
LEVER MECHANICAL
MACHINE. RE-
NAMED: 4/23/37. US&S
9 STATION TRAF-
FIC CONTROL CENTER
CONTROL PANEL
IN SVC: 10/7/61. TOWER OUT OF SVC:
11/13/62 WITH
GRADE ELIMINATION.
“DIVIDE”
TOWER: 2 HICKSVILLE
(NEW TOWER BUILT DIRECT-
LY BEHIND OLD TOWER DURING
GRADE ELIMINATION. US&S 15 LEVER
MODEL 14 ELECTRO-MECHANICAL
MA-
CHINE. IN
SVC: 11/13/62. OUT OF SVC:
9/12/64. TRANS-CONTROL 19 LEVER
CONTROL PANEL IN SVC: 9/12/64.
US&S 14 STATION
TRAFFIC CONTROL
CENTER CONTROL
PANEL IN SVC:
9/12/64. )
“DK”
:1 DEER
PARK (1903 CR4) (TRAIN ORDER
OFFICE IN TICKET OFFICE. BLOCK
OFFICE IN SVC: 5/28/18 PER ETT #87.
UNATTENDED BLOCK
STATION SIGNAL
IN SVC: 5/23/28 PERMISSIVE BLOCK
ASPECT ADDED TO
BLOCK SIGNALS:
6/25/28. BLOCK STATION TEMPORAR-
ILY RELOCATED S.
SIDE OF TRACKS AND
238’ WEST OF DEER PARK AVE. IN SVC:
8/25/36 FOR GRADE
CROSSING ELIMI-
ATION. SAME DAY TRACKS IN SVC. VIA
SHOO-FLY S. OF
FORMER LOCATION.
OUT OF SVC: 12/17/36 WITH COMPLE-
TION OF GRADE
ELIMINATION PROJECT.
“DK”
: 2 DEER PARK (IN NEW TICKET
OFFICE.
BLOCK STATION
RELOCATED TO N.
SIDE OF TRACKS,
901’ EAST OF FORM-
ER LOCATION:
12/17/36 WITH COM-
PLETION OF GRADE
ELIMINATION.
BLOCK SIGNALS
RELOCATED SAME DAY
NORTH OF FORMER
LOCATION. 2-LEVER
US&S MODEL 6
ELECTRICAL LOCKED
SEMAPHORE INDICATORS
AND CIRCUIT
CONTROLLERS IN
SVC: 1/26/37. UNAT-
TENDED BLOCK AND
BLOCK LIMIT STA-
TION IN SVC. AT SAME
TIME. OUT OF
SVC: 9/14/87 WITH ELECTRIFICATION
PROJECT.
“DOUGLASTON
DRAWBRIDGE” DOUGLASTON ON DRAWBRIDGE
(FORM-
ERLY “D”
CABIN. SAXBY & FARMER 4
LEVER MECHANICAL MACHINE. DRAW-
BRIDGE UNATTENDED: 1/28/32.
AGAIN
IN SVC:
? . INTERLOCKING AND INTER-
LOCKING STATION OUT OF SVC: 7/6/48.
CABIN RAZED: 1950.)
“DRAW”
TOWER ON SWING BRIDGE (INCORRECTLY REF-
ERRED TO AS “DRAWBRIDGE”
- HAMMEL
PREVIOUSLY “HJ”
TOWER, TOWER 101)
(WEST SIDE OF
TRACKS AND SOUTH
OF CHANNEL. ORIGINAL 7 LEVER TABLE
MACHINE REPLACED BY 16-LEVER S&F
MECHANICAL MACHINE IN SVC: 3/1929.
4-LEVER US&S MODEL TC TABLE MACH-
INE IN SVC. TO CONTROL BROAD CHAN-
NEL DRAWBRIDGE [SWINGBRIDGE] AFT-
ER CLOSING OF FORMER “BC” CABIN:
?
. RENAMED: 4/30/37. DESTROYED
BY TRAIN DERAILMENT: 1/3/46 AND
DEMOLISHED.
REPLACED BY “DRAW”
CABIN:1.)
“DRAW”
CABIN: 1 ON
SWING BRIDGE - HAMMEL (WEST SIDE
OF TRACKS AND
SOUTH OF CHANNEL.
REPLACED
"DRAW" TOWER. IN SVC:
1946. US&S 11
LEVER STYLE TC TABLE
MACHINE. OUT OF SVC:
5/23/50 AND
RELOCATED TO
SOUTH OF HAMMEL
WYE ON ELEVATED
VIADUCT PER G. O.
#1728.)
“DRAW”
CABIN: 2 HAMMEL
– (RELOCATED INSIDE EAST
END OF FAR
ROCKAWAY LEG OF WYE
ON ELEVATED
VIADUCT: 5/23/50.
[APPROX. LOCATION
OF FORMER “HU”
TOWER WHEN AT
GRADE] IN SVC:
5/23/50. US&S
4 LEVER STYLE TC
TABLE MACHINE. SWITCHES
HAND-
THROWN AND
SIGNALS OPERATED
FROM RELAY CASES
IN THE 5-DAY IN-
TERIM per Art Huneke. OUT OF SVC:
10/3/55 WITH END
OF LIRR SERVICE.
CABIN STILL
STANDING 9/6/62 per
Dick Makse)
“DU” DOUGLASTON
(1903 CR4) (IN TICKET OFF-
ICE.)
“DUKE 1” INTERLOCKING (R.C.) EAST OF NORTHPORT (REMOTE FROM
“DIVIDE.” FORMERLY “DUKE.” IN SVC:
10/3/77)
“DUKE 2” INTERLOCKING (R.C.) EAST OF NORTHPORT (REMOTE FROM
“DIVIDE.” FORMERLY “EVANS.” IN SVC:
10/3/77)
(NORTH
SIDE OF TRACKS, EAST OF
MORRIS PARK SHOPS AND WEST OF
MONTAUK BRANCH
CUT-OFF. DIAGON-
ALLY ACROSS FROM DUNTON STATION.
FORMERLY
“MP” TOWER. 35-LEVER
US&S MODEL 14 ELECTRO-PNEUMATIC
MACHINE. IN SVC: 1/20/1914.
RE-
NAMED: 4/23/37. SIGNAL SYSTEM UP-
GRADED:
10/23-24/2010. TOWER OUT
OF SVC:
10/24/10. REMOTE CON-
TROLLED FROM “JCC”. BLDG. USED
BY M of E AND M of W PERSONNEL)
“DW” TOWER WEST WOODSIDE
(PREVIOUSLY TOWER
#33. RENAMED IN
1907)
“DY” SHEEPSHEAD
BAY STATION (1903 CR4)
(IN TICKET OFFICE.)
“E” CABIN YARD OFFICE – ROCKAWAY PARK
(SUMMER
POSITION. OUT OF SERVICE:
6/1929)
“EA” EASTPORT
STATION (1903 CR4) (IN TICKET
OFFICE.)
“EAST NEW YORK” TOWER EAST NEW YORK (IN SVC:
12/28/42.
US&S 11 LEVER
MODEL 14 ELECTRO-
MECHANICAL MACHINE. TOWER UNDER-
GROUND. IN LAST
YEARS WAS MANNED
ONLY DURING
SPECIAL MOVES. OUT OF
SVC: 9/01)
“EAST NEW YORK” INTERLKNG. EAST NEW YORK (IN SVC: 2001 ? CON-)
(R.C.) TROLLED FROM “BROOK”)
“EC” TOWER GOOSE CREEK ON
ROCKAWAY BEACH BR.
(W. SIDE OF TRACKS AND 700’ EAST OF
STATION, LOCATED
ON JAMAICA BAY
TRESTLE. FORMERLY
TOWER #94. USED
DURING SUMMERS
ONLY. OUT OF SVC:
19 ? )
“EG” ELDERT’S
GROVE (SOUTHERN DIVISION:
1878
BOOK OF RULES) (IN TICKET
OFFICE.)
“EG” EDGEMERE
(SUMMER ONLY PER 1903
CR4) (IN TICKET OFFICE.)
“EM” EAST
MORICHES (1903 CR4) (IN TICKET
OFFICE.)
“EN” EAST
NEW YORK (1878 BOOK OF RULES)
(IN
TICKET OFFICE.)
“EP” ISLIP
(TEMPORARY BLOCK STATION AC-
COUNT GRADE CROSSING ELIMINATION
OF CARLETON AVE. [ROUTE 111]. N.
SIDE OF TRACKS AT E. END OF SINGLE
TRACK. IN SVC: 11/30/31.
USED IN
CONJUNCTION WITH “WP” TEMPORARY
BLOCK STATION. OUT OF SVC:
4/26/32.)
“ER”
TOWER THE
RAUNT ON JAMAICA BAY TRESTLE
(1,300’ EAST OF THE RAUNT STATION)
(IN SVC: BY 1906. IN USE DURING SUM-
MERS ONLY. FORMERLY TOWER #96)
“EVANS”
INTERLOCKING (R.C.) EAST OF
NORTHPORT (REMOTE FROM
“DIVIDE.” IN SVC: 5/15/63. NAMED AFT-
ER THE LATE TRAIN
DISPATCHER THOM-
AS B. EVANS per
The Long Island Railroad-
er: 10/11/61. OUT OF SVC: 10/3/77.
BECAME “DUKE 2” LOCATION.)
“EW” EAST
WILLISTON (1903 CR4) (IN TICKET
OFFICE)
“EX” TOWER FLATBUSH AVE. EXPRESS
YARD (IN SVC.
BY 1907 ON S.
SIDE OF TRACKS TO
CONTROL THE 8
EXPRESS TRACKS AT
THE TERMINAL. US&S 11 LEVER ELEC-
TRO-PNEUMATIC
MACHINE IN SVC:
3/1908. OUT OF SERVICE: 4/28/23.
DUTIES HANDLED BY
“FT” TOWER.)
“F” MASTIC
(FORGE) (1903 CR4) (IN TICKET
OFFICE. 2-LEVER G.R.S. MECHANICAL
MACHINE IN
SVC: 5/28/26. UNATTEND-
ED BLOCK STATION
SIGNAL IN SVC:
5/23/28. RENAMED
“MS”: 6/25/39)
“F”
TOWER (PRR) THOMPSON
(THOMSON) AVE., L. I. CITY.
(NORTH SIDE OF TRACKS, WEST OF
THOMPSON AVE. 47 LEVER US&S
MODEL 14 ELECTRO-PNEUMATIC
MACHINE. IN
SVC: 9/1910. OUT OF
SVC: 1995. RAZED:
SPRING/2005.)
“F”
INTERLOCKING (R.C.) L. I.
CITY, QUEENS (CONTROLLED FROM
PSCC.
IN SVC: 1995)
“FAIR” MINEOLA (FORMERLY “MT TOWER: 2.” RE-
AMED: 4/23/37 ACCOUNT PROXIMITY
OF MINEOLA FAIRGROUNDS. RENAMED:
“NASSAU”: 9/18/38.)
“FAIR”
CABIN FLUSHING
MEADOWS (S. SIDE OF TRACKS.
TEMPORARY BLOCK STATION FOR N.Y.
WORLD’S FAIR. IN SVC: 4/16/64. CON-
STRUCTED WITH WIDE, GLASS, BAY WIN-
DOW ON WEST SIDE TO ALLOW FAIR
VISITORS TO VIEW
BLOCK OPERATOR
AT WORK. SIGN ATOP WINDOWS READ
"COME SEE
HOW WE RUN OUR RAIL-
ROAD." OUT OF SVC: 11/8/65)
“FARM
1” INTERLOCKING (R.C.) EAST OF FARMINGDALE
(CONTROLLED
FROM “DIVIDE.” IN
SVC: 6/15/87)
“FARM
2” INTERLOCKING (R.C.) EAST OF FARMINGDALE
(CONTROLLED
FROM “DIVIDE.” FORMERLY
“PW” TEMP-
ORARY BLOCK
STATION. REDESIGNAT-
ED “FARM 2”: 9/14/87)
"FAR
ROCKAWAY" BLOCK
STATION IN SVC: 7/20/85 (PER
G.O. #405)
“FB”
CABIN FARMINGDALE
(NEAR W. END OF S.
SIDING. IN SVC:
6/24/1909 PER G.O.
#82. FOR MANUAL
BLOCK. USED IN
CONJUNCTION WITH
“CD” CABIN AND
“HX” TOWER.
GONE BY 1911 ETT
WHEN MANUAL BLOCK NO LONGER IN
EFFECT ON MAIN LINE EAST OF “HX”.)
“FH” FLATBUSH AVE. FREIGHT HOUSE (CARL-
TON AVE. YARD) (1903 CR4)
“FK” TOWER: 1 FLORAL PARK - JCT. OF
HEMPSTEAD AND
CREEDMOOR BRANCHES WITH MAIN
LINE. (WOOD STRUCTURE
BUILT 1909,
NORTH SIDE OF
MAIN LINE TRACKS AND
EAST OF TULIP
AVENUE. JOHNSON 32
LEVER MECHANICAL
MACHINE. OUT OF
SVC: 1924.)
“FK” TOWER: 2 FLORAL PARK (BRICK
STRUCTURE SOUTH
SIDE OF TRACKS,
EAST OF TULIP AVE.
AND EAST OF THE
JCT. WHEN MAIN LINE
WAS WIDENED TO 4
TRACKS AS FAR AS
FLORAL PARK. 27-LEVER US&S MODEL
14 ELECTRO-PNEUMATIC
MACHINE IN
SVC: 1924.
RENAMED “PARK”: 4/23/37.)
“FLUSHING
AVE. TROLLEY XING” FLUSHING AVE. AND
TROLLEY CROSSING
OF
BUSHWICK BRANCH (N. SIDE OF
TRACKS
AND W. OF FLUSHING AVE.
(3
LEVER MECHANICAL MACHINE IN
SVC: 11/26/1895 CONTROLLING 2
RAILROAD
SIGNALS AND 2 TROLLEY
DERAILS.
OUT OF SVC: 1941. STOP-
BOARDS
REPLACED THE SIGNALS.
Per
Art Huneke’s website)
“FM” ROSEDALE
(FOSTER’S MEADOW) (1903
CR4) (IN TICKET OFFICE.)
“FN” CABIN FRESH POND JCT.
– JCT. OF MONTAUK
BRANCH WITH BAY
RIDGE BRANCH
(E. SIDE OF TRACKS
AND S. OF FRE-
MONT
ST. IN SERVICE: 1/17/18 –
9/10/27)
“FN” TOWER FRESH POND JCT. –
JCT. OF MONTAUK
BRANCH WITH N.Y. CONNECTING R.R.
(EX-BAY RIDGE BRANCH) (E. SIDE OF
TRACKS AND S. OF FREMONT ST.
23
LEVER MODEL 14 ELECTRO-PNEUMAT-
IC MACHINE. IN SERVICE: 9/10/27. RE-
NAMED “FREMONT”: 4/22/37)
“FOREST” FOREST HILLS
(TEMPORARY BLOCK STA-
TION IN SVC: 4/23/55. REASON?
OUT
OF SVC: 4/23/55. AGAIN IN SVC:
9/21/63 FOR BRIDGE REPLACEMENT
(Dick
Makse data). OUT OF SVC:
9/21/63)
“FOX” INTERLOCKING (R.C.) WEST OF KINGS PARK (REMOTE FROM
“DIVIDE.” IN SVC: 12/20/63. NAMED
AFTER RETIRED
CONDUCTOR WALTER
FOX per the
Long Island Railroader:
10/11/61. NAMED AFTER RETIRED
FREIGHT TRAINMASTER JOE FOX AND
CONDR. WALTER FOX
per W. S. Boerckel.
OUT OF SVC: 10/3/77.
“FOX 1” LOCA-
TION)
“FOX 1” INTERLOCKING (R.C.) WEST OF KINGS PARK (REMOTE FROM
“DIVIDE.” IN SVC: 10/3/77. FORMERLY
“FOX.”)
“FOX 2” INTERLOCKING (R.C.) EAST OF KINGS PARK (REMOTE FROM
“DIVIDE.” IN SVC: 10/3/77. FORMERLY
“GREEN.”)
“FP” TOWER:1 FLORAL PARK - JCT. OF
HEMPSTEAD AND
CREEDMOOR BRANCHES WITH MAIN
LINE. (ORIGINALLY
TOWER 43:1, THEN
TOWER #47.
RENAMED: 1907. CALLS
INDICATED ON LIRR
JOB POSTINGS LIST
OF 9/20/1907. RAZED: 1909 ALONG
WITH DEPOT
BUILDING WHICH IT
SHARED. REPLACED BY FREE-STAND-
ING “FK” TOWER: 1909.)
BOOK
OF RULES AND 1903 CR4) (IN
TICKET
OFFICE.)
“FR”
CABIN FARMINGDALE
(IN SVC: 6/24/1909 PER
G.O.
#82)
“FREMONT” TOWER FRESH POND JCT., QUEENS–
JCT. OF MON-
TAUK BRANCH WITH N.Y. CONNECTING
R.R. (EX-BAY RIDGE BRANCH) (E. SIDE
OF TRACKS AND S.
OF THEN-EXISTENT
FREMONT ST. PREVIOUSLY “FN” TOWER.
23-LEVER US&S MODEL 14 ELECTRO-
PNEUMATIC MACHINE
IN SVC: 8/1927.
RENAMED:
4/22/37. 2-LEVER US&S
STYLE TC TABLE
MACHINE TO CONTROL
“BAY” AND
“BEDFORD” INTERLOCKINGS
IN SVC: 4/4/66.
“FREMONT”, “BAY” AND
“BEDFORD”
INTERLOCKINGS OUT OF
SVC: 4/15/70. INTERLOCKING AND
TRACKS BETWEEN
“FREMONT” AND BAY
RIDGE UNDER
JURISDICTION OF PENN
CENTRAL TRANSPORTATION
CO.:
1/20/71. TOWER ABANDONED. BURNED
AND RAZED: PRIOR
TO 1995. per Jim
Minor, LIRR
block opr.)
“FT”
TOWER FLATBUSH
AVE. (UNDERGROUND: E. END
OF STATION
PLATFORM BETWEEN
TRACKS 4 AND
5. 35-LEVER US&S
MODEL 14
ELECTRO-PNEUMATIC
MACHINE IN
SVC: 1906. RENAMED
“BROOK”: 4/15/37)
BOOK
OF RULES AND 1903 CR4) (IN
TICKET
OFFICE.)
“FW” TOWER FAR ROCKAWAY
(SOUTH SIDE OF TRACKS
AND EAST OF
STATION. SAXBY & FARM-
ER 32 LEVER
MECHANICAL MACHINE.
IN SVC: 6/18/1907. RENAMED “ROCK”:
5/11/37.)
“FY” NEW
YORK 34TH ST. FERRY (1903 CR4)
“FY” CABIN FREEPORT (S. SIDE OF TRACKS
AND E.
OF STATION AND S.
MAIN ST. 4 LEVER
S&F MECHANICAL
MACHINE. IN SVC:
1908 TO PROTECT CROSSING OF LIRR
TRACKS BY NY & LI TRACTION CO. OUT
OF SVC:
12/12/26 WITH OPENING OF
“FY” TOWER.
CABIN CONTINUED IN
USE TO OPERATE CROSSING GATES.
OUT OF SVC. WITH GRADE CROSSING
ELIMINATION: 1959.)
“FY” TOWER FREEPORT (OPENED: 12/12/26, S.
SIDE
OF TRACKS AND .3
MILES EAST OF STA-
TION. 24 LEVER
MECHANICAL MACHINE.
RENAMED “PORT”:
4/30/37.)
“G” GARDEN
CITY (NORTH SHORE DIVISION:
1878
BOOK OF RULES AND 1903 CR4)
(IN
TICKET OFFICE. BLOCK STATION
REMOVED
FROM TICKET OFFICE:
10/1/1907.
BLOCK HANDLED BY “HC”
TOWER
EAST OF DEPOT.)
“G” GREAT
NECK (IN TICKET OFFICE. BLOCK
OFFICE
IN SVC: 1/19/35. 7 LEVER
US&S
7 MODEL TC TABLE MACHINE.
RENAMED
“GREAT NECK”: 4/22/37.)
“G” CABIN: 1 GREAT NECK (N. SIDE OF
TRACKS AND
E. OF
STATION. IN SERVICE: 1911. OUT
OF SVC: ? (Alternate
data: in svc: 1907,
out of svc: 1925 per
Jeff Erlitz)
“G” CABIN: 2 GREAT NECK (BLOCK STATION
IN SVC:
6/8/34 ACCOUNT
GRADE CROSSING
ELIMINATION. OUT OF SVC:
1/19/35
WITH COMPLETION
OF PROJECT.)
“G”
TOWER GREAT
NECK (N. SIDE OF TRACKS AND E.
OF STATION. SAXBY & FARMER 12 LEV-
ER MECHANICAL
MACHINE. IN SERVICE:
1925. OUT OF SVC:
6/8/34 ACCOUNT
GRADE CROSSING ELIMINATION.)
“GA” GLEN
HEAD (1903 CR4) (IN TICKET OFF-
ICE.)
“GARDEN”
TOWER HEMPSTEAD
CROSSING – GARDEN CITY -
JCT. OF HEMPSTEAD, CENTRAL AND
MINEOLA-HEMPSTEAD
BRANCHES.
(FORMERLY “HC” TOWER. NORTHWEST
QUADRANT OF CROSSING. SAXBY &
FARMER 40 LEVER
MECHANICAL MACH-
INE. RENAMED:
4/30/37. OUT OF SVC:
1/27/39.)
“GARDEN” CABIN GARDEN
CITY – JCT. OF HEMPSTEAD
BRANCH. (OPENED
1/27/39, NORTH
SIDE OF TRACKS,
WEST SIDE OF
FRANKLIN AVE., 650’ WEST OF FORM-
ER LOCATION.
US&S 5 LEVER STYLE
TC TABLE MACHINE. OUT OF SVC. BY
6/5/95. RAZED: c. 1999-2000)
“GARDEN” INTERLOCKING (R.C.) GARDEN CITY (CONTROLLED FROM
“QUEENS.” IN SVC: PRIOR TO 6/5/95)
“GD” GLEN COVE, GLEN STREET (1903 CR4)
(IN TICKET OFFICE.)
“GE” CABIN GLEN COVE, GLEN
ST. (S. SIDE OF
TRACKS AND E. OF STATION AND ELM
AVE. IN SERVICE:
1908 FOR END OF
DOUBLE TRACK. OUT OF SVC:
1912
WHEN DOUBLE TRACK
EXTENDED TO
LOCUST VALLEY.)
“GI”
CABIN ON
FAR ROCKAWAY BRANCH EAST OF
ROOSEVELT AVE, GIBSON. (US&S 3
LEVER STYLE TC TABLE MACHINE IN
SVC:
8/31/32 ACCOUNT VALLEY
STREAM GRADE
CROSSING ELIMINA-
TION. RELOCATED
ON ELEVATION N.
OF FORMER
LOCATION: 2/7/33. OUT
OF SVC: 4/30/33.)
“GK” GREAT
NECK (1903 CR4) (IN TICKET OFF-
ICE.)
“GN” GREAT
NECK (NORTH SHORE DIVISION:
1878
BOOK OF RULES) (IN TICKET OFF-
ICE.)
“GN” GREENPORT
(1878 BOOK OF RULES AND
1903 CR4) (TRAIN
ORDER OFFICE IN
TICKET OFFICE. BLOCK
OFFICE IN SVC:
5/28/18 PER ETT
#87. RENAMED “GY”
c. 1920s. OUT OF SVC: 19 ? )
“GR” GREENLAWN
(1903 CR4) (IN TICKET OFF-
ICE. MANUAL BLOCK
SIGNALS IN SVC:
9/8/1915 PER ETT
#79 (Art Huneke data),
UNATTENDED BLOCK
STATION SIGNAL
IN SVC: 5/23/28.
PERMISSIVE BLOCK
ASPECT ADDED TO BLOCK
SIGNALS:
6/25/28. BLOCK STATION OUT OF SVC:
12/11/29. UNATTENDED BLOCK STA-
TION IN SVC.
CONTINUOUSLY: 12/11/29.
BLOCK LIMIT STATION
SIGNAL RELO-
CATED 343’ EAST
OF FORMER LOCA-
TION: 4/16/45. BLOCK LIMIT STATION
OUT OF SVC: 6/12/49.)
“GREAT NECK” GREAT NECK (IN TICKET
OFFICE. 7-LEV-
ER US&S 7
STYLE TC TABLE MACHINE IN
SVC: 2/11/35.
REDUCED TO 5 LEVER: ? .
OUT OF SVC: 2/21/63.
REPLACED BY
ELECTRONIC
CONTROL PANEL.)
“GREEN” INTERLOCKING (R.C.) EAST OF KINGS PARK (REMOTE FROM
“DIVIDE.” IN SVC:
12/20/63. NAMED
AFTER THE LATE
ENGINEER FREDERICK
W. GREEN per
the Long Island Railroader:
10/11/61. OUT OF SVC: 10/3/77. BE-
CAME “FOX 2” LOCATION.)
“GREENLAWN” GREENLAWN (TEMPORARY BLOCK
STA-
TION IN SVC:
1/25/63 FOR 2ND TRICK
ONLY DURING INSTALLATION OF CTC
TO ASSIST WITH EVENING RUSH HOUR
TRAIN SERVICE (Dick Makse data). OUT
OF SVC:
5/15/63)
“GU” CUTCHOGUE
(1903 CR4) (TRAIN ORDER
OFFICE IN TICKET OFFICE. BLOCK
OFFICE IN SVC: 5/28/18 PER ETT #87.
OUT OF SERVICE: 9/1927. BLOCK LIMIT
STATION SIGNAL IN SVC: 9/1927. OUT
OF SVC: 6/12/52.)
“GV” NASSAU,
GLEN COVE (1903 CR4) (LATER:
GLEN COVE) (IN
TICKET OFFICE.)
“GW” TOWER GLENDALE (S. SIDE OF TRACKS AND
E.
OF COOPER AVE. IN SVC. c. 1903. FOR-
MERLY TOWER 9. RENAMED "GW": 1907
DUE TO THE PROXIMITY OF GLENDALE
WELLS,
WHERE THE MONTAUK WATER
CO. HAD SOME WELLS. CLOSED: 1908)
“GY” GREENPORT
(PREVIOUSLY “GN”) (IN
TICKET OFFICE.
UNATTENDED BLOCK
STATION SIGNAL AT
ENTRANCE TO
GREENPORT YARD IN SVC: 5/23/28.
BLOCK
STATION OUT OF SVC: BY 6/43.
BLOCK LIMIT
STATION SIGNALS IN SVC:
BY 6/43. RELOCATED
1,080’ EAST:
2/19/74.)
“GY” CABIN GREENLAWN (IN SERVICE: 1915 –
1916)
“H” TOWER HAROLD AVE., L. I. CITY
(S. SIDE OF
TRACKS AND WEST OF HAROLD AVE.
47-LEVER U.S. & S. MODEL 14 ELEC-
TRO-PNEUMATIC MACHINE IN SVC: 1910.
RENAMED “HAROLD”: 4/16/37)
“HA” EAST
HAMPTON (1903 CR4) (IN TICKET
OFFICE. BLOCK LIMIT STATION IN SVC:
1927. OUT OF SVC: 9/17/50.)
“HALL” TOWER JAMAICA (PREVIOUSLY “JE” TOWER)
(SOUTH SIDE OF TRACKS, EAST OF STA-
TION. ORIGINAL
MACHINE REPLACED
BY 83 LEVER MODEL
14 ELECTRO-
PNEUMATIC MACHINE
IN SVC: 2/26/31
AS A RESULT OF
THE JAMAICA EAST
IMPROVEMENT
PROJECT THAT ELIM-
INATED ROCKAWAY
JCT., WHICH HAD
BEEN CONTROLLED
BY “JE.” RENAMED:
4/16/37 ACCOUNT PROXIMITY TO UN-
ION HALL STREET. SIGNAL SYSTEM UP-
GRADED:
11/6-7/2010. TOWER OUT
OF SVC:
11/7/2010. REMOTE CON-
TROLLED FROM “JCC”. BLDG. USED
BY M of E AND M of W PERSONNEL)
"HALL EAST" (R.C.) WEST
OF THE ELEVATED TRACKS OF
THE MONTAUK BRANCH AS THEY
LEAVE THE MAIN LINE WEST OF HILL-
SIDE.
CONTROLLED FROM "HALL"
TOWER. IN SVC: c. 2001
“HARE” INTERLOCKING (R.C.) WEST OF SMITHTOWN (REMOTE
FROM
“DIVIDE.” NAMED AFTER RETIRED
CONDUCTOR JAMES
HARE per the Long
Island Railroader: 10/11/61.
IN SVC:
12/20/63 TO 8/26/71;
9/14/71 TO
10/3/77. BECAME “POST 1” LOCATION.)
“HAROLD” TOWER: 1 HAROLD AVE., L.
I. CITY (PREVIOUSLY
“H” TOWER) (S. SIDE OF TRACKS AND
W. OF HAROLD AVE. 47-LEVER
U.S. & S.
MODEL 14 ELECTRO-PNEU-
MATIC MACHINE IN
SVC: 1910. RE-
NAMED: 4/16/37. 5 LEVER TRANS-
CONTROL MINI-LEVER CONTROL PAN-
EL IN SVC:
2/21/63 FOR CONTROL OF
GREAT NECK INTERLOCKKING. OUT
OF SVC: 7/90. DEMOLISHED: 7/1990.)
“HAROLD” TOWER: 2 HAROLD AVE., L.
I. CITY (OPENED: 7/90,
OUT OF SVC: 1995
WHEN CONTROL
TRANSFERRED TO
PSCC. (?)
“HAROLD” INTERLOCKING (R.C.) HAROLD AVE., L. I. CITY (CONTROLLED
FROM PSCC. IN
SVC: 1995)
“HAVEN” TOWER: 1 WOODHAVEN JCT.
– JCT. OF ATLANTIC
AND ROCKWAY BEACH
BRANCHES.
(PREVIOUSLY “WT”,
“WOODHAVEN”
TOWERS ON
ATLANTIC BRANCH.
SOUTH SIDE OF
TRACKS WEST OF
STATION, EAST OF
JCT. 32-LEVER S&F
MECHANICAL
MACHINE IN SVC: 1922.
RENAMED: 4/15/37.
OUT OF SVC:
2/29/40 WITH GRADE
ELIMINATION.)
“HAVEN” TOWER: 2 WOODHAVEN JCT.
(RELOCATED 271’
EAST OF FORMER
LOCATION. US&S 6
LEVER STYLE TC TABLE
MACHINE IN
SVC: 2/29/40.
OUT OF SVC: 12/28/42
WITH GRADE ELIMINATION.
REPLACED
BY UNDERGROUND “WOODHAVEN”
TOWER.)
“HB” CABIN HOLBAN YARD ON
SPRINGFIELD BRANCH,
HOLLIS (N. SIDE
OF TRACKS AND W. OF
LINDEN BLVD.
ORIGINALLY “ST. AL-
BANS.” RENAMED “HB” IN 1907. RE-
NAMED “YD”: 1909, CLOSED: 1/1929)
“HC” TOWER HEMPSTEAD CROSSING,
GARDEN
CITY – JCT OF HEMPSTEAD BRANCH
AND N.Y. BAY
EXTENSION (PER 1903
CR4.) (NORTHWEST
QUADRANT OF
CROSSING. ORIGINALLY TOWER #44,
36-LEVER SAXBY
& FARMER MECH-
ANICAL MACHINE IN
SVC: 1/1890.
WAS RENUMBERED
TOWER #105 IN
1894 WHEN BLOCK
SYSTEM WAS EX-
TENDED EAST. TOWER #44 ASSIGNED
BRUSHVILLE. RENAMED “HC” IN 1907.
BECAME TRAIN
ORDER OFFICE ON
10/1/1907 WHEN
GARDEN CITY STA-
TION CEASED BEING
A TRAIN ORDER
OFFICE. INTERLOCKING PLANT IN-
CREASED TO 40
LEVERS: 1/28/1919.
RENAMED “GARDEN”:
4/30/37. OUT
OF SVC: 1/27/39.)
“HD” HEMPSTEAD
(NORTH SHORE DIVISION:
1878
BOOK OF RULES AND 1903 CR4)
(IN
TICKET OFFICE.)
“HF” FLUSHING
(BRIDGE STREET) (1903 CR4)
(TRAIN ORDER
OFFICE IN DEPOT.
CALL LETTERS PER
ETT OF 05/28/1918.
RAZED. SIGNAL REMOVED: 1932 WITH
BRANCH ABANDONMENT)
“HG” CABIN HIGBIE
AVE., LAURELTON (N. SIDE OF
TRACKS AND W. OF HIGBIE AVE. IN
SERVICE: 8/25/19. OUT OF SVC:
7/6/23)
“HI” HOLLIS
STATION (1903 CR4) (IN TICKET
OFFICE.)
“HILLSIDE YARD OFFICE” HILLSIDE a.k.a. “HOLBAN
YARD SWITCH-
MAN’S CABIN” ON
INTERLOCKING DIA-
GRAMS (US&S 1
LEVER STYLE TC TA-
BLE MACHINE IN
SVC: 2/26/31. OUT
OF SVC: 7/6/71)
“HJ”
TOWER HAMMEL
(BROAD CHANNEL) SWING
BRIDGE (HAMMEL JCT.) (WEST
SIDE OF
TRACKS AND SOUTH OF CHANNEL.
FORMERLY TOWER #101. RENAMED IN
1907. ORIGINAL 7-LEVER TABLE MACH-
INE REPLACED BY 16-LEVER S&F
MECHANICAL MACHINE IN SVC: 3/1929.
RENAMED “DRAW”: 5/1/37.)
“HM” BERLIN
SIDING (DUNTON) (1903 CR4)
“HM” TOWER HEMPSTEAD
(OPENED SEPT/1912, EAST
SIDE OF TRACKS AND NORTH OF JACK-
SON ST. 4 LEVER DWARF MACHINE.
OUT OF SVC:
4/3/33.
“HM” HEMPSTEAD
(IN TICKET OFFICE. UNAT-
TENDED BLOCK STATION
AND SIGNAL,
LOCATED 370’ WEST
OF “HM” INTER-
LOCKING STATION
BETWEEN MAIN
TRACK AND NORTH
SIDING, IN SVC:
4/3/33. BLOCK LIMIT STATION OUT
OF SVC: 8/17/42.
CLOSED: 1943
WHEN HEMPSTEAD
STATION AND
TRACKS CUT BACK
TO COLUMBIA
STREET.)
“HN” TOWER HICKSVILLE - JCT. OF PORT
JEFFERSON
BRANCH AND MAIN
LINE. (BETWEEN
LEGS OF WYE, EAST
OF STATION. 48
LEVER S&F MECHANICAL
MACHINE.
FORMERLY “HX”
UNTIL 11/23/28.
RENAMED “DIVIDE”:
4/23/37.)
“HO”
CABIN HORTON
AVE., VALLEY STREAM. (US&S
11 LEVER STYLE TC TABLE MACHINE
IN SVC:
8/10/32 ACCOUNT VALLEY
STREAM GRADE
CROSSING ELIMINA-
TION. OUT OF
SVC: 6/27/33.)
“HOLLIS”
TOWER HOLLIS
(PREVIOUSLY “IS” TOWER)
(NORTH SIDE OF
TRACKS AT EAST END
OF STATION PLATFORM. 32-LEVER
JOHNSON MECHANICAL MACHINE IN
SVC:
1905. RENAMED: 4/23/37. OUT
OF SVC: 12/19/57.)
“HOLLIS”
INTERLOCKING (R.C.) HOLLIS (CONTROLLED
FROM “QUEENS.”
IN SVC: 12/19/57)
“HOLTSVILLE” HOLTSVILLE (W.W.I) (LATER
“HV”) (IN
TICKET OFFICE.)
“HQ” TOWER HEMPSTEAD
TURNPIKE AND TROLLEY
CROSSING OF MAIN
LINE WEST OF
QUEENS
(QUEENS VILLAGE). (FORMER-
LY TOWER #44½. IN SVC:
7/1905. RE-
NAMED: 1907. OUT
OF SVC: 1/7/23
DUE TO GRADE CROSSING ELIMINA-
TION.)
“HQ”
CABIN WEST
OF ROCKAWAY JUNCTION – HILL-
SIDE (GONE BY 1920s)
“HS” HAMMEL
STATION (JUNCTION) (1903 CR4)
(HAMMELS) (IN TICKET OFFICE.)
“HT” HEWLETT
(1903 CR4) (IN TICKET OFFICE.)
“HU”
TOWER HAMMEL
WYE (HAMMEL JUNCTION?) (IN-
SIDE EAST END OF
WYE. REPLACED
TOWER #102.
JOHNSON 44 LEVER STYLE
A
MECHANICAL MACHINE IN SVC:
8/2/07. OUT OF
SVC: 2/19/32.)
“HUNT
1” INTERLOCKING (R.C.) WEST OF HUNTINGTON
(REMOTE FROM
“DIVIDE.” IN SVC: 6/26/72. FORMERLY
“BURKE.”)
“HUNT
2” INTERLOCKING (R.C.) WEST OF HUNTINGTON
(REMOTE FROM
“DIVIDE.” IN SVC: 6/26/72)
“HUNT
3” INTERLOCKING (R.C.) EAST OF HUNTINGTON
(REMOTE FROM
“DIVIDE.” IN SVC: 6/26/72. FORMERLY
“COREY.”)
“HV” HOLTSVILLE
(W.W.I) (BLOCK OFFICE
IN TICKET OFFICE IN SVC: 05/28/1918 PER ETT #87.
BLOCK OFFICE CLOSED
IN DEPOT. BLOCK AND UNATTENDED
BLOCK STATION OUT OF SVC: 5/23/28)
“HW” CABIN HEMPSTEAD TURNPIKE: LISTED IN
1924 EDITION OF L.I.R.R. RULES AND
RATES OF PAY GOVERNING EMPLOYES
IN THE STATION, TOWER AND TELE-
GRAPH DEPARTMENTS. OUT OF SVC:
1924.)
“HW”
CABIN HAWTHORNE
AVE., VALLEY STREAM.
CONTROLLED TEMP. CONNECTION TO
W. HEMPSTEAD BRANCH.
(US&S 11
LEVER STYLE TC TABLE MACH-
INE IN SVC: 8/10/32 ACCOUNT VALLEY
STREAM GRADE
CROSSING ELIMINA-
TION. OUT OF
SVC: 6/27/33.)
“HX” HOLLAND
(1903 CR4) (IN TICKET OFFICE.)
“HX”
CABIN HICKSVILLE
(S. SIDE OF TRACKS AND EAST
OF JERUSALEM AVE. IN SVC: 1890. OUT
OF SVC:
5/27/1909.)
“HX”
TOWER HICKSVILLE
– JCT. OF PORT JEFFERSON
BRANCH AND MAIN
LINE. (BETWEEN
LEGS OF WYE, EAST
OF STATION) (48
LEVER S&F MECHANICAL
MACHINE. IN
SVC: 5/27/09.
PERMISSIVE BLOCK AS-
PECT ADDED TO
BLOCK SIGNAL:
6/25/28. RENAMED “HN”:
11/23/28.
RENAMED “DIVIDE”
4/39)
“HY” HYDE
PARK (1903 CR4) (LATER: NEW HYDE
PARK) (IN TICKET OFFICE.)
“INWOOD” INWOOD
(TEMPORARY BLOCK STATION
IN SVC: 6/4/79 FOR SINGLE TRACKING
DURING TRACK REHABILITATION. OUT
OF SVC:
10/2/79. AGAIN IN SVC., AT
“END OF BLOCK” SIGN EAST OF INWOOD
STATION : 5/9/83 FOR SINGLE TRACKING
DURING M.O.W. WORK. OUT OF SVC:
6/17/83.)
OF
RULES AND 1903 CR4.) (IN TICKET
OFFICE.
UNATTENDED BLOCK STATION
SIGNAL
IN SVC: 5/23/28. BLOCK STA-
TION
IN DEPOT OUT OF SVC: ? .)
“IS” TOWER HOLLIS (NORTH SIDE OF
TRACKS AND
EAST OF HOLLIS
STATION. JOHNSON 32
LEVER MECHANICAL
MACHINE. IN SVC:
1905 AS TOWER #
43: 3 (?). RENAMED
“IS” IN
1907. WHEN STATION WAS
ELEVATED, IT WAS
RELOCATED ADJA-
CENT TO WEST SIDE
OF TOWER. “IS”
RENAMED “HOLLIS”:
4/23/37.)
“ISLAND PARK” (TEMPORARY BLOCK STATION AT W. END
OF ISLAND PARK STATION PLATFORM
IN
SVC: 8/15/83 FOR SINGLE TRACKING
DURING M.O.W. WORK. OUT OF SVC:
8/24/83.
AGAIN IN SVC: 4/29/88. OUT
OF SVC:
5/2/88. BLOCK OPERATOR ON
DUTY:
5/2/88 UNTIL 5/9/88.)
“ISLAND PARK” (TEMPORARY BLOCK STATION AT END OF
DOUBLE TRACK EAST OF ISLAND PARK
STATION IN SVC: 5/9/88.
OUT OF SVC:
?
)
“J1” CABIN JAMAICA (SEE “A1”
CABIN) (NORTH SIDE
OF TRACKS AND 250’ WEST OF PROS-
PECT ST. [159TH ST.] TEMPORARY CAB-
IN ACCOUNT “JAMAICA
IMPROVEMENT
EAST” PROJECT. US&S 8 LEVER CIR-
CUIT CONTROLLER
MACHINE. IN SVC:
12/8/29. OUT OF
SVC: 6/21/1930 PER
G.O. 112-5 AND NEW
CABIN RELOCAT-
ED ON ELEVATION:
6/21/30 PER G.O.
112-5C. US&S 7 LEVER TC MACHINE
IN SVC. OUT OF SVC: 3/8/31 PER G.O.
113-22C)
“J2” CABIN JAMAICA (NORTH SIDE OF
TRACKS AND
50’ WEST OF BRENTON AVE. [170TH
ST.]
TEMPORARY CABIN ACCOUNT “JAMAICA
IMPROVEMENT EAST” PROJECT. JOB
ADVERTISED: 6/26/29. US&S 7 LEVER
STYLE TC TABLE MACHINE IN SVC:
12/8/29.
OUT OF SVC: 6/21/1930 PER
G.O. 112-5.)
“J3” CABIN JAMAICA (SEE “C3”
CABIN) (SOUTH OF
MONTAUK BRANCH TRACKS AT 177TH
STREET:
300’ WEST OF “RJ” INTER-
LOCKING STATION. TEMPORARY CABIN
ACCOUNT “JAMAICA IMPROVEMENT
EAST” PROJECT. US&S 7 LEVER CIRC-
UIT CONTROLLER MACHINE IN SVC:
12/8/29. OUT OF SVC: 6/21/1930 PER
G.O. 112-5 AND RELOCATED ON ELEVA-
TION: 6/21/30 PER G.O. 112-5C. US&S
7 LEVER TC MACHINE IN SVC. OUT OF
SVC: 3/8/31 PER G.O. 113-22C.)
“J4” CABIN JAMAICA (JOB
ADVERTISED 6/30/30.
TEMPORARY CABIN
ACCOUNT “JAMAICA
IMPROVEMENT EAST”
PROJECT. SOUTH
OF TRACKS AND EAST
OF HILLSIDE STA-
TION. US&S 6 LEVER STYLE TC TABLE
MACHINE IN
SVC: 6/21/30 PER G.O. 112-
5C. OUT OF SVC:
2/26/31 PER G.O. 113-
20C.)
“J” JAMAICA
STATION (1878 BOOK OF RULES
AND
1903 CR4) (IN TICKET OFFICE.)
“J” TOWER: 1 JAMAICA (WOODEN TOWER AT SOUTH
SIDE OF TRACKS AND WEST OF STA-
TION AT UNION HALL STREET LOCATION.
OUT OF SVC: 1913 WITH GRADE ELIMINA-
TION.)
“J” TOWER: 2 JAMAICA
(BRICK TOWER NORTH SIDE OF
TRACKS AND WEST OF NEW STATION
LOCATION AT SUTPHIN BLVD., AFTER
GRADE ELIMINATION. ORIGINAL US&S
107-LEVER MODEL 14 ELECTRO-PNEU-
MATIC MACHINE IN SVC: 1913. RE-
NAMED “JAY”: 4/16/37.
“JA”
CABIN CORONA
(TEMPORARY CABIN ACCOUNT
GRADE CROSSING ELIMINATION. US&S
3 LEVER STYLE TC TABLE MACHINE IN
SVC: 5/8/30.
OUT OF SVC: 10/17/30.)
“JA”
TOWER VAN
WYCK AVE., JAMAICA (“JAMAICA
BLOCK”) (ORIGINALLY
TOWER #40: 1. RE-
NUMBERED TOWER #36:
1 IN 1903. RE-
NAMED “JA” IN
1907. RENAMED “V” (VAN
WYCK AVE.): 6/1911. OUT OF SVC: 1913
WITH RELOCATION AND ELEVATION OF
JAMAICA TERMINAL.)
“JAMAICA
AIR TOWER” SEE: TOWER
#15 AND “JT” TOWER.
“JAY” TOWER JAMAICA (PREVIOUSLY “J” TOWER)
(NORTH
SIDE OF TRACKS AND WEST OF STATION.
RENAMED: 4/16/37 AS PHONETIC SPEL-
LING OF “J” [JAY]. INTERLOCKING RE-
BUILT WITH US&S 123 LEVER, MODEL
14 ELECTRO-PNEUMATIC MACHINE, IN
SVC: 2/21/43. SIGNAL SYSTEM UP-
GRADED:
10/23-24/2010. TOWER OUT
OF SVC:
10/24/10. REMOTE CON-
TROLLED FROM “JCC”. BLDG. USED
BY M of E AND M of W PERSONNEL)
“JAMAICA CONTROL CENTER” JAMAICA
(“204”) (IN SVC: 1980s. CON-
(“JCC”) TROLLED INTERLOCKINGS ON PORT
WASHINGTON BR. AFTER
“HAROLD”
CLOSED: 1999 per Jim Minor, LIRR
block operator)
“JC” TOWER :1 WHITESTONE JUNCTION
(1878 BOOK OF
RULES AND 1903 CR4) EAST OF CORONA.
(CORONA
JCT.?) JCT. OF PORT WASH-
INGTON AND WHITESTONE BRANCHES.
FORMERLY TOWER #53. RENAMED IN
1907.
OUT OF SVC: 6/30/14)
“JC” TOWER: 2 WHITESTONE JUNCTION -
EAST OF COR-
ONA.
(CORONA JCT.?) JUNCTION OF
PORT WASHINGTON AND WHITESTONE
BRANCHES. (OPENED
6/30/14, NORTH
SIDE OF PORT
WASHINGTON BRANCH
TRACKS, EAST OF
THE JUNCTION AND
WEST OF FLUSHING
CREEK. SAXBY &
FARMER 24 LEVER
MECHANICAL MACH-
INE WITH US&S
5 LEVER STYLE TC TA-
BLE MACHINE TO
OPERATE DRAW-
BRIDGE OVER FLUSHING
CREEK. OUT
OF SVC: 2/19/32 WITH
BRANCH ABAND-
ONMENT. RAZED
SHORTLY THEREAFTER)
“JD” TOWER GLENDALE JCT. -
JCT. OF ROCKAWAY
BEACH AND MONTAUK
BRANCHES.
(LOCATED ON
MONTAUK BRANCH:
S. SIDE OF TRACKS
AND EAST OF JCT.
FORMERLY TOWER
10. OUT OF SERV-
ICE: 1910)
“JJD-1” INTERLOCKING (R.C.) FORMERLY “MS-1” – MASTIC-SHIRLEY.
(CONTROLLED FROM “BABYLON”. RE-
NAMED IN HONOR OF
FORMER LIRR
PRESIDENT JAMES J. DERMODY. EFF-
ECTIVE: 5/18/ 2009.)
“JJD-2” INTERLOCKING (R.C.) FORMERLY “MS-2” – MASTIC-SHIRLEY.
(CONTROLLED FROM “BABYLON”.) RE-
RENAMED IN HONOR OF FORMER LIRR
PRESIDENT JAMES J. DERMODY. EFF-
ECTIVE: 5/18/ 2009.)
“JE” TOWER :1 JAMAICA (JAMAICA EAST:
“EAST END OF
JAMAICA”) (SOUTH SIDE OF TRACKS
AND EAST SIDE OF “OLD” JAMAICA
STATION FORMERLY TOWER #41: 2.
RENAMED: 1907. OUT OF SVC:
3/8/1913.)
“JE” TOWER :2 JAMAICA (JAMAICA EAST: SOUTH SIDE OF
TRACKS AND EAST OF NEW ELEVATED
STATION LOCATION AT SUTPHIN BLVD.
71 LEVER MODEL 14 ELECTRO-MECH-
ANICAL MACHINE IN
SVC: 1913. RE-
PLACED BY 83
LEVER MODEL 14 ELEC-
TRO-PNEUMATIC
MACHINE IN SVC:
2/26/31 AS A
RESULT OF THE JAMAICA
EAST IMPROVEMENT
PROJECT THAT
ELIMINATED
ROCKAWAY JCT., WHICH
HAD BEEN CONTROLLED BY “JE.” RE-
NAMED “HALL”: 4/16/37.)
“JEFF” INTERLOCKING (R.C.) WEST OF PORT JEFFERSON (CONTROLLED
FROM “DIVIDE.” IN
SVC: 1992)
“JF” PORT
JEFFERSON (1903 CR4) (IN TICKET
OFFICE. 2-LEVER TABLE MACHINE.
UNATTENDED BLOCK STATION SIGNAL
IN SVC: 5/23/28. PERMISSIVE
BLOCK
ASPECT ADDED TO BLOCK
SIGNALS:
6/25/28. EASTWARD BLOCK SIGNAL
OUT OF SVC. PER
G.O. #1006C, EFF:
3/29/39 AND
BRANCH EXTENSION
ABANDONED. ONE SEMAPHORE ARM
REMOVED. BLOCK AND BLOCK LIMIT
SIGNALS IN FRONT
OF BLOCK STATION
RELOCATED 173’
WEST OF FORMER
LOCATION: 9/15/47. BLOCK LIMIT
STATION OUT OF
SVC: 2/12/51.
RENAMED “PORT JEFFERSON”: 6/61.
BLOCK LIMIT
STATION BACK IN TEMP-
ORARY SERVICE:
4/18/88 WHEN
“PORT JEFFERSON” BLOCK
SIGNAL
TEMPORARILY
PLACED OUT OF SVC.
“JF” OUT OF
SVC: ? )
“JI” CABIN JEKYL ISLAND
ON LONG BEACH BRANCH
(LOCATED AT 1 END OF PASSING
SIDING. E. SIDE OF TRACKS AND S.
(RAILROAD EAST) OF LONG BEACH
ROAD. IN SERVICE: 6/3/1922. S&F 12
LEVER MECHANICAL MACHINE (per
Henry Wilhelm map). OUT OF SVC. FOR
THE WINTER: 10/10/22. OUT OF SVC.
PERMANENTLY: 1/15/27 WHEN
BRANCH WAS DOUBLE TRACKED TO
WRECK LEAD.)
“JM” CABIN ST. JAMES (LISTED
IN ETT OF 9/9/1915.
NOT LISTED IN ETT OF 6/28/1916.
BLOCK OFC. MOVED INTO DEPOT.)
“JO” KINGS
PARK (ST. JOHNSLAND) (1903 CR4)
(IN TICKET
OFFICE. MANUAL BLOCK
SIGNALS IN SVC:
9/8/1915 PER ETT
#79 (Art Huneke data). UNATTENDED
BLOCK STATION
SIGNAL IN SVC: 5/1928.
PERMISSIVE BLOCK ASPECT
ADDED TO
BLOCK SIGNALS:
6/25/28. BLOCK OFF-
ICE CLOSED IN
DEPOT: 6/1932. SEMA-
PHORE BLADES REMOVED
FROM MAST
BY
AUGUST/1934. NEW DEPOT IN SVC:
1948. BLOCK LIMIT STATION OUT OF
SVC: 6/12/49.)
“JO” TOWER (PRR) .1 MILES EAST OF
PENN STATION, NY
(OUT OF SVC: 9/30/94)
“JO” INTERLOCKING (R.C.) EAST OF PENN STATION (CONTROLLED
FROM PSCC. IN SVC: 9/30/94)
“JS” TOWER “OLD” JAMAICA (NORTH SIDE OF
TRACKS,
AT WEST END OF
PLATFORMS. FORM-
ERLY TOWER #40: 2. RENAMED: 1907.
PHOTOGRAPHED WITH CALLS AS OF
12/19/1908.
REVERTED TO GATE TOW-
ER SHORTLY THEREAFTER AND CALLS
REMOVED IN PHOTO TAKEN
12/29/1908.)
“JS” INTERLOCKING
(R.C.) WEST OF DEER PARK AT
START OF DOU-
BLE
TRACK EASTBOUND (CONTROLLED
FROM “DIVIDE.” IN SVC: 9/14/87.
NAMED
AFTER JIMMY SULLIVAN, LIRR
SR.
VICE PRESIDENT-ADMINISTRATION.
ALSO
REFERRED TO AS “DEER” INTER-
LOCKING
ON LIRR INTERLOCKING DIA-
GRAM
DATED 3/1/88)
“JT”
TOWER “JAMAICA
AIR TOWER” ON ATLANTIC BR.
AT
EAST END OF JAMAICA YARD (S.
SIDE
OF TRACKS, W. OF OLD DEPOT
LOCATION
AND W. OF ROCKAWAY RD.
FORMERLY
TOWER 15. 1ST
COMPLET-
ELY
PNEUMATIC INTERLOCKING ON
THE
LIRR) OUT OF SVC: 1913 WITH
GRADE
ELIMINATION AND YARD TRACK
RELOCATION.)
“KEW” KEW
GARDENS (TEMPORARY BLOCK STA-
TION IN SVC: 4/23/55. OUT OF SVC:
4/23/55.
AGAIN IN SVC: 9/21/63 FOR
BRIDGE REPLACEMENT (Dick Makse
data). OUT OF SVC: 9/21/63
BEACH BRANCH (FORMERLY WOODEN
TOWER #77. OUT OF SERVICE: 1924
WITH ABANDONMENT
OF BRANCH)
“KH” SHINNECOCK
HILLS (SUMMER ONLY PER
1903 CR4) (IN TICKET OFFICE. BLOCK
OFFICE CLOSED IN
DEPOT AND UNAT-
TENDED BLOCK STATION
SIGNALS IN
SERVICE: 1927. OUT OF SVC:
9/21/32.)
“KI” MERRICK
(1903 CR4) (IN TICKET OFFICE.)
“KN” CABIN LYNBROOK (S.
SIDE OF TRACKS AND W.
OF ATLANTIC AVE. IN SERVICE: 1910-
1913 TO CONTROL SWITCH ON WEST
SIDE OF ATLANTIC
AVE. AT END OF
LONG BEACH BRANCH
DOUBLE TRACK.
“KN” CABIN AND
SWITCH REMOVED:
1913. #2 LONG BEACH TRACK EXTEND-
ED ACROSS
ATLANTIC AVE., INTO THE
“RUN-AROUND”
TRACK WHICH WAS EX-
TENDED TO “RO”
CABIN, BECOMING
THE NEW END OF
DOUBLE TRACK ON
THE LONG BEACH
BRANCH.)
AND S. OF PITKIN AVE. IN SVC:
1/17/1918. OUT OF
SVC: 1925)
“KN” CABIN: 2 PITKIN AVE., EAST
NEW YORK ON BAY
RIDGE BRANCH (W. SIDE OF TRACKS
AND N. OF SUTTER AVE. IN SERVICE:
1925. OUT OF SVC: BY OCT/19/1927)
“KN”
TOWER (PRR) .1
MILES EAST OF PENN STATION, NY
(OUT OF SVC: 9/30/94)
“KN”
INTERLOCKING (R.C.) EAST OF
PENN STATION (CONTROLLED
FROM PSCC.
IN SVC: 9/30/94)
"KO"
CABIN KINGS
PARK (LISTED IN ETT OF 9/9/15.
GONE FROM ETT OF 6/28/1916. BLOCK
OFC. MOVED INTO DEPOT.)
“KO” RONKONKOMA
(TRAIN ORDER OFFICE
IN TICKET OFFICE.) BLOCK OFFICE
IN SVC. IN “KO” CABIN EAST OF DEP-
OT:
1916. BLOCK OFFICE MOVED
BACK INTO STATION TICKET OFFICE
WITH CLOSING OF “KO” CABIN: 19 ?
2-LEVER US&S MODEL 6 ELECTRICAL
LOCKED SEMAPHORE INDICATORS AND
CIRCUIT CONTROLLERS IN SVC. IN
TEMPORARY DEPOT BUILDING:
10/30/34 (FORMER DEPOT BURNED).
ALTHOUGH NEW DEPOT OPENED IN
1937. BLOCK OFFICE REMAINED IN
USE IN TEMPORARY DEPOT UNTIL
CIRCA LATE 1940 (PHOTOGRAPHIC
EVIDENCE). BLOCK OFFICE RELOC-
ATED TO REPLACEMENT DEPOT
SOMETIME BETWEEN SUMMER/1940
AND JANUARY, 1944 (PHOTOGRAPHIC
EVIDENCE).
CONVERTED TO POSITION
LIGHT SIGNALS:
12/9/54. RENAMED
“RONKONKOMA” IN
6/61. “KO” BLOCK
LIMIT SIGNAL LOCATED ON BLOCK SIG-
NAL MAST IN SVC: 7/1/81.
REPLACED
WITH BLOCK LIMIT STATION SIGNALS
AND RELOCATED 5, 628' EAST OF
FORMER LOCATION IN SVC: 11/13/87.
OUT OF SVC:
12/14/87 WITH ACTIVE
ELECTRIFICATION OF THE MAIN LINE
TO RONKONKOMA.
“KO”
CABIN RONKONKOMA
(S. SIDE OF TRACKS AND
E. OF STATION. IN SERVICE: 1916.
PERMISSIVE BLOCK ASPECT ADDED TO
BLOCK SIGNAL: 6/25/28. BLOCK STA-
TION OUT OF SVC: 10/26/31. UNATTEND-
ED BLOCK STATION IN SVC. CONTINU-
OUSLY:
10/26/31. CABIN OUT OF SVC:
10/30/34 WHEN BLOCK OFFICE MOVED
TO TEMPORARY DEPOT TICKET OFFICE
(PREVIOUS DEPOT BURNED). CABIN RE-
MAINED IN LOCATION AS LATE AS JAN,
1944 (PHOTOGRAPHIC EVIDENCE), OR
EVEN LATER.
POSSIBLY USED AS A
SWITCHTENDER'S SHANTY TO CON-
TROL THE SWITCHES INTO THE YARD
AND THE PASSING SIDING, WHEN IT
WAS MOVED TO THE END OF THE WYE
FOR USE AS A TOOL STORAGE SHED.
RAZED: 1988 WITH REMOVAL OF OLD
YARD AND WYE, ACCOUNT ELECTRIFI-
CATION PROJECT)
“KO
1” INTERLOCKING (R.C.) WEST OF
RONKONKOMA (CONTROLLED
FROM “DIVIDE.” IN
SVC: 12/14/87)
“KO
2” INTERLOCKING (R.C.) EAST OF
RONKONKOMA (BLOCK STATION
AND BLOCK STATION CONTROLLED
FROM “DIVIDE.” IN SVC:
12/14/87)
"KR"
CABIN STONY
BROOK (IN ETT OF 9/9/15. GONE
FROM ETT OF 6/28/1916. BLOCK OFC.
MOVED INTO DEPOT)
“KU”
CABIN KEW
STATION (TEMPORARY INTERLOCK-
ING AT END OF 4-TRACK SYSTEM. IN
SVC:
1910. OUT OF SVC: 1911.
PHON-
ETIC SPELLING OF KEW [KU])
“KW” CABIN BELMONT
PARK RACE TRACK JCT. (1,200’
EAST OF “QU”, QUEENS VILLAGE. USED
IN CONJUNCTION
WITH “BM” CABIN, LO-
CATED 1,650’ EAST OF “KW.” IN SVC.
DURING RACING EVENTS. PARTIAL
DATES AS FOLLOWS:
IN SVC:
9/02/29. O.O.S: 9/16/29
IN SVC:
11/02/29. O.O.S: 11/05/29
IN SVC:
5/15/30. O.O.S: 6/10/30
IN SVC:
9/01/30. O.O.S: 9/17/30
IN SVC:
5/15/31. O.O.S: 6/13/31
IN SVC:
9/07/31. O.O.S: 9/19/31
IN SVC:
9/05/32. O.O.S: 9/17/32
IN SVC:
5/27/33. O.O.S: 6/16/33
IN SVC:
9/04/33. O.O.S: 9/16/33
IN SVC:
5/19/34. O.O.S:
6/09/34
IN SVC:
9/03/34. O.O.S.
9/15/34
IN SVC:
5/15/35. O.O.S:
6/08/35
IN SVC: 9/ ? /35 O.O.S: 10/12/35
IN SVC:
5/16/36. O.O.S:
6/06/36
IN SVC: 9/19/36. O.O.S:
10/03/36
IN SVC:
5/15/37. O.O.S:
6/05/37
“L” CABIN JAMAICA PLANK ROAD (JAMAICA
AVE.)
TROLLEY CROSSING. WEST OF LEF-
FERTS AVE., RICHMOND HILL, ON MON-
TAUK BRANCH (S. SIDE OF TRACKS
AND W. OF CROSSING OF JAMAICA
AND LEFFERTS AVES. FOUR-LEVER
MACHINE TO OPERATE TROLLEY DE-
RAILS.
NOT A SIGNAL STATION; NO
TELEGRAPH, NO TELEPHONE (Per Art
Huneke). PRE-1907 PHOTO SHOWS
LEVERS POSITIONED OUTSIDE THE
CABIN.FORMERLY CABIN #11½. RE-
NAMED IN 1907. REBUILT: 1909. OUT
OF SVC: 1924.)
“LA” TOWER E. OF LOCUST AVENUE, LOCUST MANOR
(S. SIDE OF TRACKS AND W. END OF
STATION PLATFORM. LISTED IN ETTs
OF 1911-1919)
“LD” BLOCK
LIMIT STATION RIVERHEAD (S. OF MAIN TRACK, 100’ E.
OF GRIFFING AVE. NAMED
IN HON-
OR OF FORMER SUPT. OF TRANSPOR-
TATION LARRY DIXON. IN
SVC: 7/1/81)
“LEAD” CABIN EAST SIDE OF SWING BRIDGE AT REYN-
OLD’S CHANNEL - LONG BEACH (PREV-
IOUSLY “WL” [WRECK LEAD] CABIN AND
ORIGINALLY THE BRIDGE TENDER'S
CABIN. RENAMED: 5/1/37. US&S 7 LEV-
ER MODEL TC TABLE MACHINE OUT OF
SVC: 4/29/88. SWING BRIDGE OUT OF
SVC: 5/2/88. REPLACED BY "LEAD"
TOWER AND BASCULE DRAWBRIDGE.)
“LEAD”
TOWER DRAWBRIDGE
– LONG BEACH AT REY-
NOLD’S CHANNEL
(DRAWBRIDGE LOCAT-
ED 400’ EAST OF
FORMER LOCATION IN
SVC: 5/2/88.
INTERLOCKING STATION
RELOCATED 450’
EAST OF FORMER LOC-
ATION ON S. SIDE
OF TRESTLE ADJA-
CENT TO
DRAWBRIDGE IN SVC: 5/9/88)
“LH” TOWER HABERMAN (LAUREL HILL)
(S. SIDE OF
TRACKS, E. OF HABERMAN STATION –
FORMERLY TOWER 5: 2)
“LK” INTERLOCKING SOUTH OF OZONE PARK STA.
(OUT OF
SVC: 1931)
“LM” TOWER EAST NEW YORK ON MANHATTAN BEACH
BRANCH (W. OF TRACKS AND S. OF LIB-
ERTY AVE. 12 LEVER MECHANICAL
MACHINE IN SVC: 12/12/ 1895.
FORM-
ERLY TOWER #72. RENAMED: 1907. OUT
OF SERVICE:
c. 1914. WHEN EAST NEW
YORK TUNNEL WAS BUILT.)
“LOCUST” TOWER LOCUST VALLEY (BUILT: 1912 ON N.
SIDE OF TRACKS AT EAST END OF
STATION PLATFORM. FORMERLY “OY”.
RENAMED: 4/30/37. 8 LEVER STD.
SIGNAL CO. STYLE A MECHANICAL MA-
CHINE.
REPLACED WITH US&S 3 LEVER
STYLE B-30 CONTROL PANEL: 11/11/65.
RELOCATED FROM TOWER TO HUT :
11/17/75 AND TOWER ABANDONED.
IN USE AS NASSAU COUNTY POLICE
PRECINCT ANNEX. EXTERIOR COMPLET-
ELY RESTORED TO ORIGINAL CONDI-
TION FOR USE BY NASSAU COUNTY POL-
ICE AND DEDICATED AT CEREMONY:
8/8/2006 )
“LOCUST” INTERLOCKING (R.C.) LOCUST VALLEY (BLOCK STATION RE-
MOTE FROM “NASSAU.” IN SVC:
11/17/75)
“LONG BEACH” (TEMPORARY BLOCK STATION LOCATED
AT E. END OF “LEAD” TRESTLE, LONG
BEACH.
IN SVC: 5/9/88. OUT OF SVC:
? )
“LONG ISLAND CITY” TOWER LONG ISLAND CITY (GONE BY
1920s)
“LR” TOWER LIBERTY
AVE. (ROCKAWAY BEACH BR.)
(ON SIGNAL BRIDGE SOUTH OF LIBERTY
AVE. IN SVC: 1904. FORMERLY TOWER
#92. STYLE
A 12 LEVER MECHANICAL
MACHINE IN
SVC: 1904. OUT OF SVC:
1/30/25.)
“LYNN” CABIN LYNBROOK STATION PLAZA (TEMPORARY
CABIN DURING
GRADE ELIMINATION AT
THE JCT. OF
MONTAUK AND LONG
BEACH BRANCHES. US&S 17 LEVER
STYLE TC TABLE
MACHINE IN SVC:
5/12/38. OUT OF SVC: 10/18/38.)
“M” LINDENHURST
(IN TICKET OFFICE.)
“MA” MASSAPEQUA
(IN TICKET OFFICE.)
“MAIN STREET DRAWBRIDGE” FLUSHING CREEK (TWO SETS OF MA-
CHINES, ONE ON
EITHER END OF
BRIDGE. WEST END:
2 LEVER DWARF
MACHINE. EAST END:
3 LEVER DWARF
MACHINE. BOTH IN SVC: c. 1914. OUT
OF SVC: 10/15/29 [?].
SINGLE S&F 4
LEVER DWARF
MACHINE REPLACED
BOTH
MACHINES: 10/15/29 [?]. 4 LEV-
ER US&S STYLE
TC TABLE MACHINE
REPLACED S&F
MACHINE: 5/24/34 [?]
UNATTENDED: 2/28/37.
OUT OF SVC:
2/9/38.)
IN ETT OF 9/9/15.
MOVED TO "MR" CAB-
IN AS BLOCK OFFICE PER ETT OF
5/14/16.)
“MB”:
1 EAST
OF MEADOWBROOK (CENTRAL EX-
TENSION) (11,170’ EAST OF “HC” INTER-
LOCKING STATION. TEMPORARY BLOCK
STATION IN SVC: 9/6/30.
OUT OF SVC:
9/13/30.)
“MB”:
2 MEADOWBROOK
(1,500’ WEST OF MEAD-
OWBROOK STATION,
IN SVC: 9/19/36
FOR ONE DAY ONLY
(REASON ?). AGAIN
IN SVC: 10/12/36 FOR ONE DAY ONLY
ACCOUNT VANDERBILT
CUP RACE HELD
AT ROOSEVELT
RACEWAY. AGAIN IN SVC:
7/3/37 ACCOUNT
SAME EVENT. EVENT
POSTPONED 2 DAYS
ACCOUNT RAIN. AS-
SUMED BLOCK STATION ACTUALLY OP-
ENED ON ACTUAL DATE OF EVENT:
7/5/37.
(see: The Vanderbilt Cup by Dennis
David:
http://www.ddavid.com/formula1/vand2.htm)
“MC” MINEOLA
STATION (JUNCTION AND CROSS-
ING OF HEMPSTEAD AND OYSTER BAY
BRANCHES PER 1903
CR4. POSSIBLY
NAMED
FOR MINEOLA CROSSING?)
(IN TICKET
OFFICE.)
“MD” MEDFORD
(1878 BOOK OF RULES)
(TRAIN ORDER OFFICE IN TICKET OFF-
ICE. BLOCK STATION IN SVC: 5/28/18.
2-LEVER GRS WALL TYPE MECHANICAL
MACHINE IN SVC: ? . UNATTENDED
BLOCK SIGNAL IN SVC: 5/23/28. PER- MISSIVE BLOCK ASPECT ADDED TO
BLOCK SIGNALS: 6/25/28. BLOCK
STATION OUT OF SVC: ? . BLOCK
STATION AGAIN IN SVC: 6/23/35.
BLOCK STATION AND “MD” BLOCK
SEMAPHORE SIGNAL OUT OF SVC:
SOMETIME AFTER 2/26/39 (PER INTER-
LOCKING DRAWINGS) AND MAST RE- MOVED.
THEREAFTER, UNATTENDED
BLOCK STATION ONLY. PERMANENT-
LY OUT OF SVC: 6/7/40 ACCOUNT
GRADE CROSSING
ELIMINATION OF
STATE ROUTE 112.)
“MERILLON AVE.” TEMPORARY
BLOCK STATION AT WEST
END OF STATION PLATFORM (IN SVC:
10/24/87.
OUT OF SVC: 10/25/87)
“METROPLITAN AVE. TROLLEY BUSHWICK BRANCH (3-LEVER MECHAN-
XING” MACHINE [MAKER??] IN SVC: 1902. IN
USE AS LATE AS 1937-38 PER LIRR IN-
TERLOCKING
BLUEPRINT. OUT OF SVC:
? .)
“MF” CABIN FLUSHING (MAIN STREET, FLUSHING
?)
WEST OF BROADWAY,
EAST OF “JC” - IN
SVC: 1913)
“MI” MINEOLA
(IN TICKET OFFICE.)
“MI” MILLER’S
PLACE (SUMMER ONLY PER
1903 CR4) (IN TICKET OFFICE OF 2nd
DEPOT, WHICH REPLACED 1st DEPOT
THAT BURNED IN 1902. MANUAL
BLOCK INSTALLED: _?_ UNATTENDED
BLOCK STATION SIGNAL AND LIGHTS
IN SVC: 12/15/28. 2ND DEPOT BURNED:
10/1934 (Robt.
Emery data) BUILDING
WAS NOT REPLACED. BLOCK LIMIT
STATION SIGNAL OUT OF SVC. AND
BRANCH ABANDONED PER G.O.
#1006C EFF:
3/29/39.)
“MI” CABIN MURRAY HILL (N.
SIDE OF TRACKS IN
CUT AND E. OF 147TH
ST. OVERPASS.
IN SVC: 1919 - OCT/1926)
“MJ” TOWER MANHATTAN BEACH JCT.
EAST (RAIL-
ROAD WEST) OF STATION
- OCEAN
AVE., BKLYN. (JCT. OF BAY RIDGE AND
MANHATTAN BEACH
BRANCHES.
(BRICK TOWER ON
BAY RIDGE BRANCH.
BUILT INTO EMBANKMENT
ON N. SIDE
OF TRACKS. 24 LEVER GRS TYPE B
ELECTRO-MECHANICAL
MACHINE: 16
ELECTRIC LEVERS,
8 MECHANICAL
LEVERS IN
SVC: 1917-1918. INTER-
LOCKING GREATLY
REBUILT: 1927. RE-
NAMED “BEDFORD”:
4/22/37.)
“MK” MONTAUK
(1903 CR4) (TRAIN ORDER OF-
FICE IN DEPOT. OUT OF SVC: 6/1/27
WITH OPENING OF NEW STATION. MAY
HAVE REOPENED FOR TEMPORARY
SUMMER SERVICE ONLY [?])
“MN” CABIN MANHASSET SIDING
(N. SIDE OF TRACKS
AND E. OF
PLANDOME ROAD. IN SVC:
12/26/19.
PASSING SIDING OUT OF SVC:
5/26/28. WESTWARD BLOCK SIGNAL RE-
LOCATED 600’ EAST
OF FORMER LOCA-
TION, OPPOSITE
WESTWARD BLOCK SIG-
NAL: 6/27/28.
CABIN OUT OF SVC:
12/31/29 WHEN
AUTOMATIC BLOCK SIG-
NALS INSTALLED)
“MO” MINEOLA
(1878 BOOK OF RULES) (IN TICK-
ET OFFICE.)
“MO” CENTRE
MORICHES (1903 CR4) (IN TICK-
ET OFFICE. UNATTENDED
BLOCK STA-
TION SIGNAL IN SVC: 5/23/28.
BLOCK
STATION OUT OF
SVC: BY 6/43. BLOCK
LIMIT STATION
SIGNALS IN SVC: BY 6/43.
BLOCK LIMIT
SIGNAL RELOCATED 1,132’
WEST OF FORMER
LOCATION: 8/10/45.
OUT OF SVC: 5/6/2006)
“MONTAUK” MONTAUK (ORIGINALLY IN
TICKET OFF-
ICE OF NEW, RELOCATED 1942 DEPOT.
DEPOT LEASED TO PRIVATE PARTY AND
RELOCATED TO CONDUCTOR & ENGIN-
EER ["TRAINMEN'S] TRAILER ACROSS
FROM OLD DEPOT BUILDING - OPEN
SUNDAYS AND HOLIDAYS, SUMMERS
ONLY.
IN SVC: c. LATE 1980s UNTIL
END OF SUMMER/2005. IN SVC:
5/28/2006 THRU 10/22/2006. IN
SVC:
5/30/2010 THRU 10/10/2010. IN SVC:
5/29/17 THRU 10/9/17) (NO DATA IN
MY ARCHIVE FOR INTERVENING YEARS
BETWEEN 2010 AND 2017.)
“MP” TOWER: 1 MORRIS PARK SHOPS
(MAURE AVE.)
(SOUTH SIDE OF TRACKS AND EAST OF
MORRIS PARK SHOPS
AND MONTAUK
BRANCH
CONNECTION. FORMERLY TOW-
ER #67. RENAMED
IN 1907. OUT OF SERV-
ICE BY 1914)
“MP”
TOWER: 2 MORRIS
PARK SHOPS AT MAURE AVE./
130TH
STREET (BRICK TOWER ON N.
SIDE OF TRACKS
AND WEST OF MON-
TAUK BRANCH UNDERJUMP. 35-LEVER
US&S MODEL 14 ELECTRO-PNEUMATIC
MACHINE. IN
SVC: 1/20/1914. RE-
NAMED “DUNTON”:
4/23/37.)
“MR” MORRIS
PARK STATION (1903 CR4)
(IN TICKET OFFICE.)
“MR” CABIN MANORVILLE
– JCT. OF MANORVILLE BR.
WITH MAIN LINE (LISTED IN ETT OF
5/14/16.
6-LEVER MECHANICAL MA-
CHINE IN SVC: 8/5/16 SOUTH SIDE
OF MAIN LINE TRACKS AND WEST OF
EAST LEG OF JCT.
WYE. UNATTENDED
BLOCK STATION SIGNAL IN SVC: 5/23/28.
PERMISSIVE BLOCK ASPECT ADDED TO
BLOCK SIGNALS: 6/25/28.
BLOCK STA-
TION OUT OF SVC: 10/26/31. UNAT-
TENDED BLOCK STATION IN SVC. CON-
TINUOUSLY:
10/26/31. BLOCK STATION
MANNED “SUMMERS ONLY” AFTER
1/19/33. PARTIAL DATES AVAILABLE AS
FOLLOWS:
IN SVC:
6/25/33. O.O.S: 9/ ? /33
IN SVC:
6/23/35. O.O.S: 9/15/35
IN SVC:
6/21/36. O.O.S: 9/20/36
IN SVC:
6/20/37. O.O.S: 9/19/37
IN SVC:
6/19/38. O.O.S: 9/18/38
IN SVC:
6/ ?/39. O.O.S:
9/17/39
IN SVC:
6/ ?/40. O.O.S:
9/08/40
IN SVC:
6/ ?/42. O.O.S:
9/09/42
UNATTENDED BLOCK STATION IN SVC.
AT ALL OTHER TIMES. CABIN PERMA-
NENTLY O.O.S: 9/09/42 AND SIGNAL
MASTS ALL CUT OFF AT 10' ABOVE
GROUND.
BLOCK LIMIT SIGNAL PERM-
ANENTLY OUT OF SVC PER G.O. #1404
EFF: 6/25/48. JUNCTION AND MAIN
TRACK TO EASTPORT OUT OF SVC PER
G.O. #1710 EFF: 12/27/49.)
“MR” BLOCK LIMIT STATION MANORVILLE (RELOCATED
865’ EAST OF
FORMER LOCATION ON S. SIDE OF MAIN
TRACK: 4/3/50
DIVISION:
1878 BOOK OF RULES AND
1903
CR4) (IN TICKET OFFICE.)
“MS”:
1 MASTIC
(PREVIOUSLY “F”. RENAMED:
6/25/39. BLOCK STA.
IN DEPOT OUT OF
SVC: 7/15/60. RAZED: 8/60)
“MS”: 2 MASTIC-SHIRLEY
(MASTIC STATION
RELOCATION:
7,010’ WEST OF PREVI-
OUS LOCATION. S.
SIDE OF TRACKS
AND E. OF WILLIAM
FLOYD PKY. IN
SERVICE: 7/15/60. BLOCK LIMIT STA-
TION OUT OF
SVC: 2/5/80.)
“MS 1” INTERLOCKING (R.C.) EAST OF MASTIC SHIRLEY
(BLOCK STA-
TION CONTROLLED FROM
“PD.” IN SVC:
2/5/80. OUT OF SVC:
5/6/2006)
“MS 1” :1 INTERLOCKING (R.C.) EAST OF MASTIC SHIRLEY (NORTH OF
TRACKS, WEST END OF NORTH SIDING.
CONTROLLED FROM “BABYLON.” IN
SVC:
5/6/2006. RENAMED “JJD-1”
EFFECTIVE: 5/18/09)
“MS 2” INTERLOCKING (R.C.) EAST OF MASTIC SHIRLEY
(BLOCK STA-
TION CONTROLLED
FROM “PD. IN SVC:
2/5/80. OUT OF
SVC: 5/6/2006)
“MS 2” :1 INTERLOCKING (R.C.) EAST OF MASTIC SHIRLEY (SOUTH OF
TRACKS, EAST END OF NORTH SIDING.
CONTROLLED FROM “MS 1.” IN SVC:
5/6/2006. RENAMED “JJD-2” EFFEC-
TIVE: 5/18/09)
“MT” TOWER: 1 MINEOLA (MINEOLA TOWER:
BRICK TOWER
IN SVC: 1890, SOUTH SIDE OF
MAIN LINE
TRACKS AT EAST
END OF WOODEN STA-
TION PLATFORM,
EAST OF MINEOLA BLVD.
TO CONTROL JCT. OF MINEOLA-HEMP-
STEAD AND OYSTER BAY
BRANCHES
WITH MAIN LINE. SAXBY & FARMER 52
LEVER MECHANICAL
MACHINE. FOR-
MERLY TOWER #45:
2. AN “L”-SHAPED
BRIDGE CONNECTED
THE 2ND STOREY
OF THE TOWER AT
THE REAR WITH THE
2ND
STOREY OF THE 1910 SUB STATION
AT THE FRONT WITH
STAIRS AT THE SUB
STATION SIDE TO
COMPENSATE FOR THE
DIFFERENCE IN 2ND
STOREY ELEVATIONS.
TOWER DESTROYED
IN FREIGHT TRAIN
DERAILMENT:
12/31/22.)
“MT” TOWER: 2 MINEOLA
(WOODEN TOWER IN SERVICE:
4/25/23 AT SAME LOCATION
AS “MT: 1”
NEW TOWER BUILT
AROUND THE ORIG-
INAL 1890 52 LEVER
MECHANICAL MACH-
INE. REAMED “FAIR”: 4/23/37. RE-
NAMED “NASSAU”:
9/18/38) (EAST LEG
OF WYE OUT OF
SVC: 5/18/27)
“MU” MURRAY
HILL (1903 CR4) (IN TICKET OFF-
ICE.)
“MV” TOWER FLUSHING AVE., MASPETH (MT.OLIVET)
(SOUTH SIDE OF MONTAUK BRANCH
TRACKS AND WEST OF FLUSHING AVE.
IN SVC;
8/1/1895 OR 10/1895 OR
11/20/1895 (?). FORMERLY TOWER #6.
JOHNSON
8 LEVER STYLE A MECHANI-
CAL MACHINE. RENAMED “MV”: 1907.
RENAMED “OLIVET”: 4/22/37.)
“MX” TOWER METROPOLITAN AVENUE, QUEENS (S. SIDE
OF TRACKS AND E.
OF METROPOLITAN
AVE. – FORMERLY
TOWER 6 ½. 16 LEVER
MECHANICAL
MACHINE. RENAMED IN
1907. GONE BY 1928)
“MY”
TOWER MYRTLE
AVE. TROLLEY CROSSING ON BAY
RIDGE/MANHATTAN BEACH BRANCH.
(12 LEVER
MECHANICAL MACHINE. FOR-
MERLY TOWER #70.
RENAMED: 1907.
OUT OF SVC: 1914 ACCOUNT GRADE
CROSSING
ELIMINATION.)
“MY” MONTAUK
(IN TICKET OFFICE. UNAT-
TENDED BLOCK STATION
SIGNAL IN
SVC: 5/1928 AT
ENTRANCE TO MON-
TAUK YARD. OUT OF SVC: SPRING/
1942 WITH
RELOCATION OF STATION
FACILITIES AND
YARD SOUTH OF
FORMER
LOCATION. BLOCK LIMIT
STATION SIGNALS AT ENTRANCE TO
NEW YARD IN SVC: SPRING/1942 [?]
SHOWS IN SVC. PER ETT OF 6/43. SIG-
NALS RELOCATED 1,680’ EAST OF FORM-
ER LOCATION: 6/30/76. R. C. FROM BAB-
YLON WITH CLOSING OF “PD” TOWER:
5/6/2006)
“N1” CABIN ELMHURST (NEWTOWN: TEMPORARY
CABIN
IN SVC: 1926-27
DURING GRADE ELIMIN-
ATION)
“N2” CABIN ELMHURST (NEWTOWN: TEMPORARY
CABIN
IN SVC: 1926-27 DURING GRADE ELIMIN-
ATION)
“N-72” CABIN LOCATION? IN SVC. 1906
“N” ELMHURST
(NEWTOWN) (1903 CR4) (IN
TICKET OFFICE.)
“N” CABIN MISCELLANEOUS CABIN AT EAST
LEG OF
HAMMEL’S WYE, ADJACENT TO WEST
SIDE OF “HU”
TOWER (IN SVC: BY 1918)
“NA” TOWER CEDAR MANOR (N. SIDE OF TRACKS
AND
E. OF NEW
YORK AVENUE. SAXBY &
FARMER 8 LEVER
MECHANICAL MACH-
INE IN SERVICE: 1918. OUT OF SVC:
11/15/33)
“NASSAU” TOWER MINEOLA – JCT. OF MINEOLA- HEMP-
STEAD AND OYSTER
BAY BRANCHES
WITH MAIN LINE.
(PREVIOUSLY “MT” &
“FAIR” TOWERS. RENAMED:
9/18/38.
ORIGINAL 1890 S
& F 52 LEVER MECH-
ANICAL
MACHINE. BRISTOL ALL-RELAY
CONTROL PANEL CONTROLLING
“LOC-
UST” IN SVC: 11/17/75. MECHANICAL
MACHINE REMOVED c. 1997 AND RE-
PLACED WITH ELECTRONIC
CONTROL
PANEL.