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. 02/03/22)
(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. (Art
Huneke Data)
Note: While the majority of the towers / cabins /
stations had call letters where
both letters reflected a portion of
the location name, not all did (i.e. "Z"
cabin at
East New York) and some only a single
letter (i.e. "SQ" tower at Sheepshead Bay
Junction) (Art Huneke data)
Note: Starting in April,
1937, block stations in automatic block signal territory changed from letter
calls, to name calls (i.e. "IS" tower became "HOLLIS"
tower). Block stations in manual block
signal territory retained their letter calls.
(There were some exceptions)
Interlocking
Plant Manufacturers:
S&F
= Saxby & Farmer
US&S
Co. = Union Switch & Signal Co.
G.
R. S. Co. = General Railway Signal Co.
BLOCK
STATION No. 1 DUTCH
KILLS, L. I. CITY (WITH BLOCK
SYSTEM
PLACED IN SVC. BETWEEN
L.
I. CITY AND WINFIELD, PER G. O.
No.
47 EFF: 07/03/1879 (Art Huneke
archive)
BLOCK
STATION No. 2 TOWER
WEST OF WOODSIDE STATION
(WITH
BLOCK SYSTEM PLACED IN
SVC.
BETWEEN L. I. CITY AND WIN-
FIELD,
PER G. O. No. 47 EFF:
07/03/1879
(Art Huneke archive)
BLOCK
STATION No. 3 TOWER
BETWEEN WOODSIDE AND
WINFIELD
(WITH BLOCK SYSTEM
PLACED
IN SVC. BETWEEN L. I. CITY
AND
WINFIELD, PER G. O. No. 47 EFF:
07/03/1879
(Art Huneke archive)
BLOCK
STATION No. 4 WINFIELD
DEPOT (WITH BLOCK SYSTEM
PLACED
IN SVC. BETWEEN L. I. CITY
AND
WINFIELD, PER G. O. No. 47 EFF:
07/03/1879
(Art Huneke archive)
CABIN
1 BELMONT
PARK (JOB ADVERTISED:
5/16/1919.
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. 12/01/1929. PER PHOTO-
GRAPHIC
EVIDENCE TAKEN IN 1925,
THE
BLOCK STATION THAT WAS TAK-
EN
OUT OF SVC: 12/8/1929 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
#11˝ JAMAICA
PLANK ROAD (INTERSECTION OF
JAMAICA AVE. TROLLEY CROSS-
ING
AND LEFFERTS AVE., WHICH
CRISS-CROSSED
OVER THE TRACKS
ON
THE E. SIDE OF RICHMOND HILL
STATION. CABIN BUILT: 1900 ON S.
SIDE
OF TRACKS AND W. OF JAMAICA
AVE.
FOUR-LEVER MACHINE TO OPER-
ATE
TROLLEY DERAILS. NOT A SIGNAL
STATION; NO
TELEGRAPH, NO TELE-
PHONE
(Per Art Huneke). PRE-1907
PHOTO
SHOWS 3 LEVERS POSITIONED
OUTSIDE THE CABIN. RENAMED “L”
CABIN IN 1907. REBUILT:
1909. OUT
OF SVC: 1924
WITH JAMAICA AVE.
GRADE
ELIMINATION PROJECT)
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 NATIONAL/S&F
MECHANICAL
MACHINE IN SVC:
6/1884. OUT OF SVC:
11/06/1904 [?]).
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 JOHNSON
STYLE
"A" MECHANICAL MACHINE.
IN
SVC: 06/25/1894. RENAMED “BX”:
11/04/1907.)
BLOCK
STATION #4 INSIDE
WINFIELD DEPOT (IN SVC:
(TOWER
4: 1) 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 11/20/1895 (?) RENAMED “MV”: 1907.
RENAMED “OLIVET”: 4/22/37)
TOWER
#6˝ METROPOLITAN
AVE. – FRESH POND
(S.
SIDE OF TRACKS AND E. OF MET-
ROPOLITAN
AVE. AT THE FRESH POND
STATION. IN SVC: 6/24/1896 OR
10/14/1896
(?). PROTECTED THE
BRT
TROLLEY CROSSING. 16 LEVER
MECHANICAL
MACHINE. RENAMED
“MX”
IN 1907. SEE: "MX" TOWER)
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. 16 LEVER US&S
MECHANICAL
MACHINE IN SERVICE:
1883
– 1918, RENAMED “DF” IN 1907.
INCREASED
TO 20 LEVER JOHNSON
STYLE
"A" 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. 12 LEVER S&F
MECHANICAL
MACHINE 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. 48 LEVER S&F MECH- ANICAL
MACHINE IN SVC: BY 1888.
RENAMED
AND 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:
AUGUST, 1899. RENAMED “JT”
IN
1907. 1ST
COMPLETELY PNEU-
MATIC
47 LEVER INTERLOCKING
MACHINE
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 (24 LEVER MECHANIC-
AL
MACHINE IN SVC: 1886. OUT OF
SVC: 4/24/1907 WHEN REPLACED
BY
“VA” TOWER :1)
TOWER
#21 PEARSALL'S
JCT., LYNBROOK- S. SIDE
OF
TRACKS AND E. OF ATLANTIC AVE.
AT
STATION PLATFORM. JCT. OF MON-
TAUK
AND LONG BEACH BRANCHES.
(14
LEVER S&F 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. BECAME "WJ" (1ST)
(SEE: "WJ" TOWER)
TOWER
#35 WINFIELD
JUNCTION - SOUTHEAST OF
INTERSECTION
OF THOMPSON AND
GREENPOINT
AVENUES AND S. SIDE
OF
TRACKS – L. I. CITY (24 LEVER
S&
F MECHANICAL MACHINE IN SVC:
1884
TO 03/01/1898. GRS MODEL 2
40
LEVER INTERLOCKING MACHINE
IN
SVC: 03/01/1898. RE-NAMED “WJ”
[2ND]
IN 1907.)
TOWER
#36: 1 AT
W. END OF WINFIELD STATION AT
TODAY'S
69TH ST. & 48TH AVE.. IN
SVC: 1883.
RECEIVED THE NUMBER
"36"
AFTER MANUAL BLOCK SYSTEM
WAS
PLACED IN SERVICE BETWEEN
JAMAICA
& WINFIELD JCT. (Art Hun-
eke
& Bill Slade data) OUT OF
SVC.
BY
1907.
TOWER
#36: 2 “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
#37 45'
EAST OF CALDWELL AVE. (LATER 57TH
AVE.),
E. OF THE FORMER GRAND ST.
STATION
AND W. OF THE FORMER
REGO
PARK STATION. IN SVC: 1892
AFTER
MANUAL BLOCK SYSTEM WAS
PLACED
IN SERVICE BETWEEN JAM-
AICA
& WINFIELD JCT. (Bill Slade data)
PROBABLY
OUT OF SERVICE BY 1907.
TOWER
#38 .33
MILES WEST OF WHITE POT ROAD
(LATER
YELLOWSTONE BLVD.) IN LAT-
TER-DAY
REGO PARK. IN SVC: 1892
AFTER
MANUAL BLOCK SYSTEM WAS
PLACED
IN SERVICE BETWEEN JAMAI-
CA
& WINFIELD JCT. (Bill Slade data)
PROBABLY
OUT OF SERVICE BY 1907.
TOWER
#39 .2
MILES WEST OF MAPLE GROVE STA-
TION. IN SVC: 1892 AFTER MANUAL
BLOCK
SYSTEM PLACED IN SERVICE
BETWEEN
JAMAICA & WINFIELD JCT.
(Bill Slade data) PROBABLY OUT OF
SERVICE
BY 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: c. 1904 )
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. 12 LEVER
MECHANICAL
MACHINE. IN SVC:
07/31/ 1880 UNTIL
1895 REPLACED
WITH US&S 23
LEVER STYLE “F” ALL-
ELECTRIC MACHINE
IN SVC: 1906.
TOWER RENAMED
"RJ": 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. JOHNSON STYLE "A"
32 LEVER MACHINE IN SVC: 1905.
RENAMED “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 #44˝ 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 (S. SIDE OF TRACKS
AT W. SIDE OF REMSEN LANE, 1,168’ E.
OF BELLEROSE STATION AND 1,437' W.
OF CARNATION AVE. [FLORAL PARK].
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 [JULY, 1909] AND
NEW, FREE-STANDING “FK” TOWER:1
[1909] PLACED IN SVC.)
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
#50 EAST
END OF WINFIELD STATION PLAT-
FORM.
IN SVC: c. 1880s.
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.
NORTH SIDE OF WHITE-
STONE BRANCH AND WEST OF THE
JUNCTION.
RENAMED “JC” IN 1907.
TOWER
#63 MANHATTAN
CROSSING (EAST NEW YORK)
ON ATLANTIC BRANCH (BUILT ON SIGNAL
BRIDGE WEST OF BAY RIDGE BRANCH
CROSSING. 24 LEVER US&S MECHANIC-
AL MACHINE 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., (AUTUMN AVE.)
EAST NEW YORK, ON ATLANTIC
BRANCH. (BUILT ON SIGNAL BRIDGE.
11-LEVER US&S MODEL 14 ELECTRO-
MECHANICAL MACHINE IN SVC:
8/3/1906. 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. 12 LEVER SAXBY & FARM-
ER MECHANICAL MACHINE IN SVC: BY
1884. RENAMED “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., RIDGEWOOD TROLLEY
CROSSING ON BAY RIDGE/MANHATTAN
BEACH BRANCH (8 LEVER MECHANICAL
MACHINE.
IN SVC: 3/14/1895 OR
8/15/1895 (?) ON S. SIDE OF TRACKS
AND E. OF CYPRESS AVE. RENAMED
“CY” IN 1907. OUT OF SVC:
1914 AC-
COUNT 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., NEW LOTS- ON MANHAT-
TAN BEACH BRANCH (8 LEVER MECHAN-
ICAL MACHINE IN SVC: 3/14/1896. RE-
NAMED “AY” IN 1907. OUT OF SVC:
? )
TOWER
#74 FLATBUSH
AVE. ON MANHATTAN BEACH
BRANCH (CLOSED: 1907)
TOWER
#74˝ OCEAN
AVENUE TROLLEY CROSSING –
OCEAN AVE.,BKLYN. ON
BAY RIDGE
BRANCH.
(WOODEN TOWER BUILT
SOUTH OF TRACKS JUST BEYOND
EAST END OF MANHATTAN BEACH
JCT. STATION PLATFORM. TOWER
WAS CLOSED FOR
WINTER AND
SWITCHES WERE
CONTROLLED FROM
TOWER 75 AT THE
JUNCTION WEST OF
TOWER 74 ˝ AND
JUST WEST OF THE
MANHATTAN BEACH
JCT. STATION.
CLOSED: 1907 WITH
GRADE ELIMINA-
TION PROJECT.)
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: 5/25/1906
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
#79˝ SHEEPSHEAD
BAY JCT. - EMMONS AVE.
(LATER NEPTUNE AVE.) TROLLEY
CROSSING - NORTH OF MANHATTAN
BEACH STATION ON W. SIDE OF MAN-
HATTAN BEACH BRANCH TRACKS AND
NORTH SIDE OF EMMONS (NEPTUNE)
AVE. (16 LEVER MACHINE IN SVC:
10/1898 OR 12/1898. REBUILT WITH
20 LEVER MECHANICAL MACHINE IN
SVC: 6/11/1906. RENAMED “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 TAYLOR MECHANICAL
MACHINE.)
TOWER #92 ON SIGNAL BRIDGE S. OF LIBERTY AVE-
NUE, SOUTH OF OZONE PARK STATION
ON ROCKAWAY BEACH BRANCH. (12
LEVER JOHNSON STYLE "A" MECHAN-
ICAL MACHINE 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: 06/011904.
RENAMED “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 - BEACH CHAN-
NEL (HAMMEL JCT.) (WEST SIDE OF
TRACKS AND SOUTH OF CHANNEL.
16 LEVER S&F MACHINE IN SVC: 1894
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. NATIONAL/SAXBY
& FARMER 36
LEVER MECHANICAL MACHINE. RE-
BUILT: 12/1893. RENUMBERED TOW-
ER #105: 1894. REBUILT AND RE-
NAMED “HC”: 08/1907. INCREASED TO
40 LEVERS: 01/28/1919.)
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)
11/27/1910.
TRACKS WERE IN THE
OPEN AIR AND THE TOWER SPANNED
4 OF THE TRACKS. TOWER AND
TRACKS WERE COVERED OVER:
19_?_. INTERLOCKING MACHINE RE-
BUILT: 1940.
TOWER OUT OF SERVICE:
09/30/1994.
CONTROL TRANSFERRED
TO "PSCC." TOWER ABANDONED AND
REMAINS IN SITU.
“A” INTERLOCKING (R.C.) 0.2 MILES W. OF PENN STATION
(CON- TROLLED FROM PSCC. IN SVC:
9/30/1994)
“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: 12/8/1929)
“A”
CABIN W.
OF VERNON AVE., L. I. CITY (IN SVC:
1904.
OUT OF SERVICE: 8/31/1928)
“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 (BETHPAGE) (N. SIDE OF
TRACKS
AND E. OF BROADWAY. IN
SVC:
1914 FOR END OF DOUBLE
TRACK. OUT OF SVC:
08/01/1917)
“A” CABIN FARMINGDALE (SOUTH SIDE OF
TRACKS
AND WEST OF MAIN
ST. X-ING. FORMER-
LY “B” CABIN. RENAMED IN ETT #88 EFF:
10/18/1918.
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.)
“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. 48 LEVER S&F MECH- ANICAL
MACHINE IN SVC: BY 1888.
FORMERLY
TOWER #14. RENAMED
AND
LISTED AS “AC” IN 1903 CR4) OUT
OF
SVC: 1911.
TRACK (07/15/1878 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. (IN TICKET OFFICE)
(07/15/1878 BOOK OF RULES AND
1903 CR4)
“AG” AMAGANSETT
(1903 CR4) (IN TICKET OFF-
ICE. UNATTENDED BLOCK STATION
SIGNALS IN SVC: 5/23/1928. BLOCK AND
UNATTENDED BLOCK
SIGNALS RELOC-
ATED 1,012’ E. OF
FORMER LOCATION:
9/22/1928. BLOCK STATION OUT OF SVC:
12/11/1929. UNATTENDED
BLOCK STA-
TION IN SVC. CONTINUOUSLY:
12/11/1929. 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.
TO BE TAKEN
OUT OF SERVICE: NOVEMBER, 2017.)
“AH” CALVERTON
(1903 CR4) (BAITING HOL-
LOW) (TRAIN ORDER
OFFICE IN TICK-
ET OFFICE. BLOCK OFFICE IN SVC:
5/28/1918 PER ETT
#87. UNATTEND-
ED BLOCK STATION SIGNAL IN SVC:
5/23/1928.
BLOCK STATION OUT OF
SVC. BY 6/43. BLOCK LIMIT STATION
SIGNALS IN SVC BY
6/43. RELOCATED
700’ EAST:
4/11/79. CONTROLLED
FROM JCC PER G.O.
#702, APPENDIX
A-2 EFF:
09/06/2021)
"AH" BLOCK LIMIT SIGNAL (R.C.) CALVERTON (CONTROLLED FROM JCC)
PER
G.O. #702, APPENDIX A-2 EFF:
09/06/2021
“AK” LAKELAND
(IN TICKET OFFICE)
(07/15/1878 BOOK OF RULES) "RON-
KONKOMA" PER 1903 CR4 .
“AMITYVILLE” INTERLKG.
(R.C.) AMITYVILLE (CONTROLLED FROM
“BABYLON”
OR ”PORT” IN SVC: 8/7/73.
REMOTE
FROM “BABYLON” 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) OUT OF SVC: 05/19/1986.
AGAIN CONTROLLED FROM "DIVIDE"
19_?_. CONTROLLED FROM "JCC-
DIVIDE" PER G.N. #6-70 EFF: 05/08/2021
“AN” ARVERNE
(STRAITON AVE.) (1903 CR4)
(IN TICKET OFFICE)
“AP” ATLANTIC
PARK (ROCKAWAY BEACH?)
IN
TICKET OFFICE. (SOUTHERN DIVI-
SION
IN 07/15/1878 BOOK OF RULES)
“AP” A&P
WHSE. (CENTRAL EXTENSION) (5,200’
EAST
OF “HC”. BLOCK STATION IN SVC:
10/12/1936
FOR ONE DAY ONLY AC-
COUNT
VANDERBILT CUP RACE HELD
AT
ROOSEVELT RACEWAY. AGAIN IN
SVC:
7/3/1937 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:
7/5/1937.
[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:
5/28/1918 PER ETT #87. OUT OF SVC:
9/1927.
SEMAPHORE SIGNALS RE-
MOVED, MAST TRUNCATED AND UNAT- TENDED BLOCK STATION SIGNALS AS
REFLECTOR DISCS IN SVC: 9/01/1927.
The discs atop
the signal mast
at
"AQ" were yellow and red re-
flectors, one set facing in each
direction and served the same
purpose as illuminated globes
for unattended block station
signals. The yellow and red
discs (or lights on most other
masts) representED the two
tracks, main and siding. The yel-
low light/disc always was adja-
cent to the main track. The eng-
neer's headlight would reflect
on both discs, showing yellow
and red, in the same manner that
ILLUMINATED signals would both
DISPLAY yellow and red. The eng-
ineer would receive a "K" clear-
ance card with the instructions
"Pass
AQ as though clear block
signal were displayed." (Signal info
per Art Huneke). 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 (G.O. #2107)
9/01/52 TO
9/14/52 (G.O. #2113)
6/20/53 TO 7/12/53 (G.O. #2132
& G.O. #2203)
8/31/53 TO 9/20/53
(G.O. #2207)
“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:
5/8/1929. SEMAPHORES REMOVED
AND SIGNAL MAST
CUT OFF: 5/8/1929.
UNATTENDED BLOCK STATION
SIGNAL
IN SVC: 5/8/1929 (Robt. Emery data). PER-
MISSIVE BLOCK
ASPECT ADDED TO
BLOCK SIGNALS: 6/25/1928.
OUT OF
SVC:
6/12/49.)
“AUTUMN”
TOWER (ON SIGNAL WEST OF AUTUMN
AVE. AT HEMLOCK ST.,
BRIDGE) EAST NEW YORK (PREVIOUSLY “CN”
TOWER CONTROLLING THE
FORMER
CHESTNUT ST. JCT.
WITH JOINT LIRR/
BRT SERVICE UNTIL 1917. 16-LEVER
GRS MODEL 2 LEVER
ALL ELECTRIC
MACHINE IN SVC: 11/1922.
RENAMED
"AUTUMN":
4/15/37. OUT OF SVC:
12/27/39 WITH
GRADE ELIMINATION.)
“AV” ARVERNE (IN
TICKET OFFICE.)
“AW” EAST
ROCKAWAY (IN TICKET OFFICE.
SUMMER 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., NEW LOTS – MANHAT-
TAN BEACH BRANCH (8 LEVER MECH- ANICAL MACHINE. 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:
11/22/1922)
“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:
6/18/1929. OUT OF SVC:
12/5/1929.)
“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: 6/18/1929.
OUT OF SVC: 12/5/1929.)
“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 AP-
PEARS IN ETT #73, EFF: 5/27/1914.
RENAMED “A” CABIN IN ETT #88, EFF:
10/18/1918.) (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: 11/22/1922)
“B”
TOWER: 1 BETHPAGE (JCT.
OF CENTRAL BRANCH
EXT. TO MAIN LINE) (WOODEN TOWER
OPENED
8/21/1925, SOUTH SIDE OF
TRACKS. SAXBY & FARMER 24 LEVER
MECHANICAL MACHINE. PERMISSIVE
BLOCK ASPECT ADDED TO BLOCK SIG-
NALS:
6/25/1928. ADDITIONAL US&S 5
LEVER STYLE TC TABLE MACHINE TO
CONTROL “PW” IN SVC: 7/29/1930.
BOTH MACHINES OUT OF SVC: 5/28/36
AND TOWER RAZED ACCOUNT CON-
STRUCTION 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. ORNATE BRICKWORK WAS
DESIGNED BY ROBT.
MOSES TO COMP-
LIMENT THE
PARKWAY OVERPASS
STONEWORK. 19-LEVER US&S MODEL
14, STYLE F, ALL
ELECTRIC MACHINE IN
SVC: 05/28/36. UNATTENDED BLOCK
SIGNAL IN
SVC: 11/1/37. OUT OF SVC:
4/27/87. HEAVILY VANDALIZED AND
GRAFFITTI-COVERED,
WAS PLACED IN
USE BY SIGNAL
DEPT. (per Robt. Myers,
there's been talk [2019] of possible restora-
tion.)
“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 9/9/1915 ON
S. SIDE OF TRACKS AND E. OF SNEDE-
COR AVE.
GONE FROM ETT OF 9/9/1915.
BLOCK
OFFICE MOVED INTO DEPOT.)
“BA”
CABIN BEAUFORT (104TH) AVE., OZONE PARK
(1,100’ WEST OF “RK” INTERLOCKING
STATION.
TEMPORARY CABIN ACCOUNT
OZONE PARK GRADE CROSSING ELIM-
INATION AND NEW ATLANTIC BRANCH
CONNECTION TRACK INSTALLATION.
US&S 7 LEVER STYLE TC TABLE MACH-
INE AND 1 LEVER US&S CIRCUIT CON-
TROLLER IN SVC: 4/25/1930. OUT OF
SVC: 3/25/1931.)
"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. BRISTOL
ALL-RELAY PUSH-BUTTON CONTROL
PANEL
FOR CONTROL OF AMITYVILLE
AND WANTAGH INTERLOCKINGS IN SVC:
9/08/07/1973. TOWER REMODELED
AND HIP ROOF ADDED: 1987. BLOCK
OFFICE DIVIDED INTO “BABYLON EAST”
AND “BABYLON WEST” UTILIZING TWO
BLOCK OPERATORS, EFF: 5/28/2006
WITH
CLOSING OF “PD” TOWER. “BAB-
YLON EAST” HANDLED BLOCK FROM
BABYLON EASTWARD TO MONTAUK.
“BABYLON WEST” HANDLED 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”
:1 INTERLOCKING (R.C.) EAST OF BAYSIDE
(CONTROLLED FROM
“HAROLD” IN SVC: 3/21/88. OUT OF
SVC: 07/03/1999.
"BAY"
:2 INTERLOCKING (R.C.) EAST OF BAYSIDE
(CONTROLLED FROM
JAMAICA IN SVC: 07/03/1999 WHEN
"HAROLD" WAS TAKEN OUT OF SVC.
“BC”
CABIN BROAD
CHANNEL ON ROCKAWAY BEACH
BRANCH (BRIDGE
TENDER’S CABIN ON
W. SIDE OF TRACKS
AND S. OF STA-
TION. LOCATED ON SWING BRIDGE.
SAXBY &
FARMER 4 LEVER MECHANI-
CAL MACHINE IN
SVC: 1908. BRIDGE
TENDER HANDLED
BLOCK SIGNALS.
RENAMED
"BROAD CHANNEL DRAW-
BRIDGE. REPLACED WITH 4 LEVER
US&S MODEL TC
TABLE MACHINE:
03/10/37 (?).
“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
8/21/1925 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” [HOWARD
BEACH] INTERLOCKING DURING
AQUEDUCT GRADE CROSSING ELIM-
INATION PROJECT IN SVC: 11/13/39.
7 LEVER MACHINE 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.
CONTROLLED FROM
"JCC-DIVIDE"
PER G.N. #6-70
EFF: 05/08/2021.)
“BF”
CABIN BABYLON
– “BELMONT JCT.” JCT. OF
CENTRAL AND MONTAUK BRANCHES
(LOCATED ON CENTRAL BRANCH.
CLOSED 8/21/1925 WITH OPENING
OF “B” TOWER)
"BG" BRIDGE HAMPTON (2 WORDS) (ETT #11
EFF. 11/08/1874) (BECAME "BH" IN
1878)
“BG” BETHPAGE
JCT. (07/17/1878 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:
1/8/1929.
FULL-TIME BLOCK OFFICE IN
DEPOT OUT OF SVC: 1/18/32.
UNAT-
TENDED BLOCK STATION IN SVC. CON-
TINUOUSLY:
1/18/32. MANNED, PART-
TIME BLOCK STATION IN SVC. “SUM-
MERS ONLY.”
PARTIAL DATES AS FOL-
LOWS:
IN
SVC: 6/25/33. O.O.S:
9/ ? /33.
IN
SVC: 6/23/35. O.O.S:
9/15/35.
BLOCK LIMIT STATION SIGNALS IN SVC:
9/15/35 [?].
JUNCTION REMOVED:
1939 WITH ABANDONMENT OF SAG -
HARBOR BRANCH. UNATTENDED
BLOCK STATION SIGNAL RELOCATED
500’ EAST OF FORMER LOCATION:
8/11/39.
R.C. FROM BABYLON
5/6/2006.
OUT OF SVC: NOVEMBER,
2017.)
“BJ” CABIN BUSHWICK JCT –
FRESH POND – TEMPO-
RARY INTERLOCKING ACCOUNT GRADE
CROSSING ELIMINATION. LISTED IN
ETT OF 9/9/1915. 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:
6/25/1928. WALL TYPE MECHANICAL
MACHINE 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
STYLE
"A" 16 LEVER MECHANICAL
MACHINE. CONTROLLED 4-TRACK AC-
CESS TO PARK WHERE
IT BOTTLE-
NECKED TO TWO TRACKS. DESTROYED
BY FIRE: 7/9/1925)
“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
(IN TICKET OFFICE)
(07/15/1878 BOOK OF RULES AND 1903
CR4)
“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:
12/11/1929. UNATTENDED BLOCK STA-
TION IN SVC. CONTINUOUSLY:
12/11/1929. BLOCK STATION AGAIN IN
SVC: ? . OUT OF SVC:
BY 6/43. BLOCK
LIMIT STATION
SIGNALS IN SVC. BY 06/43.
OUT OF SVC: 05/06/2006)
“BP” BAYPORT
(1903 CR4) (IN TICKET OFFICE.
UNATTENDED BLOCK
STATION RELOCAT-
ED 200’ WEST OF
SWITCH 2:
10/22/1929)
“BQ” CABIN BELLPORT (S. SIDE OF TRACKS
AND E.
OF STATION ROAD.
IN SERVICE: 1916 –
1919. BURNED:
1919, NOT REPLACED)
“BR” BRENTWOOD
(IN TICKET OFFICE)
(07/15/1878 BOOK OF RULES AND
1903 CR4)
“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. RE-
MOVED
FROM SVC: 08/06/2018 WITH
DOUBLE-TRACKING
TO RONKONKOMA
PER
GN #4-17)
“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 RE-
PLACED
BY 4-LEVER US&S STYLE TC
TABLE
MACHINE IN SVC: 03/10/37 [?].
LATER
CONTROLLED BY “DRAW”
TOWER. INTERLOCKING AND INTER-
LOCKING
STATION OUT OF SVC:
5/23/50
WITH ABANDONMENT OF
JAMAICA BAY TRESTLE AFTER FIRE
DESTROYED
TRESTLE.)
“BROOK”
TOWER: 1 FLATBUSH
AVE., BROOKLYN (UNDER-
GROUND: E. END OF
STATION PLAT-
FORM BETWEEN
TRACKS 4 AND 5.
FORMERLY “FT”. RENAMED: 4/15/37.
OUT OF SVC: 11/07/1999.
“BROOK”
TOWER: 2 FLATBUSH
AVE., BROOKLYN (UNDER-
GROUND: RELOCATED
TO YARDMAST-
ER’S OFFICE AT E.
END OF PLATFORM
BETWEEN TRACKS 2
AND 3. 28-LEVER
US&S MODEL 14
ELECTRO-PNEUMATIC
MACHINE (REWORKED
1906 MACHINE)
IN SVC: 11/07/99)
“BROOK
1” INTERLOCKING EAST OF
FLATBUSH AVE., BROOKLYN (IN
SVC: 11/07/99)
“BROOK
2” INTERLOCKING VANDERBILT AVE., BROOKLYN (IN SVC:
11/07/99 R.C. FROM "BROOK" TOWER)
“BS”
CABIN BAYSIDE
(S. SIDE OF TRACKS AND W.
END OF E.B. STATION PLATFORM. IN
SERVICE: 12/26/1919 – 10/01/1926)
“BS”
TOWER BLISSVILLE,
L.I. CITY – JCT. OF MONTAUK
BRANCH AND
MONTAUK CUT-OFF. (SEE:
“BX” TOWER. RENAMED “BLISS” PER G.O.
#603/625 EFF:
4/22/37)
“BT” BLUEPOINT
(1903 CR4) (IN TICKET OFFICE.)
“BUSHWICK DRAWBRIDGE” SWINGBRIDGE
ON BUSHWICK BRANCH
(TWO
US&S/S&F DWARF MACHINES -
2
LEVERS EACH – ON EAST END AND
WEST
END OF BRIDGE IN
SVC: 1902.
SMASHBOARD
SIGNALS INSTALLED:
3/26/1929
“BURKE”
INTERLOCKING (R.C.) WEST OF
HUNTINGTON (CONTROLLED
FROM "DIVIDE" 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.
BECAME “HUNT 1” LOCATION)
“BV” BELLMORE
(1903 CR4) (IN TICKET OFFICE.)
“BW” BALDWIN
(1903 CR4) (IN TICKET OFFICE.)
“BW”
CABIN BELLAIRE
(IN SVC: c. 1923 FOR GRADE
CROSSING/4-TRACKING PROJECT.
OUT OF SVC: ? )
“BX”
TOWER BLISSVILLE,
L.I. CITY – JCT. OF MONTAUK
BRANCH AND
MONTAUK CUT-OFF.
NORTH SIDE OF
TRACKS
AND WEST SIDE OF
GREENPOINT AVE.
(16-LEVER JOHNSON
STYLE "A" MECH-
ANICAL MACHINE IN
SVC: 06/25/1894.
FORMERLY TOWER
#3: 2. RENAMED
“BX”: 11/04/1907.
MOVED SOUTH OF
TRACKS AND WEST SIDE
OF GREEN-
POINT AVE.: 03/01/1908.
INCREASED
TO 24-LEVER GRS/S&F
MECHANICAL
MACHINE: 03/01/1908.
RENAMED “BS”:
11/23/1928. RENAMED
“BLISS”:
4/22/37.)
“BY” BAYSHORE
(SOUTHERN DIVISION) (IN
TICKET OFFICE) (07/15/1878 BOOK OF
RULES AND 1903 CR4)
“C3”
(?) CABIN (see: “J3”) JAMAICA
(300’ WEST OF “RJ” TOWER. IN
SVC: 12/1/1929 FOR “JAMAICA IMPROVE-
MENT EAST”
PROJECT.)
“C” COLLEGE
POINT (NORTH SHORE DIVISON)
(IN TICKET OFFICE) (07/15/1878 BOOK
OF RULES AND 1903 CR4)
“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.)
TOWER
“C” (PRR) EAST
END OF LIRR TRACKS AT PENN
STATION, 7TH AVE., NY, NY. IN
SVC:
09/1910. OUT OF SVC: 09/30/94.
CONTROL TRANSFERRED TO "PSCC."
“C”
INTERLOCKING (R.C.) 0.1
MILE EAST OF PENN STATION (CON- TROLLED 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”
N.
SIDE OF PORT WASHINGTON BRANCH TRACKS AND E END OF FLUSHING
RIVER
BRIDGE - CORONA/FLUSHING
MEADOWS. FORMERLY "FLUSHING
DRAW BRIDGE" BRIDGE-TENDER'S
CABIN.
RENAMED ACCOUNT STORM
SEWER CONSTRUCTION FROM E. SIDE
OF WORLD'S FAIR INTO FLUSHING RIV-
ER. (US&S 6 LEVER STYLE TC TABLE
MACHINE IN SVC: 07/13/38. OUT OF
SVC: 09/19/38.)
SHORE DIVISION)
(IN TICKET OFFICE)
07/15/1878 BOOK OF RULES)
“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" INTERLOCKING (R.C.) 1.5 MILES EAST OF BRENTWOOD STA-
TION, ľ MILES WEST OF CENTRAL IS-
LIP STATION (CONTROLLED FROM
"DIVIDE." IN SVC: 09/04/18 PER
GN #4-21.
CONTROLLED FROM "JCC- DIVIDE" PER G.N. #6-70 EFF:
05/08/2021
“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)
(IN TICKET OFFICE) (07/15/1878 BOOK
OF RULES)
“CM”
CABIN CENTER
MORICHES (IN SVC: 1916 ON S.
SIDE OF TRACKS AND E. OF DEPOT.
GONE FROM ETT OF 05/28/1918)
“CN”
TOWER CHESTNUT
ST. JCT. (AUTUMN AVE.), EAST NEW YORK
(LOCATED ON SIGNAL BRIDGE ON
ATLANTIC BRANCH WEST OF RAILROAD
AVE. AND RAILROAD AVE. STATION AT
HEMLOCK ST.
FORMERLY TOWER #65.
CONTROLLED CONNECTION BETWEEN
L.I.R.R. AND B.R.T. SYSTEMS DURING
PERIOD OF JOINT OPERATIONS. RE-
NAMED "CN" IN 1907. 11 LEVER US&S
ELECTRIC STYLE "F" MACHINE IN SVC:
1905. BRT CONNECTION OUT OF SVC:
1917. INTERLOCKING PLANT REBUILT
AND 16-LEVER GRS MODEL 2 ALL ELEC-
TRIC MACHINE IN SVC: 11/1922. STA-
TION AND STREET RENAMED AUTUMN
AVE., AND TOWER RENAMED “AUTUMN”
PER G.O. #624 EFF: 4/15/37. (SEE:
"AUTUMN" TOWER)
“CO” CABIN CORONA (TEMPORARY CABIN
ACCOUNT
GRADE CROSSING ELIMINATION. US&S
3 LEVER STYLE TC TABLE MACHINE IN
SVC:
5/8/1930. OUT OF SVC:
10/17/1930.)
“COREY”
INTERLOCKING (R.C.) EAST OF HUNTINGTON
(CONTROLLED
FROM "DIVIDE" 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 (LATER: BETHPAGE)
(BLOCK HANDLED AT STA: 8/1918 UN-
TIL 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: 9/6/1930 POSSIBLY FOR MEAD-
OWBROOK COUNTRY CLUB POLO TOUR-
NAMENT.
OUT OF SVC: 9/13/1930.)
“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 CENTERVILLE AVE., OZONE PARK (500’
WEST OF SIGNAL BRIDGE 93 ON N.
SIDE OF TRACKS, TEMPORARY CABIN
ACCOUNT OZONE PARK GRADE CROS-
SING ELIMINATION. US&S 9 LEVER
STYLE TC TABLE MACHINE IN SVC:
5/5/1930. OUT OF SVC: 3/25/1931.)
“CY”
TOWER CYPRESS
AVE., RIDGEWOOD TROLLEY
CROSSING –BAY RIDGE/MANHATTAN
BEACH BRANCH (8 LEVER MECHANICAL
MACHINE. IN SVC: 3/14/1895 OR
8/15/1895 (?). FORMERLY TOWER 71.
RENAMED: 1907. OUT OF SVC:
1914
ACCOUNT GRADE CROSSING ELIMIN-
ATION.)
TOWER
“D” (PRR) EAST
SIDE OF PENNSYLVANIA STATION,
NY, NY. 71-LEVER INTERLOCKING
MACHINE IN SVC: 09/1910 (?).
RE-
NAMED "JO" OR "KN"?? 19_?_. OUT OF
SVC: _?_
DIVISION) (07/15/1878 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:
09/01/1911 – 03/07/1923)
“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:
03/07/1923-1926. 4-LEVER
S&F
MECHANICAL
MACHINE. AFTER 1926,
BECAME BRIDGE
TENDER’S CABIN
ONLY. RENAMED
“DOUGLASTON
DRAWBRIDGE” IN
ETT's. PER ROBT.
EMERY DATA, CABIN REMOVED:
1950)
"DANCH"
INTERLOCKING (R.C.) 1ST
INTERLOCKING EAST OF PINELAWN
STATION, 1ST INTERLOCKING WEST OF
WYANDANCH
STATION (CONTROLLED
FROM "DIVIDE." IN SVC: 09/10/2018
PER GN #4-23. CONTROLLED FROM
"JCC-DIVIDE" PER G.N. #6-70 EFF:
05/08/2021
“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.
INCREASED TO
20 LEVER JOHNSON
STYLE "A" MACH-
INE BY 1912. OUT
OF SVC: 12/01/1917.)
“DF”
TOWER: 2 EAST
OF FRESH POND STA. (OPENED:
12/01/1917 ON N.
SIDE OF TRACKS AND
WEST OF N.Y. INTERCONNECTING R.R.
TRESTLE. 36 LEVER GRS/S&F IM-
PROVED MECHANICAL MACHINE. RE-
NAMED “POND” PER G.O. #603/625 EFF:
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. 17
LEVER US&S B30
MACHINE FOR
EXPANSION OF INTER-
LOCKING TO THE
WEST IN SVC:
07/28/59. US&S 9 STATION TRAF-
FIC CONTROL CENTER
CONTROL PANEL
FOR CONTROL OF
PORT JEFFERSON
BRANCH
INTERLOCKINGS IN SVC:
10/7/61. TOWER
MOVED 50' EAST TO
MAKE ROOM FOR
CONSTRUCTION OF
NEW TOWER (Henry Wilhelm data re:
moving). OLD TOWER OUT OF SVC:
11/13/62 WITH
GRADE ELIMINATION.
“DIVIDE”
TOWER: 2 HICKSVILLE
(NEW TOWER BUILT DIRECT-
LY IN FRONT OF RELOCATED OLD TOW-
ER DURING GRADE ELIMINATION.
US&S 15 LEVER MODEL 14 ELECTRO-
MECHANICAL MACHINE. 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.
REPLACED 04/30/2000. TOWER
PLACED OUT OF SERVICE AND BLOCK
OPR. RELOCATED TO JCC AND WILL
BE ADDRESSED AS "JCC-DIVIDE" PER
G.N. #6-70, EFF. 05/08/2021. )
"DIVIDE"
INTERLOCKING (R.C.) CONTROLLED FROM
"JCC-DIVIDE" PER
G.N. #6-70 EFF: 05/08/2021
“DK”
:1 DEER
PARK (1903 CR4) (TRAIN ORDER
OFFICE IN TICKET OFFICE. BLOCK
OFFICE IN SVC: 5/28/1918 PER ETT #87.
UNATTENDED BLOCK
STATION SIGNAL
IN SVC: 5/23/1928 PERMISSIVE BLOCK
ASPECT ADDED TO
BLOCK SIGNALS:
6/25/1928. BLOCK STATION TEMPORA-
RILY RELOCATED S.
SIDE OF TRACKS
AND 238’ WEST OF DEER PARK
AVE.
FOR GRADE
CROSSING ELIMINATION.
SAME DAY TEMPORARY
TRACKS IN SVC.
VIA SHOO-FLY PER
G.O. 503B/506C EFF:
8/25/36.
“DK” : 2 DEER PARK (IN NEW TICKET
OFFICE.
BLOCK STATION
RELOCATED TO N.
SIDE OF TRACKS,
901’ EAST OF FORM-
ER LOCATION PER
G.O. 613C, EFF:
12/17/36 WITH
COMPLETION OF
GRADE CROSSING ELIMINATION.
BLOCK SIGNALS
RELOCATED SAME
DAY NORTH OF FORMER
LOCATION
AND ON EMBANKMENT. 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: 2. SAXBY & FARMER 4
LEVER MECHANICAL MACHINE. OUT
OF SVC:
1926. DRAWBRIDGE UNAT-
TENDED:
01/28/32. AGAIN
IN SVC:
? .
INTERLOCKING AND INTERLOCK-
ING STATION OUT OF SVC: 7/6/48.
CABIN RAZED: 1950.)
“DRAW”
TOWER ON SWING BRIDGE (INCORRECTLY REF-
ERRED TO AS “DRAWBRIDGE”
- BEACH
CHANNEL -
HAMMEL. PREVIOUSLY “HJ”
TOWER, TOWER 101)
WEST SIDE OF
TRACKS AND SOUTH
OF CHANNEL.
16-LEVER S&F
MECHANICAL MACHINE
IN SVC: 1894. 4-LEVER US&S MODEL TC
TABLE MACHINE IN
SVC. TO CONTROL
BROAD CHANNEL
DRAWBRIDGE
[SWINGBRIDGE]
AFTER CLOSING OF
FORMER “BC” CABIN
LOCATED ON
THE BROAD CHANNEL SWING BRIDGE:
? .
RENAMED: 5/01/37. DESTROYED
BY TRAIN
DERAILMENT: 01/03/46 AND
DEMOLISHED. REPLACED BY “DRAW”
CABIN:1.)
“DRAW”
CABIN: 1 ON
SWING BRIDGE - BEACH CHANNEL-
HAMMEL (WEST SIDE OF TRACKS AND
SOUTH OF CHANNEL. REPLACED "DRAW"
TOWER.
IN SVC: 1946. US&S 7 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 AS LATE AS
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.
CONTROLLED FROM "JCC-
DIVIDE" PER G.N. #6-70 EFF: 05/08/2021
“DUKE 2” INTERLOCKING (R.C.) EAST OF NORTHPORT (REMOTE FROM
“DIVIDE.”
FORMERLY “EVANS.” IN SVC:
10/3/77. CONTROLLED FROM "JCC-
DIVIDE" PER G.N. #6-70 EFF: 05/08/2021
(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:
10/24/2010. REMOTE CON-
TROLLED FROM “JCC”. BLDG. USED
BY M of E AND M of W PERSONNEL)
"DUNTON" INTERLOCKING
(R.C.) REMOTE CONTROLLED FROM
"JCC"
WHEN "DUNTON" TOWER CLOSED ON
10/24/2010
“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 PER
G.O. #308C IN ETT #3 EFF: 09/20/42)
US&S 11 LEVER
MODEL 14 ELECTRO-
MECHANICAL MACHINE. TOWER UNDER-
GROUND. IN LAST
YEARS WAS MANNED
ONLY DURING SPECIAL
MOVES. OUT OF
SVC: 9/2001)
“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 (HAMMELS) (IN TICKET
OFFICE:
07/04/1872.) (SOUTHERN
DIVISION
IN 07/15/1878 BOOK OF
RULES)
(OUT OF SERVICE: 1887)
“EG” EDGEMERE
(SUMMER ONLY PER 1903
CR4) (IN TICKET OFFICE.)
“EM” EAST
MORICHES (1903 CR4) (IN TICKET
OFFICE.)
“EN” EAST
NEW YORK (IN TICKET OFFICE)
(07/15/1878 BOOK OF RULES)
“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: 11/30/1931.
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" NEWTOWN (IN TICKET
OFFICE) (ETT #11
EFF. 11/08/1874)
“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. 11 LEVER US&S MODEL
14 ELECTRO-PNEUMATIC
MACHINE IN
SVC: 3/1908.
OUT OF SERVICE:
4/28/23. DUTIES
HANDLED BY “FT”
TOWER.)
"F" BRENTWOOD (IN
TICKET OFFICE) (ETT #11
EFF. 11/08/1874) ("BR" IN 1878)
“F” MASTIC
(FORGE) (1903 CR4) (IN TICKET
OFFICE. 2-LEVER G.R.S. MECHANICAL
MACHINE IN
SVC: 5/28/1926. UNAT-
TENDED BLOCK STATION
SIGNAL IN
SVC: 5/23/1928. 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, NY, 3.0 MILES EAST OF PENN
STATION (CONTROLLED FROM PSCC.
IN SVC: 1995)
“FAIR” MINEOLA
(FORMERLY “MT TOWER: 2.”
RENAMED: 4/23/37 ACCOUNT PROXIM-
ITY OF THE MINEOLA FAIRGROUNDS.
RENAMED: “NASSAU”: 9/18/38,
PROBABLY DUE TO THE PENDING
OPENING OF "FAIR" CABIN AT THE NY
WORLD'S FAIR 7 MONTHS LATER).
“FAIR”
CABIN FLUSHING
MEADOWS (S. SIDE OF TRACKS.
TEMPORARY BLOCK STATION FOR N.Y.
WORLD’S FAIR. 10 LEVER TRANSCON-
TROL MINI-LEVER CONTROL PANEL IN
SVC: 4/16/64. CONSTRUCTED WITH
WIDE, GLASS, BAY WINDOW ON WEST
SIDE TO ALLOW FAIR VISITORS TO VIEW
BLOCK OPERATOR AT WORK. SIGN
ATOP WINDOWS READ "COME SEE HOW
WE RUN OUR RAILROAD." OUT OF SVC:
11/8/65)
"FARM"
INTERLOCKING (R.C.) FORMERLY
"FARM 1." (CONTROLLED
FROM "DIVIDE." RENAMED":
09/04/2018 PER GN #4-21. CON-
TROLLED FROM "JCC-DIVIDE" PER
G.N. #6-70 EFF: 05/08/2021
“FARM
1” INTERLOCKING (R.C.) EAST OF FARMINGDALE
(CONTROLLED
FROM “DIVIDE.” IN
SVC: 6/15/87) RE-
NAMED "FARM"
09/04/2018 PER GN
#4-21.
CONTROLLED FROM "JCC-DIVIDE"
PER G.N. #6-70 EFF: 05/08/2021
“FARM
2” INTERLOCKING (R.C.) EAST OF FARMINGDALE
(CONTROLLED
FROM “DIVIDE.”) FORMERLY
“PW” TEMP-
ORARY BLOCK
STATION. REDESIGNAT-
ED “FARM 2”: 9/14/87.
RENAMED
"PW" 09/04/2018 PER GN #4-21. CON-
TROLLED FROM "JCC-DIVIDE" PER
G.N. #6-70 EFF: 05/08/2021
"FAR
ROCKAWAY" BLOCK
STATION IN SVC: 7/20/85 (PER
G.O. #405) CONTROLLED FROM "VAL-
LEY"
“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” PER G.O.
#603/625 EFF: 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 DWARF GROUND FRAME
MECHANICAL MACHINE IN SVC:
11/26/1895
CONTROLLING 2 RAIL-
ROAD
SIGNALS AND 2 TROLLEY
DERAILS.
OUT OF SVC: 11/04/41.
STOP-BOARDS
REPLACED THE SIG-
NALS.
Per Art Huneke’s website)
FLUSHING
DRAW BRIDGE INSTALLED AT E.
END OF BRIDGE ON
(SWING BRIDGE) PORT WASHINGTON BRANCH AFTER
"JC"
TOWER (WHITESTONE JCT./COR-
ONA
JCT.), WHICH CONTROLLED THE
BRIDGE,
WAS TAKEN OUT OF SERVICE
WITH
ABANDONMENT OF WHITESTONE
BRANCH
ON 02/19/32. RENAMED
"CANAL."
(US&S 6 LEVER STYLE TC
TABLE
MACHINE IN SVC: 07/13/38
FOR
TEMPORARY USE DURING
SEWER
CONSTRUCTION FOR N.Y.
WORLD'S FAIR.) (SEE:
"CANAL")
“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.,
RIDGEWOOD. IN SVC:
1/17/1918 THRU
9/10/1927)
“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: 9/10/1927.
RENAMED “FREMONT” PER G.O.
#603/625 EFF: 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.”
CONTROLLED FROM "JCC-DIVIDE"
PER G.N. #6-70 EFF: 05/08/2021
“FOX 2” INTERLOCKING (R.C.) EAST OF KINGS PARK (REMOTE FROM
“DIVIDE.” IN SVC: 10/3/77. FORMERLY
“GREEN.” CONTROLLED FROM "JCC-
DIVIDE" PER G.N. #6-70 EFF: 05/08/2021
“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.)
“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. OUT OF
SVC: 10/28/71. TOW-
ER 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. 29 LEVER US&S MOD-
EL 14
ELECTRO-PNEUMATIC MACHINE
IN SVC:
1906. REPLACED BY 35-LEVER
US&S MODEL 14
ELECTRO-PNEUMATIC
MACHINE IN SVC: 04/28/1923.
RE-
NAMED “BROOK” PER
G.O. #624 EFF:
4/15/37)
TICKET OFFICE) (07/15/1878 BOOK OF
RULES AND 1903 CR4)
“FW” TOWER FAR ROCKAWAY
(SOUTH SIDE OF TRACKS
AND EAST OF STATION. 40 LEVER
JOHNSON STYLE
"A" MACHINE IN SVC:
06/18/1907. REBUILT WITH 32 LEVER
GRS/SAXBY &
FARMER MACHINE.
IN SVC: 11/01/1919. RENAMED
“ROCK” PER G.O.
#628 EFF: 5/11/37.)
“FY” NEW
YORK 34TH ST. FERRY - FACILITY
"NY1" (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: 12/12/1926,
S. SIDE
OF TRACKS AND .3
MILES EAST OF STA-
TION. S&F 24
LEVER MECHANICAL
MACHINE. RENAMED
“PORT” PER G.O.
#627 EFF:
4/30/37.)
“G” GARDEN
CITY (NORTH SHORE DIVISION)
(IN TICKET OFFICE) (07/15/1878 BOOK
OF RULES AND 1903 CR4). BLOCK STA-
TION 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” PER G.O.
#603/625 EFF: 4/22/37.)
“G” CABIN: 1 GREAT NECK (N. SIDE OF
TRACKS AND
E. OF
STATION. 2 LEVER DWARF
GROUND FRAME IN
SVC: 05/27/1911.
OUT OF SVC: 1926.
“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:
1926. 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. NORTH
SIDE OF TRACKS,
WEST SIDE OF
FRANKLIN AVE., 650’
WEST OF FORMER
LOCATION. US&S
5 LEVER STYLE TC
TABLE MACHINE
IN SVC: 01/27/39.
INCREASED TO 7
LEVERS: 08/17/42.
OUT OF SVC: 11/21/93. RAZED: c. 1999-2000.)
“GARDEN” INTERLOCKING (R.C.) GARDEN CITY (CONTROLLED FROM
“QUEENS.” IN SVC: 11/21/93. OUT OF
SVC: 01/11/2020)
"GARDEN" INTERLOCKING
(R.C.) GARDEN CITY (CONTROLLED FROM "JCC."
IN SVC:
01/11/2020.)
“GD” GLEN
COVE, GLEN STREET (IN TICKET
OFFICE) (ETT #11 EFF. 11/08/1874 AND
1903 CR4)
“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)
(IN TICKET OFFICE) (O7/15/1878 BOOK
OF RULES)
“GN” GREEN
PORT (2 WORDS: ETT #11 EFF.
11/08/1874) (ONE WORD: 07/15/1878
BOOK OF RULES AND 1903 CR4) (IN
TICKET OFFICE. BLOCK
OFFICE IN SVC:
5/28/1918 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: 5/23/1928.
PERMISSIVE
BLOCK ASPECT ADDED
TO BLOCK SIG-
NALS: 6/25/1928.
BLOCK STATION OUT
OF SVC: 12/11/1929.
UNATTENDED
BLOCK STATION IN
SVC. CONTINUOUS-
LY: 12/11/1929.
BLOCK LIMIT STATION
SIGNAL RELOCATED
343’ EAST OF FOR-
MER LOCATION: 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
US&S MODEL 14
TABLE MACHINE: _?_.
OUT OF SVC: 2/21/63.
"TRANS-
CONTROL"
MINI-LEVER CONTROL PAN-
EL R.C. FROM
"HAROLD." CONTROL
TRANSFERRED TO
JCC AFTER "HAROLD"
TAKEN OUT OF SERVICE:
07/03/99 )
“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: 9/01/1927. BLOCK
LIMIT STATION
SIGNAL IN SVC:
9/01/1927.
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
POSSIBLY DUE TO THE PROXIMITY OF
GLENDALE
WELLS, WHERE THE MON-
TAUK WATER CO. HAD SOME WELLS, OR,
JUST ONE OF THOSE INSTANCES WHERE
ONLY ONE LETTER PERTAINED TO LOCA-
TION.
CLOSED: 1908)
“GY” GREENPORT
(PREVIOUSLY “GN” (IN
TICKET OFFICE.
UNATTENDED BLOCK
STATION SIGNAL AT
ENTRANCE TO
GREENPORT TERMINAL YARD IN SVC:
5/23/1928. BLOCK STATION OUT OF
SVC: BY
6/43. BLOCK LIMIT STATION
SIGNALS IN SVC:
BY 6/43. RELOCATED
1,080’ EAST: 2/19/74. CONTROLLED
FROM JCC PER G.O.
#702, APPENDIX
A-2 EFF:
09/06/2021)
“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:
09/01/1910. RENAMED “HAROLD” PER
G.O. #624 EFF: 4/16/37) (SEE "HAROLD")
“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
STATION. ORIGINAL US&S 71 LEVER
MACHINE REPLACED BY 83 LEVER
MODEL 14 ELECTRO-PNEUMATIC MA-
CHINE IN SVC: 2/26/1931 AS A RE-
SULT OF THE JAMAICA EAST IMPROVE- MENT PROJECT THAT ELIMINATED
ROCKAWAY JCT., WHICH HAD BEEN
CONTROLLED BY “JE.” RENAMED:
4/16/37 ACCOUNT PROXIMITY TO
UNION HALL STREET. TRANSCON-
TROL ALL-RELAY PUSH-BUTTON CON-
TROL PANEL FOR CONTROL OF "HALL
EAST" IN SVC: 02/26/1989.
SIGNAL
SYSTEM UPGRADED: 11/6-7/2010.
TOWER OUT OF SVC: 11/7/2010.
REMOTE CONTROLLED FROM “JCC”.
BLDG. USED BY M of E AND M of W
PERSONNEL)
"HALL" INTERLOCKING (R.C.) CONTROLLED FROM "JCC" WHEN
"HALL"
TOWER CLOSED ON 11/07/2010.
"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: 02/26/1989.
OUT
OF SVC. WHEN "HALL" TOWER CLOSED
ON 11/07/2010.
“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 INTERLOCKING. OUT
OF SVC: 7/90. DEMOLISHED: 7/1990.)
“HAROLD” TOWER: 2 HAROLD AVE., L.
I. CITY (OPENED: 7/90,
OUT OF SVC: 07/03/99
WHEN CONTROL
TRANSFERRED TO "PSCC."
“HAROLD” INTERLOCKING (R.C.) HAROLD AVE., L. I. CITY (CONTROLLED
FROM "PSCC"
IN SVC: 07/03/1999)
“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:
11/01/1922.
RENAMED: 4/15/37.
OUT OF SVC:
2/29/40 DURING GRADE
ELIMINATION
PROJECT.)
“HAVEN” WOODHAVEN
JCT. (TEMPORARY BLOCK
OFFICE RELOCATED 271’ EAST OF FORM-
ER "HAVEN" TOWER 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”
PER G.O. # 627
EFF: 4/30/37. OUT
OF SVC: 1/27/39.)
“HD” HEMPSTEAD
(NORTH SHORE DIVISION)
(IN TICKET OFFICE) (07/15/1878 BOOK
OF RULES AND 1903 CR4)
"HEMPSTEAD"
INTERLOCKING CONTROLLED FROM
"QUEENS": _?_.
(R.C.) CONTROLLED FROM "JCC"
WHEN
"QUEENS"
TOWER CLOSED ON
01/11/2020
“HF” FLUSHING
(BRIDGE STREET) (IN TICKET
OFFICE) (07/15/1878 BOOK OF RULES
AND 1903 CR4). OUT OF SVC:
02/19/1932 WITH BRANCH ABAND-
ONMENT.
SIGNAL REMOVED AND
DEPOT RAZED.
“HG” CABIN HIGBIE
AVE., LAURELTON (N. SIDE OF
TRACKS AND W. OF HIGBIE AVE. IN
SERVICE: 8/25/1919. OUT OF SVC:
7/6/1923)
“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: 2/26/1931. OUT
OF SVC: 7/6/71)
“HJ”
TOWER HAMMEL
(BEACH CHANNEL) SWING
BRIDGE (HAMMEL JCT.) (WEST
SIDE OF
TRACKS AND SOUTH OF CHANNEL.
FORMERLY TOWER #101. RENAMED IN
1907. 16-LEVER S&F MECHANICAL
MACHINE IN SVC: 1894. RENAMED
“DRAW” PER G.O. #627 EFF: 5/1/37.)
“HM” BERLIN
SIDING (DUNTON) (1903 CR4)
“HM” TOWER HEMPSTEAD
- EAST SIDE OF TRACKS
AND NORTH OF JACKSON ST. 4 LEVER
DWARF MACHINE IN SVC: 09/01/1912.
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 W. 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 11/23/1928.
RENAMED “DIVIDE”
PER G.O. #603/625
EFF: 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.)
HOLBAN
YARD HOLLIS. W END OF HOLBAN YARD.
(US&S 1 LEVER TC MACHINE IN SVC:
02/26/1931 UNTIL 07/06/1971.)
“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. CONTROLLED FROM
"JCC"
WHEN "QUEENS" TOWER CLOSED
ON 01/11/2020.)
“HOLTSVILLE” HOLTSVILLE (W.W.I) (LATER
“HV”) (IN
TICKET OFFICE.)
"HP" HUNTER'S
POINT (ETT #11 EFF.
11/08/1874)
“HQ”
TOWER HEMPSTEAD
TURNPIKE AND TROLLEY
CROSSING OF MAIN
LINE WEST OF
QUEENS
(QUEENS VILLAGE). (FORMER-
LY TOWER #44˝. IN SVC:
7/1905. RE-
NAMED: 1907. OUT
OF SVC: 1/7/1923
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:
8/2/1907. OUT OF
SVC: 2/19/32.)
“HUNT
1” INTERLOCKING (R.C.) WEST OF HUNTINGTON
(REMOTE FROM
“DIVIDE.” IN SVC: 6/26/72. FORMERLY
“BURKE.”
CONTROLLED FROM "JCC-
DIVIDE" PER G.N. #6-70 EFF: 05/08/2021
“HUNT
2” INTERLOCKING (R.C.) WEST OF HUNTINGTON
(REMOTE FROM
“DIVIDE.” IN SVC: 6/26/72. CONTROLLED FROM "JCC-DIVIDE" PER G.N. #6-70
EFF:
05/08/2021
“HUNT
3” INTERLOCKING (R.C.) EAST OF HUNTINGTON
(REMOTE FROM
“DIVIDE.” IN SVC: 6/26/72. FORMERLY
“COREY.” CONTROLLED FROM "JCC-
DIVIDE" PER G.N. #6-70 EFF: 05/08/2021
“HV” HOLTSVILLE
(W.W.I) (BLOCK OFFICE
IN TICKET OFFICE IN SVC: 05/28/1918 PER ETT #87.
FORM 19 TRAIN ORDER
IN MY ARCHIVE ISSUED THERE ON
10/31/1917. (NO IDEA OF REASON
FOR DISCREPANCY IN DATES). BLOCK
OFFICE CLOSED IN DEPOT AND BLOCK
AND UNATTENDED BLOCK STATION
OUT OF SVC:
5/23/1928)
“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 WEST
OF HAWTHORNE AVE., VALLEY
STREAM.
CONTROLLED TEMP. CON- NECTION 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: 5/27/1909.
PERMISSIVE BLOCK
ASPECT ADDED TO
BLOCK SIGNAL:
6/25/1928. RENAMED
“HN”: 11/23/1928.
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.)
“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” PER
G.O. #603/625
EFF: 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:
12/8/1929. OUT OF
SVC: 6/21/1930 PER
G.O. 112-5 AND NEW
CABIN RELOCAT-
ED ON ELEVATION:
6/21/1930 PER G.O.
112-5C. US&S 7 LEVER TC MACHINE
IN SVC. OUT OF SVC: 3/8/1931 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: 6/26/1929. US&S 7 LEV-
ER CIRCUIT CONTROLLER MACHINE IN
SVC:
12/8/1929. 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:
12/8/1929. OUT OF SVC: 6/21/1930 PER
G.O. 112-5 AND RELOCATED ON ELEVA-
TION: 6/21/1930 PER G.O. 112-5C. US&S
7 LEVER TC MACHINE IN SVC. OUT OF
SVC: 3/8/1931 PER G.O. 113-22C.)
“J4” CABIN JAMAICA (JOB
ADVERTISED 6/30/1930.
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: 6/21/1930 PER G.O.
112-5C. OUT OF SVC:
2/26/1931 PER
G.O. 113-20C.)
“J” JAMAICA
(IN TICKET OFFICE) (ETT #11 EFF.
11/08/1874,
07/15/1878 BOOK OF
RULES
AND 1903 CR4)
“J” TOWER: 1 JAMAICA (WOODEN TOWER AT SOUTH
SIDE OF TRACKS AND WEST OF STA-
TION AT UNION HALL STREET LOCATION.
IN SVC: 03/27/1905 [?]. OUT OF SVC:
1913 WITH GRADE ELIMINATION.)
“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” PER G.O. #624 EFF:
4/16/37.
“JA”
CABIN CORONA
(TEMPORARY CABIN ACCOUNT
GRADE CROSSING ELIMINATION. US&S
3
LEVER STYLE TC TABLE MACHINE IN
SVC: 5/8/1930.
OUT OF SVC:
10/17/1930.)
“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:
10/24/2010. REMOTE CON-
TROLLED FROM “JCC”. BLDG. USED
BY M of E AND M of W PERSONNEL)
"JAY"
INTERLOCKING (R.C.) CONTROLLED
FROM JCC WHEN "JAY"
TOWER CLOSED ON 10/24/2010.
“JCC” JAMAICA CONTROL CENTER (“204”) (IN
SVC: 1980s. CONTROLLED
INTERLOCK-
INGS ON PORT WASHINGTON BRANCH
AFTER “HAROLD” CLOSED ON 07/03/99
per Jim Minor, LIRR block operator)
IN
RECENT YEARS, ALSO CONTROLLED
THE FOLLOWING INTERLOCKINGS
WHEN THE TOWERS WERE TAKEN OUT
OF SERVICE:
"DUNTON," "HALL," "JAY,"
NASSAU" AND "QUEENS."
"JCC-DIVIDE" (R.C.) CONTROLLED FROM JCC, PER
G.N. #6-70
EFF. 05/08/2021
“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.
NORTH SIDE OF WHITESTONE BRANCH
AND WEST OF THE JUNCTION. FORM-
ERLY TOWER #53. RENAMED IN 1907.
OUT OF SVC: 6/30/1914 AND REPLACED
BY 2ND "JC" TOWER EAST
OF JCT.)
“JC” TOWER: 2 WHITESTONE JUNCTION -
EAST OF COR-
ONA.
(CORONA JCT.?) JUNCTION OF
PORT WASHINGTON AND WHITESTONE
BRANCHES. (OPENED
6/30/1914, NORTH
SIDE OF PORT
WASHINGTON BRANCH
TRACKS, EAST OF
THE JUNCTION AND
WEST OF FLUSHING
CREEK. GRS/S&F
24 LEVER
MECHANICAL MACHINE WITH
US&S 5 LEVER STYLE
TC TABLE MA-
CHINE TO OPERATE DRAWBRIDGE
(SWING BRIDGE) OVER
FLUSHING RIV-
ER. OUT OF SVC: 2/19/32 "ALONG WITH
ALL SIGNALS
OPERATED THEREFROM,"
PER G.O.
#115-18. BRANCH ABAND-
ONED. TOWER RAZED
SHORTLY THERE-
AFTER. BRIDGE
TENDER'S CABIN IN- STALLED AT EAST END OF BRIDGE TO
OPERATE SWING
BRIDGE)
“JD” TOWER GLENDALE JCT. -
JCT. OF ROCKAWAY
BEACH AND MONTAUK
BRANCHES.
(LOCATED ON
MONTAUK BRANCH:
S. SIDE OF TRACKS
AND EAST OF JCT.
12 LEVER S&F
MECHANICAL MACH-
INE IN SVC.
08/26/1880. FORMERLY
TOWER 10. OUT OF
SERVICE: 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:
2/26/1931 AS A
RESULT OF THE JAMAICA
EAST IMPROVEMENT
PROJECT THAT
ELIMINATED ROCKAWAY
JCT., WHICH
HAD BEEN
CONTROLLED BY “JE.” RE-
NAMED “HALL” PER
G.O. #624 EFF:
4/16/37.)
“JEFF” INTERLOCKING (R.C.) WEST OF PORT JEFFERSON (CONTROLLED
FROM “DIVIDE.” IN SVC: 1992. CON-
TROLLED FROM "JCC-DIVIDE" PER
G.N. #6-70 EFF: 05/08/2021
“JF” PORT
JEFFERSON (1903 CR4) (IN TICKET
OFFICE. 2-LEVER TABLE MACHINE.
UNATTENDED BLOCK STATION SIGNAL
IN SVC: 5/23/1928.
PERMISSIVE BLOCK
ASPECT ADDED TO BLOCK
SIGNALS:
6/25/1928. 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
(ISLAND PARK) 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. 12 LEVER US&S/S&F
MECHANICAL
MACHINE (per Henry
Wilhelm map). OUT OF SVC. FOR THE
WINTER: 10/10/1922. OUT OF SVC.
PERMANENTLY: 1/15/1927 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:
6/25/1928. BLOCK
OFFICE CLOSED IN
DEPOT: 06/01/1932.
SEMAPHORE BLADES
REMOVED FROM
MAST BY
AUGUST/1934. NEW DEPOT
IN SVC:
1948. BLOCK LIMIT STATION
OUT OF SVC: 6/12/49.)
TOWER “JO” (PRR) UNDER
7TH AVE. & W. 32ND ST., EAST OF
PENN STATION, NY. IN SVC:
_?_. OUT
OF SVC: 9/30/94 AND CONTROL
TRANSFERRED TO "PSCC.")
“JO” INTERLOCKING (R.C.) 0.1 MILE EAST OF PENN STATION (CON- TROLLED 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. REMOVED, RE-
CONFIGURED
AND RELOCATED 1,841'
WEST
OF WEST END OF DEER PARK
STATION
08/06/2018 WITH DOUBLE
TRACKING
TO RONKONKOMA PER
GN
#4-17. IN SERVICE: 09/04/18 PER
GN
#4-21. CONTROLLED FROM "JCC-
DIVIDE"
PER G.N. #6-70 EFF:
05/08/2021
“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. RENAMED IN
1907. 1ST
COMPLETELY PNEUMATIC
47
LEVER INTERLOCKING MACHINE
ON THE LIRR) OUT OF SVC: 1913
WITH GRADE ELIMINATION AND
YARD
TRACK RELOCATION.)