THE STEWART LINE
L. I. R. R. CENTRAL EXTENSION
WORLD WAR TWO TO PRESENT - WEST OF MITCHEL FIELD
L.I.R.R. MAP REVISED IN 1926 SHOWS L.I.M.P. CONNECTION CROSSING CENTRAL EXTENSION AT WEST END OF MITCHEL FIELD. PARALLEL STREET SOUTH OF L.I.R.R. IS COMMERCIAL AVENUE.
MOTOR PARKWAY CONNECTION LOOKING WEST IN 1973.
SWITCH LEADS TO SOUTH SIDINGS. WHEN THIS CROSSING WAS WIDENED
THE SWITCH WAS MOVED WEST OF COMMANDER OIL'S TANK IN DISTANCE.
WIDENED CROSSING IS WEST OF OLD ONE AND WAS
PROTECTED BY CREW OPERATED TRAFFIC LIGHTS.
BY 1996 THE TRAFFIC LIGHTS AND FREIGHT BUSINESS WERE GONE
GATES HAD BEEN INSTALLED TO ENCLOSE THE RAILROAD.
CIRCUS TRAIN AT GARDEN CITY FREIGHT YARD IN NOVEMBER, 1985.
THIS YARD REPLACED THE MINEOLA - GARDEN CITY FREIGHT YARD
WHICH IS SEEN ON CIRCUS TRAIN PAGE - IN LATE 1950'S (?).
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MOTOR PARKWAY CONNECTION LOOKING EAST 1973
NEWSDAY RECEIVED NEWSPRINT AND HAD ITS OWN PASSENGER STATION.
IN 1973 THE LINE WAS STILL BUSY WITH FREIGHT. THIS IS THE A&P WAREHOUSE AND SIDINGS.
ARMA ON OLD COUNTRY ROAD OPENED IN 1952. From Long Island Railroader, November, 1952.
ACROSS STEWART AVENUE - TRAFFIC LIGHTS OPERATED BY TRAIN CREW.
GLOBAL FROZEN FOODS
ACROSS MEADOWBROOK PARKWAY.
ACROSS COMMERCIAL AVENUE.
ACROSS OAK STREET.
WASHINGTON STREET GARDEN CITY
TROLLEY PLATFORM AND LIGHT WERE STILL THERE IN 1973.
SHUTTLE SERVICE go to-------> SHUTTLE SERVICE
PUBLIC TIMETABLE of SEPTEMBER 2, 1952
MP54 SHUTTLE AT MITCHEL FIELD STATION.
THE LAST PASSENGER SERVICE EAST OF GARDEN CITY
WAS TO ROOSEVELT RACEWAY (MEADOWBROOK) UNTIL 1962.
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go to ----> BETHPAGE JUNCTION
go to ----> CENTRAL EXTENSION PAGE TWO - CAMP BLACK - W.W.I
go to ----> CENTRAL EXTENSION PAGE THREE - W.W.II to PRESENT - EAST OF MITCHEL FIELD
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L. I. R. R. CENTRAL EXTENSION
WORLD WAR TWO TO PRESENT - WEST OF MITCHEL FIELD
L.I.R.R. MAP REVISED IN 1926 SHOWS L.I.M.P. CONNECTION CROSSING CENTRAL EXTENSION AT WEST END OF MITCHEL FIELD. PARALLEL STREET SOUTH OF L.I.R.R. IS COMMERCIAL AVENUE.
MOTOR PARKWAY CONNECTION LOOKING WEST IN 1973.
SWITCH LEADS TO SOUTH SIDINGS. WHEN THIS CROSSING WAS WIDENED
THE SWITCH WAS MOVED WEST OF COMMANDER OIL'S TANK IN DISTANCE.
WIDENED CROSSING IS WEST OF OLD ONE AND WAS
PROTECTED BY CREW OPERATED TRAFFIC LIGHTS.
BY 1996 THE TRAFFIC LIGHTS AND FREIGHT BUSINESS WERE GONE
GATES HAD BEEN INSTALLED TO ENCLOSE THE RAILROAD.
CIRCUS TRAIN AT GARDEN CITY FREIGHT YARD IN NOVEMBER, 1985.
THIS YARD REPLACED THE MINEOLA - GARDEN CITY FREIGHT YARD
WHICH IS SEEN ON CIRCUS TRAIN PAGE - IN LATE 1950'S (?).
GO TO - - - - > CIRCUS TRAIN
MOTOR PARKWAY CONNECTION LOOKING EAST 1973
NEWSDAY RECEIVED NEWSPRINT AND HAD ITS OWN PASSENGER STATION.
IN 1973 THE LINE WAS STILL BUSY WITH FREIGHT. THIS IS THE A&P WAREHOUSE AND SIDINGS.
ARMA ON OLD COUNTRY ROAD OPENED IN 1952. From Long Island Railroader, November, 1952.
ACROSS STEWART AVENUE - TRAFFIC LIGHTS OPERATED BY TRAIN CREW.
GLOBAL FROZEN FOODS
ACROSS MEADOWBROOK PARKWAY.
ACROSS COMMERCIAL AVENUE.
ACROSS OAK STREET.
WASHINGTON STREET GARDEN CITY
TROLLEY PLATFORM AND LIGHT WERE STILL THERE IN 1973.
SHUTTLE SERVICE go to-------> SHUTTLE SERVICE
PUBLIC TIMETABLE of SEPTEMBER 2, 1952
MP54 SHUTTLE AT MITCHEL FIELD STATION.
THE LAST PASSENGER SERVICE EAST OF GARDEN CITY
WAS TO ROOSEVELT RACEWAY (MEADOWBROOK) UNTIL 1962.
go to ----> CENTRAL PAGE ONE - THE STEWART LINE
go to ----> BETHPAGE JUNCTION
go to ----> CENTRAL EXTENSION PAGE TWO - CAMP BLACK - W.W.I
go to ----> CENTRAL EXTENSION PAGE THREE - W.W.II to PRESENT - EAST OF MITCHEL FIELD
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