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GOD BLESS AMERICA!
Copyright © 2013 Arthur John Huneke
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THE NEW YORK & ROCKAWAY BEACH RAIL ROAD
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IN 1905 THE RAILROAD ACQUIRED THE RIGHT-OF-WAY FOR THE GLENDALE CUT - OFF AND THE HI TENSION LINES WHICH CONNECTED THE LONG ISLAND CITY POWER HOUSE WITH SUB STATION NUMBER THREE AT WOODHAVEN JUNCTION. THE PROPERTY AS FAR SOUTH AS YELLOWSTONE AVE (1919) WAS SOLD BY THE MATAWOK LAND COMPANY TO THE LIRR'S STUYVESANT REAL ESTATE IN 1905 AND BY S.R.E. TO THE L.I.R.R. IN 1912. |
THE GLENDALE CUT - OFF OPENED IN JUNE 1910.
FROM 1909 AND 1910 ANNUAL REPORTS
ON THE GLENDALE CUT - OFF A STATION, "MATAWOK", WAS SHOWN IN EMPLOYE
TIME TABLE NUMBER 69, EFFECTIVE MAY 25, 1913 AND THE C.R.4. OF MARCH 1913.
GO TO ----> THE FIRST MATAWOK STATION
THIS MAP FROM A 1908 PUBLIC TIME TABLE SHOWS MATAWOK
AND SHOWS THE FUTURE GLENDALE CUT - OFF BY A BROKEN LINE.
THE JUNE 30, 1915 PUBLIC TABLE SHOWS MATAWOK ON THE
MAP BUT DOES NOT LIST IT IN THE INDEX OF STATIONS.
FEBRUARY 22, 1927 HENRY WILHELM MAP. THE TRAILING POINT SWITCH JUST WEST
OF SIGNAL R68 CONNECTED WITH THE WESTBOUND MONTAUK BRANCH TRACK AND
WAS REMOVED WHEN PARKSIDE STATION OPENED ON SEPTEMBER 15 ( AS GLENDALE ).
SCENES ALONG THE GLENDALE CUT - OFF
LOOKING WEST CIRCA 1915. G. R. S. COMPANY PHOTO. SIGNAL "R58" WAS
LATER RENAMED "R63". FLEET STREET YARD LEAD AND SWITCH AT RIGHT.
IN THE BACKGROUND MAIN LINE MILE POST SIX.
BILL SLADE 1954 PHOTO
ONE CONCRETE FOUNDATION FROM THE 1922 FOOTBRIDGE REMAINED FOR YEARS.
Go to -----> THE SECOND MATAWOK STATION ( ON THE MAIN LINE )
THIS IS A BILL RUGEN PHOTO OF AN APRIL 28, 1957 FANTRIP.
FLEET STREET - LOCATION OF MARCH 1913 MATAWOK STATION
JULY 27, 1954 PHOTO BY BILL SLADE
Go to -----> THE FIRST MATAWOK STATION
PARKSIDE ( GLENDALE ) STATION
EMPLOYE TIME - TABLE NUMBER 107 OF OCTOBER 19, 1927 LISTED "GLENDALE".
THE OFFICIAL WHO WAS ISSUED THIS TIMETABLE CHANGED IT IN PENCIL TO "PARKSIDE".
1940'S (?) PHOTO SHOWS WESTBOUND TRAIN ARRIVING
THREE JULY 1954 PHOTOS BY BILL SLADE
LOOKING EAST ON METROPOLITAN AVENUE AT TROTTING COURSE LANE
SINGLE TRACK - ONE LOW PLATFORM BUILT ATOP OLD EASTBOUND TRACK. HIGH PLATFORM OUT OF SERVICE.
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GLENDALE JUNCTION LOOKING SOUTH IN 1932
GLENDALE JUNCTION LOOKING EAST IN 1909 - 1910. GLENDALE CUT - OFF BEING COMPLETED.
JULY 1954 PHOTO BY BILL SLADE
TWO EARLY 1960'S PHOTOS
CLOSE CLEARANCE!
GLENDALE JUNCTION LOOKING SOUTHEAST IN 1906.
HIGH TENSION LINES IN SERVICE BUT GLENDALE CUT - OFF NOT YET UNDER CONSTRUCTION.
GLENDALE JUNCTION LOOKING NORTH IN 1932.
SWITCH AND SIDETRACK FOR GLENDALE RIBBON MILLS.
LOOKING NORTH JUNE 3, 1937. NEW UNION TURNPIKE
UNDERGRADE BRIDGE IS JUST NORTH OF SWITCH FOR GLENDALE
RIBBON MILLS. THE GRADE CROSSING IS TROTTING COURSE LANE.
THE GLENDALE CUT - OFF AND VALUATION SECTION 2E ENDED AT THE
POINT OF SWITCH OF CONNECTION WITH THE ROCKAWAY BEACH BRANCH.
THE GLENDALE CUT - OFF AND VALUATION SECTION 2E ENDED AT THE
POINT OF SWITCH OF CONNECTION WITH THE ROCKAWAY BEACH BRANCH.
R. I. P. - SEPTEMBER 1962 REMAINS
Go to -----> THE FIRST MATAWOK STATION
Go to -----> THE SECOND MATAWOK STATION
Go to -----> BROOKLYN HILLS STATION - BROOKLYN MANOR STATION
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