THE STEWART LINE
L. I. R. R. CENTRAL EXTENSION
CLINTON ROAD TO MITCHEL FIELD
CLINTON ROAD STATION AND CROSSING
LOOKING WEST FROM NEWSDAY AREA
NEWSDAY RECEIVED NEWSPRINT AND HAD ITS OWN PASSENGER STATION.
LOOKING EAST TOWARD A & P SIDING - AT THE FAR RIGHT IS MILE POST 20
A & P STATION PLATFORM LOOKING WEST IN 1938
A & P STATION PLATFORM AND SIDINGS LOOKING EAST IN 1938
IN 1973 THE LINE WAS STILL BUSY WITH FREIGHT. THIS IS THE A&P WAREHOUSE AND SIDINGS.
HENRY RAUDENBUSCH MAP CIRCA 1950
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.
ACROSS COMMERCIAL AVENUE.
ACROSS OAK STREET.
MOTOR PARKWAY CONNECTION LOOKING WEST
WIDENED CROSSING IS WEST OF OLD ONE AND WAS
PROTECTED BY CREW OPERATED TRAFFIC LIGHTS.
FREIGHT YARD IS AT CENTER RIGHT
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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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.
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MOTOR PARKWAY CONNECTION LOOKING EAST TOWARD MITCHEL FIELD IN 1973
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L. I. R. R. CENTRAL EXTENSION
CLINTON ROAD TO MITCHEL FIELD
CLINTON ROAD STATION AND CROSSING
LOOKING WEST FROM NEWSDAY AREA
NEWSDAY RECEIVED NEWSPRINT AND HAD ITS OWN PASSENGER STATION.
LOOKING EAST TOWARD A & P SIDING - AT THE FAR RIGHT IS MILE POST 20
A & P STATION PLATFORM LOOKING WEST IN 1938
A & P STATION PLATFORM AND SIDINGS LOOKING EAST IN 1938
IN 1973 THE LINE WAS STILL BUSY WITH FREIGHT. THIS IS THE A&P WAREHOUSE AND SIDINGS.
HENRY RAUDENBUSCH MAP CIRCA 1950
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.
ACROSS COMMERCIAL AVENUE.
ACROSS OAK STREET.
MOTOR PARKWAY CONNECTION LOOKING WEST
WIDENED CROSSING IS WEST OF OLD ONE AND WAS
PROTECTED BY CREW OPERATED TRAFFIC LIGHTS.
FREIGHT YARD IS AT CENTER RIGHT
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
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.
SHUTTLE SERVICE go to-------> SHUTTLE SERVICE
MOTOR PARKWAY CONNECTION LOOKING EAST TOWARD MITCHEL FIELD IN 1973
go to ----> MITCHEL FIELD Part ONE
Return to ----> CENTRAL EXTENSION PAGE ONE
go to ----> BETHPAGE JUNCTION
return to ----> HOME PAGE