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ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
HOLLIS
THE FIRST NEW TOWER WAS SIGNAL STATION NUMBER 43 "IS" AT FARMERS AVENUE
LOOKING EAST TOWARD HOLLIS STATION IN 1902
AND LOOKING WEST - THREE YEARS LATER THE MAIN TRACKS
WERE ELECTRIFIED - IN 1906 HOLBAN YARD OPENED.
IN 1905 AN INTERLOCKING AND NEW TOWER WERE INSTALLED EAST OF THE STATION.
IN APRIL 1907 A THIRD TRACK WAS BUILT FROM HERE TO QUEENS WHERE IT
CONNECTED WITH THE THIRD TRACK WHICH RAN TO WEST FLORAL PARK
TOWER NUMBER 46, THUS CREATING A FREIGHT OR "THIRD RUNNING TRACK".
THE SECOND NEW 1894 TOWER WAS NUMBER 44 "VI" AT BRUSHVILLE WHERE
THERE WAS A PASSENGER STATION - LISTED IN JUNE 1897 EMPLOYE TIME TABLE.
THIS PLAN IS FROM RAILWAY AGE NOVEMBER 23, 1906
IN MARCH 1900 THE STATION WAS RENAMED - OR REPLACED BY - "INTERSTATE PARK".
FROM 1900 BROOKLYN EAGLE ARTICLE
POSSIBLY IT REOPENED IN 1897 AND THE FRAME
STATION BUILDING WAS ERECTED IN 1900
Go to ----> BRUSHVILLE - QUEENS VILLAGE
THE 1903 C.R.4. SHOWS "INTERSTATE PARK" STATION AND
"BRUSHVILLE" (C. E. HUSSON PRIVATE SIDING) BOTH AT 12.82 MILES
EAST OF LONG ISLAND CITY AND "BRUSHVILLE SIDING" AT 12.98 MILES.
A 1906 MAP SHOWS "INTERSTATE PARK" AND A 1909 MAP SHOWS "BELLAIRE PARK".
INTERSTATE PARK - BRUSHVILLE ROAD - WAS RENAMED BELLAIRE IN 1907
INTERSTATE PARK - BRUSHVILLE ROAD
ON SEPTEMBER 22, 1905 - THE LONG ISLAND RAIL ROAD ENERGIZED
THE THIRD RAILS FROM ROCKAWAY JUNCTION TO BELMONT PARK.
THESE ARE THE STATIONS SHOWN IN EMPLOYE TIME TABLE NUMBER 37 OF NOVEMBER 5, 1905
SUBURBAN TRAINS ARE NOW "LOCAL ELECTRIC TRAINS".
SUPPLEMENT 1 TO EMPLOYE TIME TABLE NUMBER 37 SHOWS BRUSHVILLE ROAD STATION
INSTEAD OF INTERSTATE PARK AND SHOWS FREQUENT SERVICE TO BELMONT PARK.
INTERSTATE PARK - BRUSHVILLE ROAD - WAS RENAMED BELLAIRE IN 1907.
IN 1924 THE GRADE CROSSINGS WERE ELIMINATED, THE TRACKS WERE
INCREASED TO FOUR AND A NEW HIGH PLATFORM STATION WAS ERECTED.
1956 VIEW LOOKING EAST COURTESY DAVE KELLER. THANKS DAVE!
SIGNAL STATION NUMBER 44 1/2 - "HQ"
HEMPSTEAD TURNPIKE HIGHWAY AND TROLLEY CROSSING
LOOKING EAST - TRACK AT FAR RIGHT IS THIRD RUN-
NING TRACK BETWEEN HOLBAN YARD AND FLORAL PARK
NEW YORK & LONG ISLAND TRACTION COMPANY CAR NUMBER 69 APPROACHING CROSSING
AFTER HQ HAD CLOSED - JANUARY 7, 1923 - ACCOUNT GRADE CROSSING ELIMINATION.
QUEENS STATION
SEE ALSO: ----> BRUSHVILLE - QUEENS
SIGNAL STATION NUMBER 45 - "QU"
THIRD TRACK DID NOT EXTEND WEST OF HERE UNTIL APRIL 1907.
IN 1924 THE GRADE CROSSINGS WERE ELIMINATED, THE TRACKS WERE
INCREASED TO FOUR, A NEW HIGH PLATFORM STATION AND BRICK
TOWER WITH AN ELECTRO-PNEUMATIC INTERLOCKING WERE ERECTED
AND THE NAME WAS CHANGED TO QUEENS VILLAGE.
"QY" CABIN
FOUR TRACKS RAN FROM HERE TO "BM" TOWER AT BELMONT PARK TERMINAL.
THE FREIGHT OR "THIRD RUNNING TRACK" TO WEST FLORAL PARK IS AT RIGHT.
IN THIS PUBLIC TIMETABLE FOR NOVEMBER 1909 ALL LOCALS ARE "QUEENS LOCALS" WITH TWO DAILY ROUND TRIPS TO BELMONT PARK.
AS LATE AS 1912 BELMONT PARK APPEARS IN EMPLOYE TIME TABLES AS A TERMINAL FOR LOCAL ELECTRIC TRAINS
A PORTABLE SUB-STATION BUILDING WAS LOCATED HERE AND WAS MOVED TO FLORAL PARK
- IN 1910 WE BELIEVE - AFTER ELECTRIFICATION WAS EXTENDED TO HEMPSTEAD IN 1908.
BE CABIN APPARENTLY REPLACED WA TOWER IN 1908
BELLEROSE STATION OPENED IN 1898 - A DUTCH STYLE BUILDING WAS ERECTED IN 1908.
THE FOURTH NEW 1894 TOWER WAS NUMBER 46 "WA" - "WEST FLORAL PARK" -
AT REMSEN LANE, LAST SHOWN ON A SEPTEMBER 1907 JOB ADVERTISEMENT.
SEPTEMBER 1908 EMPLOYE TIME TABLE NUMBER 49 LISTS "BE" CABIN
IN OCTOBER 1905 THE INTERLOCKING WAS REBUILT.
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HOLLIS
THE FIRST NEW TOWER WAS SIGNAL STATION NUMBER 43 "IS" AT FARMERS AVENUE
LOOKING EAST TOWARD HOLLIS STATION IN 1902
AND LOOKING WEST - THREE YEARS LATER THE MAIN TRACKS
WERE ELECTRIFIED - IN 1906 HOLBAN YARD OPENED.
IN 1905 AN INTERLOCKING AND NEW TOWER WERE INSTALLED EAST OF THE STATION.
IN APRIL 1907 A THIRD TRACK WAS BUILT FROM HERE TO QUEENS WHERE IT
CONNECTED WITH THE THIRD TRACK WHICH RAN TO WEST FLORAL PARK
TOWER NUMBER 46, THUS CREATING A FREIGHT OR "THIRD RUNNING TRACK".
THE SECOND NEW 1894 TOWER WAS NUMBER 44 "VI" AT BRUSHVILLE WHERE
THERE WAS A PASSENGER STATION - LISTED IN JUNE 1897 EMPLOYE TIME TABLE.
THIS PLAN IS FROM RAILWAY AGE NOVEMBER 23, 1906
IN MARCH 1900 THE STATION WAS RENAMED - OR REPLACED BY - "INTERSTATE PARK".
FROM 1900 BROOKLYN EAGLE ARTICLE
POSSIBLY IT REOPENED IN 1897 AND THE FRAME
STATION BUILDING WAS ERECTED IN 1900
Go to ----> BRUSHVILLE - QUEENS VILLAGE
THE 1903 C.R.4. SHOWS "INTERSTATE PARK" STATION AND
"BRUSHVILLE" (C. E. HUSSON PRIVATE SIDING) BOTH AT 12.82 MILES
EAST OF LONG ISLAND CITY AND "BRUSHVILLE SIDING" AT 12.98 MILES.
A 1906 MAP SHOWS "INTERSTATE PARK" AND A 1909 MAP SHOWS "BELLAIRE PARK".
INTERSTATE PARK - BRUSHVILLE ROAD - WAS RENAMED BELLAIRE IN 1907
INTERSTATE PARK - BRUSHVILLE ROAD
ON SEPTEMBER 22, 1905 - THE LONG ISLAND RAIL ROAD ENERGIZED
THE THIRD RAILS FROM ROCKAWAY JUNCTION TO BELMONT PARK.
THESE ARE THE STATIONS SHOWN IN EMPLOYE TIME TABLE NUMBER 37 OF NOVEMBER 5, 1905
SUBURBAN TRAINS ARE NOW "LOCAL ELECTRIC TRAINS".
SUPPLEMENT 1 TO EMPLOYE TIME TABLE NUMBER 37 SHOWS BRUSHVILLE ROAD STATION
INSTEAD OF INTERSTATE PARK AND SHOWS FREQUENT SERVICE TO BELMONT PARK.
INTERSTATE PARK - BRUSHVILLE ROAD - WAS RENAMED BELLAIRE IN 1907.
IN 1924 THE GRADE CROSSINGS WERE ELIMINATED, THE TRACKS WERE
INCREASED TO FOUR AND A NEW HIGH PLATFORM STATION WAS ERECTED.
1956 VIEW LOOKING EAST COURTESY DAVE KELLER. THANKS DAVE!
SIGNAL STATION NUMBER 44 1/2 - "HQ"
HEMPSTEAD TURNPIKE HIGHWAY AND TROLLEY CROSSING
LOOKING EAST - TRACK AT FAR RIGHT IS THIRD RUN-
NING TRACK BETWEEN HOLBAN YARD AND FLORAL PARK
NEW YORK & LONG ISLAND TRACTION COMPANY CAR NUMBER 69 APPROACHING CROSSING
AFTER HQ HAD CLOSED - JANUARY 7, 1923 - ACCOUNT GRADE CROSSING ELIMINATION.
QUEENS STATION
SEE ALSO: ----> BRUSHVILLE - QUEENS
SIGNAL STATION NUMBER 45 - "QU"
THIRD TRACK DID NOT EXTEND WEST OF HERE UNTIL APRIL 1907.
IN 1924 THE GRADE CROSSINGS WERE ELIMINATED, THE TRACKS WERE
INCREASED TO FOUR, A NEW HIGH PLATFORM STATION AND BRICK
TOWER WITH AN ELECTRO-PNEUMATIC INTERLOCKING WERE ERECTED
AND THE NAME WAS CHANGED TO QUEENS VILLAGE.
"QY" CABIN
FOUR TRACKS RAN FROM HERE TO "BM" TOWER AT BELMONT PARK TERMINAL.
THE FREIGHT OR "THIRD RUNNING TRACK" TO WEST FLORAL PARK IS AT RIGHT.
IN THIS PUBLIC TIMETABLE FOR NOVEMBER 1909 ALL LOCALS ARE "QUEENS LOCALS" WITH TWO DAILY ROUND TRIPS TO BELMONT PARK.
AS LATE AS 1912 BELMONT PARK APPEARS IN EMPLOYE TIME TABLES AS A TERMINAL FOR LOCAL ELECTRIC TRAINS
A PORTABLE SUB-STATION BUILDING WAS LOCATED HERE AND WAS MOVED TO FLORAL PARK
- IN 1910 WE BELIEVE - AFTER ELECTRIFICATION WAS EXTENDED TO HEMPSTEAD IN 1908.
BE CABIN APPARENTLY REPLACED WA TOWER IN 1908
BELLEROSE STATION OPENED IN 1898 - A DUTCH STYLE BUILDING WAS ERECTED IN 1908.
THE FOURTH NEW 1894 TOWER WAS NUMBER 46 "WA" - "WEST FLORAL PARK" -
AT REMSEN LANE, LAST SHOWN ON A SEPTEMBER 1907 JOB ADVERTISEMENT.
SEPTEMBER 1908 EMPLOYE TIME TABLE NUMBER 49 LISTS "BE" CABIN
IN OCTOBER 1905 THE INTERLOCKING WAS REBUILT.