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THE WHITESTONE BRANCH
WAS BUILT BY THE FLUSHING & NORTH SIDE RAIL ROAD WHICH WAS INCORPORATED APRIL 3, 1868
PART ONE
DAVE KELLER RECENTLY ACQUIRED THIS 1934 QUEENS ATLAS WHICH
SHOWS THE RECENTLY ABANDONED WHITESTONE BRANCH. THANKS DAVE!
1868 FLUSHING & NORTH SIDE CONSTRUCTION TRAIN
JC TOWER WHITESTONE JUNCTION
1913 MAP OF NEW "JC" TOWER SHOWS LOCATION OF OLD TOWER
HENRY WILHELM MAP
THE WHITESTONE BRANCH EAST OF THE FLUSHING RIVER WAS CLOSED AND REMOVED IN 1932
IN 1939 A NINE TRACK STORAGE YARD WITH FOUR SERVICING PLATFORMS
WAS BUILT HERE FOR PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD WORLD'S FAIR TRAINS.
WHITESTONE JUNCTION 1939
DAVE KELLER SENDS ALONG THIS JUNE 2 1951
KELLER ARCHIVES SHOT OF A FREIGHT AT THE SWITCH
WHITESTONE JUNCTION 1953 - BILL SLADE PHOTO
WHITESTONE JUNCTION SEPTEMBER 1978
SHEA STADIUM STATION AND WHITESTONE JUNCTION
FOUNDATIONS REMAINING FROM JC INTERLOCKING
A MILE POST - NUMBER SEVEN - REMAINED IN 1978
ABOUT THE SAME LOCATION IN 1939.
TWO LONG ISLAND DD1'S WITH PERHAPS 18 P.R.R. P-70'S.
THE SAME LOCATION IN 1949. THANKS TO DAVE KELLER FOR THESE TWO RARE IMAGES.
IN THE EARLY 1950'S THE CIRCUS TRAIN UTILIZED CORONA MEADOWS YARD
LOOKING SOUTH - MILE POST SEVEN AT LEFT
SHEA STADIUM
Continued on ----> WHITESTONE BRANCH PART TWO
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