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Posted by JOE @ NYCMTS - NYCTMG on Tue Feb 4 19:06:32 2020, in response to Re: Guess the Location??...Not so easy!:), posted by JOE @ NYCMTS - NYCTMG on Tue Feb 4 15:47:06 2020. DON'T KNOW WHY my previous message posted 2 times -- I only hit the POST Button ONCE !!For those few still interested -- here is the Feb. 1960 drawn track map and details for the Long Island City, IRT Flushing Line - to - LIRR / PRR, single track connection that lasted from 1915 thru 1928 -- and some other details such as the close by two IRT Subway stations on the line. CLICK THUMBNAIL IMAGE for LARGER image  BELOW is a 1915 photo looking outbound (easterly) during the construction of the IRT 2 track ramps up from the twin tunnel portals in L.I. City, towards the still under construction start of the EL trestle. Also seen is the north side concrete wall opening at left (*) along the LIRR Yard tracks where perhaps a temporary connection track was located also to deliver the first Steinway cars in 1915. Looks like that wall opening is being closed up. At right is the south side wall opening where the PRR Yard tracks are. The track to the immediate right is what was, by a short track and switches to the IRT outbound track, connected to the IRT Inspection Shed built, and located, to the west just off the right edge of the photo. The 2nd "descending" track at right is one of the PRR tracks to the then new PENN STATION Tunnels under the East River. At further right is a LIRR Commuter train stopping at the Hunters Point Station ! (*) Although not shown on the Rogoff 1960 map - perhaps a 2nd connection track existed from the LIRR yards at left (north side) onto the tunnel-bound westbound IRT track, for a short time, solely to deliver the first Steinway cars to the line. Another mystery. CLICK THUMBNAIL IMAGE for LARGER image  Regards - Joe F |
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