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Re: Question About Pre-1950 Rockaway Beach/Far Rockaway LIRR Service

Posted by Mitch45 on Wed Feb 17 14:49:42 2021, in response to Re: Question About Pre-1950 Rockaway Beach/Far Rockaway LIRR Service, posted by Joe V on Wed Feb 17 12:47:11 2021.

I have to disagree with you about Gibson not having a grade crossing. Here is an aerial photo of Gibson station in 1929, with the surrounding residential area. You can clearly see a road crossing the tracks on the western (Valley Stream) end of the station.

ww.trainsarefun.com/lirr/farrockawaybranch/GIbson-Station-aerial_c.1929.jpg

Interestingly, though, this photograph doesn't show the overpass; however, a photo from 1967 on the same site does show the overpass. All of the stations on the Far Rock branch had low level platforms until the M-1's came in the early 1970's. Why would the station need an overpass?

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