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Re: Why was 179th St/Jamaica 13 years late? |
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Posted by randyo on Sat Jan 3 18:21:35 2009, in response to Re: Why was 179th St/Jamaica 13 years late?, posted by Bill From Maspeth on Sat Jan 3 18:03:13 2009. Construction on the IND S/O Rockaway Av continued until 1942 when wartime restrictions on materials halted further construction. The entire tunnel infrastructure to Euclid (76 St?) including Pitkin Yd and the yard leads were completed but rails and signals were not installed and tile work was only completed at Bway/ENY. The ENY tile work is the last of the old style tiles as the tile work on the stations S/O ENY is of a more modern type. Track and signals were completed into ENY in 1946 and to Euclid (76 St?) in 1948. When the first train of R-10s entered service the IND still terminated at ENY. The last conventional GRS Model 5 interlocking machine on the property is at Bway/ENY although there is some question as to the lineage of the Model 5 GRS machine at K/Hwy on the F. Why the ENY interlocking machine is a conventinal lever machine and the interlocking machines at Euclid and Pitkin Yds are push button is a mystery to me since by the time ENY opened, the more modern machines were available. The only possibility might be that the ENY interlocking machine was installed circa 1942 prior to the installation of the track and signals and sat dormant in the tower until installation of the track and signals after the war. |
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