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A virtual ride on the LIRR Evergreen branch |
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Posted by Chris R16/R2730 on Mon May 26 15:43:02 2014 You really have to use your imagination, as this ROW is just about gone: |
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Posted by Fulton Frank on Mon May 26 16:02:48 2014, in response to A virtual ride on the LIRR Evergreen branch, posted by Chris R16/R2730 on Mon May 26 15:43:02 2014. This is wonderful! What a painstaking project |
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Re: A virtual ride on the LIRR Evergreen branch |
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Posted by Dan Lawrence on Mon May 26 16:17:06 2014, in response to Re: A virtual ride on the LIRR Evergreen branch, posted by Fulton Frank on Mon May 26 16:02:48 2014. When was the Evergreen branch ended? |
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Re: A virtual ride on the LIRR Evergreen branch |
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Posted by Chris R16/R2730 on Mon May 26 18:42:46 2014, in response to Re: A virtual ride on the LIRR Evergreen branch, posted by Dan Lawrence on Mon May 26 16:17:06 2014. Last freight ran in 1984. The line was completely de-activated in 1989. |
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Posted by Dan Lawrence on Mon May 26 19:19:23 2014, in response to Re: A virtual ride on the LIRR Evergreen branch, posted by Chris R16/R2730 on Mon May 26 18:42:46 2014. Thanks!!! |
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Posted by jan k. lorenzen on Mon May 26 19:43:31 2014, in response to Re: A virtual ride on the LIRR Evergreen branch, posted by Fulton Frank on Mon May 26 16:02:48 2014. For a trip even further back, the Evergreen Branch went all the way to the East River through East Williamsburg and Greenpoint into the mid 1880's. The right of way is fairly visible through odd building lines and wide backyards all the way through into the Queens line.Maybe a virtual ride is warranted? Start with the 1880's era maps via Arrt Huenke's LIRR website, then follow the Row via the 1924 aerial photos and the ones today. One may be in luck, as they tore down Marino Tile and Marble's building on Graham Ave. recently which was built over the right of way and you can see clear up to Humboldt St. |
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Re: A virtual ride on the LIRR Evergreen branch |
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Posted by Bob Andersen on Mon May 26 20:58:03 2014, in response to Re: A virtual ride on the LIRR Evergreen branch, posted by Chris R16/R2730 on Mon May 26 18:42:46 2014. Passenger service on the Evergreen Branch lasted from 1878 to 1894. |
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Posted by G1Ravage on Mon May 26 22:17:35 2014, in response to A virtual ride on the LIRR Evergreen branch, posted by Chris R16/R2730 on Mon May 26 15:43:02 2014. Oooh, I once ate at that White Castle off the Myrtle Avenue El. |
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Re: A virtual ride on the LIRR Evergreen branch |
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Posted by Nilet on Mon May 26 22:19:34 2014, in response to Re: A virtual ride on the LIRR Evergreen branch, posted by G1Ravage on Mon May 26 22:17:35 2014. My sympathies! :) |
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Posted by Karl M, Ex New Yorker on Mon May 26 23:45:25 2014, in response to Re: A virtual ride on the LIRR Evergreen branch, posted by Dan Lawrence on Mon May 26 19:19:23 2014. Thank you for this, my dad and I used to watch the train move slowly under the Myrtle and Wickoff Ave el station in the early 60's around 11 pm on our return trip home on Fresh Pond Rd, brings bsck memories Karl |
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Re: A virtual ride on the LIRR Evergreen branch |
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Posted by Chris R16/R2730 on Tue May 27 05:36:21 2014, in response to Re: A virtual ride on the LIRR Evergreen branch, posted by Bob Andersen on Mon May 26 20:58:03 2014. Narrow gauge, IIRC. The line originally went to Greenpoint. |
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Posted by Chris R16/R2730 on Tue May 27 05:38:06 2014, in response to Re: A virtual ride on the LIRR Evergreen branch, posted by G1Ravage on Mon May 26 22:17:35 2014. So did I. It was awful.The best one in the area is still in West Hempstead. |
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Posted by Chris R16/R2730 on Tue May 27 05:41:05 2014, in response to Re: A virtual ride on the LIRR Evergreen branch, posted by jan k. lorenzen on Mon May 26 19:43:31 2014. I'm not aware of any sign of the former ROW between the junction with the Bushwick brance (SSRR) and the Greenpoint waterfront once existed. |
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Doesn't Play? (Re: A virtual ride on the LIRR Evergreen branch) |
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Posted by Mitch45 on Tue May 27 08:47:13 2014, in response to A virtual ride on the LIRR Evergreen branch, posted by Chris R16/R2730 on Mon May 26 15:43:02 2014. This doesn't play for me - I just see a black screen...:( |
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Re: A virtual ride on the LIRR Evergreen branch |
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Posted by ChicagoMotorman on Tue May 27 09:47:46 2014, in response to A virtual ride on the LIRR Evergreen branch, posted by Chris R16/R2730 on Mon May 26 15:43:02 2014. Cool! Did ever see passengers? |
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Posted by G1Ravage on Tue May 27 10:01:02 2014, in response to Re: A virtual ride on the LIRR Evergreen branch, posted by Chris R16/R2730 on Tue May 27 05:38:06 2014. My favorite White Castle is way out in Massapequa on Sunrise Highway. I go there after flying. It's consistently clean and deliciously fresh. |
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Posted by numbersix on Tue May 27 10:12:55 2014, in response to A virtual ride on the LIRR Evergreen branch, posted by Chris R16/R2730 on Mon May 26 15:43:02 2014. My favorite part was the shot going down the aisle in the supermarket. You could stock the shelves right from the train. |
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Posted by GIS Man on Tue May 27 11:48:31 2014, in response to Re: A virtual ride on the LIRR Evergreen branch, posted by G1Ravage on Tue May 27 10:01:02 2014. I was never a White Castle fan. There's one in my old neighborhood, on the north side of East New York Av. between Schenectady and Utica Avs. It has since been rebuilt, exchanging spaces with its former parking lot. To me, the place always stank of what was probably stale ketchup.Bob |
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Posted by chud1 on Tue May 27 13:18:12 2014, in response to Re: A virtual ride on the LIRR Evergreen branch, posted by GIS Man on Tue May 27 11:48:31 2014. i like white castle hamburgers.chud1. :).... |
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Posted by Fulton Frank on Tue May 27 13:25:16 2014, in response to A virtual ride on the LIRR Evergreen branch, posted by Chris R16/R2730 on Mon May 26 15:43:02 2014. God, this has me hooked. You start right at the beginning - Cooper ave right where the Evergreen diverges off the Bay Ridge Branch. |
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Posted by Hoosac on Tue May 27 13:33:11 2014, in response to A virtual ride on the LIRR Evergreen branch, posted by Chris R16/R2730 on Mon May 26 15:43:02 2014. They paved paradise and put up a parking lot. |
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Posted by vfrt on Tue May 27 14:10:42 2014, in response to A virtual ride on the LIRR Evergreen branch, posted by Chris R16/R2730 on Mon May 26 15:43:02 2014. Excellent! |
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Posted by Dan on Tue May 27 14:44:29 2014, in response to Re: A virtual ride on the LIRR Evergreen branch, posted by ChicagoMotorman on Tue May 27 09:47:46 2014. History of Evergreen branch on Arthur John Huneke's wonderful website -http://arrts-arrchives.com/evgrn1.html |
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Posted by Chris R16/R2730 on Tue May 27 15:24:28 2014, in response to Re: A virtual ride on the LIRR Evergreen branch, posted by ChicagoMotorman on Tue May 27 09:47:46 2014. Up to 1894. |
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Posted by Mitch45 on Tue May 27 15:44:47 2014, in response to A virtual ride on the LIRR Evergreen branch, posted by Chris R16/R2730 on Mon May 26 15:43:02 2014. That song "On the 5:15" is playing inside my head. |
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Posted by Bob Andersen on Tue May 27 16:25:56 2014, in response to Re: A virtual ride on the LIRR Evergreen branch, posted by Chris R16/R2730 on Tue May 27 05:36:21 2014. It was narrow gauge when it first opened in 1878, along with the rest of the NY & Manhattan Beach Railway (which included the Manhattan Beach and Bay Ridge lines). It was made Standard gauge in 1881 after the LIRR and NY&MBRy came under the same ownership (Austin Corbin)and they wanted to make connections to the Atlantic Ave. and LIC branches. |
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Posted by kp5308 on Tue May 27 19:15:19 2014, in response to A virtual ride on the LIRR Evergreen branch, posted by Chris R16/R2730 on Mon May 26 15:43:02 2014. TREMENDOUS! I love that kind of stuff. Thanks for posting. |
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Posted by gp38/r42 chris on Tue May 27 21:02:31 2014, in response to A virtual ride on the LIRR Evergreen branch, posted by Chris R16/R2730 on Mon May 26 15:43:02 2014. This a few years old....I saw this a while back. Pretty cool. |
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Posted by gp38/r42 chris on Tue May 27 21:02:31 2014, in response to A virtual ride on the LIRR Evergreen branch, posted by Chris R16/R2730 on Mon May 26 15:43:02 2014. This a few years old....I saw this a while back. Pretty cool. |
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Posted by jan k. lorenzen on Tue May 27 22:47:06 2014, in response to Re: A virtual ride on the LIRR Evergreen branch, posted by Chris R16/R2730 on Tue May 27 05:41:05 2014. oh signs still exists! If you know where it once was, its not hard to follow. I looked through the construction fence where Marino Tile and Marble was on Graham tonight, the RR right of way goes clear to Humboldt St. I do remember looking at at house on Richardson St. where the right of way was used as a community garden bocci court even today. All the housing is pre-1880 in that area, except the post 1894 "newer" ones built over the right of way facing the streets.I don't rightly know where the line exactly went west of VanderVoort though, it never was really built up except for factories. |
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