LIRR #201 C420 at Hicksville Friday 10:03amĮastbound "Dashing Dan" yet to be applied. Hicksville view W from Divide Tower 9/1979 Newsday photo: Naomi Into service, the old wooden landmark will be demolished into yet another Tower and when the elevated tracks are functional and the new tower placed The new "DIVIDE" tower will be built directly in front of this old Office and parked on its west side is an old LIRR maintenance truck. In the leftīackground can be seen the old two story section house and section chief's Will change the face of the town has already begun. Tower is some rubble, indicating that the grade crossing elimination that Main Line tracks to the far right of this image. The Main Line side is beyond the tower and youĬan catch a glimpse of the old-style PRR keystone whistle post along the This 1962 view looking SE shows the tower from the Port Tower was renamed "DIVIDE" and has remained so-named ever Railroad, the parent company of the LIRR, decided that no block offices were Opened, it was renamed "HN" on 11/23/28 when the Pennsylvania With the telegraphic call letters of "HX" when The Main Line and the Port Jefferson branch since opening day of May 27,ġ909, the original structure known as "DIVIDE" tower is soon to beĪ memory. That they decided to eliminate the Charlotte Avenue crossing, which wasĬompleted in 1973, due to the increased volume of trains (mainlyĮlectrics) that would still fly by not at MAS but about 60-65 MPH. It wasn't until after the electrification to Hicksville and Huntington
Charlotte Avenue wasn't touched during the elevation. The station to a mile East of the station on both the Ronkonkoma and Port Hicksville was elevated, they only elevated from about 1/2 mile West of Photo: Michael Dolan Archive: Thomas Valentinoīroadway, Hicksville - view N 2021 Archive: Thomas Valentino On Main Line 1 in Divide Interlocking, just west of Hicksville station.īroadway, Hicksville- View S 1962 Michael Naimoli This is either a Montauk or Greenport train as the first twoĬ420 # 226 idles on the Atlantic Pipe track, while the 160 passes westbound The East Marie Street crossing is in the distance as well as Divide’s Note: train on the Main Line, just east and around the bend from Divide RS3 #1555 westbound passenger train south of Old Country Road gradeįM CPA20-5 #2008 eastbound Archive: Robert Emery SUNY-Stony Brook
Hicksville Hagstrom map - 1960's Post-grade Elimination Project Hicksville Hagstrom map - 1960 Pre-grade Elimination Project Is L-62 (Greenport Freight) as the engine #108 was usually assigned to #108 Eastbound freight at East Nicholai Street, Hicksville View N The siding is for Troiano Wholesaleĭistributors at MP 25.25 on Main line just south of Divide. It's winterįM H16-44 #1507 in charcoal gray pulling Tichy-schemed cars eastbound The women has winter clothing and the trees appear bare.
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The Tager Auto Parts Store has signage in the windows indicating TOYS and Hicksville Freight House west of Hicksville station view E 10/1954 Photo:įM #1502 Train #5 westbound for Jamaica at RPO Clerk on the eastbound Montauk Train No.4 deftly swings out the mailĬatcher arm at the right second to secure the waiting mail pouch.īroadway crossing, Hicksville - View W from DIVIDEĭivide Tower - View W c.1947 (Smith-Morrison) Mail crane with its locked pouch in positionĪs it awaits pickup by Montauk bound Train No.4. Hicksville Express Hse., Station view E (below) Mainline MP25 to MP29 BETH Interlocking B Tower -Ĭentral Extension MP30 to MP35+ c.1960 Drawing/Archive: Steven Lynch Mainline MP25-26 c.1960 Drawing/Archive: Steven Lynch Station westbound – 1910 View E Archive: Dave KellerĮmery Map MP 25-26 Port Jefferson Br. 1958 Water tower and D16b #223 on siding, with D56 This drawing shows the railroad was not double-tracked to Hicksville The second is a drawing which was copiedįrom the archives of the Emery Collection, at the Special Collections Two items to illustrate as follows: Theīeers Atlas map of 1873 (left) shows the LIRR as single The railroad extended eastward,įinally reaching Greenport in 1844.
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