by Crabman1130
I don't think islander fans are going to flock to the railroad as a means of getting to games.
LI loves their cars.
LI loves their cars.
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flexliner wrote:BerlinNo, no conflicting movements over switches. I was speaking of using the three northernmost tracks for Main and Hempstead Line trains. No local stops on these three tracks between Jamaica and Bellerose so there is enough capacity to get all the peak direction trains through on two tracks and all the reverse-peak trains on the other (exceptions could be made during low-traffic hours and especially for employee stops at Hillside).
would not your plan require many movements over switches (belmont to FBA trains having to be on the outer tracks to make those stops)
which would defeat the whole purpose (i think at least from diagrams that we have seen here in the past)
of the Jamacia reconstruction that has been discussed before................
BuddR32 wrote:Question about Belmont Station: Its been noted that the station was previously south of Hempstead Avenue. I'd assume where the large parking lot is. This makes me wonder about something I've always questioned regarding the Cross Island Parkway underpass at Hempstead Ave. I've always thought it was odd and not typical of construction of Robert Moses Parkways. Also noticing that it is directly in line with the LIRR Belmont Station. Was this underpass previously used by the railroad to carry the tracks to the former station?The Hempstead Avenue span over the parkway is concrete and typical of Moses construction. But the ramp underpass does look like a 2-track line. In fact it does resemble a Moses built rail structure: East New York Station.
R36 Combine Coach wrote:The parkway overpasses, yes I agree, as for the ENY Structure, I forgot that he had a hand in that elimination work. Thank you. (Still curious if the Belmont overpass was rail)BuddR32 wrote:Question about Belmont Station: Its been noted that the station was previously south of Hempstead Avenue. I'd assume where the large parking lot is. This makes me wonder about something I've always questioned regarding the Cross Island Parkway underpass at Hempstead Ave. I've always thought it was odd and not typical of construction of Robert Moses Parkways. Also noticing that it is directly in line with the LIRR Belmont Station. Was this underpass previously used by the railroad to carry the tracks to the former station?The Hempstead Avenue span over the parkway is concrete and typical of Moses construction. But the ramp underpass does look like a 2-track line. In fact it does resemble a Moses built rail structure: East New York Station.
newkirk wrote:This should be where the parking lot is today, correct ?
nyandw wrote:What is the date on this photo?There is no date on the slide mount. Even though the photo is black & white, there are many tuscan red cars and at least one gray car.
nyandw wrote: Hi Bill, Dave Keller indicates: 'I have several images similar to this in my archive. This was shot during the transition era . . the cars are mostly Tuscan Red with a Tichy scheme in the background. All mine are similar and were shot in 1949-50. I'd say the same dating would hold for this image."Thanks Steve and Dave. Any idea when that yard was closed and torn up ?
I have dated this as c.1950.. Best, Steve