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Frank Bros Coal present day: Photo/Archive: Joe Villa 8/10/2021
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452 Card wrote: ↑Fri Aug 13, 2021 4:46 pm He told me there were 54 switches in the PD area on and off the Main. I didnt count them on the Emery map, but that seems plausible..Quite true as approx. 20+ industries available at many time frames. I have been working on this chart for historical/modeling purposes to illustrate this area.
workextra wrote: ↑Sat Aug 14, 2021 1:30 pmHi! Nice spread sheet ya got there Steve.
And that’s an impressive list of switches/industries in Patchogue alone that would Make its own model Railroad For someone into heavy switching.
I've been working on an article concerning this very topic!
If you could, might I suggest you do the spread sheet in accordance by branch. You could in the one file have additional Sheets, duplicate the format over then fill in the industries and other necessary information.
An awesome task. Depending on the year(s) things change, for example. I don't have intimate knowledge except the Babylon-Patchogue Scoot area where I grew up. It would be a "labor of love" project.
Looking at the alignment of the structures North of the single track at Bay Ave in Patchogue (S-54) I cannot clearly see the trajectory of the telephone switch as being a eastbound facing move. I could me missing the alignment through the brush.
I hope the maps posted help.
workextra wrote: ↑Thu Aug 12, 2021 12:20 am Steve,I grew up near that crossing, so I can offer some thoughts. I used to sit along the siding when I rode my bike down to the Saxon Ave crossing and watched one or two passages of a push-pull in the 80's.
Thanks, direct south of M2 at the same location, Saxon. There’s a bumper block in the under brush and some track maybe 2 cars. Appears to be a box car industry unless the building was built later on. This switch might have lasted into the MTA.
workextra wrote: ↑Wed Aug 11, 2021 12:41 am Found what appears to be a siding a bit west of Frank bros also north of no1 track. Does anyone have photos showing the siding by mp54 in Patchogue?West of Frank Bros was Regent Cigarette Co. in Bay Shore. MP54 Patchogue, T&S Lumber siding in 1924, per Emery, crossing Grove Ave. When razed???