LIRR Before - After Locations Photos

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LI City Express House Platforms c.1910
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LIRR #227, 259, 228, 267 02/09/1978
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LI City Yard09/21/2004 Photo: Chris & Amy Cate

Last time we did this theme it produced a nice response.

Douglaston Drawbridge.. 1965

Douglaston Drawbridge 2006


Penn station Main waiting room then..

Now..

Worlds fair/shea stadium station 1939

Now

LIRR 621 then.. ( also my old dodge aspen on the right.. long Gone now) You can also see my hand holding a dunking donut iced coffee on the platform)

621 now in ft meyers florida.. with an EX LIRR zip car behind her..

Nice photo spread. Is that Long Island City yard shown in the 2004 photo the same as "Yard-A"?

No. The 2004 photo is the LIC Passenger yard. Yard A was on the north west side of sunnyside yard..


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A Picture of Yard A from 1974 looking west.. note the world trade center in the background..
Cant be sure but it looks like a BAR engine in the yard..two story building next to the engine was the yardmasters office/crew faciilities

That building was the setting of a key scene in the film The Yards.

Abandoned Woodhaven Station.

It does get it's fair amount of workers there, though, track guys, electricians,signal guys, m of w, etc. Off limits to the general public. Picture taken by a friend sometime this year.

Resembles a vacant SEPTA/PATCO station.

Doc Emmet Brown wrote:No. The 2004 photo is the LIC Passenger yard. Yard A was on the north west side of sunnyside yard..


http://www.trainsarefun.com/lirr/licity/licity.htm
From the above site..
A Picture of Yard A from 1974 looking west.. note the world trade center in the background..
Cant be sure but it looks like a BAR engine in the yard..two story building next to the engine was the yardmasters office/crew faciilities

Thanks, Doc...


Yard A is #9 LI Station (Hunters Point) is west of #10

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Doc Emmet Brown wrote:No. The 2004 photo is the LIC Passenger yard. Yard A was on the north west side of sunnyside yard.

Everyone agrees the first three pics are about the same spot?

hoggercom wrote:Abandoned Woodhaven Station.

It does get it's fair amount of workers there, though, track guys, electricians,signal guys, m of w, etc. Off limits to the general public. Picture taken by a friend sometime this year.

During phase 2 of conductor training in 2008, they actually took is down there and let us walk around the old platform. It was pretty cool. We also got to walk around the old ticket office.

Yes NY, they did that with most of the Conductor Classes after it closed, and also during tunnel evacuation classes too.
Damn Im getting old I worked trains that stopped there.
Here is a before and after in the same picture..


Douglaston Before..


Douglaston after

Penn station before..

after

timz "Everyone agrees the first three pics are about the same spot?"

Look in background of first and third picture: NY City 33rd thru 37th street in background. The 1904 map (posted earlier) shows the pass station as does the 1910 photo at the west end of the tracks at a 90 degree angle. Also check the track configurations: all the same.