Pilrim State Hospital - new webpage

http://www.trainsarefun.com/lirr/pilgri ... mstate.htm

A "special excursion" ticket for the three (3) State Hospitals and not a regular issue. Normal fares for the train to Pilgrim State Hospital station were issued as "Brentwood" printed ticket stock. Archive: Richard Makse


C420 #210 Pilgrim State Hospital Station Brentwood 12/28/1975 (Madden-Keller)

Is that on G road just past the sagtikos overpass? There's a small structure that looks oddly similar and buried in brush. Ironically I drive past that spot when I decide to go out of Deer Park.

RestrictOnTheHanger wrote:Is that on G road just past the sagtikos overpass? There's a small structure that looks oddly similar and buried in brush. Ironically I drive past that spot when I decide to go out of Deer Park.

Not familiar with G Road, I'm here in Florida. Photo the spot and I/we can figure it out. Thanks.

RestrictOnTheHanger wrote:Is that on G road just past the sagtikos overpass?

Bingo, that's exactly where the station shelter is.

If you make the next left just after that you come to the remains of the coal fired power plant. Around back is the trestle where the LIRR delivered coal.

Google or bing the area with overhead images and you'll see what I mean. The ROW ends near the main line but you can trace the scars it left behind.

http://www.trainsarefun.com/lirr/pilgri ... mstate.htm

Yes,-Pilgrim State Hospital station shed - view S from G Road, west of Sagtikos Pkwy.

That's it!

And I also drive past the old power plant and coal trestle, those were way more obvious.

Thanks guys.

RestrictOnTheHanger wrote:That's it! And I also drive past the old power plant and coal trestle, those were way more obvious. Thanks guys.

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nyandw wrote:

RestrictOnTheHanger wrote:That's it! And I also drive past the old power plant and coal trestle, those were way more obvious. Thanks guys.

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Exactly. No way to miss that.

Which end of the trestle was connected to the spur?

The east end looks very close to the spur to have a gentle enough grade.

Crabman1130 wrote:Which end of the trestle was connected to the spur? The east end looks very close to the spur to have a gentle enough grade.

I put a photo 3/25/2006 map tour up: http://www.trainsarefun.com/lirr/pilgri ... mstate.htm

The 1958 Emery map, I added photo locations numbers, illustrates the spur, coal trestle/power plant, station, etc.

The spur off the main line runs between Heartland park and the Sag, you can see it going up from just off center bottom. The coal trestle spur cuts off from that heading west across the cutoff road from back of the ADP center. You can see the trees following the old ROW.

nyandw wrote:

Crabman1130 wrote:Which end of the trestle was connected to the spur? The east end looks very close to the spur to have a gentle enough grade.

I put a photo 3/25/2006 map tour up: http://www.trainsarefun.com/lirr/pilgri ... mstate.htm The 1958 Emery map, I added photo locations numbers, illustrates the spur, coal trestle/power plant, station, etc.

Crabman1130: Did you find what you needed?

Nice pictures of the abandoned trestle on the site.

Can any former employees give the ridership numbers on the hospital trains? Just how popular were they during the decades they ran?

Here's a May 78 Newsday article about the last train to Pilgram State Hospital.

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