Re: Tracing the New York & Manhattan Beach
| June 15, 2014 03:13PM |
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philip.marshall Wrote:
> The NY&MB had a turntable at Greenpoint of course
> and possibly one at Bay Ridge as well, but I can
> find no evidence of one at Manhattan Beach in the
> narrow gauge era. (The LIRR did have a turntable
> at Manhattan Beach after the line was standard
> gauged, but their terminal was in a slightly
> different location north of Oriental Boulevard,
> whereas the original NY&MB terminal was south of
> Oriental.)
>
And...right after posting that I found a LIRR engineering drawing from 1909 showing the location of the new standard gauge terminal at Manhattan Beach in relation to the original narrow gauge terminal, and there was of course a turntable!
Standard gauge terminal is at upper left, with earlier narrow gauge track curving to the east on the south side of Oriental Blvd; I've added a red circle to indicate NY&MB turntable. Also shown is the Marine Railway, which shuttled holidaymakers between the Manhattan Beach Hotel and the Brighton Beach Hotel to the west ("To Coney Island"). This figure is borrowed/modified from Art Huneke's LIRR site.
-Philip Marshall
Edited 2 time(s). Last edit at 06/15/2014 03:18PM by philip.marshall.
> The NY&MB had a turntable at Greenpoint of course
> and possibly one at Bay Ridge as well, but I can
> find no evidence of one at Manhattan Beach in the
> narrow gauge era. (The LIRR did have a turntable
> at Manhattan Beach after the line was standard
> gauged, but their terminal was in a slightly
> different location north of Oriental Boulevard,
> whereas the original NY&MB terminal was south of
> Oriental.)
>
And...right after posting that I found a LIRR engineering drawing from 1909 showing the location of the new standard gauge terminal at Manhattan Beach in relation to the original narrow gauge terminal, and there was of course a turntable!
Standard gauge terminal is at upper left, with earlier narrow gauge track curving to the east on the south side of Oriental Blvd; I've added a red circle to indicate NY&MB turntable. Also shown is the Marine Railway, which shuttled holidaymakers between the Manhattan Beach Hotel and the Brighton Beach Hotel to the west ("To Coney Island"). This figure is borrowed/modified from Art Huneke's LIRR site.
-Philip Marshall
Edited 2 time(s). Last edit at 06/15/2014 03:18PM by philip.marshall.
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