• 1966 freight sidings Babylon to Patchogue

  • Discussion of the past and present operations of the Long Island Rail Road.
Discussion of the past and present operations of the Long Island Rail Road.

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  by nyandw
 
workextra wrote: Thu Aug 12, 2021 12:20 am Steve, 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.
This location: Image

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This siding put in (per Emery 1975), but gone by LIRR 1966 map. This area, similar to Patchogue, was dramatically changed between c.1958 and 1966 as facilities were razed/abandoned.