by ewb2000
I noticed what appear to be interlocking towers near the 61st Street and 103rd Street stations. Were these actually interlockings at one time? If they were, schematics of their model boards exist somewhere. Any ideas?
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ewb2000 wrote:I noticed what appear to be interlocking towers near the 61st Street and 103rd Street stations. Were these actually interlockings at one time? If they were, schematics of their model boards exist somewhere. Any ideas?Well, the Track Maps @ nycsubway.org show the track arrangements - 61st has a set of crossovers and 111st is of course where the Corona Yard & Willets Point / Shea Stadium complex is located.
ewb2000 wrote:I noticed what appear to be interlocking towers near the 61st Street and 103rd Street stations. Were these actually interlockings at one time? If they were, schematics of their model boards exist somewhere. Any ideas?The tower near 61st St was known as the Fisk Tower. It was decommissioned a few years back when the Queesnboro Master Tower was finished (and the switches moved to 74th St). The tower at 103rd has been out of use for much, much longer, In the early days of the Flushing line the first part of the route ended at 104th St/Alburtis Av (now 103rd St/Corona Plaza). As the line got extended towards Main Street there was no longer a need for the tower.
Head-end View wrote:Allan, are you sure about the Queensboro Master Tower info and the closing of 111th St. Tower? According to the book "Tracks of New York City Subway" edition from 2006, that's not the way it is, or at least it wasn't in 2006. Has all that changed in the last 5 years? The info in the book does not show Queensboro Master Tower controlling any of the #7 line. It says that the 111th St. Tower controls the #7 Line from Main St. to Queensboro Plaza. And Times Sq. Tower controls the rest of the line.Given the ever increasing cost of the book (it is $39.95 for the latest edition) I don't think too many people are buying each one as it comes it. Peter would have been better off selling subscriptions online for updates. (the last edition I have was the Centennial one).
Does anyone have a more recent edition of the book, showing what changes may have been made since 2006?
Head-end View wrote:Allan, I should have explained further. The 2006 edition has the Queeensboro Master Tower in-service and controlling parts of the E,V,F and G lines. Also part of the Astoria (now N and Q) line. If in fact, the 111th St. Tower is actually closed, it must have happened after 2005. You made it sound like it was closed a long time ago, but apparently that wasn't the case.I stopped in Posman's earlier and look at the 2001 edition. It still shows the 111th St Tower controlling from Main to 33rd and the Queensboro Master controlling the E, F, M, and R.
R36 Combine Coach wrote:The Flushing River Bridge opened January 1928 (lower level for pedestrians and vehicles on May 14, 1927). It is a bascule similar to the Lake Street and Wells Street Bridges in Chicago with the elevated line above. In 1961, with the construction of the Van Wyck Expressway above the Flushing River, the bridge was no longer movable and has been fixed since.Oh wow I did not know that. Is there a picture of the bridge in an open position ??