Jamaica Station (Images of Rail)
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.46 (777 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0738576417 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 128 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-10-02 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
The Long Island Rail Road is the oldest railroad in the country still operating under its original name. The station and its interlocking track system have worked so well that, until recently, little changed in the nearly 100 years of operation. Jamaica Station houses the railroad’s executive offices and the offices of the train movement director and the electric power director. Through historic photographs, Jamaica Station chronicles the history of this nerve center of the Long Island Rail Road.. Also the busiest railroad in North America, it carries 265,000 customers each weekday on 735 trains over 700 miles of track on 11 different branches. A complex system of interlocking switches and flyover tracks allows trains to move through the eight station tracks servicing the five passenger platforms. All but one branch converge at Jamaica Station, making it the railroad’s hub
Morrison is a retired Long Island Rail Road branch line manager and railroad historian. . The author of three other railroad history books, including Long Island Rail Road Stations, and numerous magazine articles, he is a charter member of the Railroad Museum of Long Island. David D
Dennis said Five Stars. Nice book!. N. V. Anden said Exactly what the title says and precious little more.. This is a well researched and comprehensive look at evolving of the Jamaica Station on the LIRR. A lot of fascinating facts and photos show how it chnged from ground level (with an unbelievable number of grade crossings to the elevated (on fill) structure that has been in use since roughly the middle of the last century. I was hoping, though, that there would be some attention paid to the approaches t. "FOND MEMORIES" according to Dr. John Rodgers. I grew up in the vicinity of Jamaica, was very happy to read and see pictures of the street scenes before, during and after the construction of the station.
Morrison is a retired Long Island Rail Road branch line manager and railroad historian. . The author of three other railroad history books, including Long Island Rail Road Stations, and numerous magazine articles, he is a charter member of the Railroad Museum of Long Island. About the Author David D