67thAve Posted February 5, 2010 Share #1 Posted February 5, 2010 1. Jamacia 2. Sunnyside 3. Penn 4. Flatbush 5. Valley Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Posted February 5, 2010 Share #2 Posted February 5, 2010 Worst? What are your criteria? What is "Jamaica" interlocking? I don't know of any "Penn" tower either... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
67thAve Posted February 5, 2010 Author Share #3 Posted February 5, 2010 It means by either the closest station to that interlocking, which really makes sense for Jamacia (Jay and Union Interlockings.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Posted February 5, 2010 Share #4 Posted February 5, 2010 There is no UNION tower on the LIRR. Perhaps there might have been years ago, but none in service as of current. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
67thAve Posted February 5, 2010 Author Share #5 Posted February 5, 2010 There sure is. It's located at Union Hall Street. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amtrak7 Posted February 5, 2010 Share #6 Posted February 5, 2010 There is no UNION. Interlockings w/towers: HAROLD JAY HALL DUNTON QUEENS VALLEY LEAD NASSAU DIVIDE BABYLON VAN BROOK Interlockings w/o towers (controlled by tower above): A (PSCC) F (PSCC) WOOD SHEA BAY NECK BLISS HOLLIS LOCUST AMOTT HUNT DUKE FOX POST STONY JEFF BETH FARM JS BRENT CI KO Y PD MS AMITYVILLE ROCKY WANTAGH GARDEN PORT Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
67thAve Posted February 5, 2010 Author Share #7 Posted February 5, 2010 Hall, that's what i meant. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Posted February 5, 2010 Share #8 Posted February 5, 2010 There is no UNION.Interlockings w/towers: HAROLD JAY HALL DUNTON QUEENS VALLEY LEAD NASSAU DIVIDE BABYLON VAN BROOK Interlockings w/o towers (controlled by tower above): A (PSCC) F (PSCC) WOOD SHEA BAY NECK BLISS HOLLIS LOCUST AMOTT HUNT DUKE FOX POST STONY JEFF BETH FARM JS BRENT CI KO Y PD MS AMITYVILLE ROCKY WANTAGH GARDEN PORT Thank you for the list, especially for noting what tower controls which interlocking. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lilbluefoxie Posted February 5, 2010 Share #9 Posted February 5, 2010 There is no UNION.Interlockings w/towers: HAROLD JAY HALL DUNTON QUEENS VALLEY LEAD NASSAU DIVIDE BABYLON VAN BROOK Interlockings w/o towers (controlled by tower above): A (PSCC) F (PSCC) WOOD SHEA BAY NECK BLISS HOLLIS LOCUST AMOTT HUNT DUKE FOX POST STONY JEFF BETH FARM JS BRENT CI KO Y PD MS AMITYVILLE ROCKY WANTAGH GARDEN PORT what are those numbers for? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KeystoneRegional Posted February 5, 2010 Share #10 Posted February 5, 2010 Please, watch the Nazi Banksters Crimes Ripple Effect at http://jforjustice.co.uk/banksters Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
INDman Posted February 5, 2010 Share #11 Posted February 5, 2010 I kinda get it but by interlockings you mean major switch points right? And tower means dispatch control tower right? An interlocking is the whole switch plant controlled by an interlocking machine. Towers are where the interlocking machines are located and a dispatcher works in the tower, controlling the movement of the trains and making sure they are on time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KeystoneRegional Posted February 5, 2010 Share #12 Posted February 5, 2010 Please, watch the Nazi Banksters Crimes Ripple Effect at http://jforjustice.co.uk/banksters Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
metsfan Posted February 5, 2010 Share #13 Posted February 5, 2010 Jay & Hall, hands down. - A Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amtrak7 Posted February 6, 2010 Share #14 Posted February 6, 2010 what are those numbers for? The numbers in the first list match with the numbers in the second list. (DIVIDE) controls anything marked with , etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
metsfan Posted February 6, 2010 Share #15 Posted February 6, 2010 Back in the day, many interlocking zones were manned vs train crew throw switch (some manned 24 hours a day) in a building (tower). Inside the tower were levers, the levers would be controlled by a person who moved them in accordance to wherever a train needed to go. Slowly over time, more important towers were put in control of smaller ones, or ones close by. Today the equipment found in towers can vary from the most up to date electronics, to totally empty and abandoned with nothing in them replaced by a metal box nearby. There is actually a tower which straddles the tunnel portals in NJ, which used to be guarded by military personnel do to its strategic and vital importance. If you ever get to catch an open cab door you can still see the windows. Other towers like JAY were built with toilets kitchens etc so the crew didnt have to leave. One of the biggest PRR built towers i know of, is ZOO, it's basically a mega-sized version of JAY, because it lay where the northeast corridor and keystone/broad way line to chicago met, the busiest interlocking in the PRR system for many years. I'm bringing up PRR, because for many years they owned LIRR, and much of what is left of the wayside buildings & structures were built by PRR and simply handed over to . kept some of the structures, i'm not sure how many are left functional, but at one time they with the engineer got trains where they were going. - A Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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