| I dont know why I didnt take this shot more. It gives a panoramic view of Nassau interlocking, just east of the Mineola station. We see a westbound Ronkonkoma train approaching the tower and the connection to the Oyster Bay Branch, diverging to the left. The scene would change over the next ten years, as the platforms were extended due to ridership growth and the longer trains run to accommodate it. The westbound platform would be extended to the crossing next to the tower. The eastbound platform would be extended almost to the tower, the home signal for the branch moved closer to the tower as well. The brick building to the right was the power station for the Main Line, whose electrification ended here til 1970, the short segment of electrified Oyster Bay Banch to East Williston, and the now defunct branch through Garden City to Hempstead, which diverged to the right here til about 1970, running behind the stores on Franklin Av to a connection with the Hempstead Branch and Mitchell Field Secondary at Garden tower. I recall seeing Alco S types there in the 1960s, but only rarely. |