SMITHTOWN
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![Smithtown_post-card_c.1910_viewE_CarolMills.jpg (154654 bytes)](Smithtown_post-card_c.1910_viewE_CarolMills_small.jpg)
Smithtown station, express House and freight house at far left. View
is SE c. 1910 from the Rte. 25-25A crossing
Archive: Carol Mills
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SMITHTOWN Station History: BUILT:
NOV-DEC/1872, CLOSED: 11/6/36, WITH GRADE CROSSING ELIMINATION OF ROUTES 25 AND
25A. MOVED TO PRIVATE LOCATION: EARLY IN 1937. 2nd
ELEVATED DEPOT IN SVC: 2/18/37.
REMODELED: 1987 WITH HI-LEVEL PLATFORM INSTALLATION. AGENCY CLOSED: ? |
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Emery - Smithtown MP46-47 9/1957
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Emery - Smithtown
MP47-48 pre-1937 9/1957 |
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Emery - Smithtown
MP47-48 post-1937 9/1957
Emery maps archive: Dave Keller
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LIRR 1966 Smithtown Map #59 |
![Smithtown_post-card_c.1900_viewSW_Carol-Mills.jpg (181136 bytes)](Smithtown_post-card_c.1900_viewSW_Carol-Mills_small.jpg)
Smithtown station yard area view SW
c.1890
Archive: Carol Mills |
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Smithtown station 1878 view E
Photo: George Brainerd |
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Smithtown wooden trestle view NE
c.1890
Archive: Emery SUNY |
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Smithtown steel trestle LIRR class D56 American 4-4-0 |
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Smithtown station 1903 view SE |
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Smithtown station 1905 view N Archive:
Tom Muratore |
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Smithtown station 1906
view S |
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Smithtown station c. 1905
Archive: Tom Muratore |
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Smithtown station 4-4-0 class D16b and Train
westbound c. 1910 Archive:
Tom Muratore
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![Smithtown-station-winter_1925_viewE.jpg (71150 bytes)](Smithtown-station-winter_1925_viewE_small.jpg)
Smithtown station winter 1925
view E
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![Station-Smithtown-c. 1928 (Maggie Land Blanck archive).jpg (26694 bytes)](Station-Smithtown-c._1928_Maggie_Land_Blanck_archive_small.jpg)
Station Smithtown c. 1928
Archive: Maggie Land Blanck |
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Smithtown station 1935 view SE |
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Smithtown station 1942 view SE |
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Smithtown Rte.25-25A crossing shanty view E c.1935
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According to my LIRR call
letters history, "ST" block station had unattended block signals
added in 1928. The block office was taken out of service some time
after that (I don't have a date, unfortunately), but placed BACK into
service on 6/23/35.
It remained in service until it
was taken out of service on 11/6/36 and transferred over to a temporary
block office south of the tracks for the grade crossing elimination
project.
As this image shows the block
signals in service AND the unattended block signals are attached to the
mast at about mid-height, it's safe to say this image was photographed
sometime between June 23, 1935 and November 6, 1936 and while I see NO
activity indicating the start of the grade crossing elimination, and I see
leaves on all the trees, I'd say Summer, 1935. If it were Summer,
1936, then there would be signs of excavation.
Research: Dave Keller |
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Smithtown brick station
1953 view SE |
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LIRR 2-8-0 H10s crossing Smithtown trestle (P466) view E from Rte.25
1953 |
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LIRR #2401 FM CPA-24-5 (C liner) Smithtown view E 1955 |
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Smithtown MP47 view NE 11/23/43 at the
turnout for the 37 car passing siding.
Photo: Fred Weber |
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Smithtown bridge over Rte.25-25A view SW
11/23/43
Photo: Fred Weber
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Smithtown station view SW Call box at
left 10/08/43
Photo: Fred Weber |
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Smithtown station view SW - whistle post at left and LI Ice Corp. far
left 10/08/43
Photo: Fred Weber |
![lirr113_2-8-0 Class H10s_meet_lirr38-G5s_Smithtown_viewE_1951_Norman-Kohl.jpg (138014 bytes)](lirr113_2-8-0_Class_H10s_meet_lirr38-G5s_Smithtown_viewE_1951_Norman-Kohl_small.jpg)
LIRR #113 H10s
freight meet with superior passenger class LIRR #38 G5s westbound
Smithtown view E 1951 Photo: Norman Kohl |
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LIRR caboose #14
on the Smithtown passing siding view NW 1952 |
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It's
a little past noon, one mild February day in 1953 and the place is
Smithtown. As LIRR H10s No. 107 takes the side track, the rear brakeman
swings off the caboose step to reset the switch for the main track (above
left). That done, the seven-car peddler freight pulls up toward the
station (center view SW). Finally, in classic conjunction of the steam and
diesel ages, a youthful Fairbanks-Morse LIRR H16-44 No. 1506 breezily
overtakes the veteran workhorse. The engineer's oilcan, seemingly at
attention, and long skirts on mother and daughter add memorable
ingredients to this bygone moment (right view NE) Photos: John Krause |
Material
above courtesy of Dave Morrison; except as noted. |
WATER
TANK(s) at SMITHTOWN |
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1. West of the depot in Brainerd's c. 1880
view E |
![Smithtown_post-card_c.1900_viewSW_Carol-Mills.jpg (181136 bytes)](Smithtown_post-card_c.1900_viewSW_Carol-Mills_small1.jpg)
2. East of the depot in
the c. 1890 colorized view W
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3. Across from the 1903 depot on the north side |
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4. Constructed
AFTER the 1936-37 grade crossing elimination east of the elevated depot on the north side per Krause's photo (2/1953).
Info: Dave Keller |
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LIRR #35 taking water 10/16/1955
Photo: Walter Broschart Archive: Dave Morrison
Note: LIRR G5s #35 and final "Steam Special" at
Smithtown Station ready to depart on the very last LIRR steam train run,
October 16, 1955. |