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INDUSTRIAL / TERMINAL RAILROADS & LOCOMOTIVES
OF BROOKLYN, QUEENS, STATEN ISLAND & THE BRONX
NEW YORK

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INDUSTRIAL & TERMINAL RAILROADS & LOCOMOTIVES _____   ___       OF BROOKLYN, QUEENS, STATEN ISLAND & THE BRONX, NY:    _    ________
American Dock	Astoria Light, Heat & Power	Atlas Terminal
Brooklyn Ash Removal	Brooklyn Dock & Terminal	Brooklyn Wharf & Warehouse
Bush Terminal	Degnon Contracting /  Degnon Terminal	Harlem Transfer
Jay Street Terminal / Connecting	New York Dock	Pouch Terminal
Queens Subway Apartment & Loft Building..	South Brooklyn	South Brooklyn Terminal (proposed - not built)
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Miscellaneous List of Locomotive Owners, Operators and Brokers in Brooklyn, Queens & Staten Island
Guestbook	Links	Special Thanks
Bibliography	Reference Number Chart	Contact Info

~ Introduction ~

   Hello &Welcome! This website is a compilation of histories of the independent (non-class 1) Marine - Rail  (carfloating) Terminals (also known as "Contract Terminals") . Please note: railroad freight terminals of Class 1 or Trunk Line ownership, (i.e.: NYC, DL&W, Erie, B&O, CNJ, NYNH&H, etc.) are not discussed within this website. This page also covers the history of industrial concerns with railroads that were located throughout Brooklyn, Queens, Staten Island & the Bronx.

   Included in each chapter is the data (where known) for the locomotives and marine equipment (where applicable) that operated for the companies listed on this website. To date, all of the steam locomotives that operated for these concerns, were of sidetank or saddletank in some configuration or another. The electric "juice jacks" and internal combustion locomotives were as eclectic and varied as one can find: center cab, box cab, steeple cab, and open cab; gas mechanical, oil-mechanical and diesel-electric. These chapters also include, where known; the marine equipment (tugboats, carfloats, lighters, etc.) and their respective specifications for the companies that operated them.

   For those of you who are just "finding" this page for the first time, this particular website grew out of my primary research topic, the Brooklyn Eastern District Terminal. As I found it difficult, if not impossible, to discuss the BEDT and not refer to the histories and rosters of the neighboring Rail - Marine Terminals, Industrial Railroads and some of the businesses associated with them; this page was created to cover the histories of those companies and their locomotives.

   In searching through the records of various locomotive builders for data concerning the locomotives owned by the marine - rail companies on this website, in turn led me to "discover" small industrial concerns in the New York Metropolitan Area that operated locomotives. So these companies in turn were listed on this website as well.

   While the content of this website was originally concerned with only those railroads operating in Brooklyn & Queens, it gradually expanded over time to include two very small (but old) terminal railroads located in Staten Island that operated some very unique locomotives; and then the Harlem Transfer Company of the Bronx, due to its unique building and track structure (even though the Harlem Transfer Co eventually became a subsidiary of the Delaware, Lackawanna & Western and then Erie - Lackawanna Railroads).

   As a result, this website and enjoined pages contain information pertaining to four subjects. Due to the growing amount of information and photographs for these various concerns, it was no longer feasible to keep them all on one page, and these chapters are now listed on individual pages by company:

• companies operating locomotives in a marine - rail (carfloating) freight terminal capacity:
  (the same as and coinciding with the operations of the Brooklyn Eastern District Terminal):
  (i.e.: New York Dock,  Jay Street Connecting,  Bush Terminal,  Brooklyn Dock & Terminal, Brooklyn Wharf & Warehouse, Harlem Transfer);
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• companies operating locomotives in a freight terminal, warehousing, and/or storage capacity without carfloating:
  (Atlas Terminal, American Dock; Pouch Terminal; South Brooklyn)
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• companies operating locomotives in a dedicated industrial or construction capacity:
  (Astoria Light, Heat & Power;  Brooklyn Ash Removal Company; Degnon Contracting; Queens Subway Apartment & Loft Building Corp.)
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   The second chapter, which remains on this webpage, consists solely of:

• miscellaneous companies located in Brooklyn, Queens and Staten Island that operated or owned locomotives.
  
  
  As of this time, I have not researched the Bronx, and there are no photos in this chapter and your assistance is needed and would be greatly appreciated!
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   As with my BEDT website, I cannot take full credit for all the efforts on this website.  The collaborative efforts of the following people should be recognized as well: Paul Strubeck, Thomas Flagg, Gene Gerstner, Dave Keller, Joseph Roborecky and Allen Stanley to name a few.

~ Visitors please take note ! ~    The collection of images on this website, which continues to grow; is due to the unprecedented and selfless contributions of the current owners of photo archives including: Dave Keller, Don Ross, Harold Fagerberg, Joseph Testagrose, Dave's Electric Railroads and the Southern Methodist University / E. L. DeGolyer Library.    These people made their generous contributions to this website in good will, and allowed me to post their images online for the entire railroading community to view and appreciate, in admiration if these Fallen Flag Railroads.    In return, I strongly request that you please respect the ownership copyrights on those said images.    Other than that, please enjoy the history, thanks for taking the time to visit, and don't forget to sign the guestbook !  ~ Phil

Please Note: I am always interested in procuring more images pertaining to the topics listed here. I would sincerely appreciate any & all photos and images that can be offered. Of course, due provenance will be given!

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American Dock	Astoria Light, Heat & Power	Atlas Terminal
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Brooklyn Ash Removal	Brooklyn Dock & Terminal	Brooklyn Wharf & Warehouse
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Bush Terminal	Degnon Contracting / Degnon Realty & Terminal Improvement / Degnon Terminal	Harlem Transfer
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Jay Street Terminal / Connecting	New York Dock	Pouch Terminal
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Queens Subway Apartment & Loft Building..	South Brooklyn	South Brooklyn Terminal (proposed - not built)

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Miscellaneous List of Locomotive Owners, Operators & Brokers in
Brooklyn, Queens & Staten Island

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   The following is a compilation of parties listed in the various builders records I have access to, that were located in Brooklyn, Queens and Staten Island and are shown to have received owned or operated locomotives of all varieties. It should be noted, that the industrial railroads that I have listed above, have had some significant data or history records, in one form or another that I have been able to compile. So, this made it feasible to create a chapter on that company. The owners below however, have no such recorded history of operations, so until such a history is found, they are relegated to a simple list.

   Frankly, there are dozens if not a hundred locomotives listed in the builders records for firms in Brooklyn, Queens and Staten Island, NY; (and I have not yet begun to research the Bronx), and that I can find no information on. Also, when I first started this venture, I was informed that some of those locomotives may have indeed operated in Brooklyn, others may have simply been registered to an owner or company that was located in Brooklyn, but the locomotive may have actually been used at another location.

   Also, there were many machinery equipment suppliers and brokers located in Brooklyn (and Queens, Manhattan, etc), so some of those locomotives were actually purchased by one of these brokers and resold, i.e: to a plantation railroad in South America, a quarry railroad in Manitoba, etc. If and when data on some these companies makes itself available, you can be sure it will be listed.

   For now, here is a list of firms that are listed in the builders records as being in Brooklyn, Queens and Staten Island and show as to having received locomotives. If you are in need of the locomotive data for your own needs, please feel free to contact me.

   Please note, this list does not include the recipients of steam or other locomotives for passenger use.

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Reference Number Chart

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Bibliography, Resources & Suggested Reading:

Please note, I am not responsible for inaccuracies published by other sources.

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Special Thanks To:

Jim Arbuckle
descendant of John & Charles Arbuckle (Jay Street Terminal founders) for John's birthdate

Morgan Askew
Kalmbach Memorial Library

Sam Berliner III
Atlas Terminal photo

Bob's Photo Archives
for use of his photos

Robert Brendel
Bush Terminal, New York Dock locomotive information

Gene Collora
for use of his photo archives

Bob Cornett
for use of his John Arbuckle image

Harold Fagerberg
for use of his photographs

Thomas Flagg
historical assistance, maps and data

Cynthia Franco
DeGolyer Library of Southern Methodist University

Dave's Rail Pix / Dave Electric Railroads
for use of the American Dock Co. loco, South Brooklyn loco and Bush Terminal Trolley images

Gene Gerstner
for his Queens Subway, Apartment & Loft Building, and Degnon contributions

Dave Keller
for the use of his extensive photo archives, and photodeveloping of my negative collection

Joseph Roborecky
for his continued research and contributions in all subjects

Don Ross
for use of his Bush Terminal trolley photos

Allen Stanley
for furnishing his collection of builders records

Joseph Testagrose
for use of his South Brooklyn loco photos

and most of all:

Paul F. Strubeck
friend & fellow railroad historian
this website is as much his as mine for all the information he has researched and furnished.

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For More Information

on the diesel operations of:

South Brooklyn, New York Cross Harbor, and NYNJ Rail;
and Abandoned Long Island Rail Road Rights Of Way;
and
Jordan Spreaders:

please visit Paul Strubeck's websites:

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Photographs For Sale

Some of the photographs seen on this website are available for purchase.

Over 7,000 negatives covering the BEDT, Bush Terminal, New York Dock,
Long Island Rail Road, Staten Island Rapid Transit; Hudson & Manhattan R.R.,
New York, Westchester and Boston Rwy.,
New York City street and elevated railways, and Long Island trolleys.

8x10 black and white or color enlargements @ $9.00 each plus U.S. Priority Mail Shipping.

For latest updated photo listings, ordering and payment information,
current shipping charges and/or any other questions you may have:
 

contact: Dave Keller at thekellers@cfl.rr.com

Author's Contact info:

Philip M. Goldstein
(845) 586-4672

bedt14@aol.com

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