30-449: (Redirected from Central Extension ) Central extension may refer to: Central Extension (Long Island Rail Road) , a rail line Central extension (mathematics) , a type of group extension Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Central extension . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change
60-521: A dual purpose in that it was to service Stewart's Bethpage Brickworks (within the hamlet now called Old Bethpage ), which was supplying the building materials to the Garden City construction site. The railroad also supplied the new residents of Garden City with both commuter service to Long Island City , where they could then connect to ferries into Manhattan. Service along the Babylon extension also
90-609: A leg in three places after a collision with an automobile on Manhattan Bridge. That last accident forced him into retirement from the New York police department on January 29, 1917. He died of complications to diabetes in Jamaica, Queens on February 17, 1950, aged 79. One leg had been amputated in 1948 from gangrene . He is interred at Green-Wood Cemetery in Brooklyn , New York . The Farmingdale Post described him as "one of
120-451: A man called Joseph H. Cummin the other and they pulled both bike and rider to the platform. "I lay motionless, face down, on the platform. I was all in. I was half-carried to a cot at the end of the car; the roar of the train was challenged by hysterical yells. Grown men hugged and kissed each other. One man fainted and another went into hysterics, while I remained speechless on my back, ashen in colour and sore all over," Murphy said. Booth,
150-562: A sheltered platform and was the last station in service along this branch, discontinued on June 26, 1972. Today, there are several freight customers located along the branch, which is served several times weekly by the New York & Atlantic Railway . It was along this stretch of the Central Branch that Mile-a-Minute Murphy set a record in 1899, pedalling a bicycle for one mile behind a train in less than one minute. As part of
180-433: A two-mile carpet of boards from Babylon to Farmingdale and built 11-foot side-wings and a small roof to the platform on the last carriage. Murphy told Sam Booth, driver of locomotive 39, to go as fast as he could. Murphy clocked 16.4 seconds for the first quarter-mile, 33.6 for the half, 49.2 for the three-quarters and the mile in 1:08. Fullerton was embarrassed that his locomotive failed to get to 60 mph. Its weight made
210-428: A veritable storm of fire became harder every second. I could feel myself getting weaker every second I saw ridicule, contempt, disgrace and a lifetime dream gone up in smoke. I saw the agonised faces, yelling, holding out stretched hands as if they would like to get hold of or assist me somehow." The half-mile passed in 29.4 seconds. "Wobbling to and fro, but still gaining, the dust, the odour of burning rubber… The car
240-475: Is a rail line owned and operated by the Long Island Rail Road (LIRR) in the U.S. state of New York , extending from 40°44′02″N 73°28′12″W / 40.734°N 73.470°W / 40.734; -73.470 just east of Bethpage station to 40°41′46″N 73°20′28″W / 40.696°N 73.341°W / 40.696; -73.341 just west of Babylon station . It
270-838: The Bethpage station with the Montauk Branch ( Babylon Branch service) at Belmont Junction west of the Babylon station . This allows non-electric Montauk Branch trains that begin or end east of Babylon to use the Main Line from Bethpage to Jamaica . The branch is colored as part of the Ronkonkoma Branch on some LIRR maps, but these trains appear on Babylon and Montauk Branch timetables. There were two stations along this stretch: Farmingdale (later renamed South Farmingdale ) and Breslau. The South Farmingdale station had
300-717: The Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum and Eisenhower Park until Bethpage Junction and then southeast to Babylon via the Babylon Extension. In 1925 the Stewart's Central branch was severed from its connection to the Babylon extension with the reconfiguration of Bethpage Junction . The portion of the line from Garden City to just west of the disconnection at Bethpage Junction were called the Central Extension. The Babylon Extension
330-606: The 2020–2024 MTA Capital Program, the Central Branch is proposed to be electrified with third rail . This will alleviate service disruptions by allowing electric trains to travel between the Ronkonkoma and Babylon Branches, which are both electrified. If implemented, this project would mark the first LIRR electrification project since the Ronkonkoma Branch in 1985–1987. The current Central Branch right of way dates back to 1873 when Alexander Stewart chartered and built
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#1732780886699360-597: The Central Railroad of Long Island. A line of tracks was built by the CRRLI from Flushing to Bethpage Junction, and later extended to the Babylon shoreline via the aforementioned Babylon Extension. At Garden City a spur line was also built to service residents of Hempstead . At the time, Stewart was building Garden City, one of the first planned suburban communities in the United States. The railroad had
390-469: The death of the latter in 1922, Murphy then married Catherine Kissel. Murphy persuaded a railway company to board in two miles of track and run a train so he could ride a mile in a minute in its slipstream . It took him 57.8 seconds. He said in the Farmingdale Post that the idea came to him after an argument with friends at his home in Brooklyn , New York. "I was asked to give an opinion of
420-491: The driver, was worried. He'd seen Murphy drop back on the first ride and had looked for him to do the same on the second. Seconds after shutting off steam he reached the end of the racing track and thought Murphy had piled into unprotected ties (UK: sleepers) between the rails. Seeing him being treated for burns from flying cinders, he thought he was dead. James Edward Sullivan , the referee, said he would never again take part in such an event. Murphy, though, carried on racing. He
450-420: The fast-moving locomotive would expel the air to such an extent that I could follow in the vacuum behind." Murphy had ridden a mile in 37 seconds on static rollers and so, with a big enough shield, he said, he could go as fast as he liked. "By chance," he said, "I met Hal Fullerton , special agent of the Long Island Rail Road at Howes Roadhouse . I pointed out that an exhibition of that kind would prove to
480-488: The first policeman in the world to fly an aeroplane, and the first in New York to ride a motorcycle in uniform. As a motorcycle policeman , he had three accidents, two of them serious. His first happened in 1914, which sidelined him for a while. The second occurred on September 19, 1915, when he hit a touring car in pursuit (he was thrown off his motorcycle and the touring car passed over his legs, but he wasn't seriously hurt). The final one happened on September 3, 1916, breaking
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540-402: The quality and relative speed of various prominent riders of the time", Murphy recalled. "My answer was that there is no limit to the speed of a bicycle rider, that speed depended largely upon the bicycle, gears, tracks and pacemaker. I declared there was not a locomotive built which could get away from me. The more people laughed, the more determined I became to accomplish the feat. I figured that
570-430: The wooden track sink and rise and Murphy was forced to ride a wave. On the final, successful run, Murphy held the pacing compartment until he'd got his bicycle rolling and Fullerton told Sam Booth, the driver, to open the regulator. "With eyes glued upon the vertical strip of white on back of the car… I experienced an entirely different feeling compared with my previous ride", Murphy recalled. "The officials knew that there
600-536: The world that the Long Island Railroad had just as good rolling stock , roadbeds and employees as any other road in the world." The contract was signed within 48 hours. James Edward Sullivan , secretary of the American athletics union, was referee and there were five timekeepers. The party arrived in Babylon, New York , at 5:00 pm on June 21, 1899, mounted the train and watched. Fullerton had spread
630-566: Was among 600 touring professionals on the Grand Circuit in the mid-1890s, won the American tandem championship in 1891 and American titles from one to five miles, setting 17 national records. In 1895 he claimed 7 world, 17 American and 29 state records. He went on tour in the Keith Vaudeville Circuit , then joined New York City Police Department . He was commended four times and cited five times. He boasted of being
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#1732780886699660-667: Was built in 1873 as part of the Babylon Extension of the Central Railroad of Long Island (CRRLI), which was owned by Alexander Turney Stewart . The branch was mostly unused following the 1876 merger of the CRRLI and the LIRR, but in 1925 it was rebuilt and reconfigured to connect Bethpage and Babylon stations. The Central Branch connects the Main Line ( Ronkonkoma Branch service) at Beth Interlocking southeast of
690-443: Was crowded with men who had been used to seeing any and all things that were dangerous, but the howling and screaming of sturdy officials and newspaper men from all over the United States that stood on the platform put all on edge. Suddenly, three-quarters was passed in 43 4/5 seconds. I expected to go off the track, travelling faster than the train, with the terrible storm of dust, pebbles, hot rubber and cinders. I looked up blankly. It
720-455: Was fully rebuilt, also in 1925, with the main purpose of providing a connection between the two main trunk lines of the LIRR, the Main Line and Montauk Branch, and thus became known as the aforementioned Central Branch. In 1939 the Central Extension between Garden City and the end of line in Bethpage was abandoned for regular passenger service. During World War II the eastern portion of the rail
750-441: Was getting to a point where I could expect anything." Finally he saw the waving Stars and Stripes that marked the finish. He was at that point 15 feet behind the train, having struggled to stay with it. By then, however, he was closing the gap and therefore riding faster than the train. Sam Booth shut off steam. Murphy crashed into the train. The bike tipped up and Murphy let go and grabbed an upright bar. Fullerton caught one arm and
780-558: Was known as the Creedmoor Branch until service ended in the late 1960s and the tracks removed from the LIRR map in the early 1970s. The LIRR used the Central's right of way between Floral Park and Garden City along with the Central's spur line to Hempstead to make up what is the railroad's current day Hempstead Branch . Past the Garden City station the Central Branch continued on a straight path through central Nassau County past
810-518: Was popular for excursions to the Babylon shoreline and to ferries to Fire Island . In 1876 the CRRLI was acquired by the LIRR and Stewart's line became known as the LIRR's Central Branch. The portion from Flushing to the Creedmoor Rifle Range, which became Creedmoor State Hospital ) was abandoned in 1879, although the tracks were not removed until World War I. The portion from Creedmoor to Floral Park survived as freight service and
840-428: Was removed and sold for scrap. After World War II a portion of the track was rebuilt to move materials for the construction of Levittown , however, it never again reached Bethpage Junction (thus, nor Babylon), and those tracks too were soon removed. Mile-a-Minute Murphy Charles Minthorn Murphy (October 1870 – February 16, 1950), also known as Mile-a-Minute Murphy , was an American cycling athlete. He
870-482: Was something wrong, that I was labouring under great difficulties. I could not understand the violent vibration in the track, as though I was riding over an undulation instead of level track; feeling hot missiles striking my face and body. I learned afterwards it was burning rubber from under the car. "Within five seconds the rate of speed was terrific; I was riding in a maelstrom of swirling dust, hot cinders, paper and other particles of matter. The whipsaw feeling through
900-514: Was the first man ever to ride a bicycle for one mile in less than a minute. He performed this feat in 1899 by drafting behind a Long Island Rail Road (LIRR) passenger car along the LIRR's Central Branch between Farmingdale and Babylon on Long Island . He was born in October 1870 to Eliza G. and Martin J. Murphy. On May 27, 1891, he married Elizabeth E. "Libbie" Puhl in Brooklyn. After
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