Dykeman's
Looking north at the location of the former Dykeman's station
General information
Location44 Ice Pond Road
off of Dykeman Road
Brewster, New York
Coordinates41°26′03″N 73°37′07″W / 41.4343°N 73.6187°W / 41.4343; -73.6187
Tracks1
History
OpenedDecember 31, 1848[1][2]
Former services
Preceding station New York Central Railroad Following station
Brewster
toward New York
 Harlem Division Towner's
toward Chatham

Dykeman's was a station on the Harlem Line of the New York Central Railroad (now Metro-North Railroad). It was 55 miles from Grand Central Terminal.

History

Rail service in Dykeman's can be traced as far back as 1848 with the establishment of the New York and Harlem Railroad, which became part of the New York Central and Hudson River Railroad in 1864 and eventually taken over by the New York Central Railroad. Dykeman's was also the northern terminus of double tracks on the Harlem Line which were controlled by "Signal Station X" until 1948. The station house was replaced by a small shelter on August 6, 1961,[3] and was closed when the New York Central merged into Penn Central in 1968.[4][5] No station structures remain at the site, which the MTA replaced with Brewster North Railroad Station in 1980.

Bibliography

  • Dana, William B. (1866). The Merchants' Magazine and Commercial Review, Volume 55. New York, New York: William B. Dana. Retrieved December 12, 2019.

References

  1. ↑ Dana 1866, p. 216.
  2. ↑ "New York and Harlem Railroad ---- Winter Arrangement". The Evening Post. New York, New York. December 12, 1849. p. 4. Retrieved December 12, 2019 – via Newspapers.com. Open access icon
  3. ↑ Grogan, Louis V. (1989). The Coming of the New York and Harlem Railroad. Self-Published. p. 161. ISBN 0-962120-65-0.
  4. ↑ "Harlem Division Timetable". New York Central Railroad. July 12, 1959. Retrieved April 12, 2011.
  5. ↑ "Harlem Division Timetable". Penn Central Railroad. February 5, 1968. Archived from the original on August 31, 2010. Retrieved April 12, 2011.
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