| The look of the Ronkonkoma station area is that of a sleepy outpost in the pine barrens. This was the terminus of most trains on the Main Line at the time-the LIRR had just extended a pair of rush hour runs to Yaphank-but was a fairly quiet place, compared to its counterparts on the north(Port Jeff) and south (Babylon and Patchogue) shores. There was a single track main, and a small yard with a wye jusu east of the station. The station had an agent/op who handled tickets and cleared trains past block station KO, as well as handing up orders to freights. In ten years, this will be a completely different place. We see a westbound preparing to depart with the typical train set, an FA ln the west end, three cars(five was more common), and a GP 38 on the east end. |