Comments on: Musings on Station Names

By: Backshophoss

Backshophoss — Wed, 12 Jun 2013 20:29:28 +0000

Jeff,Believe Mt Vernon West/Mt Vernon East was a creation of Penn Central’s,
after the “shotgun” wedding of the New Haven RR into PC. Before that merger,
Mt Vernon had 2 seperate RRs serving the town in seperate stations.
Believe the state wanted the station name changed from “State Hospital” to
“Harlem Valley” after the state renamed the facilty next to the station.
Wingdale(mp69.73) was about 1/2 mile north of “State Hospital”(mp69.10)
Still think of Southeast as Brewster North or “B” North Between the CP’s
“Park” and “Ride”.
LIRR brought back Alantic Terminal,was and still called “Flatbush Ave.”

By: Emily

Emily — Wed, 12 Jun 2013 13:32:54 +0000

In reply to Dave. I've always said it that way too, but there are some that are quite fervent about pronouncing the "ho" part. Joe Schiavone, the guy that wrote the books on the Putnam Division, is one of them. If you were to go on any of his Put walking tours, he'd make sure you know it is Ma-HO-pac. :P

By: Walter

Walter — Wed, 12 Jun 2013 06:16:43 +0000

Wow, no mention yet of Westport’s former dual name, Westport & Saugatuck, going back to the New Haven Railroad days. It’s even mentioned numerous times in the “Next Stop, Willhoughby” Twilight Zone under it’s original name.

By: Dave

Dave — Wed, 12 Jun 2013 05:12:41 +0000

I’ve always pronounced it MAYO-pac. Is that not right?

By: Emily

Emily — Wed, 12 Jun 2013 01:51:40 +0000

You’re totally right about the Mahopac thing ;)

By: Lee Winson

Lee Winson — Tue, 11 Jun 2013 14:28:45 +0000

SEPTA has a station on its Doylestown line named “Link Belt”, for a nearby company.

By: Lee Winson

Lee Winson — Tue, 11 Jun 2013 14:27:41 +0000

In reply to Michael Napolitano. NJ Transit has a station named for a nearby college, Montclair State University.

By: Stephen Karlson

Stephen Karlson — Tue, 11 Jun 2013 14:14:50 +0000

South East is a legal jurisdiction established in Dutchefs County in the colonial era, and it persisted into U.S. administration when the eastern half of Dutchefs became Putnam County.

Perhaps the best corporate station name is Mars on the Metra’s Milwaukee District West. It’s named for the nearby candy company, not the planet.

By: Alexander Ivanoff

Alexander Ivanoff — Tue, 11 Jun 2013 02:30:21 +0000

1) I didn’t know that schedules had mention of Brewster North as early as 1979? I thought that Brewster North did not exist until 1980 or ’81.
2) A more appropriate name for the above station would have been North Brewster, as it would have been proper with naming convention (e.g. North White Plains) and there’s a few instances of the use of “North Brewster”, so it wouldn’t be taboo.
3) I didn’t know about the “Hm” bug. Interesting!

By: T Man

T Man — Tue, 11 Jun 2013 02:19:31 +0000

Sleepy Hollow/Philipse Manor also have an unusual naming lineage.