Interlocking Walkthrough: ROCKY

ROCKY interlocking, which, before you ask, is not in Far Rockaway, and is instead the key to an interlocking to the brand new spur station to the Rockies, just kidding. It’s instead 2,750 feet east of you guessed it, Rockville Centre. This small little interlocking on The Montauk Branch is 20 miles away from Long Island City by rail.

This interlocking is extremely simple in nature and is essentially a copy of its neighbors’ AMITYVILLE and WANTAGH.

This interlocking first entered service on April 30, 1983, and has been controlled by VALLEY or BABYLON ever since.  Interestingly, on the morning this interlocking entered service, the railroad set up a temporary block station at the site of the crossovers. That block station has the distinction of only being in service for one day!

As you can see there’s not much to say about tiny little ROCKY interlocking. This interlocking is bordered by PORT interlocking to the east, and VALLEY interlocking to the west.