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SUNDAY NEWS NEW YORK 8 PICTURE NEWSPAPER LOCAL NEWS AND FEATURES HOME IMPROVEMENT YOUR GARDEN WORLD OF ANIMALS CLASSIFIED Li in Brooklyn JANUARY 9, 1977 i'w -j I t. i Track workers lay Iron and bolt down rails on diamond-shaped crossover destined for Jamaica line. Meanwhile other members of crew look over plans for installation. earner TA Track By MURRAY WEISS The largest track and switch layout ever assembled indoors will be completed this month at the new Linden track plant in East New York, the Transit Authority announced yesterday. It is scheduled for installation in Queens.

Because the TA used the Linden plant, its first indoor factory for track production, it saved four months on building the huge diamond-shaped crossover. It is to be installed in the Jamaica elevated line just west of the Queens Blvd. station. Let It Rain "We saved manpower work hours because there were no weather problems to cause work reassignments," a TA spokesman said. "We were able to set up strict schedules and abide by them.

And convenient transportation of the assembled sections is being arranged. Work on the 350-foot long crossover, which began in October, would have ended in the summer if track construction had been done solely outdoors, a TA spokesman said. subway rehabilitation equipment. The Transit Authority said that the plant will be fully operational later in the month. According to the TA, the indoor plant allows work to be done year-, round on large and complicated tracks and switches as well as simpler sections of subway rails and ties.

For the Queens Blvd. station, the Linden plant produced 26 separate prefabricated panels to be assembled after delivery by flatbed trucks to Jamaica. The entire on-site installation will be completed over two weekends without disruption of normal services, the TA spokesman said. Demolition Coming Soon The Transit Authority then plans to turn over to the city the section of the el from Sutphin Blvd. to 168th St.

for demolition and the Queens Blvd. station will become the terminal for the Jamaica el line. Jamaica merchants and residents have claimed for years that that section of the el was a public eyesore and noise pollutant. Riders will be provided with bus service along the demolished el section and will receive free subway transfers for the Jamaica line connection, a TA spokesman said. "This indoor plant might help change the face of the subway system," the spokesman said.

will be able to make repairs and construct new lines faster than we have ever been able to before. "Work stoppage and waste will be cut to a minimum and the Transit Authority will save large sums of money," he said. 1, JteJll VV neu WUIK la limsncu at uic iuwi plant, at Linden Blvd. and Rockaway the crossover will be installed" at the elevated site, where it will enable trains to be switched to either inbound or outbound platforms. "This will speed up service on the line and offer better service to our Jamaica riders," the spokesman said.

A First for Authority The Linden plant, formerly the Holland Steel is the TA's first indoor plant for the fabrication of track, switches, plated ties and other vital News pnotos oy Wuhe Anaerson Nathanial Smalls (left) and Pete Suerrieri work while forman Nick Faello (rear) watches..