KINGSTON
KINGSTON WAS TWENTY-SEVEN MILES FROM UNION STATION.
IT WAS THE JUNCTION WITH THE NARRAGANSETT PIER RAILROAD
KINGSTON c. 1880's ?
The depot has worn many colors. Photo by Edward J. Ozog
KINGSTON 1882
Looking north at the freight house on the left and water tank beyond the depot.
View similar to the one above taken c.1916 after the interlocking tower and express building were built.
View from end opposite the view above July 27, 1916
I-4 Pacific leaving for New York with a clear exhaust. The depot is on the right opposite the water tank.
A NEW HAVEN FREIGHT AWAITING SIGNALS TO CLEAR
The locomotive is a J-1 Class 2-8-2 Number 3017 built by Schenectady in 1916.
The Narragansett Pier Railroad terminated on the siding on the right that abuts the station building.
NEW HAVEN I-4 CLASS PACIFIC LEAVING KINGSTON WESTBOUND
4-6-2 Number 1395 leads "The Shoreliner" on July 2, 1934
NEW HAVEN I-2 CLASS 4-6-2 NUMBER 1339 WESTBOUND AT KINGSTON
ENGINEER OILS NUMBER 389'S WEDGES AT KINGSTON
The K-1-b Mogul type was built by Rhode Island in 1903
OLD (Foreground) AND NEW KINGSTON TOWERS
The building below the old tower was used mainly for express, mail and baggage.
I-4 Pacific 4-6-2 No. 1397 eastbound passing the old tower and station with Train 182 "The Hell Gate Express" May 29, 1937
NEW HAVEN R-1-a CLASS 4-8-2 TYPE NUMBER 3314 WESTBOUND
The Kingston Freight House Is Next To The Water Tank - October 9, 1943
NEW HAVEN I-1 CLASS 4-6-2 NUMBER 1025 EASTBOUND AT KINGSTON
NARRAGANSETT PIER NUMBER 20 AT KINGSTON - MAY 1934
The 4-4-0 type was purchased from the New Haven in 1930 and retired in 1937.
New Haven C-3-b Class 1577 built by Roxbury Shops in 1903.
NEW HAVEN C-12 CLASS NUMBER 1758 ON THE NPRR TURNTABLE
The turntable was part of the passing siding at the station. Narragansett Pier trains would stop at the bumper at the station, leave passengers, then back the train to the passing siding, run the locomotive down the other track on to the turntable, turn and continue down the passing siding to the train which would then be backed to the station for departure.
The 4-4-0 type was built by Rhode Island in 1882 as New York & New England 128 and retired in 1913
THE EASTBOUND "PATRIOT" LEAVING KINGSTON WITH EIGHTEEN CARS IN 1945
NEW HAVEN I-5 CLASS HUDSON TYPE
PHOTO BY H.W.PONTIN
Alco PA's On A Westbound At Kingston - 1949
NEW HAVEN ALCO PA AND DL109 WESTBOUND
At the station can be seen Narragansett Pier rail bus Number 36 which was built by
International in 1949. Passenger rail service ended when Number 36
broke an axle on June 21,1952
A close view of the Narragansett Pier railbus waiting for passengers from a westbound New Haven train to New York. The sign on the platform canopy reads "Peacedale, Wakefield, Narragansett Pier".
EASTBOUND JUNE 1955 --- THREE FM ROAD SWITCHERS OPERATING IN MULTIPLE UNIT MODE
KINGSTON DEPOT IS LEFT - FREIGHT STATION IS RIGHT
PHOTO BY MIKE USENIA
New York train departing Kingston. The second unit is an ALCO PA-1 which smoked as much as a steam locomotive at starting.
"The Senator" leaving Kingston for Washington.
Photo by Edward J, Ozog
A pair of Alco DL701's are leaving Kingston westbound for New York. The freight house is on the left.
A westbound express behind an Alco PA1 and DL109 has paused at Kingston.
Three Fairbanks Morse units are eastbound entering the Kingston station with a freight.
CELEBRATION OF THE MOST RECENT STATION RESTORATION MAY 31, 1998
About 3,000 people attended the meeting of an Amtrak diesel and a Valley RR steam locomotive at the celebration.