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CENTRAL RAIL ROAD OF LONG ISLAND
CENTRAL RAIL ROAD EXTENSION COMPANY OF LONG ISLAND
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LONG ISLAND RAIL ROAD CENTRAL EXTENSION
HEMPSTEAD CROSSING TO CAMPS BLACK AND MILLS
"HC" TOWER HEMPSTEAD CROSSING
SPANISH AMERICAN WAR'S CAMP BLACK
DOUBLE ENDED SIDINGS 900 FEET LONG WERE INSTALLED AT EACH END OF CAMP
BLACK WITH A 400 FOOT SPUR OFF THE EAST SIDING. AT TOWER NUMBER 105,
HEMPSTEAD CROSSING, A NEW NORTHEAST LEG WAS ADDED TO THE WYE.
CAMP BLACK STATION
SEE CAMP WIKOFF AT MONTAUK ----> ----> CAMP WIKOFF
IN 1908 FIVE MILES OF TRACK EAST OF HEMPSTEAD CROSSING WERE ELECTRIFIED
WITH 11,000 VOLT A.C. CATENARY go to ----> 1908 AC ELECTRIFICATION
BLUEPRINT SHOWING U.S.GOVERNMENT SIDINGS OFF HEMPSTEAD BRANCH
NORTH OF HC AND MOTOR PARKWAY IN 1917.
TROLLEY CARS RAN FROM GARDEN CITY TO SALISBURY PLAINS (THEN MEADOW
BROOK) FROM 1915 UNTIL 1933 WHEN THEY WERE REPLACED WITH MP41's.
BEFORE CHANGES OF 1918
BLUEPRINT REVISED TO SHOW CAMP MILLS AND AVIATION
FIELD NUMBER 2 SIDINGS AND L. I. R. R. SIDINGS IN 1918.
WASHINGTON STREET GARDEN CITY
TROLLEY PLATFORM AND LIGHT WERE STILL THERE IN 1973.
go to ----> MITCHEL FIELD - ARMED FORCES DAY
DOUBLE ENDED SIDINGS 900 FEET LONG WERE INSTALLED AT EACH END OF CAMP
BLACK WITH A 400 FOOT SPUR OFF THE EAST SIDING. AT TOWER NUMBER 105,
HEMPSTEAD CROSSING, A NEW NORTHEAST LEG WAS ADDED TO THE WYE.
CAMP BLACK STATION
SEE CAMP WIKOFF AT MONTAUK ----> ----> CAMP WIKOFF
IN 1908 FIVE MILES OF TRACK EAST OF HEMPSTEAD CROSSING WERE ELECTRIFIED
WITH 11,000 VOLT A.C. CATENARY go to ----> 1908 AC ELECTRIFICATION
BLUEPRINT SHOWING U.S.GOVERNMENT SIDINGS OFF HEMPSTEAD BRANCH
NORTH OF HC AND MOTOR PARKWAY IN 1917.
TROLLEY CARS RAN FROM GARDEN CITY TO SALISBURY PLAINS (THEN MEADOW
BROOK) FROM 1915 UNTIL 1933 WHEN THEY WERE REPLACED WITH MP41's.
BEFORE CHANGES OF 1918
BLUEPRINT REVISED TO SHOW CAMP MILLS AND AVIATION
FIELD NUMBER 2 SIDINGS AND L. I. R. R. SIDINGS IN 1918.
WASHINGTON STREET GARDEN CITY
TROLLEY PLATFORM AND LIGHT WERE STILL THERE IN 1973.
go to ----> MITCHEL FIELD - ARMED FORCES DAY
go to ----> 1930's PHOTOGRAPH OF MITCHEL FIELD
WORLD WAR ONE'S CAMP MILLS
ON JULY 28, 1917 TROLLEY SERVICE WAS CUT BACK TO CLINTON ROAD.
CLINTON ROAD STATION
ON FEBRUARY 17, 1918 SERVICE WAS RESTORED
TO JUST WEST OF THE HIGH PLATFORM AT AVIATION FIELD NO. 2.
ON FEBRUARY 26, 1918 THE THIRD RAIL WAS EXTENDED TO 300 FEET EAST OF THE HIGH PLATFORM.
ON APRIL 6, 1918 WEEKEND THROUGH SERVICE TO PENN STATION WAS INSTITUTED.
ON AUGUST 29, 1918 THE TROLLEY SIDING AT CLINTON ROAD WAS EXTENDED EAST
AND CONNECTED WITH THE TROLLEY SIDING AT AVIATION FIELD NO. 2....
.....GIVING THE TROLLEY CARS THEIR OWN TRACK.
SIDINGS HAD BEEN INSTALLED FOR AVIATION FIELD NO. 2.
ON SEPTEMBER 20 THE TROLLEY SIDING WAS EXTENDED WEST AND CONNECTED WITH THE EAST LEG OF
THE WYE AT HEMPSTEAD CROSSING. THE MAIN TRACK BECAME AN UNLOADING TRACK FOR CAMP MILLS.
C.R.4. SHOWS CAMP MILLS SIDINGS.
FORMER U.S.GOVERNMENT WAREHOUSE AT CAMP MILLS
FORMER U.S.GOVERNMENT Y.M.C.A. AT CAMP MILLS
1924 C.R.4. DOES NOT SHOW CAMP MILLS
AFTER THE WAR SERVICE WAS RESORED TO SALISBURY PLAINS. IN 1927 THE TROLLEY CARS BEGAN CONNECTING WITH TRAINS AT COUNTRY LIFE PRESS STATION USING A NEW TRACK WHICH DEADENDED BEHIND THE PLATFORM.
IN 1933 THE TROLLEY CARS WERE REPLACED WITH MP-41 MULTIPLE UNIT CARS.
AT FIRST TRAINS RAN WITH A SINGLE CAR. LATER TWO CARS WERE RUN.
WHEN "HC" TOWER WAS REPLACED BY "GARDEN" CABIN THIS TRACK WAS CONNECTED WITH THE HEMPSTEAD BRANCH WITH A HAND THROWN SWITCH. WILLIAM D. SLADE 1950 Photo.
IN 1950 MP54's REPLACED MP41's ON THE SHUTTLE
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ON JULY 28, 1917 TROLLEY SERVICE WAS CUT BACK TO CLINTON ROAD.
CLINTON ROAD STATION
ON FEBRUARY 17, 1918 SERVICE WAS RESTORED
TO JUST WEST OF THE HIGH PLATFORM AT AVIATION FIELD NO. 2.
ON FEBRUARY 26, 1918 THE THIRD RAIL WAS EXTENDED TO 300 FEET EAST OF THE HIGH PLATFORM.
ON APRIL 6, 1918 WEEKEND THROUGH SERVICE TO PENN STATION WAS INSTITUTED.
ON AUGUST 29, 1918 THE TROLLEY SIDING AT CLINTON ROAD WAS EXTENDED EAST
AND CONNECTED WITH THE TROLLEY SIDING AT AVIATION FIELD NO. 2....
.....GIVING THE TROLLEY CARS THEIR OWN TRACK.
SIDINGS HAD BEEN INSTALLED FOR AVIATION FIELD NO. 2.
ON SEPTEMBER 20 THE TROLLEY SIDING WAS EXTENDED WEST AND CONNECTED WITH THE EAST LEG OF
THE WYE AT HEMPSTEAD CROSSING. THE MAIN TRACK BECAME AN UNLOADING TRACK FOR CAMP MILLS.
C.R.4. SHOWS CAMP MILLS SIDINGS.
FORMER U.S.GOVERNMENT WAREHOUSE AT CAMP MILLS
FORMER U.S.GOVERNMENT Y.M.C.A. AT CAMP MILLS
1924 C.R.4. DOES NOT SHOW CAMP MILLS
AFTER THE WAR SERVICE WAS RESORED TO SALISBURY PLAINS. IN 1927 THE TROLLEY CARS BEGAN CONNECTING WITH TRAINS AT COUNTRY LIFE PRESS STATION USING A NEW TRACK WHICH DEADENDED BEHIND THE PLATFORM.
IN 1933 THE TROLLEY CARS WERE REPLACED WITH MP-41 MULTIPLE UNIT CARS.
AT FIRST TRAINS RAN WITH A SINGLE CAR. LATER TWO CARS WERE RUN.
WHEN "HC" TOWER WAS REPLACED BY "GARDEN" CABIN THIS TRACK WAS CONNECTED WITH THE HEMPSTEAD BRANCH WITH A HAND THROWN SWITCH. WILLIAM D. SLADE 1950 Photo.
IN 1950 MP54's REPLACED MP41's ON THE SHUTTLE
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