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THE     LONG     ISLAND     RAIL     ROAD     COMPANY
GRAND   STREET   STATION
WOODSIDE       TO       JAMAICA


GRAND     STREET     STATION

GRAND STREET STATION WAS LOCATED ON THE MAIN LINE SOUTH OF WINFIELD JUNCTION
AND OPENED IN 1913,   FIRST APPEARING IN EMPLOYE TIME TABLE NUMBER 69 OF MAY 25.
IT   SERVED   BOTH   THE   MAIN   LINE   AND   THE   ROCKAWAY   BEACH   BRANCH.


SERVICE   FIRST   APPEARS   IN   EMPLOYE   TIME   TABLE   NUMBER   70   OF   JULY   1,   1913.




TRAIN   NO.   1729,   JAMAICA   TO   PENN   STATION,   MADE   AN   "S"   STOP.
NUMBER  1112  RAN  FROM  LONG  ISLAND  CITY  TO  ROCKAWAY  PARK  AND  WAS  PROBABLY  STEAM.
NUMBER   530   RAN   FROM   LONG   ISLAND   CITY   TO   OYSTER   BAY   AND   CERTAINLY   WAS   STEAM.
THESE   TWO   MADE   "F"   STOPS.     MOST   TRAINS RAN   TO/FROM   PENN   STATION.






MANY  THANKS  TO  DAVE  KELLER  FOR  THE  ABOVE  PHOTO  AND  THE  SCAN  OF  E.T.T.  NUMBER   69









TRAIN   CREWS   CONTROLLED   THE   STATION   PLATFORM   LIGHTS


GRAND   STREET   HAD   FAIRLY   GOOD   SERVICE   UNTIL   MAY   25,   1925
THEN   EMPLOYE   TIME   TABLE   NUMBER   102   LISTS   IT   BUT   NO   SERVICE.


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