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THE   NEW   YORK   &   BRIGHTON   BEACH   RAILWAY   COMPANY





FROM   THE   NEW   YORK   STATE   RAILROAD   COMMISSION'S
DOCUMENTARY     HISTORY     OF     RAILROAD     COMPANIES


THE   ABOVE   IS   INCORRECT

W.   W.   (BILL)   FAUSSER   WROTE:


FROM   THE   1881   REPORT   TO   THE   N. Y.   STATE     RAILROAD   COMMISSION




FROM   THE   1882   REPORT   TO   THE   N. Y.   STATE     RAILROAD   COMMISSION


FROM   BILL   FAUSSER'S   "THE   SEA   BEACH   TO   CONEY   ISLAND"












FROM   BILL   FAUSSER'S   "THE   SEA   BEACH   TO   CONEY   ISLAND"








W.   W.   (BILL)   FAUSSER   WROTE:



- - - - - > GO TO LONG ISLAND BOYNTON BICYCLE RAILROAD

THANKS   TO   BILL   WEST   FOR   THE   LEAD
AND   TO   "INTERNET   ARCHIVE"   (GO   TO   ----->   "INTERNET   ARCHIVE")
AND   TO   “JSTOR.”   ( GO   TO   ----->   “JSTOR.”)

WE   OFFER   THIS   1889   ARTICLE   FROM   "SCIENCE"   VOLUME   14










THANKS   TO     "SCIENTIFIC   AMERICAN   PAST"
WE   OFFER   THESE   PAGES   FROM   1891   AND   1894:

(GO   TO   ----->   "SCIENTIFIC   AMERICAN   PAST")






IN THE LEFT FOREGROUND OF THIS 1890'S PHOTO ARE TWO BOYNTON BICYCLE
(MONORAIL) RAILROAD STEAM LOCOMOTIVES - "CYCLES" - WHICH RAN ON
THE FORMER NEW YORK AND BRIGHTON BEACH RAILWAY RIGHT-OF-WAY.
WE IMAGINE THAT THE BUILDING AT THE RIGHT IS THE STATION ON OCEAN PARKWAY.





CYCLE   NUMBER   ONE   AT   THE   EAST   END   OF   THE   LINE






THE   BOYNTON   BICYCLE   RAILROAD   RAN   FROM   OCEAN   PARKWAY   TO   AVENUE   X
WHERE   IT   CONNECTED   WITH   THE   PROSPECT   PARK   &   CONEY   ISLAND   RAIL   ROAD





THE   SECOND   BICYCLE   LOCOMOTIVE















THE   BROOKLYN   HEIGHTS   RAILROAD   ENTERED   INTO   AN   AGREEMENT