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REVISED MAY 22, 2008
REVISED MAY 8, 2008
UNQUA STATION PAGE REVISED
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NEW STATION ADDED TO SOUTH SIDE RAIL ROAD COMPANY OF LONG ISLAND PAGE
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1880s UNIFORM BUTTONS ADDED
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REVISED NOVEMBER 16 |
BADGE ADDED NOVEMBER 19
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ON SATURDAY AUGUST 25 AND SUNDAY AUGUST 26 LONG ISLAND RAIL ROAD PASSENGERS WERE BEING TRANSFERRED TO BUSES BETWEEN MINEOLA AND HICKSVILLE. RONKONKOMA TRAINS WERE OPERATING VIA THE MONTAUK BRANCH AND THE CENTRAL BRANCH REQUIRING A REVERSE MOVE - AND PROBABLY A SECOND ENGINEER - AT BABYLON AND AT BETHPAGE JUNCTION. WHY? BECAUSE A BRIDGE WAS BEING ROLLED INTO PLACE BENEATH THE TRACKS AT ROSLYN ROAD MINEOLA. AIN'T THE WAY IT WAS DONE FIFTY OR SO YEARS AGO. |
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| CHRONOLOGICAL HISTORY |
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THE FLUSHING RAIL ROAD COMPANY WAS CHARTERED
MARCH 3, 1852 AND OPENED JUNE 26, 1854
GO TO FLUSHING RAIL ROAD - PENNY BRIDGE STATION
REORGANIZED AS THE NEW YORK & FLUSHING RAILROAD MARCH 22, 1859
LONG ISLAND CITY PART ONE PART TWO - TOWER NUMBER ONE - TOWER NUMBER 30 - TOWER A PART THREE - YARD - ENGINE FACILITIES - TOWER NUMBER TWO, DB PART FOUR - DB CABIN, DUTCH KILLS DRAWBRIDGE and WHEELSPUR YARD PART FIVE - MONTAUK CUT OFF - MAIN LINE CUT OFF - CABIN M 6. - TOWER NUMBER THREE, BX TOWER, BS TOWER, BLISS TOWER 7. - BLISSVILLE YARD and WORLD WAR TWO ENGINE FACILITY |
HICKSVILLE & COLD SPRING BRANCH RAILROAD
CHARTERED NOVEMBER 7, 1853
OPENED JULY 3, 1854 HICKSVILLE TO SYOSSET
MAY 27, 1854 THE "AMERICAN RAILROAD JOURNAL" REPORTED THAT THE
H. & C.S.B.R.R. WAS TO BUILD TO "KETCHAM'S" - "NOW KNOWN AS SYOSSIT "
THE HICKSVILLE & COLD SPRING BRANCH RAILROAD WAS EXTENDED
TO HUNTINGTON JANUARY 13, 1868 AND TO NORTHPORT APRIL 25, 1868.
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THE GLEN COVE BRANCH RAILROAD WAS INCORPORATED DECEMBER 3, 1858 AND OPENED TO GLEN HEAD JANUARY 23, 1865, TO GLEN COVE MAY 16, 1867 AND TO LOCUST VALLEY APRIL 19, 1869. THE HISTORIC OLDE BRICK STATION AT EAST WILLISTON. |
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MARCH 23, 1860 SOUTH SIDE RAILROAD COMPANY OF LONG ISLAND Go to - SOUTH SIDE RAIL ROAD THE 1869 - 1870 STATIONS BUSHWICK TO PATCHOGUE BUSHWICK STATION and FREIGHT HOUSE NEW YORK & FLUSHING RAILROAD FRESH POND GLENDALE RICHMOND HILL - CLARENCEVILLE VAN WYCK AVENUE JAMAICA LOCUST AVENUE SPRINGFIELD ROCKAWAY BRANCH - VALLEY STREAM PEARSALLS CORNER ROCKVILLE CENTRE BALDWINSVILLE FREEPORT - 2 VIEWS MERRICK BELLMORE RIDGEWOOD SOUTH OYSTER BAY AMITYVILLE WELLWOOD - BRESLAU BABYLON BABYLON RAILROAD & FIRE ISLAND BAY SHORE ISLIP CLUB HOUSE OAKDALE SAYVILLE BAYPORT BLUEPOINT PATCHOGUE A FREIGHT STATION WAS ESTABLISHED AT YOUNGSPORT Go To YOUNGSPORT - GREAT RIVER HEBBARD'S STATION EAST WILLIAMSBURG FOSTER'S MEADOW - ROSEDALE 1871 - SPRINGFIELD JUNCTION LATER DEVELOPMENTS 1871 SPRINGFIELD - 1927 SPRINGFIELD GARDENS STATION 1880 UNQUA STATION 1897 ST. ALBANS STATION 1899 SEAFORD STATION 1901 COPIAGUE STATION 1906 - 1908 CLEAR STREAM ROAD |
THE FIRST STEAM RAILROAD TO CONEY ISLAND
THE BROOKLYN, BATH & CONEY ISLAND RAIL ROAD
INCORPORATED FEBRUARY 19, 1862
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THE NORTH SHORE RAILROAD COMPANY WAS INCORPORATED
SEPTEMBER 25, 1863 TO BUILD FROM A CONNECTION WITH THE NEW YORK
& FLUSHING RAILROAD AT FLUSHING TO A POINT ON HEMPSTEAD HARBOR.
IT OPENED OCTOBER 27, 1866 TO BROOKDALE, NOW GREAT NECK
AND WAS OPERATED BY THE N. Y. & F. R. R.
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THE BROOKLYN & ROCKAWAY BEACH RAILROAD COMPANY
THE CANARSIE LINE
WAS INCORPORATED DECEMBER 24, 1863 AND
COMMENCED OPERATION IN THE AUTUMN OF 1866
THE FLUSHING & WOODSIDE RAILROAD COMPANY WAS INCORPORATED
FEBRUARY 24, 1864 TO BUILD FROM A CONNECTION WITH THE LONG ISLAND
RAIL ROAD AT WOODSIDE TO FLUSHING, WITH A BRANCH TO WHITESTONE.
IT BECAME PART OF THE FLUSHING & NORTH SIDE RAIL ROAD.
THE FLUSHING & NORTH SIDE RAIL ROAD WAS INCORPORATED APRIL 3, 1868.
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THE HICKSVILLE & COLD SPRING BRANCH RAILROAD WAS EXTENDED
TO HUNTINGTON JANUARY 13, 1868 AND TO NORTHPORT APRIL 25, 1868.
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THE FAR ROCKAWAY BRANCH RAILROAD COMPANY OF QUEENS COUNTY
NEW YORK WAS INCORPORATED APRIL 15, 1868 AND OPENED IN JULY, 1869.
IT MERGED WITH THE SOUTH SIDE R. R. MAY 31, 1872.
THE STATIONS APPEAR ON THIS PAGE
THE HEMPSTEAD & ROCKAWAY RAIL ROAD COMPANY
INCORPORATED APRIL 1868.
THE NEW YORK & HEMPSTEAD PLAINS RAIL ROAD COMPANY
INCORPORATED MARCH 1, 1870.
THE NEW YORK & HEMPSTEAD RAILROAD COMPANY.
INCORPORATED AUGUST 10, 1871
THE SOUTHERN HEMPSTEAD BRANCH RAILROAD COMPANY
ORGANIZED JULY 1, 1875.
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THE SAG HARBOR BRANCH WAS BUILT IN 1869 AND 1870 UNDER THE APRIL 24,
1834 CHARTER OF THE LONG ISLAND RAIL ROAD AND OPENED IN MAY 1870.
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THE SAG HARBOR BRANCH
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THE HUNTERS POINT & SOUTH SIDE RAILROAD COMPANY
WAS INCORPORATED JANUARY 5, 1870 AND WAS TAKEN OVER
BY THE SOUTH SIDE RAIL ROAD SEPTEMBER 14, 1872
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THE SMITHTOWN & PORT JEFFERSON RAIL ROAD COMPANY WAS INCORPORATED JUNE 9, 1870 AND OPENED IN THE SUMMER OF 1873. ON JULY 11, 1892 THE LONG ISLAND RAIL ROAD COMPANY NORTH SHORE BRANCH WAS INCORPORATED. THE NEW COMPANY ABSORBED THE SMITHTOWN & PORT JEFFERSON R. R. ON SEPTEMBER 23, 1892. THE NORTH SHORE BRANCH REACHED WADING RIVER IN MAY, 1895 AND SERVICE COMMENCED LATE IN JUNE. Go To WADING RIVER BRANCH |
THE NEW YORK AND ROCKAWAY RAILROAD COMPANY
WAS INCORPORATED DECEMBER 30, 1870
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THE JAMAICA AND SOUTH SHORE RAILROAD COMPANY
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THE NEWTOWN & FLUSHING RAIL ROAD WAS INCORPORATED MARCH 8, 1871.
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"THE NEW FLUSHING RAILROAD"
THE ROCKAWAY RAILWAY COMPANY OF QUEENS COUNTY
INCORPORATED SEPTEMBER 5, 1871 and MERGED WITH SOUTH SIDE R. R. MAY 31, 1872.
IN 1872 IT BUILT TO THE SOUTH SIDE RAIL ROAD'S
SOUTH SIDE PAVILLION
BY 1873 THE LINE HAD REACHED THE SEASIDE HOUSE
BY MAY 1875 THE NEPTUNE HOUSE AT BEACH 116th STREET.
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THE CENTRAL RAIL ROAD OF LONG ISLAND
INCORPORATED MARCH 4, 1871 - OPENED JANUARY 1, 1873 THE STEWART LINE THE STEWART LINE - CENTRAL RAIL ROAD OF LONG ISLAND - Page ONE PAGE TWO - GREAT NECK JUNCTION and THE FLUSHING BRANCH. PAGES THREE AND FOUR - FLUSHING TO CREEDMOOR. PAGE FIVE - CREEDMOOR. 6. CREEDMOOR HOSPITAL SIDING and CREEDMOOR TO EAST HINSDALE. 1914 REPORT ON CENTRAL RAIL ROAD OF LONG ISLAND |
THE NASSAU COUNTY LOOP - CENTRAL EXTENSION
THE PROPOSED - THE PRESENT AND THE PREPOSTEROUS
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ON JUNE 19, 1874 THE FLUSHING, NORTH SHORE & CENTRAL RAILROAD COMPANY WAS FORMED BY THE CONSOLODATION OF THE FLUSHING & NORTH SIDE RAIL ROAD, THE CENTRAL RAIL ROAD COMPANY OF LONG ISLAND, THE CENTRAL RAILROAD EXTENSION COMPANY, THE WHITESTONE & WESTCHESTER RAILROAD COMPANY, THE NORTH SHORE RAILROAD CO., THE NORTH SHORE & PORT WASHINGTON RAILROAD CO. AND THE ROSLYN & HUNTINGTON RAILROAD COMPANY.
IN JULY 1874 THE SOUTH SIDE RAIL ROAD WAS SOLD IN FORECLOSURE
TO THE
IN JANUARY 1876 THE POPPENHUSENS PURCHASED THIRTY-FIVE THOUSAND SHARES - |
SEE UNIFIED SYSTEMS PASSES
1876 UNIFIED SYSTEMS AD
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THE ATLANTIC AVENUE RAILROAD AND THE L.I.R.R. 4. 1877 - 1898 - Revised 11/03/03 4a. RAPID TRANSIT - New AUGUST 29, 2005 5. 1899 - 1904 BROOKLYN BRIDGE SERVICE 6. BEDFORD TO EAST NEW YORK 1877 - 1902 Revised 12/02/03 THE ATLANTIC AVENUE IMPROVEMENT 7. DIVISION ONE CONSTRUCTION
THE I.R.T. CONNECTION NEW 10/20/03 - Revised 10/22/03 < - - - - MEAT HOUSES - Revised 10/11/03 < - - - - CARLTON/VANDERBILT AVENUE FREIGHT YARDS - Revised 10/22/038. ATLANTIC AVENUE IMPROVEMENT DIVISION TWO 9. ATLANTIC AVENUE IMPROVEMENT DIVISION THREE 10. ATLANTIC AVENUE IMPROVEMENT DIVISION FOUR HOWARD HOUSE TO PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE THE NEW ELEVATED TRACKS EAST OF EAST NEW YORK. HOWARD HOUSE TIMETABLE and CANARSIE LINE TICKET ADDED 9/13/03 11. ATLANTIC AVENUE IMPROVEMENT DIVISION FOUR PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE TO ATKINS AVENUE 12. AFTER ELECTRIFICATION FLATBUSH AVENUE TO WOODHAVEN JUNCTION WOODHAVEN JUNCTION TO ROCKAWAY JUNCTION and SUBURBAN TRAIN SERVICE ROCKAWAY JUNCTION TO BELMONT PARK and LOCAL ELECTRIC TRAIN SERVICE |
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THE BROOKLYN & MONTAUK RAILROAD COMPANY WAS INCORPORATED NOVEMBER 20, 1879 AS A REORGANIZATION OF THE SOUTHERN RAILROAD COMPANY AND WAS LEASED TO THE LONG ISLAND RAILROAD ON OCTOBER 1, 1879. IN 1881 THIS COMPANY EXTENDED THE TRACK A DISTANCE OF 19.18 MILES TO A CONNECTION WITH THE SAG HARBOR BRANCH AT EASTPORT. Go to ---- > HAGERMAN STATION Go to ---- > BELLPORT STATION Go to ---- > BROOKHAVEN STATION KEN SPOONER'S MASTIC WEBSITE Go to ---- > CENTER MORICHES Go to ---- > EAST MORICHES STATION Go to ---- > EAST MORICHES SEMAPHORE SIGNAL |
UBIQUITOUS SIGN 
SINCERE THANKS TO BEN JANKOWSKI S T E A M
ENGINE THIRTY NINE
ENGINE PRR 5741 FIFTY SEVEN FORTY ONE
OCTOBER 31 1954 FAN TRIP
FIFTY YEARS AGO - JUNE FIFTH 1955 PASSENGER EXTRA 39 TO GREENPORT FIFTY YEARS AGO! L. I. R. R. STEAM FINALE - OCTOBER 1955
OCTOBER 1955 - BB3 ELECTRIC LOCOMOTIVES RETIRED OCTOBER 3, 1955 ABANDONMENT OF ROCKAWAY BEACH DIVISION
LONG ISLAND CITY TO GREENPORT IN ONE HOUR FIFTY - SIX MINUTES!! THIRD FASTEST TRAIN IN AMERICA - THE SUNRISE SPECIAL
DAVE KELLER'S INTERESTING AND INFORMATIVE PAGE EVOLUTION OF LONG ISLAND RAIL ROAD CAP BADGES - 1880s to the PRESENT DAY
FEBRUARY 4, 1954 MAIN LINE DERAILMENT
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OCTOBER 8, 1955 |
PINELAWN - MELVILLE STATION Revised 03/05/2006 CLICK HERE |
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FROM THE TRAIN - New April 27, 2005
IN 1956 ART PHOTOGRAPHED THE PRESTON
RAILROAD IN WESTERN MARYLAND - click here
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LONG ISLAND RAIL ROAD STEAM PHOTOS 1
PHOTO PAGE TWO
LONG ISLAND RAIL ROAD STEAM PHOTOS 2
PHOTO PAGE THREE
L.I.R.R. PHOTOS 3 - TRAINS & STRUCTURES
BY RAIL TO THE RANCH
MONTAUK CATTLE DELIVERY
THE LONG ISLAND RAIL ROAD - 170 YEARS
1986 U. S. OPEN - SOUTHAMPTON COLLEGE STATION
LOGOS - KEYSTONES
LOGOS AND NO GOS.
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IN 1956 ART PHOTOGRAPHED THE PRESTON
RAILROAD IN WESTERN MARYLAND - click here
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L.I.R.R. PHOTOS 3 - TRAINS & STRUCTURES
BY RAIL TO THE RANCH
MONTAUK CATTLE DELIVERY
THE LONG ISLAND RAIL ROAD - 170 YEARS
1986 U. S. OPEN - SOUTHAMPTON COLLEGE STATION
LOGOS - KEYSTONES
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