ARRT'S ARRCHIVES


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SHUTTLE SERVICE
GARDEN CITY TO SALISBURY PLAINS   part two


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.




"HC" TOWER HEMPSTEAD CROSSING


AFTER WORLD WAR ONE SERVICE WAS RESTORED 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.


TICKETS FOR MITCHEL FIELD WERE PRINTED AND PROBABLY SOLD AT GARDEN CITY,
CLINTON ROAD AND POSSIBLY SALISBURY PLAINS


EMPLOYEE TIMETABLE NO. 2, JUNE 21, 1942 SHOWING TRACK STILL RAN 7.5 MILES
TO PLAIN EDGE AND PASSENGER SERVICE STILL RAN TO SALISBURY (PLAINS)




Employe Timetable No. 3 - September20, 1942: Branch cut back to Meadowbrook Hospital, Service cut back to MITCHEL FIELD





FROM 1927 UNTIL 1939 THE SOUTHEAST LEG OF THE WYE DEADENDED BEHIND THE PLATFORM.
IN 1939 HC TOWER AND INTERLOCKING WERE REPLACED AND THIS TRACK WAS CONNECTED TO THE
HEMPSTEAD BRANCH WITH A HAND THROWN SWITCH. WILLIAM D. SLADE 1950 Photo.


IN 1950 MP54's REPLACED MP41's ON THE SHUTTLE

CLINTON ROAD STATION and CROSSING


PUBLIC TIMETABLE of SEPTEMBER 2, 1952


NEWSDAY RECEIVED NEWSPRINT AND HAD ITS OWN PASSENGER STATION.


below: MP54 SHUTTLE AT MITCHEL FIELD STATION.














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