FROM   1861   UNTIL   1877   STEAM   TRAIN   SERVICE   WAS   PROVIDED   ONLY   BETWEEN   EAST   NEW   YORK
AND   JAMAICA.   FROM   1861   UNTIL   1867   THIS   SERVICE   WAS   PROVIDED   BY   THE   BROOKLYN   CENTRAL
AND   JAMAICA   RAILROAD,   A   REORGANIZATION   OF   THE   BROOKLYN   AND   JAMAICA   RAILROAD.





THE   BROOKLYN   CENTRAL   AND   JAMAICA   OWNED   THREE   LOCOMOTIVES

THE   W.B. HUNTER   WAS   BUILT   BY   DANFORTH   COOK   &   COMPANY   IN   1860.
IT   BECAME   THE   LONG   ISLAND'S   NUMBER   40,   "HUNTINGTON".
HOWARD   HOUSE   WAS   THE     WESTERN   TERMINAL   OF   THE   B.C.& J.R.R.





IN   DECEMBER   1861   THE   LONG   ISLAND   FARMER   AND   QUEENS   COUNTY   ADVERTISER   WROTE:


THE   JACOB   FROST   WAS   BUILT   BY   DANFORTH   COOK   &   COMPANY   IN   1861.
IT   BECAME   THE   LONG   ISLAND'S   NUMBER   39,   "RIVERHEAD".
IN   1885   IT   WAS   REBUILT   INTO   THIS   TANK   ENGINE.






IN MAY 1861 THE LONG ISLAND FARMER AND QUEENS COUNTY ADVERTISER WROTE


THE   B. C. & J. R. R.   TERMINATED   AT   ROCKAWAY   ROAD   (TURNPIKE).   PEOPLE   HAD
TO   WALK   TO   THE   L. I. R. R.   DEPOT.   THE   NEW   YORK   DAILY   TIMES   WROTE:

DECEMBER   10   1861





THESE PROPERTY MAPS SHOW THE BROOKLYN & JAMAICA PROPERTY TRANSFERRED TO THE LONG ISLAND
IN APRIL 1861 BETWEEN POINTS WEST OF VAN WYCK AVENUE AND THE EAST LINE OF ROCKAWAY TURNPIKE.




THE   PROPERTY   TRANSFERRED   TO   THE   L.I.R.R.   ALSO   INCLUDED


DECEMBER   10   1861


IN DECEMBER 1861 THE LONG ISLAND FARMER AND QUEENS COUNTY ADVERTISER WROTE


THE   RIGHT   OF   WAY   OF   THIS   COMPANY   THEN   EXTENDED


IN   FEBRUARY   1862   THE   B. C. & J.   WAS   RUNNING   "LOCAL"   TRAINS   BETWEEN   EAST   NEW   YORK   AND   JAMAICA.


IN   THE   LATE   1850'S   THE   L. I. R. R.   RAN   "LOCAL   TRAINS"   BETWEEN   EAST   NEW   YORK   AND   JAMAICA.






LONG   ISLAND   FARMER   AND   QUEENS   COUNTY   ADVERTISER
JAN   28   1862                                                 February   25,   1862






IN 1866 THE COMPANY WAS AGAIN REORGANIZED AS THE   BROOKLYN   AND   JAMAICA   RAILWAY


AND LEASED TO THE LONG ISLAND FROM JAMAICA TO CLASSON AVENUE.

WILLIAM   L.  JARVIS,   WHO WENT TO WORK FOR THE L.I.R.R. IN 1875,   RELATED THAT THE ATLANTIC DIVISION TERMINATED AT THE HOWARD HOUSE,   ONE CREW DID ALL THE PASSENGER AND FREIGHT WORK,   AND WENT TO FAR ROCKAWAY AT NIGHT.     FREIGHT CARS AND TWO MILK CARS WERE HAULED BY SIX HORSES BETWEEN EAST NEW YORK AND FRANKLIN AVENUE FREIGHT STATION.

1863                                                 1870
 

THESE ARE THE FRONT AND REAR OF AN 1866 - 1867
COMMUTATION TICKET BETWEEN SOUTH FERRY AND JAMAICA.




THIS IS FROM THE NOVEMBER 8, 1874 PUBLIC TIMETABLE


THIS IS FROM AN EARLY 1877 PUBLIC TIMETABLE


FREIGHT SERVICE WAS PROVIDED   -   BETWEEN EAST NEW YORK
AND CLASSON AVENUE HORSES PULLED THE FREIGHT CARS.
THE FREIGHT STATION WAS KNOWN AS "FRANKLIN AVENUE".
THIS SHOWS THE FRONT AND PART OF THE REAR OF AN 1867 WAYBILL.






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