AND "THE FISHERMEN'S SPECIAL"
1916 VALUATION PLAN SHOWS 1899 BRIDGE AND NOT - YET - WIDENED CANAL
BOB EMERY MAP OF SHINNECOCK CANAL AND CANOE PLACE STATION
CANOE PLACE STATION FIRST APPEARS IN EMPLOYE TIME TABLE NUMBER EIGHT
OF SEPTEMBER 19 1937 IN THE STATION PAGES BUT NOT IN THE SCHEDULE PAGES
CANOE PLACE STATION LAST APPEARS IN EMPLOYE TIME TABLE NUMBER FOUR
OF NOVEMBER 25 1968 IN THE STATION PAGES BUT NOT IN THE SCHEDULE PAGES
IDENTIFIED AS THE FIRST SHINNECOCK CANAL BRIDGE OF 1870
THOMAS R. BAYLES 1915 PHOTOGRAPH COURTESY OF DAVE KELLER
CIRCA 1925 VIEW OF 1899 BRIDGE FROM SOUTH
IN 1931 A STRONGER BRIDGE WAS INSTALLED FOR THE "NEW" P.R.R. K4s LOCOMOTIVES
ANOTHER PHOTO FROM DAVE KELLER - SEPTEMBER 8, 1931
CIRCA 1945 PHOTO SHOWS AN E6s POWERED EASTBOUND TRAIN
CANOE PLACE STATION LOOKING NORTH
FISH TRAIN
"THE FISHERMEN'S SPECIAL"
THANKS TO DICK MAKSE FOR THIS INTERESTING TICKET
AT FIRST THE FISHERMEN'S SPECIAL RAN ONLY TO MONTAUK - THIS IS 1933
BY 1936 THE TRAIN STOPPED AT CANOE PLACE
"PRIZES FOR BIGGEST FISH"
THANKS TO DICK MAKSE FOR THIS INTERESTING PIN
1937 SEASON
From a 1930's Brochure ANGLERS' PARADISE
POSSIBLY THE LAST SEASON
1914 B-40 BAGGAGE CARS 657 and 658 WERE EQUIPPED WITH
ICE TRAYS FOR KEEPING COLD THE FISH THAT WERE CAUGHT
1930's FISH TRAIN WITH A PENN E7 ATLANTIC AND A B-4O BAGG - photo by RICHARD J. HARRISON
1940's FISH TRAIN WITH A PENN E6 ATLANTIC AND A P.R.R. OR REX REFRIGERATOR CAR
PARTY BOATS AND CHARTER BOATS AT CANOE PLACE
A K4 POWERED TRAIN LOOKING SOUTH
LOOKING NORTH
LOOKING NORTH
GP-38 NUMBER 258 EASTBOUND WITH OBSERVATION CAR "MORRIS PARK" IN JUNE 1986
GP-38 NUMBER 271 EASTBOUND WITH OBSERVATION CAR "MORRIS PARK" IN 1986
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