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FOUR YEARS AGO RICHARD MAKSE SENT THIS 1922 SCAN AND SUGGESTED WE DO A MATAWOK PAGE. SO LITTLE WAS KNOWN THAT IT BROUGHT TO MIND CHURCHILL'S FAMOUS STATEMENT ABOUT RUSSIA: |
THE LONG ISLAND RAIL ROAD COMPANY
THE NEW YORK AND ROCKAWAY BEACH   RAIL ROAD
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WE IMAGINE THAT LIKE CREEDMOOR (ALSO ON THIS TICKET) WHICH ALSO HAD NO REGULAR PASSENGER SERVICE, SPECIAL TRAINS WERE SOMETIMES RUN HERE FOR WHICH THIS CASH FARE TICKET AND RECEIPT WERE USED. AND/OR REGULAR ROCK- AWAY BEACH DIVISION TRAINS MAY HAVE HAD AN ADDED STOP FROM TIME TO TIME. |
GRAND STREET STATION WAS LOCATED ON THE MAIN LINE SOUTH OF WINFIELD JUNCTION AND OPENED IN 1913, FIRST APPEARING IN EMPLOYE TIME TABLE NUMBER 70 OF JULY 1. IT SERVED BOTH THE MAIN LINE AND THE ROCKAWAY BEACH BRANCH. |