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FROM   "WHERE   TO   GO!!"   AN   1877   PUBLICATION
 




FROM   "LONG   ISLAND   TODAY"   OF   1884


EMPLOYE   TIME   TABLE   NUMBER   THREE   OF   JUNE   1897

IDENTIFIES TRAIN NUMBER 201 AS THE "PAPER" TRAIN.   IT RAN FROM LONG ISLAND
CITY  TO  AMAGANSETT  AND  SAG  HARBOR  VIA  THE  JAMAICA  BAY  TRESTLE  AND
ROCKAWAY BEACH DIVISION AND HAD A LONG BEACH CONNECTION AT LYNBROOK.

 

EMPLOYE   TIME   TABLE   NUMBER   FOUR   OF   SEPTEMBER   21   1897

IDENTIFIES TRAIN NUMBER 201 AS THE "PAPER" TRAIN.   IT RAN VIA THE JAMAICA
BAY TRESTLE AND ROCKAWAY BEACH DIVISION ONLY AS FAR AS PATCHOGUE.

 

 

EMPLOYE   TIME   TABLE   NUMBER   NINE   OF   MAY   28   1899

AS  EARLY  AS  MAY  28  1899  -   EMPLOYE   TIME   TABLE   NUMBER   NINE  -
THERE  ARE  WEEKDAY  TRAINS   CARRYING   NEWSPAPERS  AND  LABELED
"LINCo"   FOR   LONG   ISLAND   NEWS   COMPANY   (TRAIN   NUMBER   801).



NEWSPAPERS WERE TRANSFERED FROM NUMBER 801 TO HICKSVILLE TRAIN
NUMBER 803 AND TO NUMBER 505 A FREIGHT TRAIN.   AT MINEOLA NUMBER
803  TRANSFERED  PAPERS  TO  NUMBER  507  THE  OYSTER  BAY  FREIGHT.








EMPLOYE   TIME   TABLE   NUMBER   TEN   OF   JUNE   28   1899

IDENTIFIES SUNDAY TRAIN NUMBER 201 AS THE "PAPER" TRAIN.   IT RAN FROM LONG
ISLAND CITY TO AMAGANSETT AND SAG HARBOR VIA THE JAMAICA BAY TRESTLE AND
ROCKAWAY BEACH DIVISION AND HAD A LONG BEACH CONNECTION AT LYNBROOK.

NUMBER   201   MADE   AN   "S"   STOP   AT   OZONE   PARK   WHERE
IT   DROPPED   CARS   FOR   OYSTER   BAY   TRAIN   NUMBER   221

 
               

NUMBER 201 RAN WESTBOUND FROM EASTPORT TO MANOR
AND  THEN  EASTBOUND  FROM  MANOR  TO  GREENPORT.

 

NUMBER  201  MADE AN  "S"  STOP AT OZONE PARK WHERE IT DROPPED CARS FOR
OYSTER BAY TRAIN NUMBER 221.   OYSTER BAY TRAIN NUMBER 221 - RUN NUMBER 124
-   STARTED OUT OF OZONE PARK AND RAN VIA THE ATLANTIC DIVISION TO JAMAICA.

 

   

TRAIN NUMBER 1251 RAN FROM JAMAICA TO FAR ROCKAWAY AND VALLEY STREAM.
FROM JAMAICA TO WOODHAVEN JUNCTION IT WAS CALLED A "PAPER" TRAIN.




EMPLOYE   TIME   TABLE   NUMBER   FIFTEEN   OF   JUNE   29   1900

IDENTIFIES THE SUNDAY PAPER TRAINS BY THE LETTERS "LINCo".

 

EMPLOYE   TIME   TABLE   NUMBER   THIRTY   OF   MAY   26   1904

IN 1904 WEEKDAY LINCo TRAIN NUMBER 801 WAS A SECOND CLASS TRAIN.



SUNDAY TRAIN NUMBER 201 DROPPED OYSTER BAY CARS AT OZONE PARK FOR NUMBER 221



EMPLOYE   TIME   TABLE   NUMBER   THIRTY - ONE   OF   JUNE   29   1904

SHOWS SUNDAY TRAIN NUMBER 201 LEAVING NUMBER 221'S CARS IN JAMAICA





EMPLOYE   TIME   TABLE   NUMBER THIRTY - FOUR   OF   MAY   25   1905

IN  MAY  1905  WEEKDAY  WESTBOUND  AMAGANSETT  TRAIN
NUMBER 110 SLOWED TO PICK UP NEWSPAPERS AT HICKSVILLE.




SUNDAY RUN NUMBER 121 INCLUDED LINCo. TRAIN NUMBER 1371 L.I. CITY TO
VALLEY STREAM AND LINCo. NUMBER 221 VALLEY STREAM TO OYSTER BAY.





LINCo. TRAIN NUMBER 221 TRAVELED TO OYSTER BAY VIA THE ROCKAWAY BEACH
BRANCH AND NEW YORK BAY EXTENSION THROUGH GARDEN CITY.   IT CAME WEST AS
NUMBER 222 AND SLOWED TO DROP OFF A BUNDLE OF NEWSPAPERS AT FLORAL PARK.





EMPLOYE   TIME   TABLE   NUMBER   THIRTY - NINE   OF   JUNE   14   1906

SHOWS   THE   PAPER   TRAINS   AND   IDENTIFIES   THEM   AS   L.I.N.Co.

EMPLOYE TIME TABLE NUMBER 49 OF SEPTEMBER 9 1908

SHOWS THE PAPER TRAINS BUT DOES NOT IDENTIFY THEM AS SUCH.

EMPLOYE TIME TABLE NUMBER 49 OF SEPTEMBER 9 1908 SPECIAL INSTRUCTIONS




TRAINS   TWO   AND   SIX   WERE   WEEKDAY   WESTBOUNDS   FROM   AMAGANSETT.


THE     FINAL     YEAR

  and  

ARE VIRTUALLY IDENTICAL EXCEPT THAT FOR THE SUMMER,   SUNDAY TRAIN NUMBER 2002 RAN
TO AMAGANSETT AND SAG HARBOR AND AFTER OCTOBER 9TH NUMBER 2032 RAN TO SPEONK.

TRAIN 2002 RAN FROM LONG ISLAND CITY TO AMAGANSETT (WITH A GREENPORT
CONNECTION) VIA THE MONTAUK BRANCH MAKING ALL STOPS EAST OF JAMAICA
EXCEPT  HAGERMAN,  AND  TOOK  FIVE  HOURS  AND  FOURTEEN  MINUTES.

EMPLOYE TIME TABLE NUMBER 98
 

     WESTBOUND TRAIN NUMBER 2135 EASTPORT TO MANORVILLE             EASTBOUND TRAIN NUMBER 2286 TO GREENPORT

 

TRAIN   NUMBER   2032   TO   SPEONK.

EMPLOYE   TIME   TABLE   NUMBER   99
 

SUNDAY JAMAICA TRAIN NUMBER 3706 LEFT PENN STATION AT 4:31 A.M. AND STOPPED AT WOODSIDE AT 4:40 A.M.   OYSTER BAY TRAIN NUMBER 2504 LEFT LONG ISLAND CITY AT
4:32 AND ARRIVED AT "H" TOWER AT 4:38 WHERE IT SPENT FIFTEEN MINUTES,   PERHAPS RECEIVING BAGGAGE CARS FROM PENN STATION AND/OR SUNNYSIDE YARD.   2504 PICKED UP NEW YORK PASSENGERS AT WOODSIDE,   WAS ROUTED VIA THE GLENDALE CUT - OFF TO THE ROCKAWAY BEACH DIVISION,   RECEIVED BROOKLYN PASSENGERS AT WOODHAVEN JUNCTION AND CONTINUED TO OYSTER BAY VIA VALLEY STREAM AND MINEOLA.
AT VALLEY STREAM A REVERSE MOVE HAD BEEN NECESSARY SINCE 1910.


EMPLOYE TIME TABLE NUMBER 98
 

 

 


THE   SUNDAY   NEWSPAPER   TRAIN   LAST   RAN   IN   1924


UNTIL THE EARLY 1970'S TRAINS TO MONTAUK, GREENPORT AND PORT JEFFERSON CARRIED THE LONG ISLAND NEWSPAPER "NEWSDAY",   PICKING THEM UP AT MINEOLA.   THIS PHOTOGRAPH SHOWS MONTAUK TRAIN NUMBER SIX WITH THE NECESSARY BAGGAGE CAR CROSSING IRISH LANE IN EAST ISLIP IN 1972.   THIS WAS THE LAST TRAIN TO CARRY PAPERS AND THE LAST REGULAR USE OF BAGGAGE CARS.   BY 1974 THE SERVICE HAD ENDED.