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LONG ISLAND
RAIL ROAD TRAIN NUMBERS
THIS 1852 - 1853 TABLE SHOWS NO TRAIN NUMBERS.
THIS APRIL 20 1859 SUPPLEMENT TO EMPLOYE TIME TABLE NUMBER 21 SHOWS LOCAL TRAINS BETWEEN EAST NEW YORK
AND JAMAICA. THE EASTBOUND LOCALS ARE NUMBERS 2, 4, 6, 8, 10 AND 12. WESTBOUNDS ARE NUMBERS 1, 3, 5, 7, 9 AND 11.
E.T.T. NUMBER 21 ITSELF AND NUMBER 32 OF JUNE 6 1861 SHOW EASTWARD TRAINS
NUMBERS 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 AND 7. WESTWARD TRAINS ARE NUMBERS 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13 AND 14.
THE SOUTH SIDE RAILROAD USED EVEN NUMBERS FOR EASTBOUND TRAINS, ODD FOR WESTBOUND
FROM WORKING TIME TABLE NUMBER ELEVEN
NOVEMBER 8 1874
EASTWARD TRAINS ARE EVEN NUMBERED, WESTWARD ARE ODD NUMBERED
BY 1878 EASTBOUNDS ARE ODD NUMBERED, WESTBOUNDS EVEN. THIS IS E.T.T. ELEVEN
SUPPLEMENT NUMBER ONE TO E.T.T. NUMBER 48 FOR OCTOBER THIRD AND FOURTH, 1894 SHOWS TRAINS CHANGING
DIRECTION AT HICKSVILLE, EASTPORT AND MANOR AND MAINTAINING THE SAME NUMBER IN BOTH DIRECTIONS.
E.T.T. NUMBER 49, SEPTEMBER 9 1908 STILL SHOWS EASTBOUNDS WITH ODD NUMBERS, WESTBOUNDS WITH EVEN.
THE MOST RECENT USAGE - EASTBOUND EVEN NUMBERS, WESTBOUND ODD -
WE FIRST FIND IN NORTH SIDE DIVISION E.T.T. NUMBER 32 OF MAY 16 1909.
FREIGHT TRAINS EAST OF JAMAICA WERE IDENTIFIED IN A SIMILAR MANNER - L-62 EASTBOUND, L-63 WESTBOUND.
THOSE IN THE METROPOLITAN AREA RETAINED THE SAME ID IN BOTH DIRECTIONS - MA-7, MA-15.
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