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ONE   HUNDRED   SEVENTY -  FIVE   YEARS
THE   LONG   ISLAND   RAIL   ROAD
APRIL   24,   1834    -    APRIL  24,   2009


 



IN   1884   THE   RAILROAD   CELEBRATED   ITS   50th   ANNIVERSARY


 

 

IN   1910   THE   RAILROAD   CELEBRATED   ITS   75th   ANNIVERSARY   A   YEAR   LATE


 

IN   1924   THE   RAILROAD   CELEBRATED   ITS   90th   ANNIVERSARY


 

THIS   ONE-HUNDREDTH   ANNIVERSARY   COMMEMORATIVE   COVER   WAS
CANCELED   ON   THE   MONTAUK   TO   NEW   YORK   RAILWAY   POST   OFFICE






THE   GOODFELLOW   ADMINISTRATION   MADE   A   REALLY   BIG   DEAL   OF
THE   125th   ANNIVERSARY.   THE   NEW   YORK   TIMES,   DAILY   NEWS   AND
LONG   ISLAND   PRESS   HAD   FULL   PAGE   COVERAGE,   THE   PRESS
MAKING   A   MULTI-ISSUE   SERIES   OF   THE   HISTORY   AND   EVENTS.


 

 

RICHARD   BELLIS,   THE   TRAINMAN   IN   THIS   PHOTOGRAPH,
WAS   AN   APPROPRIATE   CHOICE   FOR   THE   PART   -   HIS   GRAND   -
FATHER   AND   FATHER   WERE   LONG   ISLAND   RAILROADERS.


ON   TEMPORARY   TRACKS   EAST   OF   FREEPORT   -
PERHAPS   ENTERING   OR   LEAVING   THE   FREIGHT   YARD.


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