ARRT'S ARRCHIVES |
1874 TIME TABLE |
THIS CIRCA 1880 MAP SHOWS THE "WHITE LINE", THE FAR ROCKAWAY BRANCH FROM ROCKAWAY JUNCTION VIA THE "CEDARHURST CUTOFF", THE GREAT NECK BRANCH AND THE GLEN COVE BRANCH TO LOCUST VALLEY. |
BELOW, THE EASTWARD DESTINATIONS NOTE TRAIN NUMBER 14, "GREENPORT & SAG HARBOR FREIGHT AND ACCOMODATION" A MIXED TRAIN - NINE HOURS AND TWENTY MINUTES TO GREENPORT IF IT WAS ON TIME! (ABOVE) |
"FLUSHING RAILROAD" ON THIS TIMETABLE REFERS TO THE NEWTOWN AND FLUSHING RAIL ROAD WHICH THE LONG ISLAND BUILT, OPENED ON NOVEMBER 10, 1873, AND OPERATED FOR ONLY TWO AND A HALF YEARS. THIS ROAD WAS KNOWN AS "THE WHITE LINE". REGULAR SERVICE CEASED APRIL 17, 1876. |