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LONG     ISLAND     RAIL     ROAD CEDARHURST     RAILWAY     COMPANY     CEDARHURST           BRANCH

DAVE   KELLER   OFFERS   A   BOB   EMERY   MAP   AND   A   CORRECTION   REGARDING   THE   STATION   BUILDING   (SEE   PHOTOS   BELOW):

THANKS     DAVE!!

THE   CEDARHURST   "RAILWAY"   COMPANY   WAS   CHARTERED   NOVEMBER   28   1884. THE   PRESIDENT   WAS   JOHN   D.   CHEEVER   WHO   BUILT   THE   ROCKAWAY VILLAGE   RAILROAD,   A   HORSECAR   LINE. THE   LONG   ISLAND   RAIL   ROAD'S   1885   ANNUAL   REPORT   REFERS   TO   IT   AS   THE   CEDARHURST   "BRANCH",   OWNED,   AND   1.686   MILES   LONG   WITH   IRON   RAILS. THE   LONG   ISLAND   RAIL   ROAD'S   1886   ANNUAL   REPORT   STATES   THAT $427.02   RENTAL   WAS   PAID   FOR   THE   CEDARHURST   "RAILROAD". THE   LONG   ISLAND   RAIL   ROAD'S   1889   ANNUAL   REPORT   REFERS   TO   IT   AS   THE   CEDARHURST   "BRANCH",   OWNED,   AND   1.33   MILES   LONG   WITH   IRON   RAILS. $177.90   RENTAL   WAS   PAID   AND   THEN   THE   LINE   WAS   PURCHASED   FOR   $7117.02. SEYFRIED WROTE THAT THROUGH TRAINS USED THE LINE OCCASIONALLY BUT THAT NORMAL SERVICE WAS PROVIDED BY A HORSECAR. THE BRANCH LAST APPEARS IN THE 1894 ANNUAL REPORT.

MARCH   27,   1885   RAILROAD   GAZETTE   PAGE   208   -   LONG   ISLAND WORK HAS BEGUN ON A BRANCH WHICH IS TO RUN FROM THIS ROAD AT WOODSBURGH,  NY TO  CEDARHURST,   A DISTANCE OF THREE MILES. THE ROAD WILL BE BUILT BY MEMBERS OF THE ROCKAWAY HUNT CLUB,   WHICH HAS A CLUB HOUSE AT CEDARHURST.

BOB   EMERY'S   MARVELOUS   MAP   COURTESY   OF   DAVE   KELLER
















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THE   RIGHT   OF   WAY   BECAME   WOOD   LANE   AND
RAILROAD   AVENUE.   WE BELIEVE   RAILROAD   AVE.
BECAME   AN   EXTENSION   OF   KEENE   LANE.

WOODSBURGH   -   WOODMERE   STATION   HAD   A   PORTE   COCHERE
TO   PROTECT   CARRIAGE   PASSENGERS   IN   INCLEMENT   WEATHER.

THE   FAR   ROCKAWAY   BRANCH   WAS   DOUBLE-TRACKED   IN   1902  -  1903.







BY   1939   THE   PORTE   COCHERE   WAS   GONE.


WHEN   HIGH   PLATFORMS   WERE   INSTALLED   THE   OVERHANGING   ROOF   WAS   CUT BACK.






 














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