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CENTRAL   RAIL   ROAD   OF   LONG   ISLAND
THE    STEWART    LINE
CENTRAL   RAIL   ROAD   EXTENSION   COMPANY   OF   LONG   ISLAND


THE   CENTRAL   BRANCH  and   BELMONT   JUNCTION


PART OF THE CENTRAL EXTENSION UNTIL 1925 WHEN THEY WERE
DISCONNECTED AND THE CENTRAL BRANCH WAS REBUILT.


SERVICE BETWEEN BETHPAGE JUNCTION AND THE CENTRAL RAIL ROAD'S
BABYLON  STATION  IS  COVERED  ON   THE STEWART LINE PAGE ONE.


HEMPSTEAD TURNPIKE AND MERRITS ROAD CROSSING GATES WERE
OPERATED BY THE SAME CROSSING WATCHMAN.   THIS IS LOOKING EAST (SOUTH).




LOOKING WEST ALONG HEMPSTEAD TURNPIKE


LOOKING EAST ALONG HEMPSTEAD TURNPIKE



THE SWINGING GATES NO DOUBT WERE SWUNG ACROSS
THE TROLLEY TRACKS AND CROSSING BY TRAIN CREWS.


SOUTH  FARMINGDALE  STATION
1873 - 1898  and   1936 - 1974

AMITYVILLE ROAD HAD BECOME MAIN STREET.

MAIN STREET CROSSING OCTOBER 22, 1978


MAYWOOD

MILE A MINUTE MURPHY MADE HIS HISTORIC HIGH SPEED BIKE RIDE IN THIS AREA.
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MAYWOOD SIDING WAS LOCATED AT BROAD HOLLOW ROAD


BROAD HOLLOW ROAD CROSSING DECEMBER 12, 1928 - MAYWOOD SIDING IS GONE


BROAD HOLLOW ROAD CROSSING MARCH 13, 1929
PREPARATIONS BEING MADE FOR ELIMINATING THE GRADE CROSSING.


ROUTE 110 CROSSES ROUTE 109 AND L.I.R.R. CENTRAL BRANCH


BRESLAU

LOCATED EAST OF WELLWOOD AVENUE - NOTE THE WIDTH OF PROPERTY
THE 66 FOOT ROW IS WIDENED TO 100 FEET.


THIS MAP FROM 1873 SHOWS BRESLAU STATION


WEST NECK ROAD CROSSING - LATER ALBANY AVENUE


BELMONT   JUNCTION

THE C.R.R.L.I. CROSSED THE SOUTH SIDE RAILROAD AT BELMONT JUNCTION.
AFTER THOSE ROADS WERE MERGED A CONNECTION WAS INSTALLED AND THE
TRACK WAS REMOVED SOUTH OF THE CROSSING.     A PASSENGER STATION EXISTED
FROM 1873 UNTIL AT LEAST 1880.   "LONG ISLAND AND WHERE TO GO" FROM 1877
SHOWS A DEPOT AND TELEGRAPH OFFICE WITH FIVE DAILY TRAINS EACH WAY.
EMPLOYE TIME TABLE NUMBER 22 OF JUNE 1885 SHOWS A TELEGRAPH OFFICE BUT NO
TRAINS STOPPING.     BY 1896 BELMONT JUNCTION IS NO LONGER IN THE TIMETABLES.





THE PROPOSED CENTRAL RAILROAD OF LONG ISLAND LINE TO THE FIRE
ISLAND DOCK IS SHOWN ON THE BEERS ATLAS.        THE TERMINAL WAS
ERECTED OPPOSITE THE WATSON HOUSE.         THE BABYLON RAILROAD
HORSE CAR LINE RUNNING THROUGH FIRE ISLAND AVENUE IS ALSO SHOWN.


GO TO > - - - - > THE BABYLON RAILROAD - THE WATSON HOUSE

THIS 1916 PLAN SHOWS THE C.R.R.L.I. PROPERTY NORTH OF THE MONTAUK DIVISION.


NOTICE HOW BOTH MONTAUK DIVISION TRACKS WERE REALIGNED
TOWARD THE SOUTH WHEN THE CENTRAL WAS BROUGHT ALONGSIDE.




GREAT EAST NECK ROAD CROSSING
WHERE THE CENTRAL RAIL ROAD CROSSED THE SOUTH SIDE RAILROAD.

SERVICE BETWEEN BETHPAGE JUNCTION AND THE CENTRAL RAIL ROAD'S
BABYLON  STATION  IS  COVERED  ON   THE STEWART LINE PAGE ONE.


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