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Copyright © 2001-2009 Arthur John Huneke
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CENTRAL RAIL ROAD OF LONG ISLAND
CENTRAL RAIL ROAD EXTENSION COMPANY OF LONG ISLAND
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HEMPSTEAD CROSSING
THE SOUTHEAST LEG OF THE WYE
UNTIL 1927 THERE WAS NO SOUTHEAST LEG TO HEMPSTEAD CROSSING WYE.
Henry Wilhelm Map
IN 1926 THE ELECTRIFICATION WAS COMPLETED BETWEEN VALLEY STREAM AND MINEOLA
AND THROUGH MULTIPLE-UNIT TRAIN SERVICE WAS INSTITUTED REPLACING THE BATTERY CARS.
SEE -----> THE L.I.R.R.'S FOUR BATTERY CARS
TO ELIMINATE CROSSING OF THAT LINE BY THE TROLLEY SHUTTLE THE SOUTHEAST LEG
WAS BUILT BUT IT DEAD-ENDED BEHIND COUNTRY LIFE PRESS STATION PLATFORM.
Henry Wilhelm Map
IN 1933 MP41'S REPLACED THE TROLLEY CAR.
COUNTRY LIFE PRESS STATION PLATFORM AND TWO OF HC TOWER'S
WESTWARD HOME SIGNALS - NUMBER 1 ON THE HEMSTEAD BRANCH
AT LEFT AND NUMBER 2 ON THE NEW YORK BAY EXTENSION AT RIGHT.
CHESTNUT STREET UNDERGRADE CROSSING
TWO 1911 PHOTOS OF THE NEW BRIDGE AND AREA AND TWO 1939 VIEWS
LOOKING NORTH
LOOKING SOUTHEAST
LOOKING NORTH
LOOKING WEST TOWARD DOUBLEDAY DORAN & COMPANY
IN 1939 HC TOWER WAS REPLACED BY GARDEN CABIN, THE RAILROAD GRADE
CROSSING WAS ELIMINATED AND THE SOUTHEAST LEG WAS CONNECTED TO
THE MAIN TRACK WITH A HAND OPERATED SWITCH. A SHORT SECTION OF THE
NORTH-SOUTH TRACK WAS KEPT AS A LAY-UP TRACK HOLDING TWO CARS.
Henry Wilhelm Map
IN 1949 OR 1950 TWO MP54s REPLACED THE MP41s
THE RAILS NORTH OF THE LAY UP TRACK WERE REALIGNED AND
REMAINED TO PROVIDE ELECTRICAL RETURN TO MINEOLA SUB STATION.
AT THE RIGHT ARE COVERED THIRD RAIL FEEDER LINES TO HEMPSTEAD AND WEST HEMPSTEAD.
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