Copyright © 2001-2009 Arthur John Huneke
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THE   NEW   YORK   AND   MANHATTAN   BEACH   RAILWAY

PART   ONE - Revised February 13, 2009

1877 NARROW GAGE NEW YORK & MANHATTAN BEACH RAILWAY
ADVERTISING and SCHEDULE CARD SHOWS MANHATTAN BEACH HOTEL

SERVICE WAS PROVIDED FROM BAY RIDGE VIA THE NEW YORK, BAY RIDGE AND JAMAICA RAILROAD AND THE NEW YORK AND MANHATTAN BEACH RAILWAY. THE LINE TO GREENPOINT HAD NOT BEEN COMPLETED - THE TERMINAL WAS AT FULTON STREET EAST NEW YORK.

EARLY (NARROW GAGE) NEW YORK & MANHATTAN BEACH RAILWAY ADVERTISING
and SCHEDULE CARD - SCENE SHOWS MANHATTAN BEACH HOTEL




 

 

FROM   JULY   1,   1903   C.R.4.


 



1883   MASON   "BOGIE"   AT   BAY  RIDGE   ENGINE   HOUSE


JUNE   29,   1884   TIMETABLE   SHOWS   GREENPOINT
SERVICE   WHICH   WAS   SOON   ABANDONED




THIS PHOTOGRAPH WAS TAKEN AT LONG ISLAND CITY TERMINAL 1888 - 1890 WITH A KODAK NUMBER ONE CAMERA. THE TRAIN AT THE LEFT IS FOR MANHATTAN BEACH AND HAS TWO WOODRUFF PARLOR CARS AND OPEN BENCH CARS WITH OUTSIDE STEPS AND NO CENTER AISLE. THESE CARS WERE OUTLAWED AFTER THE PARKVILLE TUNNEL WRECK OF 1893.




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