Go to ----> FAR ROCKAWAY RAILROAD
AND TRANSFERED IT TO ITS NEW SUBSIDIARY THE OCEAN ELECTRIC RAILWAY. EIGHT TROLLEY CARS WERE ORDERED FROM BRILL, A SECOND TRACK WAS BUILT FROM FAR ROCKAWAY TO HAMMEL AND TROLLEY WIRES WERE HUNG FROM FAR ROCKAWAY TO ROCKAWAY PARK. TROLLEY CAR SERVICE BEGAN JULY 23, 1899,
THE LONG ISLAND RAIL ROAD'S FIRST ELECTRIFICATION.
IN JUNE 1904 A THIRD (MIDDLE) TRACK WAS BUILT BETWEEN FAR ROCKAWAY AND HAMMEL AND TROLLEY CARS BEGAN RUNNING IN THE STREET FROM FAIRVIEW AVENUE, HAMMEL TO ROCKAWAY PARK. BY OCTOBER 1905 THE OUTSIDE TRACKS WERE FITTED WITH THIRD RAILS AND ELECTRIC TRAIN SERVICE BEGAN TO FAR ROCKAWAY. IN 1910 THIRD RAIL WAS INSTALLED ON THE MIDDLE TRACK FOR THE NEW PENN STATION SERVICE. THIRD RAIL SHOES WERE INSTALLED ON THE TROLLEY CARS AND IN 1911 THE TROLLEY WIRES WERE TAKEN DOWN.
BY 1915 OCEAN ELECTRIC SERVICE WAS EXTENDED TO BELLE HARBOR AND NEPONSIT.