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THE HICKSVILLE & COLD SPRING BRANCH RAILROAD REACHED SYOSSET JULY 3, 1854. THE SAME COMPANY EXTENDED ITS RAILS TO HUNTINGTON JANUARY 13, 1868 AND TO NORTHPORT APRIL 25, 1868. THE SMITHTOWN & PORT JEFFERSON RAILROAD WAS ORGANIZED JUNE 3, 1870 TO BUILD FROM NORTHPORT JUNCTION TO PORT JEFFERSON AND OPENED JANUARY 13, 1873, LEAVING NORTHPORT AT THE END OF A MILE AND A HALF LONG BRANCH |
JULY 4, 1880 EMPLOYE TIME TABLE SHOWS "OLD NORTHPORT" AND "NEW NORTHPORT". TRAIN NUMBER 505 RAN AS A PASSENGER TRAIN TO OLD NORTHPORT THEN AS A MIXED TRAIN TO PORT JEFFERSON. |
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