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PENNSYLVANIA STATION NEW YORK
OPENED FOR SERVICE SEPTEMBER 8, 1910 BY THE LONG ISLAND RAIL ROAD
1930 JOHN CHAMBERS PHOTO
below from SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN MAY 14, 1910
THE LONG ISLAND CITY POWER HOUSE
THE 4000 HORSEPOWER DD-1
THE FIRST TRAIN
TOWER "A" AND OVERHEAD THIRD
RAIL
EAST PORTALS OF LINES THREE AND FOUR
SUNNYSIDE YARD - LARGEST PASSENGER YARD IN THE WORLD
THE LONG BEACH BRANCH WAS ELECTRIFIED AND
ELECTRIC TRAIN SERVICE BEGAN SEPTEMBER 8, 1910
LYNBROOK -
THE TOWER, AT FIRST NUMBER 21 THEN "PT",
CONTROLLED THE JUNCTION WITH THE MONTAUK BRANCH UNTIL 1910 WHEN THE TWO
LONG BEACH TRACKS WERE EXTENDED WEST TO VALLEY STREAM AND ELECTRIFIED.
go to ----> LYNBROOK PAGE
LONG BEACH YARD
go to ----> LONG BEACH