SAG   HARBOR   BRANCH   Part   TWO

BRIDGEHAMPTON

LOOKING EAST - TRACK NEAREST THE STATION IS THE MAIN TRACK TO MONTAUK.
TRACK TO ITS LEFT IS THE SAG HARBOR BRANCH EXTENDED WEST TO THE STATION
FOR THE SHUTTLE TRAIN TO CONNECT WITH AMAGANSETT AND MONTAUK TRAINS.
B40 BAGGAGE CAR IS PERHAPS UNLOADING AND LOADING EXPRESS AND/OR BAGGAGE.


THIS 1897 EMPLOYE TIME TABLE - A GIFT FROM GENE COLLORA - SHOWS THAT
THE SHUTTLE MADE ROUND TRIPS WITHOUT CONNECTIONS TO OR FROM THE CITY
THUS PROVIDING LOCAL SERVICE BETWEEN BRIDGEHAMPTON AND SAG HARBOR.




FROM A WESTBOUND TRAIN


THE   SHUTTLE

AS THERE WERE NO FACILITIES FOR TURNING ENGINES
AT BRIDGEHAMPTON,   THE SHUTTLE'S  "D"  CLASS WOULD
RUN BACKWARDS IN ONE DIRECTION.   THIS IS CIRCA 1925.
THE TENDERS OF SOME 4-4-0'S WERE EQUIPPED WITH
PILOTS AND HEADLIGHTS FOR BACKWARD RUNNING.

SEE BACK UP TENDERS ON ----> THE   SCOOT





1927   CHANGE   OF   MOTIVE   POWER


THREE   PHOTOS   COURTESY   OF   DAVE   KELLER

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THE SAG HARBOR BRANCH CURVED TO THE LEFT,
THE MONTAUK BRANCH TO THE RIGHT.


WITH THANKS TO DAVE KELLER AGAIN WE PRESENT FIVE BOB EMERY HAND
DRAWN MAPS OF THE BRANCH WITH HISTORIC NOTES.   APPROPRIATELY,
ON THE DAY BEFORE THE ANNIVERSARY OF BOB'S BIRTH,  MARCH 23.




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