SHUTTLE SERVICE
GARDEN CITY TO SALISBURY PLAINS part two
ON SEPTEMBER 20 THE TROLLEY SIDING WAS EXTENDED WEST AND
CONNECTED WITH THE EAST LEG OF THE WYE AT HEMPSTEAD CROSSING.
THE MAIN TRACK BECAME AN UNLOADING TRACK FOR CAMP MILLS.
"HC" TOWER HEMPSTEAD CROSSING
AFTER WORLD WAR ONE SERVICE WAS RESTORED TO SALISBURY PLAINS
EMPLOYEE TIMETABLE NO. 2, JUNE 21, 1942 SHOWING TRACK STILL RAN 7.5 MILES
TO PLAIN EDGE AND PASSENGER SERVICE STILL RAN TO SALISBURY (PLAINS)
Employe Timetable No. 3 - September20, 1942: Branch cut back
to Meadowbrook Hospital, Service cut back to MITCHEL FIELD
IN 1927 THE TROLLEY CARS BEGAN CONNECTING WITH TRAINS AT COUNTRY LIFE
PRESS STATION USING A NEW TRACK WHICH DEADENDED BEHIND THE PLATFORM.
IN 1933 THE TROLLEY CARS WERE REPLACED WITH MP-41 MULTIPLE UNIT CARS.
AT FIRST TRAINS RAN WITH A SINGLE CAR. LATER TWO CARS WERE RUN.
TICKETS FOR MITCHEL FIELD WERE PRINTED AND PROBABLY SOLD
AT GARDEN CITY, CLINTON ROAD AND POSSIBLY SALISBURY PLAINS
FROM 1927 UNTIL 1939 THE SOUTHEAST LEG OF THE WYE DEADENDED BEHIND THE PLATFORM.
IN 1939 HC TOWER AND INTERLOCKING WERE REPLACED AND THIS TRACK WAS CONNECTED TO THE
HEMPSTEAD BRANCH WITH A HAND THROWN SWITCH. WILLIAM D. SLADE 1950 Photo.
IN 1950 MP54's REPLACED MP41's ON THE SHUTTLE
NEWSDAY RECEIVED NEWSPRINT AND HAD ITS OWN PASSENGER STATION.
PUBLIC TIMETABLE of SEPTEMBER 2, 1952
MP54 SHUTTLE AT MITCHEL FIELD STATION.
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GARDEN CITY TO SALISBURY PLAINS part two
ON SEPTEMBER 20 THE TROLLEY SIDING WAS EXTENDED WEST AND
CONNECTED WITH THE EAST LEG OF THE WYE AT HEMPSTEAD CROSSING.
THE MAIN TRACK BECAME AN UNLOADING TRACK FOR CAMP MILLS.
"HC" TOWER HEMPSTEAD CROSSING
AFTER WORLD WAR ONE SERVICE WAS RESTORED TO SALISBURY PLAINS
EMPLOYEE TIMETABLE NO. 2, JUNE 21, 1942 SHOWING TRACK STILL RAN 7.5 MILES
TO PLAIN EDGE AND PASSENGER SERVICE STILL RAN TO SALISBURY (PLAINS)
Employe Timetable No. 3 - September20, 1942: Branch cut back
to Meadowbrook Hospital, Service cut back to MITCHEL FIELD
IN 1927 THE TROLLEY CARS BEGAN CONNECTING WITH TRAINS AT COUNTRY LIFE
PRESS STATION USING A NEW TRACK WHICH DEADENDED BEHIND THE PLATFORM.
IN 1933 THE TROLLEY CARS WERE REPLACED WITH MP-41 MULTIPLE UNIT CARS.
AT FIRST TRAINS RAN WITH A SINGLE CAR. LATER TWO CARS WERE RUN.
TICKETS FOR MITCHEL FIELD WERE PRINTED AND PROBABLY SOLD
AT GARDEN CITY, CLINTON ROAD AND POSSIBLY SALISBURY PLAINS
FROM 1927 UNTIL 1939 THE SOUTHEAST LEG OF THE WYE DEADENDED BEHIND THE PLATFORM.
IN 1939 HC TOWER AND INTERLOCKING WERE REPLACED AND THIS TRACK WAS CONNECTED TO THE
HEMPSTEAD BRANCH WITH A HAND THROWN SWITCH. WILLIAM D. SLADE 1950 Photo.
IN 1950 MP54's REPLACED MP41's ON THE SHUTTLE
NEWSDAY RECEIVED NEWSPRINT AND HAD ITS OWN PASSENGER STATION.
PUBLIC TIMETABLE of SEPTEMBER 2, 1952
MP54 SHUTTLE AT MITCHEL FIELD STATION.
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