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BY RAIL TO THE SEA - TO LONG BEACH

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LONG   BEACH

LONG BEACH HOTEL from "LONG ISLAND OF TO-DAY"  1884   -  
NOTE RAILROAD STATION AND WATER TOWER AT DISTANT LEFT.


LONG BEACH HOTEL circa 1885




LONG BEACH STATION circa 1890


STATION SIGN


WATER TOWER AT LONG BEACH



THIS TRAIN WITH A TANK (TENDERLESS) ENGINE MAY HAVE BEEN
THE POINT LOOKOUT SHUTTLE OR A SHUTTLE FROM LYNBROOK



A   NEW   BRICK   STATION   OPENED   IN   1909




A     UNIQUE     LOGO



IN THE MID 1980'S STOREFRONTS WERE REMOVED AND THE STATION WAS RESTORED TO ITS ORIGINAL APPEARANCE


THIS POSTCARD MAILED IN 1906 SHOWS A WESTBOUND LONG BEACH TRAIN AT LYNBROOK STATION WITH A D52 CLASS 4-4-0 EQUIPPED FOR "SHUTTLE SERVICE" WITH TENDER MOUNTED HEADLIGHT AND PILOT.   THE TOWER - FIRST NUMBER 21 THEN "PT" - CONTROLLED THE JUNCTION WITH THE MONTAUK BRANCH FROM 1880 UNTIL 1910.



THIS POSTCARD MAILED IN MARCH,  1910 ALSO SHOWS LYNBROOK STATION AND "PT" TOWER - ORIGINALLY NUMBER 21 - WHICH CONTROLLED THE JUNCTION WITH THE MONTAUK BRANCH FROM 1880 UNTIL 1910.



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.

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THE   FIRST   ELECTRIC   TRAIN


LONG   BEACH   YARD