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CENTRAL RAIL ROAD OF LONG ISLAND
CENTRAL RAIL ROAD EXTENSION COMPANY OF LONG ISLAND
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THE CENTRAL RAIL ROAD OF LONG ISLAND WAS BUILT BY ALEXANDER T. STEWART TO PROVIDE PASSENGER SERVICE TO GARDEN CITY AND ACCESS TO THE BRICK YARD AT BETHPAGE.   THE CENTRAL RAIL ROAD EXTENSION WAS BUILT TO TAP THE FIRE ISLAND TOURIST TRADE AND PROVIDE SERVICE TO BRESLAU AND BABYLON. BOTH LINES WERE OPERATED BY AND AS PART OF THE FLUSHING AND NORTH SIDE RAIL ROAD.  UNDER LONG ISLAND RAIL ROAD OPERATION THE LINES WERE AT FIRST OPERATED INDEPENDENTLY. AFTER CONSOLIDATION THE C.R.R.L.I. BETWEEN FLORAL PARK AND BABYLON BECAME THE CENTRAL EXTENSION. IN 1925 THE LINE BETWEEN BETHPAGE JUNCTION AND BABYLON WAS REBUILT AND RENAMED THE CENTRAL BRANCH |
1871 PROPOSED ROUTE OF CENTRAL RAIL ROAD OF LONG ISLAND RUNNING
ADJACENT TO AND JUST SOUTH OF L.I.R.R. INTO FARMINGDALE VILLAGE
THIS MAP FROM 1873 SHOWS THE C.R.R.L.I. FROM BETHPAGE JUNCTION TO BABYLON DOCK.
THIS MAP FROM 1876-1879 SHOWS THE C.R.R.L.I. EXCEPT FOR THE LINE FROM BELMONT JUNCTION TO BABYLON HARBOR.
ADJACENT TO AND JUST SOUTH OF L.I.R.R. INTO FARMINGDALE VILLAGE
THIS MAP FROM 1873 SHOWS THE C.R.R.L.I. FROM BETHPAGE JUNCTION TO BABYLON DOCK.
THIS MAP FROM 1876-1879 SHOWS THE C.R.R.L.I. EXCEPT FOR THE LINE FROM BELMONT JUNCTION TO BABYLON HARBOR.
from 1873 Atlas - FLUSHING - RAIL CENTER
"THE PASSENGER COACHES ARE OF ELEGANT AND TASTY DESIGN."
HINSDALE STATION .......................CREEDMOOR - NATIONAL RIFLE RANGE
actual photo of HINSDALE STATION
FLUSHING & NORTH SIDE - CENTRAL RAIL ROAD OF LONG ISLAND
TIMETABLE OF DECEMBER 4, 1873 copy courtesy of SETH BRAMSON
FLUSHING & NORTH SIDE - CENTRAL RAIL ROAD OF LONG ISLAND
TIMETABLE FROM LONG ISLAND TIMES OF JUNE 4, 1874
below from Vincent F. Seyfried's THE LONG ISLAND RAIL ROAD Part Two
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"THE PASSENGER COACHES ARE OF ELEGANT AND TASTY DESIGN."
HINSDALE STATION .......................CREEDMOOR - NATIONAL RIFLE RANGE
actual photo of HINSDALE STATION
FLUSHING & NORTH SIDE - CENTRAL RAIL ROAD OF LONG ISLAND
TIMETABLE OF DECEMBER 4, 1873 copy courtesy of SETH BRAMSON
FLUSHING & NORTH SIDE - CENTRAL RAIL ROAD OF LONG ISLAND
TIMETABLE FROM LONG ISLAND TIMES OF JUNE 4, 1874
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below from Vincent F. Seyfried's THE LONG ISLAND RAIL ROAD Part Two
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