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OCTOBER 8, 1955
PHOTOGRAPHS BY JOHN KRAUS, BILL SLADE AND ART HUNEKE
HEADING FOR RIVERHEAD
EXTRA 35 EAST BARRELS THROUGH MINEOLA WITH CAR 2923.
Engineer "HOTROD" McCANN, Fireman LeROY CALVERT.
AT RIVERHEAD AFTER TURNING TRAIN ON WYE AT CAMP UPTON JUNCTION
AFTER DROPPING PASSENGERS AT HICKSVILLE STATION EXTRA 35
BACKED UP THE PORT JEFFERSON BRANCH, CROSSED OVER TO THE
EASTBOUND TRACK AND PROCEEDED WEST INTO THE SOUTH SIDING.
HICKSVILLE SOUTH SIDING: ENGINE 39 and P72 NUMBER 2924.
IN DISTANCE ENGINE 35 with CAR 2923. BILL SLADE PHOTOGRAPH
DOCUMENTATION BY BILL SLADE TYPED ON BACK OF ANOTHER PHOTO
HEADING FOR JAMAICA - THE 39 WOULD BRING A PASSENGER TRAIN TO OYSTER BAY THAT EVENING OR SUNDAY OCTOBER 9 AND LAY OVER UNTIL MONDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 10.
MINEOLA - OYSTER BAY BRANCH IN FOREGROUND.
LONG ISLAND RAILROADER, NOVEMBER 1955 ARTICLE
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