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WEST   HEMPSTEAD   BRANCH   ELECTRIFICATION

THE NEW YORK BAY EXTENSION WAS ELECTRIFIED AND A SPECIAL TRAIN RUN ON OCTOBER 19, 1926.
THE NEW THROUGH SERVICE WAS OPENED WITH EMPLOYE TIME TABLE NUMBER 105 ON OCTOBER 20.
MOST TRAINS BETWEEN VALLEY STREAM AND MINEOLA
TOOK   20   MINUTES,   SOME   21,   22   OR   23   MINUTES.





THE   FIRST   TRAIN,   OCTOBER   19   1926.


   















 

ON SEPTEMBER 15, 1935 PASSENGER SERVICE BETWEEN WEST HEMPSTEAD AND MINEOLA WAS ABANDONED AND WEST HEMPSTEAD BECAME A TERMINAL.   MAJOR CHANGES WERE MADE TO "HC" AND "MT" INTERLOCKINGS.

 



                                                                                        FURTHER CHANGES WERE MADE TO "MT" OCTOBER 7. 1935
 


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