SAG HARBOR BRANCH Part 8

SAG HARBOR BRANCH Part EIGHT

MORE ABOUT THE SCOOT

THIS 1898 TRAIN REGISTER BOOK WAS FOUND
BY BOB EMERY IN EASTPORT STATION IN 1959

THE SCOOT WAS TRAIN NUMBER 144 WESTBOUND FROM
AMAGANSETT AND NUMBER 147 EASTBOUND TO AMAGANSETT.

NOTE THAT THE CONSIST VARIED FROM ONE TO SIX CARS.

THE SCOOT WITH ENGINE 95 AT SAG HARBOR IN 1896
PHOTO FROM THE FABULOUS COLLECTION OF HAROLD FAGERBERG

IS THIS THE SCOOT? WHERE? WHEN?
NOTE THE BACKUP HEADLIGHT ON THE TENDER

THIS PHOTO SHOWS A LOCOMOTIVE RUNNING BACKWARDS AND
THE REAR HEADLIGHT AND PART OF THE PILOT ARE VISIBLE.