The Long Island Rail Road: A Comprehensive History, Part One: South Side R.R. of L.I.

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The Long Island Rail Road: A Comprehensive History, Part One: South Side R.R. of L.I. (1961)
by Vincent Francis Seyfried

Foreword

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Part One of The Long Island Rail Road: A Comprehensive History. Images included in Chapter 4. The book was copyrighted to Seyfried in 1961. Said copyright was not renewed, and so expired in 1989. Other sources have a typed slip of paper labeled "ADDENDA" included with the book.

A recently discovered list of liens against the South Side R.R. as of September 1874 mentions two locomotives by number and name:
#16 the "Rockaway"

#17 the "Islip"
The locomotive "Montauk", rebuilt after the wreck of July 1875, emerged from the shops in September 1875 as the "Glendale"

85804The Long Island Rail Road: A Comprehensive History, Part One: South Side R.R. of L.I.1961Vincent Francis Seyfried

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THE

LONG ISLAND RAIL ROAD

A COMPREHENSIVE HISTORY

by

Vincent F. Seyfried

Part One

South Side R. R. of L. I.

Published by
Vincent F. Seyfried
163 Pine Street
Garden City, Long Island

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Copyright © 1961 by Vincent F. Seyfried
All Rights Reserved
Library of Congress Catalog Card Number: 61–17477

A Limited Edition of 550 Copies
of which this is 473

Manufactured by Salisbury Printers, Uniondale, Long Island

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Contents

Foreword . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .		v
The South Side Becomes A Reality . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .		1
The South Side Reaches The East River . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .		9
The Era Of Expansion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .		19
Operations: 1867–1872 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .		33
The Hempstead Branch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .		47
The South Side Falls To The Long Island . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .		55
Roster Of Equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .		73

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