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| This section of the site is devoted
to Long Island's unused rail lines. We will focus on lines that still have
some tangible trace of their presence. That trace can be anything as loud
as an entire section of rail still there as if still in use, or something
as faint as a simple rail spike, path in the woods, or a single railroad
tie. Finding these can be an amazing experience for the right person. Finding
that auto body shop that matches the picture and map of an old trolley house,
or tripping on a lonely railroad tie on a once busy right-of-way gives a
sense of oneness with history. It's as if these railroads are screaming
out from beyond the grave to tell their story. Well, here is that story. |
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| State Hospital Spurs |
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| Each of Long Island's state hospitals
had rail spurs to deliver patients, visitors, supplies, and fuel for the
power plants. Here in these links lie pictures of then and now, with maps. |
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Kings Park
Pilgrim
Central Islip
Edgewood
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| Trolley Lines (coming
soon) |
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