. Electric railway journal . onomy seemed to be all in favor of the double transfertable scheme. IOIO ELECTRIC RAILWAY JOURNAL. [Vol. XXXIV. No. 19. THE FIRST CROSS-ISLAND ELECTRIC LINE ONLONG ISLAND The Long Island Railroad has recently completed, underthe name of the Huntington Railroad, an electric line long between Huntington Harbor on the north shoreand Amityville on the, south shore of Long Island. Thetowns named are respectively miles and mileseast of the Brooklyn terminal of the Long Island Railroadand hence are practically just outside of the New Yorksuburban zone
. Electric railway journal . onomy seemed to be all in favor of the double transfertable scheme. IOIO ELECTRIC RAILWAY JOURNAL. [Vol. XXXIV. No. 19. THE FIRST CROSS-ISLAND ELECTRIC LINE ONLONG ISLAND The Long Island Railroad has recently completed, underthe name of the Huntington Railroad, an electric line long between Huntington Harbor on the north shoreand Amityville on the, south shore of Long Island. Thetowns named are respectively miles and mileseast of the Brooklyn terminal of the Long Island Railroadand hence are practically just outside of the New Yorksuburban zone. As shown on the accompanying map, thenew electric railway affords the only direct connectionbetween the three west-to-east divisions of the Long The nucleus of the Huntington Railroad was a 2j^-milehorse railway built in 1890 between Huntington villageand the railroad station. Such a line was needed because,owing to the deep indentations on the north shore coast line,the steam railroad route is in general located more than.
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