The Babylon Rail Road was a horsecar line in Babylon Village, New York, later converted to a trolley line. It was opened in 1871 and ceased operations in 1920.
^. Amityville Historical Society and Lauder Museum. Archived from the original on March 15, 2012.
^Meyers, Stephen L. (2006). "Five: The South Shore Lines and a Surprise". Images of Rail: Lost Trolleys of Queens and Long Island.
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Babylon Rail Road and Fire Island
January 01, 1970
babylon, railroad, babylon, rail, road, horsecar, line, babylon, village, york, later, converted, trolley, line, opened, 1871, ceased, operations, 1920, babylon, rail, roadoverviewlocalebabylon, villageservicetypehorsecar, then, streetcarhistoryopened1871close. The Babylon Rail Road was a horsecar line in Babylon Village New York later converted to a trolley line It was opened in 1871 and ceased operations in 1920 Babylon Rail RoadOverviewLocaleBabylon VillageServiceTypeHorsecar then StreetcarHistoryOpened1871Closed1920TechnicalTrack gauge4 ft 8 1 2 in 1 435 mm ElectrificationOverhead lines The line s main purpose was to provide transportation between the Long Island Rail Road station at the north end of the village center to ferries for Jones Beach and Fire Island destinations In 1910 Babylon Railroad established a second line to Amityville Station 1 They also planned a connection to the South Shore Traction Company later Suffolk Traction Company in Sayville New York that was never built 2 By 1918 the original line of the Babylon railroad ceased to operate and the Babylon Amityville Line was terminated two years later References edit The 100th Anniversary of the Amityville Babylon Trolley Line Amityville Historical Society and Lauder Museum Archived from the original on March 15 2012 Meyers Stephen L 2006 Five The South Shore Lines and a Surprise Images of Rail Lost Trolleys of Queens and Long Island External links editBabylon Rail Road and Fire Island Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Babylon Railroad amp oldid 959693490, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
