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Photographer: Andrew Ruppenstein
Taken: February 17, 2013
Caption: Babylon L.I.R.R. Railroad Station and Babylon Trolley Route Marker
Additional Description: Babylon Station originally opened as a South Side Railroad of Long Island depot on October 28, 1867. It was briefly renamed Seaside station in the summer of 1868, but resumed its original name of Babylon station in 1869. The Central Railroad of Long Island had once planned an extension to the Great South Bay and Fire Island which was never built, and a horse car and later trolley line was provided by the Babylon Rail Road company as a substitute. The second depot opened on July 2, 1881, and was razed in 1963 as part of the grade elimination project that was taking place along the entire Babylon Branch during the post-war era. The new elevated third station opened on September 9, 1964.... - Wikipedia entry for the Babylon (LIRR Station), retrieved 2/18/2013
Submitted: February 19, 2013, by Andrew Ruppenstein of Lamorinda, California.
Database Locator Identification Number: p234628
File Size: 3.741 Megabytes

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