I was in Northport today. on Main Street tehre is trackage. standard gauge. they wrap around to the left then seem to disappree into the park. Can sombody tell me the history of these tracks? are they ex- LIRR ?
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hondajohn wrote:Resurrecting a very old topic for a question. When I was young, my mother worked as a part-time typist for an office on Northport's Main Street, and I would come along when nobody else could watch me. I was fascinated by the abandoned tracks in the road, and I recall one of her co-workers telling me that the town had acquired a horse-drawn trolley that was occasionally taken out for parades to ride on the rails. Is there any truth to that?See if Bob Andersen's Northport Trolley page helps. (I believe so): http://www.lirrhistory.com/nptrolly.ht ... rn false;
hondajohn wrote:Unfortunately, there isn't a lot of information on that page. To clarify, the car was supposedly acquired and used long after the line shut down in 1924. Sometime in the 60's or 70's.YES he would be correct, and growing up in Northport I remember it as I was about 9 years old. However, it did NOT use the rails, it was on wheels. It was a project by the high school kids and I don't recall it lasting to long. IIRC it was brought out for parades like Cow Harbor day on occasion, but I haven't been back for them in a long time, so I couldn't say for sure.