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picture of 1923 LIRR 
    Battery Car

Title: LIRR Battery Car Circa 1923.

Subjects: Trains--Battery Cars; Photographs--Trains--Battery Cars; Mineola

Description: This is a photograph of a LIRR Battery car taken at the West Hempstead Branch in Mineola in 1923. These battery cars were retired in the mid-1920's, in favor of gasoline-powered railcars and gas-electric cars.

Source: Photograph is part of Ron Ziel's collection.

Language: English.

Relation: Photograph taken from the book,"The Long Island Rail Road in Early Photographs" by Ron Ziel.

Location: West Hempstead Branch, Mineola, New York

Creator: James V. Osborne.

Publisher: Dover Publications, Inc.;Mineola, New York.

Other Contributer: Ron Ziel authored the book that published this photograph.

Rights Management: Copyright 1990--All rights reserved by publishing company.

Date: 1923

Resource Type: Photograph

Format: JPEG file

Resource Identifier: ISBN of book is 0-486-26301-0

 


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