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Re: Old LIRR Rockaway Beach Branch |
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Posted by Mitch45 on Wed Oct 9 13:57:39 2013, in response to Re: Old LIRR Rockaway Beach Branch, posted by Nilet on Tue Oct 8 15:18:20 2013. Not exactly. The government paid private companies to build it for them, in exchange for the right to operate it and charge fares. It wasn't until the 1920's that the City realized that the IRT and the BMT were making money and the City was getting stiffed on its share, giving rise to the IND. |
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