Pelham Park and City Island Railroad

The Pelham Park & City Island Railroad was a short suburban railroad in the Bronx, New York City, which connected City Island with the mainland Bronx. For the majority of its existence it was a horse-drawn streetcar line; between 1910 and 1914, it operated as a monorail system, nicknamed "The Flying Lady". [cite book
title = More Unusual Railways
author = John R. Day
publisher = Frederick Muller Ltd.
location = London
year = 1960
url = http://books.google.com/books/pdf/More_Unusual_Railways.pdf?id=8uEEAAAAMAAJ&output=pdf&sig=iIthprLoPrxA9iuQNZXZ3a44fE8] [cite book
title = The Bronx: In Bits and Pieces
author = Bill Twomey
publisher = Rooftop Publishing
ISBN = 978-1-60008-062-3
pages = p. 39
url = http://books.google.com/books?id=WeVTP3GyFH0C&pg=PA39&lpg=PA39&dq=%22pelham+park+and+city+island+railroad%22&source=web&ots=GfZwVroEsG&sig=vA3gKRbmhtQf9vqCbUKCN5rpnio]

Prior to 1913, the system consisted of two constituent companies; the Pelham Park Railroad Company and the City Island Railroad; before merger, the City Island Railroad leased its tracks for the Pelham Park Railroad to use. [cite book
title = American Street Railway Investments
author = Editors of the "Electric Railway Journal"
publisher = McGraw Publishing Company
location = New York
url = http://books.google.com/books/pdf/McGraw_Electric_Railway_Manual.pdf?id=j47IQgaWJM4C&output=pdf&sig=AMfm7pGsFx34BkswNcnzj6Gtpg8
year = 1907
page = p. 217]

In 1914, the system was sold to the Third Avenue Railway by its then owner, the Interborough Rapid Transit Company. [cite news
title = City Island Road Sold.
publisher = The New York Times
date = July 10, 1914.
url = http://query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=9E07E0DF1430E733A25753C1A9619C946596D6CF] In 1919, the Third Avenue Railway petitioned the New York Public Service Commission to permit abandonment, on the grounds of insufficient funds to continue operation, the permission being granted. [cite book
author = State of New York Public Service Commission for the First District
title = Thirteenth Annual Report
publisher = State of New York
year = 1919
url = http://books.google.com/books/pdf/Report.pdf?id=Brw2AAAAIAAJ&output=pdf&sig=3AlisDXhYeEXElBZXVOqATmIauw
pages = pp. 264–265] Operation ceased on August 9, 1919. [cite book
author = State of New York Public Service Commission for the First District
title = Fourteenth Annual Report
publisher = State of New York
year = 1920
url = http://books.google.com/books/pdf/Annual_Report_for_the_Year_Ended____.pdf?id=pXcBAAAAYAAJ&output=pdf&sig=YArANYyxn_Emu6wIuvR0NyuRy8M
pages = p. 398]

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