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- ↑ "Montauk". Letter to the Editor. The New York Times. November 5, 1989. p. A26. Retrieved December 2, 2022.
- ↑ "Fishing and the LIRR". trainsarefun.com. Retrieved December 2, 2022.
- ↑ Meyer, Robert Jr. (June 12, 1949). "Fisherman's Special to Montauk". The New York Times. p. X19. Retrieved November 30, 2022.
- ↑ Weigold, Marilyn E. (2015). Peconic Bay: Four Centuries of History on Long Island's North and South Forks. Syracuse, NY: Syracuse University Press. p. 147. ISBN 9780815653097.
- ↑ "LONG ISLAND STATION HISTORY". trainsarefun.com. Archived from the original on 2010-04-08. Retrieved 2010-01-06.
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