LIRR Progress in pictures, and important recent news

A beautiful pdf is available at:

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The LIRR PR piece is impressive in every way to this Ohioan. You New Yorkers may pay higher taxes than we flatlanders do, but look at what you get! The LIRR replaced more bridges in these photographs than the Ohio DOT. At least, it looks like it. Modern up-to-date stations, new and better equipment…what’s not to like?

Thanks for posting this and thereby giving railfans hope for the future.

That is impressive and as an ex-Long Islander, the LIRR has sure come a long way from the days of “Dashing Dan.”

Great photo show! Thanks David!

I dunno, Valley Stream Station looks kind of clinical… nice see through garbage can though! … and it’s the only one with any people in it… where are all the people? Mass Transit… no mass.

Reconstructed LIRR 2-track elevated Nostrand Avenue (on Atantic Avenue) Station. now with handiciapped access:

Nostrand Avenue 07-08-19

The rehabilitated Nostrand Avenue Station is part of a broader effort to modernize LIRR rail stations and contribute to the economic development of the region. More information about the station renewal project is available at AModernLI.com, at this link: http://www.amodernli.com/project/nostrand-ave-station-rehabilitation/

Nostrand Avenue 07-08-19

Dave, Can you provide what I’m seeing in the Nassau Switch picture. Is that a movable frog on a high speed switch?

Yes Exactly

Also in use on Metro North

Date: February 21, 2020 at 06:07:01 CST

Subject: Jamaica Platform F opens for passenger serviceu

This whole Jamaica “Improvement” Program doesn’t seem to amount to much from the passengers’ perspective. Who thought up this thing?

Perhaps it’s time to review it using people like those who figured out where the cables should be run in MTA tunnels. The article might be sarcastic, but I think many, perhaps all the things established in it are real.

Statements from MTA Chairman and CEO Pat Foye and LIRR President Phil EngStatement from MTA Chairman and CEO Pat Foye:

“Ray Kenny was a beloved and universally respected railroader who was laser focused on improving the lives of his customers and colleagues at all levels of the Long Island Railroad and New Jersey Transit. Ray began his storied career at the LIRR 50 years ago and held a number of key positions over many years, including Acting President. Ray was a member of the MTA family and he will be deeply missed. His legacy is felt by generations of LIRR customers and employees.”

Statement from LIRR President Phil Eng:
“Ray was a legend. While I never had the opportunity to work with him at the LIRR, the results of his leadership where clear throughout the railroad when I came on board. The entire railroad is hurting right now.”

What happened to Mr. Kenny?

Covid-19 got him.

Great pictures!

I grew up in Altoona. My uncle lived in Flushing and worked in NYC. During my last two years of high school (1956 and 1957), I found numerous opportunities to visit him.

I rode the PRR from Altoona to Penn Station, NYC, and then the LIRR to Murray Hill Station. I remember my uncle telling me not to get off the train at Main Street, Flushing.

My uncle’s house was on Station Road in Flushing. The LIRR ran right by the front door; we used to sit on the porch in the good weather and watch the trains go by.

The pictures of the Flushing Street Station brought back many fond memories.

# Heroic LIRR Employees Save Customer’s Life at East New York Station in Brooklyn



Employees Act Quickly to Bring Man to Safety After He Falls on Tracks



LIRR President Recognizes Employees for Their Rescue





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April 23, 2021
# LIRR Conductor Reunites Customer With $107K Worth of Missing Jewelry Left on Train

May 28, 2021

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Whether it’s a straight shot by MTA Long Island Rail Road (LIRR) to the Hamptons or a COVID shot in the arm, Penn Station is the place to begin a quick and reliable trip to the Hamptons this Memorial Day weekend. On the weekends, beginning today, the “Cannonball” Hamptons Express train returns, departing from Penn Station at 4:0

Does the Cannonball still have parlor car service? I remember that they used a heavyweight car on that train when I was a kid. I used to see it whiz through Amityville every Friday.

I think this ‘Cannonball’ is just limited-stop service with the typical bidirectional equipment.

I still think it was a mistake to eliminate the bar-car service (built into some of the M1s) – and I can’t help but think there’s enough reserve power on the Hamptons trains (which have top-and-tail power, not the FA cab/HEP cars of prior years) to allow private ‘train club’ equipment… rented out for a surcharge to ‘other trips’ made daily by the equipment, perhaps, along the lines of vacation-home rental. So not impossible for the future… perhaps.

There was beverage and snack service in the reserved Hamptons-Special Car two years ago.

It is not provided this year because of masking requiren\ment.