Long
Island Railroad
125th Anniversary 1834-1959
Research/Collection courtesy: Dave Morrison
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LIRR 125th
Anniversary Special Train
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LIRR 125th Anniversary
Special Train
Souvenir
Program 4/24/1959 |
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LIRR 125th Anniversary Special Train Suffolk County
Center 4/24/1959 |
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LIRR 125th Anniversary Special Train Event Schedule
4/24/1959
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LIRR 125th Anniversary Special Train at Freeport
4/24/1959 Archive: Christopher V. Smith |
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LIRR Logo - 1834
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LIRR RS-3 #1560 at Riverhead for 125th
Anniversary Celebration 4/24/1959 |
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LIRR PR Release - photo left |
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President Goodfellow, flanked by Trainman Bellis and Joseph W.
Cermak, Suffolk County Coordinator, cuts the cake celebrating our 125th
birthday, during the ceremonies at the new County Center. 4/24/1959 |
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New lobby of the Suffolk County Center at
Riverhead as guests who have arrived from the LIRR 125th Anniversary Special
Train 4/24/1959 |
Conductor Richard Bellis decked out in the LIRR uniform of 125 years
prior.
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LIRR PR Release - photo left
Photos: LIRRer magazine - May 7, 1959 |
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Conductor Richard Bellis checking tickets
4/24/1959 |
Long
Island Railroad
125 Anniversary Pamphlet 1834-1959 |
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This was the granddaddy of all diesel
locomotives. Old No. 401, shown on some of its experimental runs in 1926, was the first diesel ever to be
used in road service. Many developments worked out on this locomotive are standard on today's modern diesels.
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Back of photo, at left, that identifies the personnel in the photo.
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LIRR 1959 Pocket Calendar - 125th Anniversary April 24, 1959
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LIRR 125th Anniversary Glass
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LIRR Logo -1959
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