Christmas
Recollections of the LIRR
Bob Anderson - c.
early 1960's 6-8 years old
"...Brings back lots of memories. I went to sacred heart school in Bayside, and we
helped decorate bayside station in the early sixties. I remember another
tradition was Christmas carolers at Bayside station every year. It was like a
scene out of "It's a Wonderful Life"; man I miss those days..."
Pat Scopelliti
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c.1958 10 years old
"...I remember the Christmas nativity scene setup at Hall Tower, especially on a
snowy evening with the flames from the turnout points softly glowing. Can't see
that anymore... and that's good? I also remember the Christmas decoration
contests between all the stations. Can't do that stuff anymore either I imagine..."
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The Man Who Made the Trains Run: Harry Glueck
"...Dad hated the snow. I can’t remember how many Christmas and
post-Christmas storms he worked 72 hours straight, with little or no sleep,
either in Jamaica or in Hicksville. Some trackmen wouldn’t pick up the
phone when they were needed, others were true “railroad men” who like my
father, came out and slugged away in the cold, thawing switches, digging out
drainage conduits, and doing what needed to be done. Until the seventeenth
year of his retirement, when he succumbed to lung cancer, he still hated snow,
although in the end, he rode his own Kubota tractor to clear his one driveway,
and there was some satisfaction in that..." Author: Richard Glueck
Excerpt
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Crossing Watchman George Basch protects the Greenpoint Avenue crossing in
Blissville, LI City, NY on
Christmas
Day 1970, shortly before his retirement the following year. Shown here is one of the “newer” sheet metal crossing shanties that replaced a number of the older, wooden ones. Photo: Dave Keller
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![GP38-2_264ChristmasDay1998PortJeffersonYard..jpg (93217 bytes)](GP38-2_264ChristmasDay1998PortJeffersonYard._small.jpg)
LIRR GP38-2
#264 Christmas Day 1998
Port Jefferson Yard
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Alco #619
Christmas Day 1998 Port Jefferson Yard
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![XmasHack1998.jpg (88847 bytes)](XmasHack1998_small.jpg)
NYA #66 ex-LIRR
Christmas caboose at Fresh Pond 12/1998
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![](LIRR-SunriseSpecialXmasCard.jpg)
LIRR Sunrise Special Christmas Card sold by National Railway Museum. Artwork
by David Tutwiler
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![](C62xmascab12-1999GeorgeGreig.jpg)
NYA #62 ex-LIRR
Christmas caboose at Fresh Pond
12/1999 Photo: George Greig
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![](Happy-Holidays_LIRR-Merrick-Station_2020_small.jpg)
Happy Holidays 2020 - LIRR Merrick Station |
![](LIRR-409_Train-562-NASSAU-12242019_JoeVila_small.jpg)
LIRR #409 Train #562 eastbound at NASSAU Tower 12/24/2019 Photo/Archive: Joe
Vila |
LIRR
CHRISTMAS DECORATIONS |
![](Jamaica-Station-Christmas_1953_DaveMorrison_small.jpg)
Jamaica Station Christmas 1953
Archive: Dave Morrison
![](Christmas%201963%20at%20Hall%20Tower_Ziel_small.jpg)
Christmas 1963 at HALL Tower, Jamaica
Archive: Ron Ziel |
![](LIRRer-12261968-cover_HALL-Tower_DaveMorrison_small.jpg)
LIRailroader 12/26/1968 cover HALL Tower Archive: Dave Morrison
![](Steve-Anglin_Director-Special-Services_Santa-Claus_eastbound-Babylon-Christmas-Party_12121965_small.jpg)
Special Services Director, Steve Anglin as Santa Claus Christmas Party
eastbound to Babylon 12/12/1965 |
![](Islip-Station-Christmas_ViewNW-12-1971_Keller_small.jpg)
Islip Station Christmas - View NW
12/1971 Photo/Archive: Dave Keller
![](Hicksville-Station-Christmas-1961_small.jpg)
Hicksville Station Christmas 1961
![](NASSAU-Tower_Santa_c.12-1993+_JamesDonohue_small.jpg)
NASSAU Tower Santa c.12/1993+
Photo/Archive: James Donohue
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![](Malverne-Station-viewW_Christmas-2003_small.jpg)
Malverne Station Christmas 2003
View W, View N below
![](Malverne-Station_ViewN_Christmas-2003_small.jpg)
![](Inwood-Station-sign-Christmas-2004_small.jpg)
Inwood Station sign Christmas 2004 |
LONG ISLAND Railroader Christmas
Covers 1956-1968
Archive: Dave Morrison |
![](LIRR-Info-Bulletin_12-1928_DaveMorrison_small.jpg)
LIRR Information Bulletin 12/1928
Archive: Dave Morrison |
![](LIRRer-12201956-cover_DaveMorrison_small.jpg) |
![](LIRRer-12191957-cover_DaveMorrison_small.jpg) |
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![](LIRRer-12201962-cover_DaveMorrison_small.jpg) |
![](LIRRer-12191963-cover_DaveMorrison_small.jpg) |
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HOLIDAY EXPRESS
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![lirr-Holiday-Express_Ronkonkoma-Penn-Station_12-03-2016.jpg (121908 bytes)](lirr-Holiday-Express_Ronkonkoma-Penn-Station_12-03-2016_small.jpg)
LIRR "Holiday Express" from Ronkonkoma to Penn Station
Ad 12/03/2016
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Holiday
Express
12/03/2016
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![Holiday Express-Santa_12-03-16.jpg (92915 bytes)](Holiday_Express-Santa_12-03-16_small.jpg)
Santa
boarding the Holiday Express
12/03/2016
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![](Holiday-Express_Farmingdale_viewE_12-3-16.jpg)
Holiday Express Farmingdale view E 12/03/2016
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![](Holiday-Express-Santa_2016.jpg)
Santa "Thumbs
Up" Holiday Express
12/03/2016
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![holidayexpresswebbanner2017.jpg (117416 bytes)](holidayexpresswebbanner2017_small.jpg)
Holiday Express
- LIRR ad banner 2017
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![Holiday-Express_2017_Route-Main-Line.jpg (65152 bytes)](Holiday-Express_2017_Route-Main-Line_small.jpg)
Limited Engagement
Saturday, December 16th @9:35 AM
(non-stop from Ronkonkoma Station to Penn Station)
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![Holiday-Express_2017_Route-Montauk-Branch.jpg (60018 bytes)](Holiday-Express_2017_Route-Montauk-Branch_small.jpg)
Sunday, December 17th @ 9:50 AM
(non-stop from Babylon Station to Penn Station)
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![LIRR_Holiday-Express_Floral Park, NY 12-16-2017_MarcGlucksman.jpg (82241 bytes)](LIRR_Holiday-Express_Floral_Park_NY_12-16-2017_MarcGlucksman_small.jpg)
Holiday
Express at Floral Park 12/16/2017 Photo: Marc Glucksman
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![Penn Station, New York on Sunday, December 17, 2017, marc glucksman.jpg (96172 bytes)](Penn_Station_New_York_on_Sunday_December_17_2017_marc_glucksman_small.jpg)
Penn
Station, NY 12/17/2017 Photo: Marc
Glucksman
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![521_Holiday-Express_2017_JStroop.jpg (51134 bytes)](521_Holiday-Express_2017_JStroop_small.jpg)
#521
Holiday Express 2017 Archive: J. Stroop
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![Holiday-Express_Babylon_12-17-2017.jpg (42151 bytes)](Holiday-Express_Babylon_12-17-2017_small.jpg)
Holiday
Express at Babylon
- 12/17/2017
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![NASSAU-Tower_Holiday-Express_2017_JStroop.jpg (68117 bytes)](NASSAU-Tower_Holiday-Express_2017_JStroop_small.jpg)
#521 westbound
Holiday Express at NASSAU Tower 2017 Archive: J. Stroop
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![Jamaica_Holiday_Express-2017_GaryFarkash.jpg (89264 bytes)](Jamaica_Holiday_Express-2017_GaryFarkash_small.jpg)
Holiday
Express at Jamaica Station 2017 Photo: Gary Farkash
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![](Christmas-Train-562_NASSAU-Tower_12242019_JoeVila_small.jpg)
Christmas Train #562 at NASSAU Tower 12/24/2019 Photo/Archive: Joe Vila |
![](Christmas-wreath_LIRR-M7-7769_12202021_JoeVila_small.jpg)
Christmas wreath LIRR M7 #7769
12/20/2021 Photo/Archive: Joe Vila |
![](Christmas-wreath-LIRR-502_12202021_JoeVila_small.jpg)
Christmas wreath LIRR #502 12/20/2021 Photo/Archive: Joe Vila |
![](Jamaica-Track-8_12252021_JoeStroppel_small.jpeg)
Christmas night - 12/25/2021 Jamaica, Track 8 eastbound Babylon train
with Joe Vila, Engr. Photo/Archive: Joe Stroppel |