LIRR Bibliography

Bibliography of LIRR Books: Compiled by: Dave Morrison and Steven Lynch - Input: John Fusto, Dave Keller, Steven Lynch, Pat Scopelliti Bendersky, Jay. Brooklyn’s Waterfront Railways. East Meadow, New York: Meatball Publications, 1988. Bernet, Gerard, Remembering Long Island Rail Road's Fairbanks -Morse Era, Double Take Productions, Edison, NJ, 2011 Boland, Mike with Matt Herson Long Island Rail Road Trackside - Morning Sun Books, Inc. Scotch Plains, NJ, 6/2018 Boland, Michael Long Island Rail Road -Multiple Unit Cars-Volume 1 1905-1949 - Morning Sun Books, Inc. Scotch Plains, NJ, 4/2020 Boland, Michael Long Island Rail Road -Multiple Unit Cars-Volume 2 1953-2020 - Morning Sun Books, Inc. Scotch Plains, NJ, 7/2023 Carleton, Paul. Rails Around Gotham: River Vale, NJ: D. Carleton Railbooks, 1981. Charles, Michael The 175th Anniversary of the Long Island Railroad, LIRR Public Affairs Department April 24, 2009 Dorin, Patrick C. Commuter Railroads. Seattle, WA: Superior Publishing Company, 1970. Erdman, Arthur J. Morning Sun Books, Inc. Scotch Plains, NJ, The Long Island Rail Road In Color Vol 1: 1949-1966 ISBN: 978-1582482910 The Long Island Rail Road In Color Vol 2: 1966-1990 ISBN 1-58248-318-3 The Long Island Rail Road In Color Vol 3: Facilities and Equipment Color Guide ISBN-13: 978-1582483450 The Long Island Rail Road In Color Vol 4: The Color Photography of William J. Brennan ISBN-13: 978-1582483610 The Long Island Rail Road In Color Vol 5: Freight Operations ISBN: 1 58248 604 2 Erdman, Arthur J. Morning Sun Books, Inc. Scotch Plains, NJ, 2016 Long Island Rail Road Power In Color ISBN-10: 158248533X ISBN-13: 978-1582485331 Flagg, Thomas, R. New York Harbor Railroad In Color, Vols 1 and 2. Scotch Plains, New Jersey: Morning Sun Books, Inc., 2000. Fischler, Stan Long Island Rail Road (MBI Railroad Color History) Voyageur Press (June 15, 2007) Fogerberg, Harold and Koehler, Jr, Edward M. The Shortline Railroads of Long Island Babylon, New York: Long Island Sunrise Trail Chapter – NRHS, 2015 George, Herbert. Change at Ozone Park. Flanders, New Jersey: RAE Publishing, Inc., 1993 Goodrich, Warren. Change At Jamaica a commuter’s guide to survival. New York, New York: The Vanguard Press – now Random House, 1957. This is an interesting book, the first part of the book is for east bound commuters and the book starts again from the back (turn the book upside down) for west bound commuting. Grow, Lawrence. On The 8:02 - An Informal History of Commuting by Rail in America. Mayflower Books, New York,1979 Harrison, Richard, J. Long Island Rail Road Memories – The Making of a Steam Locomotive Engineer. New York, New York: Quadrant Press, Inc., 1981. Hinsdale, Elizur Brace History Of The Long Island Railroad Company, 1834-1898 Kessinger Publishing, LLC September 10, 2010 ISBN-10: 1166010147 ISBN-13: 978-1166010140 LIRR Long Island and Where to Go! A Descriptive Work Compiled for the Long Island R. R. Co., Loviband & Jackson 1877 Long Island Sunrise Trail (LIST) Chapter-NRHS: The 175th Anniversary Journal - Long Island Railroad April 24, 2009 Long Island Sunrise Trail (LIST) Chapter-NRHS: Drawings of Vincent Quatroche May, 2023 ISBN: ISBN #979-8-9879076-D-3 Long Island Sunrise Trail (LIST) Chapter-NRHS: The 185th Anniversary of the Long Island Railroad April, 2019 ISBN: 978-0-9886916-8-1 Long, Joel and Stuy, Tim Long Island Railroad Illustrated 1900 Phoebe Snow Company Inc. 2018 ISBN: 978-1-7321191-2-3 Note: This book is a replication of a book originally published by the Long Island Railroad in 1900. 144 softcover pages. Keller, David and Lynch, Steven. The Long Island Rail Road 1925 to 1975. Charleston, South Carolina: Arcadia Publishing, 2004. Keller, David and Lynch, Steven. Revisiting The Long Island Rail Road 1925 to 1975. Charleston, South Carolina: Arcadia Publishing, 2005. Kramer, Frederick A. Long Island Railroad: A Pictorial Record of the Steam-to-Diesel Transition East of Jamaica Newton, New Jersey: Carstens Publications, Inc., June 1, 1978 ISBN-10: 0911868348 ISBN-13: 978-0911868340 McNulty, A. J. The Road of the Dashing Commuter Exposition-Phoenix Press, Inc. April 1980 Morrison, David, D., Foreword by Hank Boerner: Long Island Rail Road - Port Washington Branch ISBN: 978-1-4671-0887-4 Charleston, South Carolina: Arcadia Publishing, January 2023 Morrison, David, D., Foreword by Steve Barry: Long Island Rail Road - Montauk Branch ISBN: 978-1-4671-0690-0 Charleston, South Carolina: Arcadia Publishing, August 2021 Morrison, David, D., Foreword by Carol Mills-Nichol: Long Island Rail Road - Babylon Branch ISBN: 978-1-4671-0561-3 Charleston, South Carolina: Arcadia Publishing, January 2021 Morrison, David, D., Foreword by Lorraine B. Diehl: Grand Central Terminal and Penn Station - Statuary and Sculptures ISBN: 13 978-1-4671-0325-1 Charleston, South Carolina: Arcadia Publishing, July 2019 Morrison, David, D.: Man Line East ISBN: 13 978-1-4671-0253-7 Charleston, South Carolina: Arcadia Publishing, October 2018 Morrison, David, D., Foreword by John Specce: Oyster Bay Branch ISBN: 978-1-4671-2854-4 Charleston, South Carolina: Arcadia Publishing, March 2018 Morrison, David, D., Foreword by Stephen F. Quigley. Sunnyside Yard and Hell Gate Bridge ISBN: 978-1-4671-2419-5 Charleston, South Carolina: Arcadia Publishing, December 2016 Morrison, David, D., Foreword by David Keller. Long Island Rail Road: Port Jefferson Branch ISBN: 9781467120135 Charleston, South Carolina: Arcadia Publishing, 2013 Morrison, David, D. Jamaica Station ISBN: 9780738576411 Charleston, South Carolina: Arcadia Publishing, 2011. Morrison, David, D. and Pakaluk, Valerie. Long Island Rail Road Stations. Charleston, South Carolina: Arcadia Publishing, 2003. Morrison, David, D., Foreword by David Keller. Long Island Rail Road: Morris Park Shops ISBN: 9781467161800 Charleston, South Carolina: Arcadia Publishing, 10/2024 Morrison, David, D. Long Island Rail Road Steam Locomotive Pictorial. Hicksville, New York: Cannon Ball Publications, 1981 NY and LIRR Company Pennsylvania Pennsylvania, New York and Long Island Railroad: East River Division Palala Press May 16, 2016 ISBN-10: 9781356525362 ISBN-13: 978-1356525362 NJ International, Inc. Cabin Cars of the Pennsylvania and Long Island Railroads. NJ International, Inc.1982 Roberts, Allan H. Trackside around the Big Apple 1964-1973 Ruppert, Dan The Gravy Train: An Inside Look at the Long Island Rail Road 2006 Trafford Publishing ISBN-10: 155395484X, ISBN-13: 978-1553954842 Scala, John, J. Diesels of the Sunrise Trail. Mineola, New York: Weekend Chief Publishing Company, 1984. Seyfried, Vincent F. The Long Island Rail Road – A Comprehensive History, 1-7 vol. Garden City, New York: Exposition Press, 1961 to 1975. Part One Part Two Part Three Part Four Part Five Part Six Part Seven Smith, Mark E. My Life on the L.I.R.R.: Memories of a Steam Locomotive Engineer, Bloomfield Hills, MI, Abroad & Abroad, LLC, 2014 ISBN 13: 978-1492869092 Smith, Mildred H. Early History of the Long Island Rail Road, 1834 to 1900. Uniondale, New York: Salisbury Printers, 1958. Sturm, Robert, C. The Long Island Rail Road - The Transition Period 1949-1980 Babylon, New York: Long Island Sunrise Trail Chapter – NRHS, 9/2021 ISBN 978-0-9886916-9-8 Sturm, Robert, C. The Long Island Rail Road Company - A History 1834-1965 Babylon, New York: Long Island Sunrise Trail Chapter – NRHS, 2015 ISBN 13: 978-0-9886916-4-3 Sturm, Robert, C. and Thom, William, G. The New York Connecting Railroad – Long Island’s Other Railroad. Babylon, New York: Long Island Sunrise Trail Chapter – NRHS, 2006. ISBN-13: 978-0-9886916-0-5 Worthington, Heather Hill About the Miles of Smiles: The Story of Roxey, the Long Island Rail Road Dog West Bay Shore, NY Blue Marlin Publications May 24, 2010 ISBN: 0979291844 Ziel, Ron. Long Island Heritage – The G-5. New York, New York: Railroad Heritage Press, 1979. Ziel, Ron. The Long Island Rail Road in Early Photographs. Mineola, New York: Dover Publications, 1990. Ziel, Ron. The Pennsy Era on Long Island. Bridgehampton, New York: Sunrise Special Limited, 1984. Ziel Ron, and Foster, George. Steel Rails to the Sunrise – The Long Island Rail Road. New York: Meredith Press, 1965. Ziel, Ron and Krause, John. Electric Heritage of the Long Island Rail Road. Newton, New Jersey: Carstens Publications, Inc., 1986. Ziel, Ron, and Wettereau, Richard. Victorian Railroad Stations of Long Island. Bridgehampton, New York: Sunrise Special Limited, 1988.

Bibliography of NY, Westchester & Boston Railway Books
Bang, Robert, designed by Vondrak, Otto M., New York, Westchester & Boston Railway: 1906-1946, Published 2004 Bang, Robert A., co-authors Frank, John E., Kowanski, George W., and Vondrak, Otto M.: Forgotten Railroads Through Westchester County, Published 2007 Harwood Jr., Herbert H., The New York, Westchester & Boston Railway: J. P. Morgan's Magnificent Mistake (Railroads Past and Present): Indiana University Press, 2008

Bibliography of Long Island Rail Road Documents: Compiled by: Dave Morrison
Corporate History of the Long Island Rail Road System ICC Valuation Order No. 20, June30, 1916. Hinsdale, E.B. The History of the Long Island Rail Road Company 1834 - 1893. LIRR, March 23, 1898. One of the earliest LIRR histories written by the former secretary and general counsel for the railroad. Hazelton, Henry Isham, The Boroughs of Brooklyn and Queens and the Counties of Nassau and Suffolk, five volumes, 1925. The first volume contains a 37 page history of the Long Island Rail Road written by Felix E. Reifschneider, accompanied by 14 pages of illustrations. (see next item) Reifschneider, Felix E,. History of the Long Island Rail Road 1925, The Boroughs of Brooklyn and Queens, Counties of Nassau and Suffolk , Lewis Historical Publishing Company, Inc., 1925 reprinted winter 2001 in The Third Rail Reifschneider, Felix E,. History of the Long Island Rail Road 1925 Part Two Ross, Peter A History of Long Island From its Earliest Settlement to the Present Time 1903 Lewis Publishing Co. The Dunton Family Organization White, J.G. The Long Island Rail Road - Its Problems and Future. September 1942. Commonly known as the "White Report"

Bibliography of LIRR Anniversary Booklets: Compiled by: Dave Morrison
1834, 1934 -100 years (see below), 1959 - 125 years, 1984 -150 years Long Island Railroad 75 Anniversary Pamphlet -1910 Long Island Railroad 100 Anniversary Pamphlet -1934 Long Island Railroad 125 Anniversary Pamphlet - 1959

Bibliography of Long Island Rail Road Magazine Articles: Compiled by: Al Castelli and Dave Keller
Long Island Rail Road Magazine Articles: Compiled by: Al Castelli 03/36 Railroad Stories LIRR Doubledeckers 12/52 Trains Long Island Dieselization 12/57 Trains The Long Island Comes Back (19 pgs, 30 photos, roster, C Liner photo on cover) 03/83 Railspace LIRR Cab Units (Alco & EMD cab unit photos on cover) 01/71-2/71 Trains Two part article: Back from Looneyville 07/77 Rails Northeast LI Alco C420s 03/87 Passenger Trail Journal, LIRR Parlor service: "Long Island parlor cars: Back to the Future" by William E. Thoms 11-12/97 Vol 8 No 6 Diesel Era LIRR C420s 06/05 EXTRA 2200 South Magazine Issue 127, Long Island power cars (p. 29, 3 pages, roster) by Bobb Losse, Sr. 1991 "The History of Farmingdale railroad service 1841-1991" booklet by Edward J. Thompson, Vincent Sotis Published: Farmingdale-Bethpage Historical Society Farmingdale, NY Cover title: "Farmingdale train station restoration project : a commemorative history of 150 years of Long Island Railroad train service to Farmingdale, NY Long Island Rail Road Magazine Articles: Compiled by: Dave Keller “TRAINS Magazine” – May/1968 “Parlor Car East” by H. Stafford Bryant, Jr. “Classic Trains: - Spring/2003 “Long Island’s Lovable Double Deckers” by Mike Boland “National Railway Bulletin” Vol 60, No. 4 – 1995 “The Sunrise Trail – A Brief History of the Long Island Rail Road” by Robert C. Sturm “Passenger Train Journal” – March/1987 “Where ‘Parlor’ Remains the Parlance” by William E. Thoms “The Keystone” – Winter/1992 “Long Island Rail Road Double-Deck Coaches” by Mike Boland “The Keystone” – Autumn/1995 “Route of the Weekend Chief” by Mike Boland “The Keystone” – Autumn/1998 “The Long Island’s Switching Gems, the C51s and C51sa” by Carl Fabrizi “The Keystone” – Summer/1999 “Rails to the Rockaways, Part I” by Mike Boland “The Keystone” – Autumn/1999 “Rails to the Rockaways, Part II” by Mike Boland Long Island Rail Road Magazine Articles: Compiled by: Dave Morrison Railroad Magazine, Jan. 1943, "Largest Commuter Road" Railroad Magazine, Sept 1949, "Locomotives of the LI" Rosters Railroad Magazine, Feb 1971, LIRR # 35 is on the cover Railroad Magazine, Mar 1999, The Railroads of Long Island City Trains, Feb 2006, Commuter King Railpace, Aug 1997, LIRR's East End Passenger Service Railpace, Sept 1998, All Change at Jamaica Passenger Train Journal, June 1979, Long Island's Far Flung Empire Classic Trains, Spring 2007, Two page spread photograph of the Morris Park roundhouse Distinction Magazine, Aug/Sept 2002, Monuments to Long Island's Past - A look at LI's historical train stations

Bibliography of Long Island / Manhattan Trolley Books:
Meyers, Stephen L., Lost Trolleys of Queens and Long Island, South Carolina, Arcadia Publishing, 2006 Meyers, Stephen L., Manhattan's Lost Streetcars, South Carolina, Arcadia Publishing, 10/102005
	Vincent F. Seyfried, The Rockaway Trolley - The Story of the Ocean Electric Railway 1886 to 1928 Vincent F. Seyfried The New York and Long Island Traction Company Vincent F. Seyfried The Cross-Island Line-The Story of The Huntington Railroad
Photo Collection: Dave Morrision	Vincent F. Seyfried, The New York and Queens County Railway and The Steinway Lines Vincent F. Seyfried, The New York & Long Island Traction Company Vincent F. Seyfried, Long Island Electric Railway - Jamaica Central Railways

Jamaica Trolleys Photo Collection: Dave Morrision	The Rockaway Trolley - The Story of the Ocean Electric Railway 1886 to 1928 Photo Collection: Dave Morrision	New York & North Shore Traction Company Photo Collection: Dave Morrision	The Cross-Island Line-The Story of The Huntington Railroad Photo Collection: Dave Morrision

Bibliography of Pennsylvania Station Books: Compiled by: Dave Morrison
Ballon, Hilary. New York ’s Pennsylvania Stations. New York : W.W. Norton & Co., 2002. Diehl, Lorraine B. The Late, Great Pennsylvania Station. New York: American Heritage Press, 1985. (Hardcover) Diehl , Lorraine B. The Late, Great Pennsylvania Station. Lexington , Mass. : The Stephen Greene Press, 1987. (Softcover – green) Diehl , Lorraine B. The Late, Great Pennsylvania Station. New York : Four Walls Eight Windows Publishing, 1996. (Softcover – black) Jonnes, Jill. Conquering Gotham – A gilded age epic: The Construction of Penn Station and its tunnels. New York: Penquin Group, 2007 Low, William Old Penn Station. Henry Holt and Company, LLC, New York, 2007 FYI: This is not a history book. It is a book of color artwork created by the author. The book is 34 unnumbered pages, all inclusive. Messer, David and Roberts, Charles. Triumph V – Philadelphia to New York 1830 – 2002. Baltimore , MD : Barnad, Roberts and Company, 2002. Middleton, William D. Manhattan Gateway – New York ’s Pennsylvania Station. Waukesha , WI : Kalmbach Publishing, 1996. Moore, Peter. The Destruction of Penn Station. New York : Distributed Art Publishers, 2000. Weston, Fred. Penn Station – Its Tunnels and Side Rodders. Seattle , WA : Superior Publishing Company, 1978.

Bibliography of Pennsylvania Station Pamphlets: Compiled by: Dave Morrison
PRR. Pennsylvania Tunnel and Terminal RR. New York, 1910. PRR. Pennsylvania Station in New York City, New York , 1910. King’s Booklets. The Pennsylvania Railroad Tunnels and Terminals in New York City, New York, circa 1910. Pennsylvania – The Station, The Tunnels, The Connecting Railroad, the Company and The Workers. New York, Manufacturers Trust Company, 1921.

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