The Long Island Rail Road Company April 24, 1834 - 2024

Here you will find links to prototype photos, maps, charts and other related info for your 
railroading and modeling enjoyment. So come take a fan trip along the LIRR right-of-way! 

26th year of this website! Thanks to all for your support and input.
Email: Steven Lynch   Sponsored by: Long Island Sunrise Trail (LIST) - NRHS



Eastbound Brooklyn Central & Jamaica locomotive #1 ("W. B. Hunter," later LIRR #40 "Huntington") with one clerestory roof passenger car is making a station stop in front of the Howard House on Atlantic Ave. in East New York in April of 1865. The old, long-established hotel was located trackside at the crossing of Alabama Avenue and a station platform with kerosene lamps was constructed out front along the Avenue to service passengers to and from this establishment. In addition to being a hotel, the building was in use as a depot from 1853 until 1902. (Dave Keller data) As such, it served as the western terminus of the Brooklyn & Rockaway Beach RR's Canarsie line. It was probably the western terminal of the Brooklyn Central & Jamaica RR (1861-1867) and lastly was a stop on the Long Island Railroad from 1867 until 1902. One or more horse cars and, later, trolley lines terminated here. (Art Huneke data)

Long Island Rail Road 1834 Charter
Archive: LIST-NRHS  - Sunrise Trail


WANT TO DRIVE A TRAIN?  - COME TO THE OYSTER BAY RAILROAD MUSEUM AND TRY IT!
 



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The new Oyster Bay Railroad Museum M7 Simulator is an experience in which the visitor sits in the cab of a real Long Island Railroad electric M7-class multiple unit railcar, and using the controls in that cab, operates a computer train simulation game which depicts the experience a Long Island Railroad engineer would have in the real engineer's cab.  The computer simulation game is "Train Sim World 5 and LIRR Commuter" and we are grateful to its owner,  Dovetail Games, for the special permission granted the Museum in the use of same.

The experience which we now offer opens at the station platform at Hempstead, Long Island and, if taken to the end of the trip, terminates just before Pennsylvania Station in Manhattan.  The full trip takes about an hour if the visitor stops the train at each stop along the way, although Museum visitor traffic may require each person's experience to be shorter.  All use of the M7 Simulator is overseen by our Simulator Supervisor, so anyone of any age is welcome to try their hand at the experience.  For more photos and information click here
 


 


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Long Island Sunrise Trail (LIST) - NRHS
 LIST Calendars Gallery  1986 - 2025

 

LIRR Expansion: 1836 - 1876  Maps Graphic


PRR E3sd- #3154 3 car train Oyster Bay 3/01/1936 
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MTA/LIRR aluminum ticket booth sign


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Twin Forks Calendars
  Twin Forks NRHS Site
  Twin Forks Collection 

 


Railroad Museum of Long Island

RMLI - LIONEL Layout
RMLI - Calendar Gallery


OBRM Official Website
OBRM Museum - Equipment
OBRM Simulators
 


National Model Railroad Association Northeast Region (NMRA) Division  
Publication: "The Cannonball" Sunrise Trail Division


Battery Car No.3 on S. Ocean Ave View SE
Archive: Dave Keller
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The Long Island Rail Road 
1925 - 1975 Free Book Index

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Revisiting the Long Island
Rail Road 1925 - 1975 
Free Book Index

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NEW!
LIRR Multiple Unit Cars Volume 2 Cars Built 1953-2020
by Michael Boland

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LIRR - Morris Park Shops
by Dave Morrison
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LIRR - Port Washington Branch
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Manhole cover in LI City corner of
48th Ave. & Jackson Ave.
Photo: Bruce Carlson 10/23/1998

Note: Top art of the "L" above is damaged. 

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Manhole cover Oyster Bay
Photo: Al Castelli 12/17/2006


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CRR of LI passing Kissena Park 
1872 by A. Stewart
Station opened  6/1873 Research: Dave Keller


Rail Road Anecdotes:

OPERATION LIFESAVER:
A Few Pointers from Your Friendly Neighborhood Locomotive Engineer
01/05/10

Book of Rules Joke 01/05/10
Rail Slang Story 06/21/11


2009 US Open Timetable
June 15th-21st
Bethpage, NY
Archive: Dave Keller



9/11 "Show of Force" 
Newsday 9/12/2011


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Howard Fogg: "The New York Express" at Fort Pond, NY
heading for Penn Station, NY, c.1962
Commissioned by John Scala



New York City's Railroad Station Eagles



Woodbury Station changed to Cold Spring 
General Order 90 10/15/1880


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Jamaica to Belmont Park token - Dashing Dan 60's-70's 
Collection: Dave Keller


LIRR M7 lights*

* Green - brakes released
Amber - brakes applied
White - Door Station Energized (Conductor key in panel to operate doors)
Red (flashing) - Parking Brake (Handbrake) applied
Blue - ATC (ASC - Automatic Speed Control) operative  
Info: Nick Kudreyko
 


       Long Island Rail Road’s Main Line


Brooklyn to Jamaica –April 26, 1836
Jamaica to Hicksville-March 1, 1837
To Hardscrabble [Farmingdale] October 15, 1841
To Deer Park- March 13, 1842
To Thompson’s [Brentwood]-June 24, 1842
To Suffolk Station [Central Islip] –July 14, 1842
To Yaphank-June 26, 1844
To Greenport- July 27, 1844

Semaphore - NRHS-LIST
April 1984 from “Along the Track”



 

Freight Information:

1926 Freight Stations-Brooklyn/Queens 5/25/16
1947 Pass/Freight Statistics

1950 Freight Car Types/Loads Chart
21st Century Accidents 9/17/2015
21st Century Long Island Freight 12/24/2009
     Blissville 5/23/2022
     Brookhaven Rail Terminal 4/08/2023
     Kleet Lumber 3/25/2023
     GP38-2 #271 "Memorial" scheme 9/11/2023
     Nicolia Ready-Mix 4/08/2023
     SKY Materials 4/08/2023
     Wheelspur-LI City Terminal 4/21/2023
Brooklyn-Queens Industries 9/21/2016
Freight 1966-1980 - 2nd Transition Era  9/03/2018
Freight 1966-1980 Sightings Chart  9/03/2018
Freight Ops Q&A - M.Smith 9/07/2000
Freight Ops Yard A  N. Kalis 12/14/2004
Growth/Decline of Freight in Suffolk County 12/14/2015
Islip Freight Sightings
10/10/2008
LIRR Freight
3/26/2011
     Cauliflower Freight 11/12/2023
LIRR 1903 Freight Time Table Info
6/09/2010
LIRR 1966 Freight Sidings Maps 2/17/2008
LIRR 1978 Freight Sidings Maps 2/21/2020
LIRR 1986 Freight Sidings Maps 10/22/2015
LIRR Ballast Hoppers 1/11/2010
LIRR Coal Operations
  4/15/2010
LIRR Freight Info 1941 & 1945 1/08/2005
LIRR Freight Operations Pre-1997 John Kilbride 4/08/2017
LIRR/NYA Customers 1997 3/30/2024
LIRR Freight Yards 2/09/2007
LIRR Manure Operations 8/12/2023
LIRR Milk Cars 7/29/2007
LIRR Paper Freight 6/19/2020
Switching LI City Floats
12/04/2006
The Freight House Dave Keller 6/05/2023
Working Yard A 3/15/2008

Locations:

Amagansett 5/02/2010
Amityville 8/28/2011
Aquebogue 1/30/2009
Auburndale 4/05/2023
Atlas Terminal 1/25/2010
Babylon 3/07/2008
Baldwin 11/21/2022
Bayport 9/15/2012
Bayside 4/05/2023
Bay Shore 2/28/2008
Bellmore 3/09/2020
Bellport 5/19/2018
Belmont Park 6/12/2022
Bethpage 5/31/2010
     B Tower 2/27/2024
Blissville 2/20/2010
Blue Point 9/06/2015
Boland's Landing 6/13/2021
Brentwood 4/26/2010
Breslau 11/07/2021
Bridgehampton 3/25/2017
Brookhaven 3/12/2019
Brookhaven Rail Terminal 05/22/12
Brooklyn Army Terminal 8/15/2018
Bush Terminal Railroad 8/15/2018
Calverton 5/21/2012
Canoe Place 7/18/2020
Camp Upton 2/27/2016
Carle Place 7/31/2019
Center Moriches 12/27/2013
Central Park 8/25/2023
Central Islip 11/18/2013
Chestnut St. Junction 5/23/2014
Clinton Road 8/21/2023
Cold Spring Harbor 10/08/2024
College Point 5/14/2024
Copiague 12/02/2013
Corona 7/08/2017
Country Life Press 2/05/2019
Cutchogue 7/05/2017
Deer Park 9/04/2019
Degnon Terminal
2/20/2010
Douglaston 4/05/2023
Dunton Tower 8/10/2011
Dutch Kills/Kearny - Texas Oil 06/06/2008
East Hampton 6/29/2023
East Moriches 3/21/2014
East New York 6/12/2011
East Rockaway 5/02/2024
East Side Access - GCT 1/18/2023
East Williston 3/06/2024
Eastport 7/07/2009
     2017 Track Replacement 1/11/2023
Eastport Junction 8/04/2024
Edgewood Hospital 9/18/2017
Elmhurst 9/26/2023
Elmont 11/26/2021
Farmingdale 8/3/2010
Flatbush 12/18/2012
Floral Park  12/12/2012
Flowerfield 6/09/2023
Flushing-Broadway 4/05/2023
Flushing-Main Street 1/05/2023
Forest Hills 1/05/2023
Freeport 9/05/2013
Fremont 10/02/2020
Fresh Pond Junction 1/25/2010
Garden City 4/15/2023
     Garden Cabin 9/20/2024
Gibson 5/20/2023
Glendale 12/17/2014
Glen Cove 1/18/2023
Glen Head 7/09/2022
Good Ground 7/17/2020
Grade Crossing Eliminations 07/27/09
Grand Central Madison 1/31/2023
     Inaugural Ride 2/22/2023
     Shuttle - Woodside 2/22/2023
Great Neck 4/05/2023
Great River 1/14/2008
Great River E. Islip Hist. Soc. 1/17/2005
Greenlawn 5/16/2023
Greenport 9/02/2009
     Greenport Scoot 8/13/2024
     Greenport First Train 180th Anniversary 7/27/2024
Hampton Bays 7/18/2020

Hell Gate Construction 07/18/12
Haberman 10/31/2021
Hempstead 1/05/2019
Hempstead Gardens 4/15/2023
Hicksville  08/10/09
     190th Historical Photos 11/04/2024
     190th Tribute 10/08/2024
     John Bull Engine 4/19/2020
Hillside 1/25/2010
     Hillside Service Facility 12/06/2023
Holban 7/19/2018
Holbrook 01/14/2019
Hollis 3/05/2020
Holtsville 7/22/2013
Huntington 6/6/2016
Island Park 12/15/2022
Island Trees 8/21/2023
Islip 5/31/2010
     Genchi Tribute 12/06/2021

     Islip Manor 6/25/2024
     Modeling Islip 3/01/2024
Islip Freight and Switching 01/22/2009
Jamaica 3/25/2011
     Union Hall St. Station 3/03/2020
     Westbridge Station 3/12/2020
Jamesport 07/30/2017
Kings Park 06/06/2016
Kings Park Psychiatric Center 8/18/2021
Lakeview 4/15/2023
Landia 10/27/2023
Laurel 1/21/2023
Levittown Area, Central Branch 3/05/2009
Lindenhurst 1/12/2014
Little Neck 4/05/2023
LI City Page 1  Page 2 4/15/2010
     LI City Arch Street Yard 8/11/2017
     LI City Dutch Kills 8/30/2020    
     LI City Harold Ave 3/25/2022
     LI City Penny Bridge 9/17/2020
     LI City Phelps-Dodge 2/06/07
     LI City Sunnyside Yard History 9/28/2018
     LI City Wheelspur Yard 01/12/07
     LI City Yard A 11/04/07
     LI City Yard A Removal  1/18/2023
     Meurer's Siding 7/11/2024 
     West Chemical 11/17/2023
Locust Valley 5/14/2012
Long Beach 8/19/2013
Lynbrook 11/30/2009
Malverne 2/14/2023
Manhasset 7/15/2022
Manorville Junction 8/04/2024
Maspeth 12/24/09
Massapequa 05/06/2017
Massapequa Park 05/06/2017
Mattituck  09/17/08
Medford
7/23/13
Merrick 8/22/2019
Mineola 01/05/2011
     100th Anniversary 9/22/2023
     Nassau Tower 1/05/2011
     Nassau Tower Raze 9/18/2021
     Substation #8 3/08/2021
     The Hole 2/03/2024
Mineola Modeling 12/07/2012
Mineola Track Section House 7/02/2017
Mitchel Field 8/21/2023
Montauk 9/20/2010
Montauk Cutoff
02/20/2010
Morris Park 4/15/2010
     A-1 Electrics 9/29/2023
     Boland's Landing 9/29/2023
     Dashing Dan Diner 9/29/2023
     Demolition in 2008 9/29/2023
     Dunton Tower
8/10/2011
     Shops 9/29/2023
     Yard 9/29/2023
Murray Hill 4/05/2023
Nassau Blvd 4/15/2023
New Hyde Park 4/30/2019
Northport 3/10/2019
Oakdale 10/18/2016
OBRM Equipment 5/02/2023
Oceanside 1/16/2024
Oyster Bay 1/20/2009
     Emery Maps 6/07/2023
Oyster Bay Turntable  8/01/2008
Patchogue Page 1 8/23/2015
      Bailey's Mill 6/30/2022
      Crew Messages- Form 19 2/06/2005
      Crossing Shanties 6/30/2022
      Modeling Patchogue 11/01/2022
      Patchogue Operations J. J. Earl 3/18/2024
      Patchogue Station 6/30/2022
      Patchogue Yard 6/30/2022     
Patchogue Page 2  6/30/2022
     Lace Mill 6/30/2022
     Patchogue South Siding 6/30/2022
     PD Tower 6/22/2023
     PD Tower Gone 6/22/2023
     PELCO 2/13/2024
     Suffolk Traction 6/30/2022
Peconic 7/20/2013
Penn Station 12/25/2021
Pilgrim State Hospital 9/02/2013
Pine Aire 9/14/2020
Pinelawn - Republic Station 8/20/2016
Plandome 7/16/2022
Port Jefferson 6/6/2016
Port Washington 4/05/2023
Promised Land 4/08/2017
Queens Village 12/24/2023
Quogue
3/23/2018
Race Tracks  7/08/2013
Richmond Hill 11/28/2016
Riverhead 06/21/2009
     LI Potatoes 6/02/2022
Riverhead - RMLI
05/14/2011
     RMLI Lionel Layout 8/27/2023

Rockville Centre 6/23/2020
Rockville Centre Project 11/01/2006
Ronkonkoma
04/18/2009
     Ronkonkoma Electrification 4/18/2009
Roslyn 12/12/2012
Sag Harbor 7/16/2024
Salisbury Plains 05/28/2017
Sayville 7/23/2006
Seaford
3/17/2018
Setauket 7/29/2014
Shinnecock Canal 7/18/2020
Shinnecock Hills 2/20/2020
Shoreham 2/25/2017
Smithtown 6/06/2016
Southampton 3/25/2017
Southold 6/14/2017
South Haven 11/22/2021
Speonk 03/13/2008
Springfield 6/17/2023
Stewart Manor 4/15/2023
Stony Brook 6/06/2016
St. Albans 2/06/2019
St. James 6/06/2016
Syosset 3/27/2019
Syosset Improvement Project 3/27/2019
Valley Stream 3/06/2022
Wading River 3/13/2024
Wantagh 5/17/2018
Water Mill 9/20/2017
Westbury 10/23/2018
Westhampton 8/10/2017
West Side Yard 5/07/2007
Whitestone Landing 7/16/2023
Winfield 6/13/2019
Woodside 3/22/2022
World's Fair 1930-40/United Nations 9/01/2023
World's Fair 1964-65/Shea Stadium/Mets-Willets Point  9/01/2023 
Wyandanch  10/30/2017
Yaphank 4/04/2018

Branch Info:

Atlantic Branch 4/16/2018
     Nostrand Ave 3/02/2023
    
Woodhaven 4/23/2024
     Woodhaven Jct. 4/23/2024

Bay Ridge Branch 11/30/2009
Bushwick Branch
11/23/2004
Central Branch 8/08/2010
     CRR of LI - Garden City to Central Park 8/24/2023
Central Extension 8/03/2010
Creedmoor Branch 8/28/2012
Emery LIRR Branch Info 6/07/2005
Evergreen Branch 3/17/2019
Far Rockaway Branch 5/09/2016
Hempstead Branch 7/01/2008
Long Beach Branch
7/07/2016
Manhattan Beach Branch 8/30/2016
Manorville Branch 7/01/2007
Old Northport Branch 6/25/2023
Oyster Bay Branch 3/06/2014
Port Jefferson Branch 6/05/2016
Port Washington Branch 2/10/2010
Rockaway Beach Branch 09/21/18
Sag Harbor Branch 7/04/2015
Springfield Branch 2/16/2012
Wading River Extension 1/14/2007
West Hempstead Branch 1/06/2014
Whitestone Branch 7/31/2010

LIRR Historian Dave Keller Library:

Summer Ticket Clerk Memories 8/09/13
LIRR Cap Badge Evolution 5/25/2020
LIRR History of Train Orders 09/04/12
LIRR Supt of Transportation 09/16/06
LIRR Telegraphic Call Letters  11/12/2024
LIRR Uniform Button and Lapel Insignia Evolution 4/05/2020
Photo Listings Main Page
Roster of C.I State Hospital Equipment  05/30/09
1970s LIRR Special Services, Bar Cars, & Carts  11/22/06
Bob Emery's LIRR Branch Info Updated 09/20/05
Camp Upton
2/02/2018
"How Collecting can be Stranger than Fiction" 02/01/09
Ira Baker LIRR Station Agent 09/30/2012
"Recollections of PD Tower"
Photo Vignettes of the LIRR
"Reminiscences as an Extra Ticket Clerk" 4/14/2010
"Reminiscences as an Extra Ticket Clerk Part 2" 06/24/05 
Scenes From the Past: Jakobson Shipyard, O. Bay 07/22/07
Skinner-Keller LIST Presentation 1971 10/01/2007
“Parlor Car East” by Oscar Brand, a jingle 07/07/09
LIRR Engineer John “Tanky” Bell, Jr. Tom Collins 09/21/06
LIRR Engineer “Patsy” Molese and the Budd Car Updated 03/18/06
LIRR First Days Ed Schleyer 09/04/08
"LIRR Reminiscences"
J. P. Krzenski 01/21/05
"LIRR Steam Days at Southampton"
 J. P. Krzenski 01/21/05
"LIRR Steam Days at Southampton, Part II" J. P. Krzenski 01/21/05
LIRR Wooden Caboose No. 38  Raymond Robinson, Jr.01/02/07
"Southampton and James V. Osborne" J. P. Krzenski 01/21/05
The Station Pot-Bellied Stove George Ayling 06/15/05

Anecdotes:

Anatomy of a Bell Ringing! 11/03/2024 Don Fisher RMLI
Ritual of the Cannonball 3/04/2024 Richard F. Makse
Found: Wedding Proofs  2/21/2020  Dave Morrison
Found: $250,000 Tapes  2/21/2020  Robert Myers
Anecdotes - LIRR 2/21/2024
Patchogue Agent: A Normally Hectic Day
Thomas R. Bayles 11/04/2023
Salisbury Station lunch n
ear LIRR #35 Art Single 9/20/2023
Book of Rules Training Steve Torborg  5/15/2023
RMLI "Playing Trains With The Boys" 2019 Ron Hollander
The 'Flash' - Gap Jumpers/Snakes 2/10/2020
My Heavyweight Passenger Car Experience Steven Lynch
P-54's versus the P-70's and More
Richard Glueck 2/11/2019
Rider of the Far Rockaway Branch: Hewlett Mike Boland 1/20/2019
Howie Waelder - LIRR Engineer 6/17/2018

Art Huneke Q&A Interview: LIRR Career 6/08/2018
Extra Clerk Anecdotes Brad Phillips 9/26/2017 
Henry "Hank" Raudenbush Anedotes 2/18/2016
"The Great People-Poop Wreck" Richard Glueck 12/11/2015
The Sunnyside of Yesterday Richard Glueck 12/24/2010

Floundering About the LIRR Richard Glueck 12/24/2010
The Man Who Made the Trains Run Richard Glueck 12/24/2010
LIRR Recollections  Harry Glueck 11/06/08
The Wreck of The Shelter Island Express John Deasy 9/03/15
Flatbush and Pigeons
Carl Englund 7/25/14
Jamaica Station Lockers Brad Phillips 6/13/14
Hurricane of 09/21/38 LIRR wreck Ray Robinson, Jr. 10/02/06
The Ozone Park Station Sign Story Brad Phillips 06/09/2013
J.J. Earl - A Tribute  12/31/2012
The Night I Almost went into the Water Frank Zahn 06/30/2012
1966 Was A Time of Change on the Railroad  Gene Collora 06/30/2012
A Uniform, A Ticket, A $20 Bill, And The Last Cab Paul Kennedy 1/13/2009
Drop of a Tank Car Ed Schleyer 11/06/2008
FM vs ALCO Locos? Ed Schleyer 11/06/2008
Unverified Stories Ed Schleyer 11/11/2008
Waves of White Ed Schleyer 11/06/2008
Crossing Guard, the Oil truck, and the Coffee Ed Schleyer 11/06/2008
Mexican Labor Camp & the Remittance Train Ed Schleyer 12/19/2008
Track Gang 1953 Ed Schleyer 09/04/08
Snow Train from Hell Schleyer 09/04/2008
Hiring On the LIRR  Ed Schleyer 08/31/2008
NE Blackout 1965 Ed Schleyer 08/31/2008
Dog Day Commute Ed Schleyer 08/31/2008
Easthampton Wreck Ed Schleyer 08/31/2008
Gould's Feed "Pay Up" G. Ayling 08/12/2008
J.J. Earl Anecdotes by J.J. Earl 08/01/08
The Engineer and the Kid: Two Cab Rides, 44 Years Apart
Mark Smith & Art Single 08/01/08
1st Recollections of the LIRR 11/15/2007
Skinner-Keller LIST Anecdote
10/2007
Ernie Murphy Anecdotes 9/12/2007
Jakobson Shipyard, OBay 8/05/2007 
Belmont Race Track Trains  M. Smith 
The Last Steam Trip  by Mark Smith
On the "Scoot"  by Mark Smith
In the Hole
by Mark Smith
Joe Hagan Anecdotes 3/31/2007
History of Ardsley Truetrack: 12/10/2006 
LI Reminiscences  Krzenski 7/23/2006
Climbing Mt. Olivet 07/08/05 M. Smith 
Island Park Coal Switching  JJ Earl, Mark Smith 11/23/04 
The Cannonball 11/10/04 V. Seyfried
Picking up Your Engine by M. Smith
Engineer to Fireman by Mark Smith
Nearing Promotion by Mark Smith
Freight Donkeys by Mark Smith
Engineer-for-a-Day Program M. Smith
Moving Coal by Prayer  M. Smith
Port Jeff Freight Memories P. Boylan
Recollections of PD Tower D. Keller
Woodside Memories Jack Murphy 1/05/2010
More Woodside Memories Dick Makse
Walkin' the Tracks Steven Lynch

 

Rosters:

1925 LIRR Named Locomotive Roster 1875-1900 1/31/2020
1980 LIRR Equipment Diagrams/Roster 12/10/2018
2008 LIRR Fleet List 4/03/2019
ACF (American Car & Foundry) Orders 7/04/2018
Bobber Caboose Roster 11/30/2010
Caboose Rosters 11/30/2010
     NX23 Cabin Cars - PRR Keystone 1/2019
DE30AC - DM30AC Engines 11/17/2024 by Dave Keller
Dieselization History to 2019 -  NRHS-LIST 3/28/2024
Diesel Roster Photo History 5/30/2009
Diesel, Pass & Diesel Hauled Equipment 1980
1/22/2017
Diesel, Pass & MU Roster 1963 Sy Reich 1/22/2017
Doubledecker Roster 1/12/2009
Early Electric Engines 9/30/2014
Engine Photo/Rosters 1/19/2022
     C420 Roster 11/30/2009
     FA Roster 4/15/2009
     FM C-Liners Roster 10/29/2011
     FM H16-44 Roster 1/02/2014
     GE 25T "Dinky" 3/31/2023
     GE 44 Tonner Roster 6/13/2016
     GP38-2 Engine Roster 11/30/2018
          Ex-LIRR Engines 4/21/2024
    
MP15AC Roster 11/01/2007
    
RS1-3 Engine Roster  7/07/2009
     S1-S2 Engine Roster  7/07/2009
     SW1001 Roster 11/01/2007
Engine Roster 1949 11/25/2004
Engine Roster June 30, 1950 11/07/2023
Engine Roster 1978 12/04/2007
Engine Roster Sept 9, 1980 9/30/2024
Ex-LIRR and NYA Roster & Paint Schemes 6/30/2019
History of LIRR N52 Cabin Cars 11/2006
Maritime Roster 11/17/2014
Modernization Numbers 10/11/2009
MOW Roster 10/20/08
    Alcohol Trains 2/10/2024
    Gondolas 11/09/2022
    Laser Train 9/26/2023
    Ore Cars - Sand Service 7/0120/2007
    Portable Substations   9/30/2018
    Sandite Alcohol Cars 10/07/2006
    Steam Power Cars 6/25/2023
    Storage Supply Cars 6/22/2023
    Vehicles 6/27/2024  
Official Railway Equipment Register 8/10/2016
Oil-Electric Locomotives 10/16/2023
Osgood Bradley Passenger Cars 6/11/2020
MP72 & MP75 Roster 8/22/2010 by Jeff Erlitz
Parlor Cars by Jack Deasy 8/16/2016
Passenger/Baggage/Combine/RPO Car Photo History 2/14/2013
Passenger Trains & Rosters 6/17/2014
Push-Pull Parlor Cars 1/25/2019
Remembrances of N52 Cabin Cars 11/06/2010 
Scrapped Loco #1-323 Roster 12/05/2010
Silver Streak Passenger Cars 7/04/2019
Steel Coaches & Electric M.U. 06/16/2014
Steam History 1898-1955 - NRHS-LIST 3/28/2024 
Steam Roster 1901-1955
12/13/2004

LIRR Data Info:

1916 LIRR ICC Report 12/5/10
1926 Rule Book - Semaphore Signal Aspects 2/11/15
1954 Goodfellow Pamphlet 9/17/08
75th Anniversary - 1910
100th Anniversary -1934
125th Anniversary - 1959 6/23/16
150th Anniversary - 1984 6/24/16
175th Anniversary - 2009 10/18/2020
190th Anniversary - 2024 5/11/2024
1845 Stockholder's Report

1965 Parking Study Part 1 6/01/09
1965 Parking Study Part 2 06/01/09
Bibliography
07/16/2008
Branch Closings 12/21/2021
Car Load Reports 10/28/16
Celebrating 75 Years  4/22/1910
Crew Assignments 1991 5/18/07
CR4 1913 LIRR List of Stations and Sidings
CR4 1919 Stations & Sidings Suffolk
CR4 1924 Stations & Sidings 7/24/2019
CR4 1924 Stations & Sidings - Bushwick/Evergreen Branch 5/22/2019
CR4 Modified 9/01/1944
Early Diesels of the Sunrise Trail 11/8/11
Emery - Track Map Symbols 12/07/15
Equipment Diagrams 12/10/2018
Expansion Maps 7/07/06
EXTRA List
  4/30/10
     NY&QC - Steinway Lines 7/25/2024   

General Notices 9/07/2018
Caboose N52A #12 Diagram/Photos 9/13/09
Caboose N52A #14 Restoration/Diagrams/Photos 8/28/10
Caboose N22A #60 Diagram/Photos 8/23/09
Historic LIRR by Mike Boland 9/15/2017
Historical Data References 07/12/2007
     General Orders and Notices 4/20/2022 by Jeff Erlitz
    
LIRR Historical Date Listing 1/13/2024
     LIRR Mainline History 8/03/2024
Jordan Spreaders 5/28/2014
LI City Industry Series Articles by Nick Kalis 4/05/10
LIRR Hospital Car 11/30/12
LIRR Miscellaneous Data Sheet
 6/15/2022 by Dave Keller
Main Line Double Track Project 2018 by Jeff Erlitz 6/08/2018
Marine Operations
6/17/07
Montauk Branch - Babylon to Patchogue 3/24/2023
     Babylon to Patchogue Signal Project 6/03/2024
     Native American Named Locations 6/17/2018
Montauk Division Road Crossings 1908
N52A Caboose Info 10/15/09
Named Trains 6/18/15
Native American LIRR Names 9/10/14
RS1-3 Spotting Features 12/01/07
Sayville END CP Sign 1/04/08
Scheduled Freight Service
10/28/16
Semaphore LIST-NRHS Articles 1/01/2019
 
     Ed Koehler Articles
      Robert Emery Articles
      LIRR Modeler by Mike Boland
      Historic LIRR by Mike Boland
     
1997 Interlocking Diagrams
      1920's Freight by Herb Doscher
     
Notes from an Old Timetable by Bob Sturm
      Freight Operations by J. J. Earl
     
LIRR Articles by Various Authors
     
LIRR Freight Car Rosters
Steam Sounds 12/12/2018
Station History  Dave Keller 12/08/2024
Station Listing 1955 6/30/2020
Station Name Changes
2/07/09
Steam #35 1/02/17
Steam #39 3/31/2022
Substations 7/26/2019
Track Capacity Maps Pre-1955 and 1962 10/12/15

Track Maps  3/15/08
Track Names  12/14/061

Additional LIRR and Other Railroad Info:

BEDT Listings/Photos Updated 04/25/07
BEDT website link 7/10/2006
Clerk Employee Handbook 1963 5/14/2018
Commuter's Handbook 1971
Cross Bay Freight Tunnel 1936 Study 10/14/2015
History of the LIRR 1925 Part I: Felix E. Reifschneider 6/16/16
History of the LIRR 1925 Part II: Reifschneider 6/16/16
Huntington Railroad - Trolley Line 8/09/2018
LI Historical Journal 1/12/2008
LIRR Cartoons 8/5/2012
LIRR Equipment Loaned to SIRT 4/19/2022
LIRR News 6/12/2020
LIRR - Trains Magazine: March, 1949  9/19/2016
LIRR President Raymond Kenny 6/12/2020
LIRR Presidents 8/072023
LIRR RPO and Stamp Covers
Long Island Railroader magazine 1/02/2017
Modernization of the LIRR by Derek Stadler 6/12/16
MP54: Motorized Passenger-54 Fleet 1981 by Mike Boland  4/18/2021
MTA NYC Transit, Staten Island, South Brooklyn Track Diagrams 1/18/2019
NY Cross Harbor RR 6/06/2008
Penn Station Opens and the LIRR 2/07/2015
PRR Station Eagle Booklet 8/21/2007
RR Mergers List 2010 7/31/2010
Slang Usage 4/15/2008
Stations Closed/Removed/ Replaced 5/24/2007
Station Colors 5/26/2007
The LIRR: Part 1: South Side R.R. of L.I - Vincent F. Seyfried  2/05/2008
The LIRR: Part 2: The Flushing, North Shore & Central Railroad  10/06/2016
The LIRR: Part 3: The Age of Expansion: 1863-1880 - Seyfried 11//08/2017
The LIRR: Part 4: The Bay Ridge & Manhattan Beach Divisions  11//08/17
The LIRR: Part 5: Rockaway, Long Beach, Rockaway Beach  11//08/17
The LIRR: Part 6: The Golden Age 1881-1900 - Vincent F. Seyfried 11//08/2017
The LIRR: Part 7: The Age of Electrification 1901-1916 - Seyfried 11//08/2017
The Term: Caboose 11/07/09  
Vanity Auto Plates 12/02/07

LIRR Photo History:

3rd Track Project - Floral Park to Hicksville 3/31//2019
   12th Street 11/12/2020
   Carle Place 11/13/2020
   Cherry Lane 6/06/2019
   Covert Ave, New Hyde Park 10/28/2019
   Denton Ave 10/28/2019
   Glen Cove Road 06/27/2020
   Merillon Ave 8/13/2022
   Mineola 7/23/2020
   Nassau Blvd 11/06/2019
   New Hyde Park Rd 6/24/2020
   School Street 9/10/2020
   Z Train 3/12/2022
19th Century LIRR 10/17/12
19th Century Locomotives 6/20/14
1970's LIRR 04/24/11
Amer. Ry Exp-REA Badge Styles 8/08/11
Beer: Long Island and the LIRR  4/24/2019
Block Station & Block Limit Signals 5/20/17
Bogies  4/04/2013
BRILL Gas Cars
Budd Gas Turbine Cars 10/02/2012
Budd RDC's 12/07/2006
     East Ender 9/11/2024
     LIRR RDCs Keystone Summer 2022 Mike Boland
C1 and C3 Bilevel Passenger Cars 8/05/2019
Cannonball 5/04/07
     Drumheads 7/20/2022
     Parlor Cars 7/20/2022
Circus 1/22/2018
Crossing Shanties  4/30/2012
End of Steam 9/25/17
Engine Houses 5/01/2020
Equipment Development 1/22/2007
Fan Trips/Maps 8/01/14
First Train from Penn Station 9/21/2014
Fishing and the LIRR 8/11/15
Float and Idler Reacher Cars 4/26/2022
FRA DOT Inspection Train 5/11/2023
Grade Crossings 7/27/2022
GTE-1 Gas Turbine 9/06/2018
Hooping Orders 12/18/08
K4s #5406 The Keystone - Spring 2021 Richard Glueck
Leased Units 11/16/08
Legion of Influential Riders 3/05/2019
Locks and Keys 6/04/2019
Morris Park Tour 2009
12/04/09
Native American Named Locations - Babylon to Patchogue 6/16/2018
Newsletters 8/23/2023
Newspaper Delivery 7/24/2014
"Unique Long Island" 1898 Pamphlet 11/24/2017
OBRM - NH Boxcar Move 10/09/2021
Patchogue Signals 6/03/2010
PD Tower Gone Patchogue 6/03/201
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Push-Pull Operations 11/17/2023
R-44 R-46 Testing 1/21/2022
Railway Post Office (RPO) Service 02/28/2013
Road n' Rail 7/30/2012
Ronkonkoma-Farmingdale Double Track Project 3/25/2019
Scoots and Shuttles 3/29/2011
     Scoot: Babylon-Patchogue 8/05/2018
     Scoot: Greenport-Bridgehampton 9/11/2024
Section Houses 7/17/2014
Shelter Sheds 7/23/2013
Signal History
  11/10/2021  Dave Keller
South Side RR - Suffolk County 1867-1880 6/12/2012
Steam Engine #35 1/30/2022
Steam Engine #39 1/30/2022
Sunrise Special 5/12/2015
Tenders 5/27/2015
The "Sunrise Fleet" 1/25/2019
Tichy Logo Scheme (1949-1955) 5/22/2014
Tickets 2/26/2019
     General Passenger Agents (GPA) 8/04/2023
Towers, Cabins & Interlockings 7/16/2021
     Active Towers 3/26/2022
Train Orders 5/15/2017
Trestles/ Bridges/ Viaducts 7/30/2008
Turntables  8/10/2009
Uniforms 11/02/2023
Water Tanks 7/23/2013
Winter Photos 3/20/2011
     NYA Winter Photos 2/20/2022
Wrecks 10/20/2008
Wyes  10/10/2008

LIRR Photo Topic Collections:


1939 NY World's Fair 2/28/2013
     Railroads On Parade 11/08/2024   
1964 NY World's Fair 12/25/2018    
Artwork 12/16/2017
B40 Baggage Cars 1/07/2017
Baggage Cars
11/30/2009
Baggage Tags 3/12/2019
Bar Generator Cars 9/15/2016
Bare Bones Buildings 9/28/2016
Before & After 3/18/2011
Bernie Ente Photos 04/08/2011
Christmas 12/17/2010
     Christmas LIRRailroader Covers 12/23/2021
     Christmas Train Cartoons 12/15/2021
Customers Logos/Signs 3/12/08
Dashing Dan 7/04/09
Diesel Horns, Engines, Bell Sounds 8/30/2022
Drumheads 8/01/2009
Express/Baggage Houses 8/08/2011
Fall Foliage 10/27/2009
Featured Photos 12/12/2007
Freight Stations 4/15/2009
Heritage Cars  4/17/2007
Horses & Mule Power 10/05/2010
LIRR Golf Service 1/05/2022
LIRR Parlor Cars 10/08/2020
LIRR Passes 2/27/2018
LIST Calendars Collection 11/30/2009
LIST Cars 07/04/2019
Loco Cab Photos  11/30/2009
Logos 5/28/08
Metropolitan Cars History 12/25/2019
     M1 Passenger Cars 8/31/2014
     M3 Passengers Cars 5/10/2019
        M3 ADU (Aspect Diaplay Unit) 8/08/2023
        M3 Back in Service 10/07/2023
     M7 Passenger Cars 4/03/2019

     M9 Passenger Cars 3/15/2019
Mile-A-Minute-Murphy 7/06/2015
Mileposts 5/28/2008
Named Diesels04/15/2009
Night Photos 4/01/2014
Norman Kohl - Photographer 7/3/2017
NY Mets and the LIRR 4/25/2020
Odds & Ends Page 1  Page 2 9/27/2015
P54D - Ping Pong Cars 6/21/2009
Paperwork 3/22/2011
     Freight Notification Form 121 (1890's) 2/09/2023
Parlor Car Interiors 10/04/2020
Passenger Car Interiors
9/05/2015
Passenger Car Paint Schemes 8/03/2007
     LIRR/MTA Schemes 5/02/2022  Mike Boland
Pass Train Photos
3/25/2011
PD Tower Gone 5/04/2007
Reproduction Paperwork 9/30/2016
RMLI Calendar Collection 12/21/2010
Signal Photos 11/30/09
Signs 5/01/2008
Smokin' It Up 12/21/2016
South Side Railroad Passes/Tickets  2/27/2018
Station/Building Designs 8/29/2019
Station Interiors 10/20/2016
Station Types 7/12/2020
      Dutch Colonials 8/02/2023
Stations 8/31/2010
Stock Certificates 11/07/2015
Storage Battery Cars 7/08/2019
Three Engines or More Photos 9/16/2008
Timetables 11/05/14
    
Branch Timetables 1974-2014 5/30/2024
     TDI Timetables 5/30/2024

Trackside Business' 6/22/2009
Train Board Signs 6/11/2022
Trip Passes 10/26/2015
Tugs and Floats  3/02/2022
Tuscarora Club Parlor Car 11/30/09
Veteran Employees 3/04/2019
     Engineer Frank J. McKeown 2/16/2023
     Transportation Mgr. Carol Mills 2/16/2023
Welded Rail 11/20/2024
Workers 1/09/2010



 

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Pennsylvania Station NY City

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Remember when the LIRR Concourse at Penn Station looked like this (photo right)? As warm as the station is today during the summer months, it used to be warmer! Until the entire LIRR terminal in New York was rebuilt in the mid 1990's, there was no air conditioning at all! When this photo was taken on a winter day in the mid-1980's, everybody was dressed to stay warm, and nobody was thinking about those hot summer days ahead. Photo/Archive: Jay Bendersky

 

 

 


LIRR sign 1960's in New York City

LIRR Concourse PENN RR Trains sign

LIRR "Prosperous" Article  7/17/1886 Archive: Art Huneke


"Dashing Dottie" Holiday Inn elevator - Times Square, NY 
 2/24/2019 Photo/Archive: Al Castelli


Philadelphia & Reading Railroad inter-line ticket Philadelphia, PA to LIRR, Babylon c.1880's Usually the coupon is the transportation portion of a ticket and a stub refers to the agent’s stub and/or the part of the ticket kept by the passenger (on those tickets which had a passenger’s copy), neither of which have any value. Archive: Brad Phillips

 


LIRR "fantasy" Photo Security Pass based on a BNSF prototype in use.
Design: Steven Lynch

 

12/11/2024