LIRR
TRIP & ANNUAL PASSES |
Trip passes were
issued by all RR’s and provided to employees of other railroads, usually
just for “official” business. If you were traveling on personal
business/vacation and weren’t eligible for a trip pass, you could get a
half-rate order (i.e., the foreign road would charge you one-half of the
regular rate; Pullman accommodations had to be paid in full).
Trip passes were for
a single trip (usually a round trip). On completion, the conductor
would take up the pass and turn it in to the auditor with his other lifted
tickets. Annual passes were just that, good for
an entire year (sometimes more to save the cost of issuing annually to
long-time employees). The bearer would just flash the pass and the
ride was free. The conductor did not take the pass and, once expired,
the bearer could keep it or toss it.
Annual passes were
given to selected employees and their families as well as to certain foreign
road employees of significant position. Senior retirees often were
given lifetime passes, as you’ve posted. Many passes were restricted
to prohibit use on key named trains (as can be noted on the 1943 PRR pass
you’ve posted). Pullman also issued passes for accommodations but
they went, usually, to senior managers only unless sleepers were needed in
carrying out a particular job.
I (and my wife) did
a LOT of traveling on half-rate orders all over the US when I was on
military leave from the LIRR. When I was actively working and carrying
my LIRR pass, most (not all) foreign conductors would honor the LIRR pass
for a coach ride. My best “score” on that account was a free ride
on the Erie-Lackawanna from Hoboken to Chicago on the Lake Cities.
Lots of trips on PRR name trains from NY to Philadelphia. PRSL and the
IC would NEVER take my pass. Archive/Info: Brad Phillips |
![trip-pass_Carpenter_Penn-Yaphank_11-21.jpg (101318 bytes)](trip-pass_Carpenter_Penn-Yaphank_11-21_small.jpg)
Trip Pass Carpenter NY to Yaphank 11/1921 |
![TripPass-Trainman_SagHarbor-12-1928.jpg (70011 bytes)](TripPass-Trainman_SagHarbor-12-1928_small.jpg)
Trip Pass Trainman Sag Harbor to Jamaica 12/1928 |
![trip-pass_Trainman_Sag-Harbor-Jamaica_12-1928.jpg (83400 bytes)](trip-pass_Trainman_Sag-Harbor-Jamaica_12-1928_small.jpg)
Trip Pass Trainman Sag Harbor to Jamaica 12/1928 |
![trip-pass_block-operator_Jamaica-NY_7-30.jpg (51457 bytes)](trip-pass_block-operator_Jamaica-NY_7-30_small.jpg)
Trip Pass Block Operator Jamaica to NY 7/1930 |
![trip-pass_Highway-Watchman_Stuart-Manor-Jamaica_12-1934.jpg (117074 bytes)](trip-pass_Highway-Watchman_Stuart-Manor-Jamaica_12-1934_small.jpg)
Trip Pass Highway Watchman Stuart
Manor to Jamaica 12/1934 |
![trip-pass_Extra-Clerk_entire-system_1936.jpg (85893 bytes)](trip-pass_Extra-Clerk_entire-system_1936_small.jpg)
Annual Pass Extra Clerk over entire system 1936 |
![trip-pass_PRR_Engineman-retired-LIRR_1943.jpg (91307 bytes)](trip-pass_PRR_Engineman-retired-LIRR_1943_small.jpg)
PRR Annual Pass for retired LIRR Engineman over entire system 1943 |
![trip-pass_daughters-ticket-clerk_Patchogue-NY_10-1953.jpg (101722 bytes)](trip-pass_daughters-ticket-clerk_Patchogue-NY_10-1953_small.jpg)
Trip Pass for daughters of ticket clerk
Patchogue to NY 10/1953 Archive: Dave Keller |
![trip-pass_UPRR-Livestock-Agent_NY-Port-Jefferson_5-1950.jpg (74608 bytes)](trip-pass_UPRR-Livestock-Agent_NY-Port-Jefferson_5-1950_small.jpg)
Trip Pass UP
RR Livestock Agent - Port Jefferson to NY
5/1950 |
![trip-pass_UPRR-Livestock-Agent_Port-Jefferson-NY_5-1950.jpg (80199 bytes)](trip-pass_UPRR-Livestock-Agent_Port-Jefferson-NY_5-1950_small.jpg)
Trip Pass UP
RR Livestock Agent - NY to Port Jefferson
5/1950 |
![trip-pass_Son-Block-operator_Port-Jefferson-Ny_12-42.jpg (71693 bytes)](trip-pass_Son-Block-operator_Port-Jefferson-Ny_12-42_small.jpg)
Trip Pass Son of Block operator
Port-Jefferson to NY 12/1942 |
![trip-pass_Agent_1955-56.jpg (84560 bytes)](trip-pass_Agent_1955-56_small.jpg)
Annual Pass Agent "20 years of service"
entire system 1955-56 |
![trip-pass_Wife-Agent_1955-56.jpg (92682 bytes)](trip-pass_Wife-Agent_1955-56_small.jpg)
Annual Pass Wife of Agent "20 years of service" entire system
1955-56 |
![reduced rate order Massapequa 12-1958.jpg (98235 bytes)](reduced_rate_order_Massapequa_12-1958_small.jpg)
Reduced Rate Order Massapequa to NY 12/1958 |
![trip-pass_lifetime-engineer-retired_Dashing-Dan.jpg (73436 bytes)](trip-pass_lifetime-engineer-retired_Dashing-Dan_small.jpg)
Annual Pass lifetime - retired engineer
Dashing Dan |
![trip-pass_lifetime-wife-retired-conductor_Dashing-Dan.jpg (68337 bytes)](trip-pass_lifetime-wife-retired-conductor_Dashing-Dan_small.jpg)
Annual Pass lifetime - Wife of retired engineer Dashing Dan |
![trip pass wife clerk Brad Phillips NY-Amityville_9-1971.jpg (55537 bytes)](trip_pass_wife_clerk_Brad_Phillips_NY-Amityville_9-1971_small.jpg)
Trip Pass Wife of Clerk Brad Phillips NY to
Amityville 9/1971 |
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Retired LIRR Ticket
Clerk Thomas Bayles took me on a coach trip to Bridgeport, CT about 1967 or
68. He carried me on his LIRR pass into Penn Station and when we got our
connection from GCT on the New Haven, he had the option to show the
conductor either his LIRR pass or his Pennsy pass, which he was also issued.
He opted to show his
LIRR pass and we got to ride free. The conductor said to him "Good
thing you didn't show me a Pennsy pass. . I'd have thrown you off the
train." Obviously the conductor wasn't
afforded a free ride on the Pennsy sometime back using his New Haven pass. .
. . and he was about to return the favor. Info: Dave Keller |