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	Long Island Rail Road's Worst Train Crash- The Richmond Hill Historical Society
		Suddenly, with a cataclysmic boom, it slams into the rear of the stalled train -- precipitating the worst train wreck in Long Island history, the worst in New York State history and the worst in the nation since 1943.
		Long Island Rail Road's Worst Train Crash- The Richmond Hill Historical Society
		There was testimony that the railroad-- with government approval -- had abandoned using an automatic safety device that would have cut the Babylon train's speed to 15 mph and reduced the disastrous crash to a slight bump.
	www.richmondhillhistory.org /LIRRcrash.html (936 words)

	A Picture History of Kew Gardens, NY - The 1950 LIRR Crash at Kew Gardens/Richmond Hill
		On the date of the collision, the Long Island Rail Road had already filed for bankruptcy reorganization and was operating under the supervision of two bankruptcy trustees.
		All of that left the Long Island Rail Road at a permanent competitive disadvantage, and every effort to level the playing field by providing badly needed subsidies for the Railroad was defeated in the State Legislature.
		Unlike the Long Island Rail Road which was heavily taxed in all respects, those authorities paid no tax whatsoever on their real estate, assets or income.
	www.oldkewgardens.com /ss-lirr-0650.html (1803 words)

	LIRR Montauk Branch by Nick Kalis
		My choice of the Long Island Rail Road Montauk Branch would allow me to put to good use the research I had been conducting on and off for 20 years.
		This industry was served by the Long Island Railroad's
		A series of glimpses into industries or warehouses that made for interesting freight operations on the Long Island.
	www.trainsarefun.com /lirrmb/lirrmb.htm (715 words)

	LIRR Early History
		The history of the LIRR, under PRR ownership, will be continued on the Pennsy Era page.
		Unfortunately, the needs of Long Island itself were ignored and the route chosen was through the vast, level, but mostly unpopulated plains of the center of Long Island, midway between the small, but thriving villages dotting the north and south shores.
		There were three railroads serving Flushing (the LIRR's White Line, the Flushing and North Side and the NY and Flushing), three serving Hempstead (the LIRR, the Central and the South Side) and two serving the Rockaways (the LIRR and the South Side).
	www.lirrhistory.com /lirrhist.html (1283 words)

	S. Berliner, III's Long Island Rail Road Page
		The Long Island Rail Road is an agency of New York State's Metropolitan Transportation Authority.
		It was chartered on 24 April 1834 to run from the Long Island City ferries across from Manhattan to Orient Point, some 120 miles east on the North Fork of Long island where it would connect by ferry with the Old colony railroad at Stonington, Connecticut, and so on to Boston.
		The Long Island Rail Road is the official name of the oldest Class 1 railroad still operating under its original name and charter (since 1834- the B&O was older, having been chartered in 1827 and opened to traffic in 1830 but has been subsumed into CSX).
	home.att.net /~Berliner-Ultrasonics/lirr-etc.html (2433 words)

	Long Island Rail Road East Side Access
		Moreover, between the years 2005- 2020, MTA estimates Long Island Rail Road annual growth in commuter rail fare revenues to range from 3.79 percent to 4.9 percent, except for the year 2012, when MTA projects an increase of 8.9 percent with the completion of ESA and the project's first full year of operations.
		MTA is in the process of restructuring $14 billion of the agency's debt obligations (the largest debt restructure in the history of the municipal market).
		MTA determined these estimates by comparing ridership forecasts and fare assumptions for transit fares and the combined impact of ridership growth and annual inflationary fare adjustments for commuter fares.
	www.fta.dot.gov /library/policy/ns/ns2003/pelirr.html (2433 words)

	Long Island Rail Road History Page
		The major sources of the historical information on this website are: i) Vincent Seyfried's seven volume "The Long Island Rail Road - A Comprehensive History" (Mr.
		These are some of the various logos used by the LIRR though the years.
		This Long Island Web Ring site owned by Robert W.
	www.lirrhistory.com (257 words)

	Travel to Long Island NY - Best of Long Island - LI Connection - Arts Small Business
		The Long Island Museum of American Art, History and Carriages is located in Stony Brook.
		The mission of Long Island Connection.org is to create opportunities for both the small business and the arts community in New York and beyond.
		From 1912 to the time of their deaths (after which, in 1968, the County acquired the estate), the Baileys enjoyed the property to the fullest, assembling an impressive collection of plants and trees from other parts of the country and the world.
	www.longislandconnection.net /visitlongisland.htm (257 words)

	List of Scottish districts by population - Long Island Rail Road
		List of Scottish districts by population - Long Island Rail Road
		Long Beach Aftershock - Long Island Rail Road
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	omniknow.com /common/midlists.php?in=en&id=045 (900 words)

	Long Island Rail Road Photos, Maps, and History
		Long Island Rail Road Photos, Maps, and History
		Revisiting the Long Island Rail Road 1925 - 1975
		Nick Kalis' Long Island Rail Road - Lower Montauk Branch
	www.trainsarefun.com (93 words)

	Railroad, railroad medicare, railroad retirement
		A nonprofit organization dedicated to the preservation of steam and passenger railroad equipment, and the interpretation of local railroad history.
		The railroad system's lines extend over approximately 14400 miles of road in 20 states, primarily in the Southeast and Midwest, and the Province of Ontario,...
		A road composed of parallel steel rails supported by ties and providing a track for locomotive-drawn trains or other wheeled vehicles.
	www.lookgames.net /railroad.html (93 words)

	Long Island Rail Road History Page
		The major sources of the historical information on this website are: i) Vincent Seyfried's seven volume "The Long Island Rail Road - A Comprehensive History" (Mr.
		The official website of MTA Long Island Rail Road is located
		Note: This website is not affiliated in any way with MTA Long* Island Rail Road, and has been created for historical information purposes only.
	www.lirrhistory.com (93 words)

	LONG ISLAND RAIL ROAD HISTORY, Online Museum of Long Island Rail Road and Photo Gallery
		THIS WEBSITE IS DEDICATED TO THE MEMORY OF TWO MEN WHO WERE STUDENTS OF THE LONG ISLAND RAIL ROAD AND WHO DID SO MUCH TO PRESERVE ITS HISTORY
		LONG ISLAND RAIL ROAD HISTORY, Online Museum of Long Island Rail Road and Photo Gallery
		THE STEWART LINE - CENTRAL RAIL ROAD OF LONG ISLAND - Page ONE
	arrts-arrchives.com (93 words)

	Maps and History at NYCROADS
		Map of Existing and Proposed Expressways in New York City (547 K) Map of Existing and Proposed Expressways in the Tri-State Area (1007 K) In 1971, the New York State Department of Transportation commissioned Creighton, Hamburg, Incorporated to conduct a comprehensive study on proposed crossings of Long Island Sound.
		During the 1990's, transportation and planning officials attempted to address the issue chronic congestion of road and rail facilities in the New York metropolitan area.
		"Long Island Transportation 2000" (New York State Department of Transportation)
	www.nycroads.com /history (93 words)

	LIRR History FAQ - Atlantic Avenue Cobble Hill Tunnel
		Bob is the archivist and chief promoter of the AtlanticAvenue Tunnel, which carried steam trains of the Long Island Rail Road down to the Brooklyn shore in the earliest days of that pioneer railroad's existence.
		This tunnel was rediscovered by rail historian Bob Diamond, who is also the head of the Brooklyn Historic Railway Association, which is actively working to return streetcars to the streets of Brooklyn, New York.
		Ventilation, and probably light, was supplied by three roof vents at the center of the roof arch which reached the street surface as chimneys on small islands.
	www.rapidtransit.net /net/faq/nyc/AtlanticTunnel.html (93 words)

	Historical Societies - NRHS/RLHS
		The primary focus is on railway history, especially that of the Long Island Rail Road.
		Mohawk and Hudson Chapter : The chapter is based in Albany, N.Y., the railroad crossroads of the northeast, and takes its name from the Mohawk and Hudson Rail Road.
		Information on their museum and other efforts of preserving railroading heritage.
	www.cwrr.com /nmra/Societyb-Nrhs.html (93 words)

	Trains and Railroads - 1110 of the best sites selected by humans
		- Long Island Rail Road Historical Society LIRRHS
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	business.cbel.com /trains_and_railroads?order=theme&setcols=4 (93 words)

	LIRR Early History
		Two years later, on April 24, 1834 the Long Island Rail Road Company was formed.
		Unfortunately, the needs of Long Island itself were ignored and the route chosen was through the vast, level, but mostly unpopulated plains of the center of Long Island, midway between the small, but thriving villages dotting the north and south shores.
		The history of what is now the LIRR begins on April 25, 1832 when the Brooklyn and Jamaica RR Company was incorporated and started building its ten-mile long route from the East River in Brooklyn along Atlantic Ave.
	www.lirrhistory.com /lirrhist.html (93 words)

	Long Island Rail Road History Page
		The major sources of the historical information on this website are: i) Vincent Seyfried's seven volume "The Long Island Rail Road - A Comprehensive History" (Mr.
		The official website of MTA Long Island Rail Road is located
		Seyfried is currently the Railroad Historian for the Garden City Historical Society), and ii)Ron Ziel's many fine books and pictures of the LIRR.
	www.lirrhistory.com (93 words)

	Long Island Rail Road History Page
		The major sources of the historical information on this website are: i) Vincent Seyfried's seven volume "The Long Island Rail Road - A Comprehensive History" (Mr.
		This Long Island Web Ring site owned by Robert W.
		Other pictures attributed to other persons, such as Ron Ziel or Vincent Seyfried, may not be used without their permission.
	www.lirrhistory.com (257 words)

	LONG ISLAND RAIL ROAD HISTORY, Online Museum of Long Island Rail Road and Photo Gallery
		THIS WEBSITE IS DEDICATED TO THE MEMORY OF TWO MEN WHO WERE STUDENTS OF THE LONG ISLAND RAIL ROAD AND WHO DID SO MUCH TO PRESERVE ITS HISTORY
		LONG ISLAND RAIL ROAD HISTORY, Online Museum of Long Island Rail Road and Photo Gallery
		THE STEWART LINE - CENTRAL RAIL ROAD OF LONG ISLAND - Page ONE
	www.arrts-arrchives.com (257 words)

	The Third Rail Online Magazine of Rapid Transit Index
		The second part of Felix E. Reifschneider's 1925 Long Island Rail Road history traces the years from the Civil War building of the South Side Railroad Line up to the Post WWI era.
		The Long Island Rail Road is the nation's busist commuter railroad.
		In 1919, The Brooklyn Rapid Transit company opened its massive new Coney Island Terminal to replace the individual line terminals left over from steam railroad days.
	www.thethirdrail.net (662 words)

	The Third Rail Online Magazine of Rapid Transit Index
		The second part of Felix E. Reifschneider's 1925 Long Island Rail Road history traces the years from the Civil War building of the South Side Railroad Line up to the Post WWI era.
		The Long Island Rail Road is the nation's busist commuter railroad.
		In 1919, The Brooklyn Rapid Transit company opened its massive new Coney Island Terminal to replace the individual line terminals left over from steam railroad days.
	www.thethirdrail.net (662 words)

	The Third Rail Online Magazine of Rapid Transit Index
		The second part of Felix E. Reifschneider's 1925 Long Island Rail Road history traces the years from the Civil War building of the South Side Railroad Line up to the Post WWI era.
		The Long Island Rail Road is the nation's busist commuter railroad.
		Not included in the expanded system was New York's "forgotten" borough and the Staten Island Rapid Transit Railway Company and its 22 route miles of electric lines, which stayed with its parent Baltimore and Ohio Railroad for another 31 years.
	www.thethirdrail.net (662 words)

	Untitled Document
		Established in 1990, the Railroad Museum of Long Island is Dedicated to the restoration, preservation and interpretation of the history and artifacts pertaining to the railroads which participated in the growth of Long Island, its communities and industries for the entertainment, edification, and good of present and future generations.
		The museum has sites at Riverhead, L.I., N.Y. and Greenport, L.I., N.Y. Our Riverhead restoration site is located in a former lumber yard opposite the Riverhead Long Island Rail Road station.
		Riverhead is at the junction of the North and South forks of Long Island.
	www.rmli.org (212 words)

	Rapid Transit Net - Table of Contents
		History of the Long Island Rail Road to 1925 Part II.
		After 80 years of service, the huge Stillwell Avenue terminal in Coney Island, host to four rapid transit main lines, is being replaced.
		The West End Line began life as the first little steam road to reach Coney Island.
	www.rapidtransit.net /net/sitemap.htm (212 words)

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	Long Island Rail Road's Worst Train Crash- The Richmond Hill Historical Society
		Suddenly, with a cataclysmic boom, it slams into the rear of the stalled train -- precipitating the worst train wreck in Long Island history, the worst in New York State history and the worst in the nation since 1943.
		During a Thanksgiving eve rush in 1950, one train hit another, killing 78 riders in Richmond Hill, NY Photo- Emergency crews and others gather at the scene of the 1950 tragedy; a train that had stopped in Queens was rammed by one bound for Babylon.
		The shuddering impact sends the front of the onrushing train plunging down the middle of the other train's last car -- cutting it in half lengthwise as if sliced by a giant cleaver and driving it 15 feet into the air.
	www.richmondhillhistory.org /LIRRcrash.html (936 words)

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