Chartered on April 24, 1834, as a route from Brooklyn to Boston, the Long Island Rail Road commenced in 1836 with service between Brooklyn and Jamaica, New York. The railroad has linked Long Island and New York City through several periods of increasing immigration and population beginning in the 1880s. Farmers and fishermen have depended on the railroad for their livelihood, and every summer thousands of tourists flock to Long Island beaches on the Long Island Rail Road. It is still the nation's largest commuter railroad, transporting an average of over two hundred fifty thousand commuters daily. The Long Island Rail Road: 1925-1975 offers a behind-the-scenes look at freight and passenger activities and the people who worked on the railroad. These one-of-a-kind photographs depict structures no longer in use, such as towers, water tanks, and crossing shanties, as well as electric motive power and other facets of a working railroad.
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Author David Keller has photographed and collected memorabilia of the Long Island Rail Road for over forty years, and his work has been published in a number of railroad publications. While attending college, he worked as a ticket clerk and special services attendant for the Long Island Rail Road. Author Steven Lynch, also a former resident of Long Island, is an avid rail fan, modeler, and writer who has researched and followed the Long Island Rail Road for twenty-five years.
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The earliest steam locomotive designs of the 19th century were slow starting and had limited tonnage capacity. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
grade elimination, express house, interlocking tower, eastward view, westward view, freight house, crossing gates, westbound train, block signals, train order Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
David Keller, New York, Long Island City, Central Islip, Morris Park Shops, Port Jefferson, Pennsylvania Railroad, Maintenance of Way, George Christopher, Bay Ridge, Railway Express Agency, World War, Holban Yard, Holhan Yard, Jeff Skinner, Morris Park Locomotive Shops, Pennsylvania Station, Richmond Hill, Carleton Avenue, East Ender, East River, Oyster Ray, Ronkonkoma Avenue, Sag Harbor New!
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