Revisiting the Long Island Rail Road, 1925-1975 (Images of Rail) [Paperback]

David Keller (Author), Steven Lynch (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: August 10, 2005

Planned and chartered on April 24, 1834, the Long Island Rail Road commenced operations in 1836 to provide a route to Boston. Stretching 110 miles east of New York City, the Long Island Rail Road has been the backbone of population growth and suburban development for over a

hundred years. Electrification was begun on the Long Island Rail Road in 1905. Whether it was commuter, freight, or special trains, third-rail operations played a major role in the Long Island Rail Road’s development as well as the people, places, and industries it served. This book offers

an insider’s view of the Morris Park shops and photographs of the varied passenger operations found on the Long Island Rail Road.

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About the Author

While attending college, David Keller worked as a ticket clerk and special services attendant for the Long Island Rail Road. He has photographed and collected Long Island Rail Road history for over forty years. Steven Lynch, also a former resident of Long Island, has been an avid railfan, modeler, and writer who has researched and followed the Long Island Rail Road for twenty-five years. Keller and Lynch coauthored the companion book The Long Island Rail Road: 1925–1975.

Product Details

• Paperback: 128 pages
• Publisher: Arcadia Publishing (August 10, 2005)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0738538299
• ISBN-13: 978-0738538297
• Product Dimensions: 9.3 x 6.5 x 0.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 10.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,270,783 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Keller & Lynch Won't Disappoint You, March 30, 2009

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Poet Prince (San Francisco, CAlif. USA) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Revisiting the Long Island Rail Road, 1925-1975 (Images of Rail) (Paperback)

I hesitated to purchase this book thinking that it might be a rehash of
the authors' first book "The Long Island Rail Road 1925-1975". It was
not! The abundance of new photographs was a delight ( 2 per page). Text is written under or to the side of each photo making hunting for text specific to a photo unnecessary. In this book, greater emphasis is placed on diesels in service between 1955-1975. There is good coverage of ALCO models RS1 and RS3, C420's, and S2's. Coverage of Morris Park shops is excellent. The extremely dangerous "gauntlet" track is discussed with a photo of one, as well as the "cabaret" and business cars in service at the time. This book is another Keller & Lynch winner.

3.0 out of 5 stars Beware of the Photo Quality, April 9, 2011

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Gregory Donnellon (Gaithersburg, Maryland USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Revisiting the Long Island Rail Road, 1925-1975 (Images of Rail) (Paperback)

In the edition I bought (from a source other than Amazon), much of the photographic reproduction is poor - so poor that many of steam locomotive wheel arrangements can't be determined even from side-on pictures taken in broad daylight. I own dozens of Acadia Publishing books, and this book is by far the worst in terms of picture quality. For example, I know that Long Island Rail Road G5 class steam locomotives are Ten-Wheelers, but I can't tell that from the two photos on page 34.

The pity of it is that authors Keller and Lynch have found some real photo treasures: the Baldwin-Westinghouse diesels #403 A-B are usually shown in builder's photos in other Long Island Rail Road books, but on pages 47 and 48 we see "Mike and Ike" in service.

As the other reviewer correctly noted "Revisiting..." does not duplicate pictures in the author's earlier "Images of Rail: The Long Island Rail Road." If, like me, you simply must own everything published about the LIRR, by all means buy the book. But think about whether you can live with the muddied photo quality. Acadia really did the book's authors a disservice.