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Despite service complaints, New York and Flushing established a subsidiary called the North Shore Railroad of Long Island in 1866 which extended the line from Flushing to Great Neck Unfortunately, when the line was about half completed, the NY&F realized that they could not survive the competition, and sold their line (and their lease on the ...
The Long Island Railroad has restored early-morning train service and late-afternoon service at stations in Kew Gardens and Forest Hills amid mounting complaints from residents, lawmakers...
SPEONK, NY — A former Long Island Rail Road employee who was accused of falsifying an inspection report before a 2019 derailment in Speonk —that brought service to a screeching halt on ...
New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division, reversed and complaint dismissed. Palsgraf v. Long Island Railroad Co., 248 N.Y. 339, 162 N.E. 99 (1928), is a leading case in American tort law on the question of liability to an unforeseeable plaintiff.
SPEONK, NY — A former Long Island Rail Road employee who was accused of falsifying an inspection report before a 2019 derailment in Speonk that brought service to a screeching halt on Memorial ...
The Long Island Rail Road ( reporting mark LI ), often abbreviated as the LIRR, is a railroad in the southeastern part of the U.S. state of New York, stretching from Manhattan to the eastern tip of Suffolk County on Long Island. The railroad currently operates a public commuter rail service, with its freight operations contracted to the New ...
Newhydepark Editor, Patch Staff. A New Hyde Park woman allegedly involved in the Long Island Rail Road disability fraud conspiracy has entered a guilty plea in Federal court. Regina Walsh, 64, the ...
In 2008, more than 90 percent of Long Island Rail Road (LIRR) retirees were receiving occupational disability payments. A former LIRR pension department manager was arrested and charged with official misconduct for allegedly "taking money to help railroad employees find a doctor and fill out paperwork for federal disability payments". [9]
On December 7, 1993, a mass shooting occurred aboard a Long Island Rail Road (LIRR) train in Garden City Park, New York, United States. As the train arrived at the Merillon Avenue station, passenger Colin Ferguson began firing at other passengers with a semi-automatic pistol. Six of the victims were killed and nineteen others were wounded ...
The LIRR's steam passenger locomotives were modernized from 1901 to 1906, and by 1927, it was the first Class I railroad to replace all its wood passenger cars with steel. [2] In 1926, the LIRR was the first U.S. railroad to begin using diesel locomotives. The last steam locomotive was a G5s operated until 1955. [2]