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List of presidents and trustees of the Long Island Rail Road. The LIRR was operated by the Pennsylvania Railroad from 1928 to 1949. The people from Smucker and Delatour through Wyer were trustees rather than presidents, as the LIRR was in Chapter 77 bankruptcy .
This straight route was the quickest and the easiest to build, compared to the options of building along the northern coast of Long Island, or in a north-central route following the Middle Country Road. [9] The LIRR was organized on June 17, 1835, and Knowles Taylor was elected president.
William Henry Baldwin Jr. (February 5, 1863 – January 3, 1905) was an American railroad executive and philanthropist. He was president of the Long Island Rail Road. and was instrumental in establishing African American industrial education by securing donations from Northern industrial magnates.
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.
LONG ISLAND, NY — Long Island Rail Road interim president Cathy Rinaldi announced Monday she is stepping down. The LIRR senior vice president of operations, Robert Free, has been named acting ...
LONG ISLAND, NY — Phillip Eng is resigning as president of the Long Island Rail Road. Eng has been in charge of the commuter line since 2018. MTA chair and chief executive officer Janno Lieber ...
Ralph Peters (November 19, 1853 – October 9, 1923) was an American railroad executive who served as the president of the Long Island Rail Road.
In February 1883, Austin Corbin, president of the Long Island Rail Road, offered to supply iron and rolling stock for the extension to Oyster Bay if local residents provided the right-of-way. While citizens considered the offer, the Northern Railroad folded since not enough money was raised.
Central Railroad of Long Island was built on Long Island, New York, by Alexander Turney Stewart, who was also the founder of Garden City. The railroad was established in 1871, then merged with the Flushing and North Side Railroad in 1874 to form the Flushing, North Shore and Central Railroad.
Austin Corbin (July 11, 1827 – June 4, 1896) was a 19th-century American banking and railroad entrepreneur. He consolidated the rail lines on Long Island, bringing them under the profitable umbrella of the Long Island Rail Road (LIRR).