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LONG ISLAND, NY — A total of 43 LIRR employees earned more than $250,000 in 2020, according to payroll data released by the Empire Center for Public Policy. Of those, 19 workers topped $300,000...
A New York Times investigation in 2008 showed that 25% of LIRR employees who had retired since 2000 filed for disability payments from the federal Railroad Retirement Board and 97% of them were approved to receive disability pension.
The RRB serves U.S. railroad workers and their families, and administers retirement, survivor, unemployment, and sickness benefits. Consequently, railroad workers do not participate in the United States Social Security program. The RRB's headquarters are in Chicago, Illinois, with field offices throughout the country.
Information is also available from the LIRR’s customer service center by calling 511, the New York State Travel Information Line, and saying: “Long Island Rail Road.”
The Hillside Facility, also called the Hillside Support Facility or the Hillside Maintenance Complex, is a maintenance facility of the Long Island Rail Road (LIRR) in Jamaica, Queens, New York City.
Information is also available from the LIRR's customer service center by calling 511, the New York State Travel Information Line, and saying: "Long Island Rail Road."
LIRR retired the last M1 cars in January 2007, while a small number of M1As remained in service on Metro-North until March 2009. In preparation for the retirement of the M1s, the Sunrise Trail chapter of the National Railway Historical Society hosted a "Farewell to the M1s" fan trip on November 4, 2006.
Highly-coveted by many New Yorkers, a few iconic "212" area code phone numbers are now becoming available as they come out of a "dormant status," and getting randomly assigned to new users in the ...
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]
Expanded LIRR Service To North Fork Coming Soon BREAKING: The first enhanced service could be seen by the fall, Long Island Railroad representatives told Southold officials Tuesday.