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The Railroad Museum of Long Island is a railway museum based on the North Fork of Long Island, New York, U.S. It has two locations: the main location in Riverhead, and a satellite location in Greenport, west of the North Ferry to Shelter Island. Both facilities contain active model railroad displays and gift shops.
The Long Island Rail Road is a railroad owned by the Metropolitan Transportation Authority in the U.S. state of New York. It is the oldest United States railroad still operating under its original name and charter. [1] It consolidated several other companies in the late 19th century.
More info here. The Southampton History Museum (SHM), in conjuncture with the Railroad Museum of Long Island (RMLI), is celebrating the 190 th anniversary of the Long Island Railroad with...
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 ...
His presentation takes a look at the 177 year history of the Long Island Rail Road, the oldest railroad in the country still operating under its original name. Registration required. Get more ...
Early history. Locust Valley in June 2012. The first phase of what is now known as the Oyster Bay Branch opened on January 23, 1865. The line was built by the Glen Cove Branch Rail Road, a subsidiary of the Long Island Rail Road (LIRR), which was incorporated on December 3, 1858. [4]
Riverhead – LIRR; Riverhead LIRR timetable; Old Riverhead Station (Ron Ziel collection -- LIRR Unofficial History Website) Riverhead Freight Sidings (TrainsAreFun.com) Railroad Museum of Long Island (Riverhead) Station entrance from Google Maps Street View; Old Station House from Google Maps Street View
Last Steam Train to Greenport; June 5, 1955 (Unofficial LIRR History Website) National Railway Historical Society (Twin Forks Chapter) Greenport Station History (Steve Lynch's LIRR Maps, Photos, Charts, etc.) (TrainsAreFun.com)
History. When the LIRR began operations in 1836, it leased the newly opened Brooklyn and Jamaica Railroad, including its two duplicate steam locomotives, Ariel and Post Boy, both built by Matthias W. Baldwin. (Ariel was Baldwin's 19th engine, built in 1835.)
Wantagh Railroad Complex (also known as the Wantagh Museum), is a collection of old buildings in Wantagh, New York. It consists of the 1885-built Wantagh Railroad Station before it was moved from its original location in 1966, when the Babylon Branch was being elevated throughout the mid-20th century.