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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.
The Long Island Rail Road Company was chartered in 1834 to provide a daily service between New York City and Boston via a ferry connection between its Greenport, New York, terminal on Long Island's North Fork and Stonington, Connecticut.
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.
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.
David Morrison, a retired LIRR Branch Line Manager and railroad historian will present a program on the history of the Long Island Rail Road, including Ronkonkoma and Oakdale stations.
Riverhead is a station along the Main Line (Greenport Branch) of the Long Island Rail Road. It is located on Osborne Avenue and Railroad Street in Riverhead, New York , north of NY 25 (West Main Street) and the Suffolk County Court House .
Thomas R. Sharp: 1877-1881. Austin Corbin: 1881-1896. William H. Baldwin: 1896-1905. William F. Potter: 1905. Ralph Peters: 1905-1923. Samuel Rea: 1923-1928. 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 ...
On January 1, 1881, Austin Corbin took over the Long Island Rail Road and sought out to install new rails on the Main Line from Winfield Junction to Jamaica. In February 1881, all service on the Main Line was halted, and this station was temporarily abandoned at this time.
The Montauk Branch is a rail line owned and operated by the Long Island Rail Road in the U.S. state of New York. The line runs the length of Long Island, 115 miles (185 km) from Long Island City to Montauk.
History. Long Island Rail Road (LIRR) tracks were completed on the present line in 1841. At first, trains did not stop here, with Bethpage appearing only as a notation ("late Bethpage") associated with the Farmingdale station to the east. By 1854, the LIRR stopped at a local station called Jerusalem.