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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...
LONG ISLAND, NY — A total of 59 LIRR employees earned more than $250,000 in 2019, according to payroll data released by the Empire Center for Public Policy. Of those, 10 LIRR workers topped ...
A New York Times investigation in 2008 showed that 25% of LIRR employees who had retired since 2000 filed for disability payments from
Under the Railroad Retirement Act, retirement and disability annuities are paid to railroad workers with at least 10 years of service. Such annuities are also payable to workers with 5 years of service if performed after 1995.
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]
Full Long Island Railroad to Grand Central service is set to begin today, with trains from every branch running on the new extension, for a total of 300 trains per day.
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.
OYSTER BAY, NY — Track work this month will result in service changes and schedule adjustments on multiple Long Island Rail Road branches, including Oyster Bay, Port Jefferson, and Ronkonkoma.
The Central Branch is a rail line owned and operated by the Long Island Rail Road (LIRR) in the U.S. state of New York, extending from 40.734°N 73.470°W just east of Bethpage station to 40.696°N 73.341°W just west of Babylon station.
MTA head says LIRR service improvements are underway, but is enough being done? Matthew McGevna , Patch Staff Posted Fri, Nov 15, 2013 at 7:28 pm ET | Updated Fri, Nov 15, 2013 at 7:30 pm ET