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  2. History of the Long Island Rail Road - Wikipedia

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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.

  3. LIRR Restores Forest Hills, Kew Gardens Services Amid Local ...

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    The Long Island Railroad has restored early-morning train service and late-afternoon service at stations in Kew Gardens and Forest Hills amid mounting complaints from residents, lawmakers...

  4. Palsgraf v. Long Island Railroad Co. - Wikipedia

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    New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division, reversed and complaint dismissed. Palsgraf v. Long Island Railroad Co., 248 N.Y. 339, 162 N.E. 99 (1928), is a leading case in American tort law on the question of liability to an unforeseeable plaintiff.

  5. Ex-LIRR Worker Pleads Guilty To Falsifying Report Pre ... - Patch

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    SPEONK, NY — A former Long Island Rail Road employee who was accused of falsifying an inspection report before a 2019 derailment in Speonk —that brought service to a screeching halt on ...

  6. Long Island Rail Road - Wikipedia

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    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.

  7. Dreamed-Of Sunnyside LIRR, Metro-North Station To Be ... - Patch

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    SUNNYSIDE, QUEENS — A proposed commuter rail station in Sunnyside that has long been dreamed about by transit advocates will now undergo a more formal study by the MTA, the agency revealed last ...

  8. Long Island MacArthur Airport - Wikipedia

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    Long Island MacArthur Airport (IATA: ISP, ICAO: KISP, FAA LID: ISP), formerly known as Islip Airport, is a public airport in Ronkonkoma, in the Town of Islip, in Suffolk County, on Long Island, New York, United States. Covering 1,311 acres (531 ha), the airport was established in 1942 and began serving as a commercial airport in 1960.

  9. 1993 Long Island Rail Road shooting - Wikipedia

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    On December 7, 1993, a mass shooting occurred aboard a Long Island Rail Road (LIRR) train in Garden City Park, New York, United States. As the train arrived at the Merillon Avenue station , passenger Colin Ferguson began firing at other passengers with a semi-automatic pistol .

  10. Hillside Facility - Wikipedia

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    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.

  11. Truck Crash, Broken Rail Cause Massive LIRR Delays - Patch

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    Long Island Rail Road commuters were facing nearly two-hour delays through Mineola due to a broken rail as well as a truck striking an LIRR bridge Wednesday morning.