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The LIRR also took other steps to improve its physical image and its operations. In the 1950s they started a new publicity campaign, adopting a new "Dashing Dan" and "Dashing Dottie" logo and painted its trains in a gray color scheme. The railroad also continued to perform major capital improvement projects.
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 .
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.
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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 bankruptcy. David E. Smucker and H.L. Delatour: 1949-1950; William H. Draper: 1950-1951; William Wyer: 1951-1954; Walter S. Franklin: 1954-1955; Thomas M ...
UPDATE: LIRR Train Strikes And Kills Person In Ronkonkoma - Sachem, NY - The person, not authorized to be on the tracks, was confirmed dead at the scene by MTA police, officials said.
The LIRR’s proposal to build track extensions at the existing Port Washington Yard will immediately improve train service for Port Washington Branch customers and also will mean more service to...
The LIRR’s digital platform signs will show a diagram of an arriving train, seating capacity in each car, and the passenger’s relative position, according to a news release.
The LIRR leased the Southern on May 3, 1876. In June, the Southern became the main passenger route from Long Island City to Jamaica; most passenger trains on the Southern from Jamaica east to Springfield Gardens were rerouted to the LIRR's Springfield Branch.
The event took place on Montauk Highway. The scenario involved a passenger train, on the LIRR Montauk line, that had struck a vehicle at a grade crossing, officials said.