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The Long Island Rail Road (LIRR), chartered in 1834, is America's oldest continuously operating railroad, evolving from early steam lines connecting to ferries into a vast electrified system under the Pennsylvania Railroad by 1900, crucial for suburban growth, and eventually managed by the MTA, linking Long Island to Manhattan and expanding significantly with projects like the East Side Access to Grand Central Madison. Early Days & Consolidation (1830s-1890s) 1834: LIRR chartered to link New Yor
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The Long Island Rail Road (LIRR), chartered in 1834, is America's oldest continuously operating railroad, evolving from early steam lines connecting to ferries into a vast electrified system under the Pennsylvania Railroad by 1900, crucial for suburban growth, and eventually managed by the MTA, linking Long Island to Manhattan and expanding significantly with projects like the East Side Access to Grand Central Madison. Early Days & Consolidation (1830s-1890s) 1834: LIRR chartered to link New Yor
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The Long Island Rail Road (LIRR) first arrived in Huntington in 1868, though the station was located south of the village due to land cost negotiations, leading to the development of Huntington Station as a community itself. In 1890, the horsecar Huntington Railroad was established, connecting the LIRR station to Halesite; it was electrified and extended by the LIRR in 1898, eventually becoming an 18.5-mile cross-island trolley to Amityville in 1909. The trolley line declined after 1919 due to a
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📜 Friday the 13th August 1926 - Long Island Rail Road's Shelter Island Express train jumped the tracks and crashed into the Golden's Pickle Works factory. #longisland #longislandconnection #longislandlife #longislandhistory #history | Long Island Connection
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📜 Friday the 13th August 1926 - Long Island Rail Road's Shelter Island Express train jumped the tracks and crashed into the Golden's Pickle Works factory. #longisland #longislandconnection #longislandlife #longislandhistory #history | Long Island Connection
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