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Long Island Rail Road Stations (Images of Rail) | 
 enlarge | Authors: David D. Morrison, Valerie Pakaluk
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
Category: Book
List Price: $19.99
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Avg. Customer Rating:  2 reviews
Sales Rank: 845812
Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 128
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.7
Dimensions (in): 9.2 x 6.6 x 0.3
ISBN: 0738511803
Dewey Decimal Number: 973
EAN: 9780738511801
ASIN: 0738511803
Publication Date: July 6, 2003
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Book Description
Chartered in 1834 to provide a route between New York City and Boston, the Long Island Rail Road ran from the Brooklyn waterfront through the center of Long Island to Greenport. The railroad served the agricultural market on Long Island until branches and competing lines eventually developed on the north and south shores of the island and several hundred passenger stations were built. After Penn Station was opened in 1910, the number of passengers commuting between Manhattan and Long Island began to multiply. Today, one hundred twenty-five stations serve the Long Island Rail Road. YYLong Island Rail Road Stations contains vintage postcards of the old Penn Station, which was demolished in the mid-1960s; the Grand Stairway at the Forest Hills Station, where Theodore Roosevelt delivered his famous unification speech on July 4, 1917; and the Amagansett station building, where Nazi spies boarded a train bound for New York City on June 13, 1942. Many of the historic stations featured in this book have been preserved by local preservation groups, while others have been replaced with modern buildings to accommodate the passengers who commute on the nationis largest commuter railroad. YY
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Well Told History of LIRR February 16, 2007
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
This book was well told, capturing the esceence of the LIRR. I even found some information about my uncle and m y grandfather.
Great pictures & history of Long Island RR Stations September 6, 2003
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Besides the wonderful selection of old postcards used to illustrate this book, there is plenty of history about each station - from Grand Central to Greenport. A book to go back to and learn more each time from the pictures and the text. Find out which stations are still there and what happened to the ones that aren't.
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