Chartered on April 24; 1834; as a route from Brooklyn to Boston; the Long Island Rail Road commenced in 1836 with service between Brooklyn and Jamaica; New York. The railroad has linked Long Island and New York City through several periods of increasing immigration and population beginning in the 1880s. Farmers and fishermen have depended on the railroad for their livelihood; and every summer thousands of tourists flock to Long Island beaches on the Long Island Rail Road. It is still the nations largest commuter railroad; transporting an average of over two hundred fifty thousand commuters daily. The Long Island Rail Road: 1925-1975 offers a behind-the-scenes look at freight and passenger activities and the people who worked on the railroad. These one-of-a-kind photographs depict structures no longer in use; such as towers; water tanks; and crossing shanties; as well as electric motive power and other facets of a working railroad.
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful. Enter small-town Am. around turn of the centuryBy Deborah StaufferThis Images of America book about West Plains. MO 1880-1930 is full of fascinating details lengthy captions below pictures such as one would find in Grandmas attic wonder what they pertained to. The author has obviously done his research! He tells about such events as the dance hall explosion of 1928 that killed 36 of the towns young people the "Ma" Barker gangs killing of the local sheriff. The book catches the essence of the towns early flavor formative events that make it such a wonderful place to live visit. A fast interesting read!
