Bibliography of LIRR Books: Compiled by: Dave Morrison, Input: John Fusto, Dave Keller, Steve Lynch

Bendersky, Jay.  Brooklyn’s Waterfront Railways.  East Meadow, New York:  Meatball Publications, 1988.

Carleton, Paul. Rails Around Gotham: River Vale, NJ: D. Carleton Railbooks, 1981. 


Dorin, Patrick C. Commuter Railroads. Seattle, WA: Superior Publishing Company, 1970. 

Erdman, Arthur J.  The Long Island Rail Road In Color Vol 1: 1949-1966 Scotch Plains, New Jersey:  Morning Sun Books, Inc., 2010. 

Flagg, Thomas, R.  New York Harbor Railroad In Color, Vols 1 and 2.  Scotch Plains, New Jersey:  Morning Sun Books, Inc., 2000. 
        

Fischler, Stan Long Island Rail Road (MBI Railroad Color History) Voyageur Press (June 15, 2007)

George, Herbert.  Change at Ozone Park.  Flanders, New Jersey:  RAE Publishing, Inc., 1993

Goodrich, Warren.  Change At Jamaica a commuter’s guide to survival.  New York, New York:  The Vanguard Press – now Random House, 1957. This is an interesting book, the first part of the book is for east bound commuters and the book starts again from the back (turn the book upside down) for west bound commuting.

Grow, Lawrence. On The 8:02 - An Informal History of Commuting by Rail in America. Mayflower Books, New York,1979     

Harrison, Richard, J.  Long Island Rail Road Memories – The Making of a Steam Locomotive Engineer.  New York, New York:  Quadrant Press, Inc., 1981.

Keller, David and Lynch, Steven.  The Long Island Rail Road 1925 to 1975.    Charleston, South Carolina:  Arcadia Publishing, 2004. 

Keller, David and Lynch, Steven.  Revisiting The Long Island Rail Road 1925 to 1975.    Charleston, South Carolina:  Arcadia Publishing, 2005.

Kramer, Frederick A.  Long Island Rail Road.  Newton, New Jersey:  Carstens Publications, Inc., Undated.

McNulty, A. J. The Road of the Dashing Commuter Exposition-Phoenix Press, Inc. April 1980  

Morrison, David, D. and Pakaluk, Valerie.  Long Island Rail Road Stations.  Charleston, South Carolina:  Arcadia Publishing, 2003. 

Morrison, David, D.  Long Island Rail Road Steam Locomotive Pictorial.  Hicksville, New York:  Cannon Ball Publications, 1981 

NJ International, Inc. Cabin Cars of the Pennsylvania and Long Island Railroads. NJ International, Inc.1982

Roberts, Allan H. Trackside around the Big Apple 1964-1973

Ruppert, Dan The Gravy Train: An Inside Look at the Long Island Rail Road 2002   

Scala, John, J.  Diesels of the Sunrise Trail.  Mineola, New York:  Weekend Chief Publishing Company, 1984.

Seyfried, Vincent F.  The Long Island Rail Road – A Comprehensive History, 1-7 vol. Garden City, New York: Exposition Press, 1961 to 1975.     
                                                              Part One                          Part Five                             Part Six

Smith, Mildred H.  Early History of the Long Island Rail Road, 1834 to 1900.  Uniondale, New York:  Salisbury Printers, 1958.

Sturm, Robert, C. and Thom, William, G.  The New York Connecting Railroad – Long Island’s Other Railroad.  Babylon, New York:  Long Island Sunrise Trail Chapter – NRHS, 2006.

Ziel, Ron.  Long Island Heritage – The G-5.  New York, New York:  Railroad Heritage Press, 1979.
     

Ziel, Ron.  The Long Island Rail Road in Early Photographs.  Mineola, New York:  Dover Publications, 1990.

Ziel, Ron.  The Pennsy Era on Long Island.  Bridgehampton, New York:  Sunrise Special Limited, 1984. 

Ziel Ron, and Foster, George.  Steel Rails to the Sunrise – The Long Island Rail Road.  New York:  Meredith Press, 1965.

Ziel, Ron and Krause, John.  Electric Heritage of the Long Island Rail Road.  Newton, New Jersey:  Carstens Publications, Inc., 1986.

Ziel, Ron, and Wettereau, Richard.  Victorian Railroad Stations of Long Island.  Bridgehampton, New York:  Sunrise Special Limited, 1988.

Bang, Robert, designed by Vondrak, Otto M., New York, Westchester & Boston Railway: 1906-1946, Published 2004

Bang, Robert A., co-authors Frank, John E., Kowanski, George W., and Vondrak, Otto M.: Forgotten Railroads Through Westchester County, Published 2007

Harwood Jr., Herbert H.,  The New York, Westchester & Boston Railway: J. P. Morgan's Magnificent Mistake (Railroads Past and Present): Indiana University Press, 2008

Hinsdale, E.B. The History of the Long Island Rail Road Company 1834 - 1893.  LIRR, March 23, 1898.

Hazelton, Henry Isham, The Boroughs of Brooklyn and Queens and the Counties of Nassau and Suffolk, five volumes, 1925.  The first volume contains a 37 page history of the Long Island Rail Road written by Felix E. Reifschneider, accompanied by 14 pages of illustrations. (see next item)

Reifschneider, Felix E,. History of the Long Island Rail Road 1925, The Boroughs of Brooklyn and Queens, Counties of Nassau and Suffolk , Lewis Historical Publishing Company, Inc., 1925 reprinted winter 2001 in The Third Rail       

Reifschneider, Felix E,. History of the Long Island Rail Road 1925 Part Two

Ross, Peter  A History of Long Island From its Earliest Settlement to the Present Time 1903 Lewis Publishing Co.
The Dunton Family Organization

  White, J.G. The Long Island Rail Road - Its Problems and Future.  September 1942.  Commonly known as the "White Report"

Long Island Railroad 75 Anniversary Pamphlet -1910

  Long Island Railroad 100 Anniversary Pamphlet -1934

Long Island Railroad 125 Anniversary Pamphlet - 1959

03/36 Railroad Stories LIRR Doubledeckers
12/52 Trains Long Island Dieselization
12/57 Trains The Long Island Comes Back (19 pgs, 30 photos, roster, C Liner photo on cover)
03/83 Railspace LIRR Cab Units (Alco & EMD cab unit photos on cover)
01/71-2/71 Trains Two part article: Back from Looneyville
07/77 Rails Northeast LI Alco C420s
03/87 Passenger Trail Journal, LIRR Parlor service: "Long Island parlor cars: Back to the Future" 
by William E. Thoms
 
11-12/97 Vol 8 No 6 Diesel Era LIRR C420s
06/05 EXTRA 2200 South Magazine Issue 127, Long Island power cars (p. 29, 3 pages, roster) 
by Bobb Losse, Sr.

1991 "The History of Farmingdale railroad service 1841-1991" booklet by Edward J. Thompson, Vincent Sotis
Published: Farmingdale-Bethpage Historical Society Farmingdale, NY
Cover title: "Farmingdale train station restoration project : a commemorative history of 150 years 
of Long Island Railroad train service to Farmingdale, NY

Long Island Rail Road Magazine Articles: Compiled by: Dave Keller 

“TRAINS Magazine” – May/1968 “Parlor Car East” by H. Stafford Bryant, Jr.
“Classic Trains: - Spring/2003 “Long Island’s Lovable Double Deckers” by Mike Boland
“National Railway Bulletin” Vol 60, No. 4 – 1995 “The Sunrise Trail – A Brief History of the Long Island Rail Road” by Robert C. Sturm
“Passenger Train Journal” – March/1987 “Where ‘Parlor’ Remains the Parlance” by William E. Thoms
“The Keystone” – Winter/1992 “Long Island Rail Road Double-Deck Coaches” by Mike Boland
“The Keystone” – Autumn/1995 “Route of the Weekend Chief” by Mike Boland
“The Keystone” – Autumn/1998 “The Long Island’s Switching Gems, the C51s and C51sa” by Carl Fabrizi
“The Keystone” – Summer/1999 “Rails to the Rockaways, Part I” by Mike Boland
“The Keystone” – Autumn/1999 “Rails to the Rockaways, Part II” by Mike Boland

Long Island Rail Road Magazine Articles: Compiled by: Dave Morrison 

Railroad Magazine, Jan. 1943, "Largest Commuter Road"
Railroad Magazine, Sept 1949, "Locomotives of the LI" Rosters
Railroad Magazine, Feb 1971, LIRR # 35 is on the cover
Railroad Magazine, Mar 1999, The Railroads of Long Island City
Trains, Feb 2006, Commuter King
Railpace, Aug 1997, LIRR's East End Passenger Service
Railpace, Sept 1998, All Change at Jamaica
Passenger Train Journal, June 1979, Long Island's Far Flung Empire
Classic Trains, Spring 2007, Two page spread photograph of the Morris Park roundhouse
Distinction Magazine, Aug/Sept 2002, Monuments to Long Island's Past - A look at LI's historical train stations

Meyers, Stephen L., Manhattan's Lost Streetcars, South Carolina, Arcadia Publishing, 10/102005

Bibliography of Pennsylvania Station Books: Compiled by: Dave Morrison

Ballon, Hilary.  New York ’s Pennsylvania Stations.  New York : W.W. Norton & Co., 2002.

Diehl, Lorraine B.  The Late, Great Pennsylvania Station.  New York: American Heritage Press, 1985. (Hardcover)

Diehl , Lorraine B.  The Late, Great Pennsylvania Station.  Lexington , Mass. : The Stephen Greene Press, 1987.  (Softcover – green)

Diehl , Lorraine B.  The Late, Great Pennsylvania Station.  New York :  Four Walls Eight Windows Publishing, 1996.   (Softcover – black)

Jonnes, Jill.  Conquering Gotham – A gilded age epic:  The Construction of Penn Station and its tunnels.  
New York: Penquin Group, 2007

Low, William  Old Penn Station. Henry Holt and Company, LLC, New York, 2007

FYI: This is not a history book.  It is a book of color artwork created by the author. 
The book is 34 unnumbered pages, all inclusive.

Messer, David and Roberts, Charles.  Triumph V – Philadelphia to New York 1830 – 2002.  Baltimore , MD : Barnad, Roberts and Company, 2002.

Middleton, William D.  Manhattan Gateway – New York ’s Pennsylvania Station.  Waukesha , WI :  Kalmbach Publishing, 1996.

Moore, Peter.  The Destruction of Penn Station.  New York : Distributed Art Publishers, 2000.

Weston, Fred.  Penn Station – Its Tunnels and Side Rodders.  Seattle , WA :  Superior Publishing Company, 1978.

Bibliography of Pennsylvania Station Pamphlets: Compiled by: Dave Morrison

PRR. Pennsylvania Tunnel and Terminal RR. New York, 1910.

PRR. Pennsylvania Station in New York City, New York , 1910.

King’s Booklets.  The Pennsylvania Railroad Tunnels and Terminals in New York City, New York, circa 1910.

Pennsylvania – The Station, The Tunnels, The Connecting Railroad, the Company and The Workers.  New York, Manufacturers Trust Company, 1921.