The Long Island Rail Road Company 
April 24, 1834 - 2009 

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The Hicksville Historical Society is taking on the task of raising funds 
to restore the Hicksville Station Eagle. Click for detailed info.

Richard Althaus  Vice President
Hicksville Historical Society
PO Box 443
Hicksville, NY 11802

The NRHS Long Island Sunrise Trail  (LIST) 2010   Sunrise Trail Chapter

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Nassau Tower

Pennsylvania Station NY City

LIRR M7 lights*

* Green - brakes released
Amber - brakes applied
White - Door Station Energized (Conductor key in panel to operate doors)
Red (flashing) - Parking Brake (Handbrake) applied
Blue - ATC (ASC - Automatic Speed Control) operative  Info: Nick Kudreyko

LIRR "fantasy" Photo Security Pass based on a BNSF prototype in use.
Design: Steven Lynch

LIRR Logos

                                  What's New Last Updated: 08/31/2010 
                  

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Current Branch Info

LIRR Modeling


Map & Picture Tours
LIRR Fan Trip/Maps

LIRR/NYA Customers 1997

LIRR Website Links

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Featured Photo:

LIRR RS3 #1552 coach #2959 
"Scoot" Greenport 4/1977
Archive: Dave Keller

 
 Manhole cover in LIC, corner of
48th Street & Jackson Ave.
Photo: Bruce Carlson 10/23/1998

Note: Part of the "L" above is damaged. See Morris Park Shops for Al Castelli logo complete photo

Manhole cover Oyster Bay
Photo: Al Castelli 12/17/2006

Vintage Police Service #160 L.I.R.R. Co. Star Badge 


Back of badge showing provenance from "American Ry Supply, NY”, c. 1880's- 1890's (?).  Info: Dave Keller

CRR of LI passing Kissena Park 
1872 by A. Stewart
Station opened  6/1873
Research: Dave keller

Rail Road Anecdotes:

OPERATION LIFESAVER:
A Few Pointers from Your Friendly Neighborhood Locomotive Engineer
01/05/10

Book of Rules Joke 01/05/10

2009 US Open Timetable
June 15th-21st
Bethpage, NY
Archive: Dave Keller

Branch Info:

Central Branch 8/08/10
Central Extension 8/03/10
Whitestone Branch 07/31/10
Port Washington Branch 02/10/10
Bay Ridge Branch Update 11/30/09
Hempstead Branch 07/01/08
Manorville Branch 07/01/07
Wading River Extension 01/14/07
R. Emery's LIRR Branch Info 06/07/05
Bushwick Freight Line 11/23/04

LIRR Anecdotes:

A Uniform, A Ticket, A $20 Bill, And The Last Cab Paul Kennedy 01/13/09
Harry Glueck LIRR Recollections 11/06/08
Unverified Stories Ed Schleyer 11/11/08
Drop of a Tank Car Ed Schleyer 11/06/08
Waves of White Ed Schleyer 11/06/08
FM vs ALCO Locos? Ed Schleyer 11/06/08
Crossing Guard, the Oil truck, and the Coffee Ed Schleyer 11/06/08
Mexican Labor Camp & the Remittance Train Ed Schleyer 12/19/08
LIRR - First Days Ed Schleyer 09/04/08
Track Gang 1953 Ed Schleyer 09/04/08
Snow Train from Hell Schleyer 09/04/08
Hiring On the LIRR  Ed Schleyer 08/31/08
NE Blackout 1965 Ed Schleyer 08/31/08
Dog Day Commute Ed Schleyer 08/31/08
B'hampton Wreck Ed Schleyer 08/31/08
Gould's Feed "Pay Up" G. Ayling 08/12/08
J.J. Earl Anecdotes by J.J. Earl 08/01/08
The Engineer and the Kid: Two Cab Rides, 44 Years Apart by Mark Smith & Art Single 08/01/08
1st Recollections of the LIRR 11/15/07
Skinner-Keller LIST Anecdote 10/2007
Ernie Murphy Anecdotes 09/12/2007
Jakobson Shipyard, OBay 08/05/07 
Belmont Race Track Trains  M. Smith 
The Last Steam Trip  by Mark Smith
On the "Scoot"  by Mark Smith
In the Hole by Mark Smith
Joe Hagan Anecdotes 03/31/07
History of Ardsley Truetrack: 12/10/06 
LI Reminiscences  Krzenski 07/23/06
Climbing Mt. Olivet 07/08/05 M. Smith 
Island Park Switching  11/23/04 
The Cannonball 11/10/04 V. Seyfried
Picking up Your Engine by M. Smith
Engineer to Fireman by Mark Smith
Nearing Promotion by Mark Smith
Freight Donkeys by Mark Smith
Engineer-for-a-Day Program M. Smith
Moving Coal by Prayer  M. Smith
Port Jeff Freight Memories P. Boylan
Recollections of PD Tower D. Keller

Howard Fogg: "The New York Express" at Fort Pond, NY heading for Penn Station, NY, c.1962
Commissioned by John Scala

Jamaica to Belmont Park token - Dashing Dan 60s-70s 
Collection: Dave Keller

Woodbury Station changed to Cold Spring 
General Order 90 10/15/1880

LIRR Brass Pay Check Tag 

To the best of my knowledge, it was used to pay employees out on the line (perhaps as a "chit" to be cashed in somewhere where cash was available)...maybe a a major station where the ticket agent had copious amount of the green stuff and could pay you out of his "cash drawer" from selling tickets, etc, or maybe a major  terminal like Jamaica, where cash was disbursed to outlying terminals for different purposes.
Info: Robert Myers

Rosters:

LIRR P72 & P75 Roster 8/22/10
LIRR Entire Diesel Roster Update 05/30/09
LIRR Diesel Era GP38-2s 11/30/09
LIRR GP-38 Engine Roster 11/30/09
Alco C420 Roster/Photos 11/30/09
LIRR Modernization Numbers 10/11/09
LIRR Caboose Rosters 09/11/09
LIRR RS1-3 Engine Roster 07/07/09
LIRR S1 & S2 Engine Roster 07/07/09
LIRR FA Units 04/15/09
LIRR Double-decker Roster 01/12/09
LIRR MOW Roster 10/20/08
1978 LIRR Engine Roster 12/04/07
LIRR SW1001 Roster 11/01/07
LIRR MP15AC Roster 11/01/07
LIRR Ore Cars 07/01/07
MOW Sandite Alcohol Cars 10/07/06
Engine Roster 1949 11/25/04
1901-1955 Steam Roster 12/13/04
LIRR Diesel, Pass & MU Roster 1963

LIRR Data Info:

LIRR Hack #14 Diagram/Photos 08/28/10
The LIRR "EXTRA" LIST  4/30/10
LIRR Industries Freight Articles 4/05/10
Nick Kalis' 24 Volume LI City Series
LIRR Misc. Data and Dates 11/14/09
LIRR N52A Caboose Info 10/15/09
LIRR Hack #12 Diagram/Photos 09/13/09
LIRR Hack #60 Diagram/Photos 08/23/09
LIRR 175th Anniversary Tour - 2009
LIRR 1965 Parking Study Part 1 06/01/09
LIRR 1965 Parking Study Part 2 06/01/09
LIST Semaphore Articles 04/01/09
LIRR Station Name Changes 02/07/09
LIRR 1954 Goodfellow Pamphlet 09/17/08
LIRR Bibliography 07/16/2008
LIRR Hack 14 Restoration 07/07/08
LIRR Track Maps  03/15/08
LIRR Sayville END CP Sign 01/04/08
LIRR RS1-3 Spotting Features 12/01/07
LIRR Marine Operations 06/17/07
LIRR History Data Reference 07/12/07
LIRR  Crew Assignments 1991 5/18/07
LIRR Diagrams 10/25/06
LIRR Track Names  12/14/061
LIRR Expansion Maps 07/07/06
Patchogue Crew Messages 02/06/05
Montauk Division Road Crossings 1908
Celebrating 75 Years  04/22/1910
LIRR 75 Anniversary Pamphlet - 1910
LIRR 100 Anniversary Pamphlet -1934
LIRR 125 Anniversary Pamphlet -1959
CR4 1913 Sidings Western Suffolk
CR4 1919 Stations & Sidings Suffolk
CR4 1924 Stations & Sidings Suffolk
CR-4 Freight Info 1944
LIRR 1845 Stockholder's Report

Additional LIRR and Other Railroad Info:

RR Mergers List 2010 7/31/10
The Term: Caboose 11/07/09
NY Cross Harbor RR 06/06/08
LIRR Slang Usage 04/15/08
South Side RR of LI  V. Seyfried 02/05/08
LIRR Passes 03/20/08
LIRR Baggage Tags 01/25/08  
LI Historical Journal 01/12/08
LIRR Vanity Auto Plates 12/02/07
PRR Station Eagle Booklet 08/21/07 
Dave Morrison 
LIRR Station Colors 005/26/07
LIRR Stations Closed/Removed/
Replaced 05/24/07
LIRR Commuter's Handbook 1971
Softcover Paperback - 20 pages

LIRR Photo History: 

Patchogue Signals 6/03/10
PD Tower Gone Patchogue 6/03/10
LIRR Scoot 02/02/10
LIRR Fan Trips 01/25/10
Morris Park Tour 2009 12/04/09
LIRR Turntables and Wyes  08/10/09
LIRR Shelters 08/04/09
LIRR Ronk. Electrification 04/18/09
LIRR Hooping Orders 12/18/08
LIRR Leased Units 11/16/08
LIRR Wrecks 10/20/08
LIRR Wyes  10/10/08
LI Trestles/ Bridges/ Viaducts 07/30/08
LIRR Winter Shots 05/15/08
LIRR Trolley Memories 02/01/08
LIRR Towers 11/25/07
LIRR Cannonball 05/04/07
LIRR Water Tanks 05/03/07
LIRR Equip. Development 01/22/07
Budd RDC Updates 12/07/06

LIRR Photo Topic Collections:

LIRR Stations 08/31/10
Before & After 02/20/10
LIRR Cab Photos  11/30/09
LIRR Baggage Cars 11/30/09
LIRR Workers  11/30/09
Tuscarora Club Parlor Car 11/30/09
LIRR Signals Photos 11/30/09
LIST Calendars Collection 11/30/09
LIRR Passenger Car Interiors 11/01/09
LIRR Fall Foliage 10/27/09
Odds & Ends  09/11/09
LIRR 1964 NY World's Fair 08/04/09
LIRR Drumheads 08/01/09
Dashing Dan 07/04/09
LIRR Tugs 06/26/09
LIRR Diesel Horns 06/26/09
LIRR Trackside Business'  06/22/09
LIRR Ping Pong Cars 06/21/09
LIRR Paperwork 06/21/09
LIRR Named Diesels 04/15/09
Remaining Freight Houses 04/15/09
LIRR Three Engines Photos 09/16/08
LIRR Logos 05/28/08
LIRR Milepost Photos 05/28/08
LIRR Signs 05/01/08
LIRR Customers Logos/Signs 03/12/08
LIRR Featured Photos 12/12/07
LIRR Pass CarPaint Schemes 08/03/07
PD Tower Gone 05/04/07
LIRR Heritage Cars  04/17/07

Agent's Keys, Speonk, NY LIRR
Keys and I.D.  tag courtesy of Tom Collins, 
Dave Keller archive

The two long keys ^(1,2) are somewhat different versions of the old "coach key" used to (literally) lock up the end storm doors of the Pullman-Standard Coaches (2700, 2800 & 2900's)...all used the same ones.

The flat key is an old locker key⁽⁶⁾ from the Agents Office to keep "his" stuff, and two of the shorter hollow barrel keys are signal keys. ^(4,7)

The other flat key, (not the old Ford ignition key ⁽³⁾ , with less "teeth" to it is for an old Miller (Mfgr) 6 or 8 lever lock⁽⁵⁾ with a "push" key⁽⁸⁾, used for signal or other general purpose locks...possibly with baggage use (as in literally lock up the baggage or freight packages...in a shed or room for that specific purpose).  The tag⁽⁹⁾ is great.   Info: Robert Myers

Brass Baggage Tag 
Great River 01/2008
Collection: Brendan Manley
Info: Dave Keller

Brass Baggage Tag 
Collection: Brendan Manley

Garden City Baggage Tag 
Collection: Brendan Manley

Brass Baggage Tag 
Collection: John Fusto

Affixed to a rider’s luggage in the old days. The express agent would put it on the bags with a leather strap. Upon receipt of your bag(s) at your destination, the express agent would remove the tag for reuse for another customer on another train.

American Railway Supply Co., was in business from 1891 to the 1920s. Info: Brendan Manley

With the years of operation you provided, that would confirm my dating and conveniently place it about mid-way during the 1891-1920s era, yet closer to the earlier end, since by the time the 1920s rolled along, the Pennsylvania Railroad, the parent road of the LIRR since 1900, was in full-swing bringing their systems on board.  1928 was a big year for institution of the block signal system and clearance cards, and Pennsy-style employee timetables.   

Pennsy-style uniforms began in the early 1920s.  

Disposable card stock baggage checks were used at that time, punched by the express agent.

Before you mentioned the American Railway Supply Co. (who made all sorts of stuff back then) and their dates of existence, I would have dated the tag c.1910.

So your brass tag would have been used in the teens and earlier.  Again . . . c. 1910 would be a safe bet to date it.  Research: Dave Keller

Ronkonkoma to 34th St. and reverse side #22673 
Brass Baggage Tag 
Collection: Brendan Manley

"Irving Trust Company, Agent Owner"
Trust plate LIRR P72 #2921 07/28/1962
Dave Keller Archive


"METROPOLITAN LIFE INSURANCE CO., OWNER AS ASSIGNEE OF PULLMAN-STANDARD CAR MF'G CO.
MANUFACTURER AND PRIOR OWNER"
Photo: George E. Votava, Archive: Dave Keller 


"LONG ISLAND EQUIPMENT TRUST SERIES K FIDELITY PHILADELPHIA TRUST CO AND M.S. ALTEMOSE TRUSTEES OWNERS AND LESSORS"     3' x 8" Trust Plate LIRR 

2-8-0 Class H10s ALCO Builder Plate

PRR #9742 Built: 6/1916, The LIRR acquired this engine from the PRR 1928-30