Long Island Rail Road train 698, with EMD DE30AC 418 in the lead, departs east passing the historic St. James depot on the Port Jefferson Branch during the evening of July 12th, 2023. Constructed in 1873, the St. James depot is the second oldest surviving station house on the Long Island Rail Road, surpassed only by Hewlett station (1869) on the Far Rockaway Branch.
Locomotive-hauled trains extend LIRR service from Midtown New York to the eastern reaches of the North and South Forks. Power has gone through four generations since steam service ended.
