A weekend work train sits dormant in the Stony Brook station awaiting a crew to bring the train back west.

Sunset At Second House Road. Following the Cannonball is a tough job, but Train 18 with MTA LIRR DE30AC 414 and its 5 coaches hold down the assignment on Friday, August 11, 2023. While the ... (more)

The LIRR's Name Train. The 12 cars of the "Cannonball", now numbered Train 16, are the consist of the longest coach train on the MTA LIRR. And at $30.50 (if purchased on the Train... (more)

The End With LIRR's Name Train. The 12 cars of the "Cannonball", now numbered Train 16, are the consist of the longest coach train on the MTA LIRR. And at $30.50 (if purchased on the Train ... (more)

The afternoon rush hour is in full swing at the busy Jamaica station, in Queens, NY, as Long Island Railroad train 7560, behind DE30AC 401, awaits departure as it heads from New York City's Penn S... (more)

Coming from Holban yard the road freight crew is seen battling the grades on the LIRR's Port Jeff Branch, better known as the Mountain Division. Passing through Smithtown station, the train crawls... (more)

Train 606 from Jamaica to Port Jefferson leaving St. James Station. Approaching Lake Avenue RR Crossing. St. James Station building was completed in October 1873. It’s the oldest surviving stati... (more)

Mutiple Long Island Railroad MP15s are seen lined up in Port Jefferson's west yard awaiting their next assignment. For multiple weekends in the months of July and August major track rehabilitation... (more)

Sitting in the siding at Greenlawn are MP15s 166 and 168 with a string of concrete tie cars behind. At the station a LORAM train is in the eastbound track. LIRR caboose 69 is at the end of some ... (more)

The Road Freight crew is seen shoving three ballast cars to the west leg of the WYE in Port Jefferson in preparation for weekend track work on the branch.

"Inside the Second Oldest on the Island"

Taking a look inside the St. James depot in 2023, one will find that its interior remains quaint, with a gated ticket window (now unused), woo... (more)

"Second Oldest on the Island"

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 t... (more)

MTA Railroads. In a sight that will not occur in passenger service, MTA LIRR 9193 and 9194 (M9, Kawasaki) are on the move from the Kawasaki factory in Yonkers, New York to be interchanged t... (more)

Faces of the LIRR. Two Long Island Rail Road (LIRR) trains are seen sitting on adjacent tracks at Penn Station, awaiting their departures to points east. On Track 14 at left is M7 no. 7... (more)

The Replacements. Long Island Rail Road (LIRR) M3 car no. 9798 (Budd, 1984-1986) is the lead unit on eastbound Long Beach Branch train 812 seen as it approaches Woodside Station. Passin... (more)