The westbound "Scoot" slows for a stop at Yaphank, passing a pair of recently retired Budd M3 cars destined for a new life at a local fire training academy.

Greenport's turntable remains in place despite not having turned an engine in well over four decades. The turntable was powered by air supplied by the locomotives themselves, and was rendered obs... (more)

The two main forms of public transportation to the eastern tip of the North Fork are shown here: The LIRR and Hampton Jitney. Today, we beat the bus to Orient.

The effects of Hurricane Sandy. Three weeks ago, much of the LIRR's Long Beach Branch was flooded by the hurricane's massive storm surge, leaving the railroad's substations and other infrastructu... (more)