Long Island Rail Road Photos, Recollections, and Historical Information

[Lirr168]

Long Island Rail Road Photos, Recollections, and Historical Information

Dave Keller's 5000+ pictures, stories, station histories, research data, vignettes, etc... Fabulous material, perhaps the only existing intact collection of material stretching back into the 19th century in private hands. A rail historian and published author on this topic with two books: "The Long Island Rail Road 1925 to 1975" Arcadia Publishing, 2004, "Revisiting The Long Island Rail Road 1925 to 1975"  Arcadia Publishing, 2005.

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Steve Lynch's 10 year website on LIRR history and information. Engine/caboose/MOW rosters, map collections, photo history, documents, anecdotes, passes, track maps, etc.... A rail historian and published co-author on this topic with Dave Keller's two books: "The Long Island Rail Road 1925 to 1975" Arcadia Publishing, 2004, "Revisiting The Long Island Rail Road 1925 to 1975"  Arcadia Publishing, 2005.

[rs31556]

Both of those books topped my Christmas list.  I enjoyed them very much and I'm going through them for the third time.

Thanks Dave and Steve.

[NYandW]

Both of those books topped my Christmas list.  I enjoyed them very much and I'm going through them for the third time. Thanks Dave and Steve.

Thank you very much for the kind words, Joe.  I use the website, the books, Scala's book etc. all the time to look things up.

BTW: The publishers had/made no provision for an index.  I went through each book page text/images and complied the index (via Word - no small task!) on the website: http://www.trainsarefun.com/  click on the link and print out. You will find it helpful to locate specific engines, locales, etc. 

Best!
Steve

[Islandersb]

Has anyone ever seen a ticket to The Raunt?  If anyone has one could you post it please?

Has anyone heard from Vince Seyfried lately?  I heard he was very ill and hope he's better now.  Update please if available.