David Morrison 128 pages softcover
The Long Island Rail Road is
the oldest railroad in the country still operating under its original
name. It is the busiest railroad in North America, with 90 million
annual riders on 735 trains covering 11 different branches. The Babylon
Branch, which serves 15 stations from Valley Stream to Babylon, carries
18 million annual riders over its 20-mile right-of-way. The branch has
been totally electrified since 1925 and has not had any street crossings
at grade since 1979. There are three signal towers and four junctions
for other branches on this line. Two railroad museums are housed in
former branch station buildings, those being Wantagh and Lindenhurst.
