Talk:History of the Long Island Rail Road

message: Thank you, NE2 for catching the references and other important paraphernalia.  The split seems mostly done, a little quicker than I feared it might be.  This is something like the fourth or fifth split I've done, and by far the biggest.  Fortunately the big article was already very neatly laid out, so keeping it neat wasn't terribly diffiuclt.  In the next few hours I'll go over the now small LIRR article, and see whether any other bits ought to be moved, copied or otherwise patched, but probably you're way ahead of me in every way.  Jim.henderson 02:24, 8 February 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I think it might actually make the most sense to place fleet in a new article; there is a lot that can be added but that I'm not interested in. --NE2 02:30, 8 February 2007 (UTC)
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message: This information is from  and . --NE2 00:08, 16 February 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I know this is an 11 year old thread, but I believe this map should explain a great deal. ---------User:DanTD (talk)  02:08, 16 February 2018 (UTC)
thread_title: Names of lines in 1877

message: There is a full timetable in  and page 9: . --NE2 06:39, 16 February 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Notes

message: How come so many red links?  Are they intended to give an impression of inattentiveness, in hopes of attracting a more dilligent editor?  To indicate the unimportance of the unwritten articles?  To suggest an inability to use comments in the source as a reminder of work undone?  Jim.henderson 03:27, 7 May 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Maybe you should read Wikipedia:Red link#Dealing with existing red links and stop the sarcasm. --NE2 03:44, 7 May 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Yes, thanks, the paragraph makes it pretty clear that these dead links do little to serve any purpose, since many are duplicative or name obscure topics or both, which is why they remain dead and are unlikely to come alive.  So, does that mean it's time to start removing at least the duplications?  Jim.henderson 14:46, 8 May 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: No. --NE2 21:51, 8 May 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Yeah, that's how I sometimes feel about my pot belly.  It's not pretty or useful, but it's mine and other people don't have to look at it.  Jim.henderson 08:36, 15 May 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Broken links

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message: I just came across this resource:  that describes 
Robert M. Emery Long Island Rail Road Collection - Manuscript Collection 243
Description: Long Island Rail Road collection, 1895-1974. 
10 cubic ft. (40 scrapbooks, 262 timetables). 
Organization: Arranged geographically by railroad line, and chronologically by timetable. 
Detailed pencil drawings of Long Island Rail Road tracks, with explanatory notes by Emery; over 5,000 identified photographs and postcards of construction, wrecks, engines, trains, depots, conductors, and other railroad scenes; 262 timetables; and other material relating to the railroad. 
If anyone needs details for articles about the LIRR, this may be a great resource.--Arg342 (talk) 09:26, 10 August 2012 (UTC)
replies: text: Two years ago, I went to Stony Brook U to gather info from the Vincent Seyfried collection, but I was only able to gather research for one short afternoon. By the time the library was closing, the clerk there mentioned the Bob Emery collection, and that's when I realized I goofed big time. I haven't been back to Stony Brook in my more recent trips to Long Island, but I've always kept the Bob Emery collection in mind. ---------User:DanTD (talk)  13:03, 10 July 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Stony Brook University has a resource for researchers: Robert M. Emery Long Island Rail Road Collection 

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message: Just noticed that a serious rail accident on Aug. 26, 1893 (16 killed, 40 injured?) doesn't seem to appear in this article. A search on "long island rail aug 26 1893" turns up a scattering of info. (Was that train part of another line at that time?)
It is briefly mentioned (with one, shaky cite) in the Long Island Rail Road article. ('Maspeth, Queens' mention). Didn't find much better in the NYTimes archive. Thought worth a mention.
Twang (talk) 02:26, 12 November 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  1893