LIRR Long Island City

LIRR Long Island City

In May, 2011, I went out to a restaurant in Long Island City, Queens. After I left the restaurant, I drove down to the LIRR station. Long Island City Station is the head of LIRR's diesel passenger operations. In the olden days (before 1911), passengers would travel west across LI to this station. then, they would embark on a ferry to 34th Street. In 1911, tunnels to a new station on 34th opened; trains from Long Island could go directly into Manhattan. This made the ferry and LIC Station relatively obsolete. 

 Take a look at this ticket booth off to the right. These things were on the platforms at Jamaica until it was renovated in the 2000s. 

 One of the passenger platforms here. These high boarding platforms were installed around 2000.

 Looking out into the yard. These are service platforms for the crew to access the trains.

One of the large spring loaded bumpers.