Good Evening, This video should be mandatory viewing for: 1) Anyone who has an interest in New York City metropolitan area transit history 2) Any new employee (regardless of title) of the Long Island Railroad. (LIRR) 3) Anyone who has an interest in railway passenger history *** Someone please share/send this to the LIRR. Thank you for creating this video.
Almost 200 years of history. This has to be the oldest continuously operated system in North America. Even if "continuously" is a bit loosely interpreted.
yeah it's crazy how many holes have been left, and quite a few of them either still have right-of-way, trackage, or freight only service. Unfortunately the suburban NIMBYs will prevent fixing those holes for the foreseeable future.
Was this inspired by Metro Liner? Not that it's a bad thing. Metro Liner is focused on the whole world and likely wouldnt do small lesser known train lines anyway so it's a good thing we have this.
12:59 Can u do a vid on the Woodside branch? I feel like that hardly gets talked abt, and even if there's sources of info abt the branch they wouldn't explore the deeper details like the stations.
Abandoning the Whitestone Branch and the city not buying it for the subway were among the worst mistakes they ever made. Whitestone, College Point, Bay Terrace, and Beechurst would have rail service today. It is also time to restore the Rockaway Beach Branch to rail service and not turn it into a useless, invasive park.
someday lirr sould extend Atlantic avenue branch from a retilled to either brooklyn terminal or barckly center as atlantic terminal dosen't really tell infrequet passenger anything about where on a really long atlantic avnue the station acyually is to somewhere in lower manhatten.
probably all the way to the huson ferries atbrookfild pier but the stupid government will probably force it to end at the much mote crowded massive fulton street subway interchage center. where it would be practicully imposible to find space for a terminal.
I wonder if there was a train, first steam hauled from idk Greenport, then the hooked up an electric locomotive and pulled the same train into chambers street in the BRT. What a service would that be.
Is there a trace of any of these former lines and stations they got rid of today I mean are the tracks for these former lines still there today and are the platforms for some former stations still there today or have some of them already have been turned to other things like apartment complexes or shopping centers where the tracks and stations used to be?
First off, I know a lot of hard work was put into this, but... The New York and Atlantic should have been included. There are several freight only tracks that exist. They don't have regular passenger trains, but they are still there. As for stations, I hope to one day use Woodhaven Junction station on the Atlantic branch. It is still there, but it is just always skipped.
Brilliant! Two comments, the New York & Manhattan Beach should have been noted as being narrow gauge (3ft), the road being widened after the LIRR merger. The other is that IMO freight trackag should have been retained on the map, either as a dashed or grayed line, just as reference. Otherwise, superb.
Important note: I think you forgot to include the Cedarhurst cutoff, which connected Springfield Junction with Cedarhurst. It was in existence from 1871 to 1934.
Back then, the Fulton St el wasn't a thing, and the Atlantic Branch was four tracks instead of two tracks. So the LIRR would run local service along the Atlantic Branch for a much lower fare. Eventually, when the BRT was established, the stations went away.
97% correct. For instance, Creedmore branch did not close until 1963. Tracks in Queens finally removed in 1967. Nassau County section hung on until 1974.
@ Floral Park continued to receive team track freight on the Nassau side of the Creedmore Spur until 1975. The video narrative stated the Creedmore Branch closed down in 1898, but I could have misheard that. I enjoyed this video enormously.
@@charlesgreene9467 I checked it again, and that was my bad. I put the Creedmoor Branch closure to passenger service at 1881 (which is true), but I forgot to put that freight service would continue until 1966/75. Thanks for enjoying the video regardless!
could you do a video about where you woulg like reginal express or enen amtrack service thur to long island should have both thierlong island and mianland terminals.
Good Evening,
This video should be mandatory viewing for:
1) Anyone who has an interest in New York City metropolitan area transit history
2) Any new employee (regardless of title) of the Long Island Railroad. (LIRR)
3) Anyone who has an interest in railway passenger history
*** Someone please share/send this to the LIRR.
Thank you for creating this video.
never questioning the JTA's upload schedule ever again 🔥🔥🔥
talk about missed opportunities...fascinated by the train from Long Beach to Point Lookout, barely a bus there anymore
Almost 200 years of history. This has to be the oldest continuously operated system in North America. Even if "continuously" is a bit loosely interpreted.
Also, still under (one of) the original charters
Oldest Railroad in the World to keep the same name I believe
Nah the oldest railroad is strasburg railroad
@@xiaohuazhu7782w
Some of lines the LIRR operated would be the future subway sections.
Rip to all the branches/stations which would have been useful for today's lirr.
Wow, an hour long evolution video. Reminds me of videos from @MetroLiner this will be very entertaining.
Actually, that's the only other place I've seen this type of animation. Hope permissions are all checked out.
Everyone wake up JTA uploaded 🔥
I knew there'd be some lines getting closed down, but didn't there there'd be THAT many.
Especially before the PRR takeover
yeah it's crazy how many holes have been left, and quite a few of them either still have right-of-way, trackage, or freight only service. Unfortunately the suburban NIMBYs will prevent fixing those holes for the foreseeable future.
as a LI railfan, i can say that this video is pretty accurate
I’ve been awaiting this video for 2+ years and now we have it 🙌
Man, I had no idea that the lower montauk branch was running passenger trains till 2012
Nice job. Looks like you and NYRTIG put a lot of effort on this.
Was this inspired by Metro Liner? Not that it's a bad thing. Metro Liner is focused on the whole world and likely wouldnt do small lesser known train lines anyway so it's a good thing we have this.
OMG, this is amazing!
I wouldn’t be surprised if we get a visit from the King of the realm
Geoff Marshall
What a wonderful job!
12:59 Can u do a vid on the Woodside branch? I feel like that hardly gets talked abt, and even if there's sources of info abt the branch they wouldn't explore the deeper details like the stations.
55:49 Joint Transit Association try not to make a video on New York rail without bashing Queensway challenge (Impossible)
cool!!! i love this format
The fact that the Long Island Railroad continues to be one of the most used rail services in the country makes me proud to be a long Islander
When will you make part two to what can US transit do with the military budget?
!! Upload finally
I see L train replaced the evergreen LIRR.
Abandoning the Whitestone Branch and the city not buying it for the subway were among the worst mistakes they ever made. Whitestone, College Point, Bay Terrace, and Beechurst would have rail service today. It is also time to restore the Rockaway Beach Branch to rail service and not turn it into a useless, invasive park.
someday lirr sould extend Atlantic avenue branch from a retilled to either brooklyn terminal or barckly center as atlantic terminal dosen't really tell infrequet passenger anything about where on a really long atlantic avnue the station acyually is to somewhere in lower manhatten.
probably all the way to the huson ferries atbrookfild pier but the stupid government will probably force it to end at the much mote crowded massive fulton street subway interchage center. where it would be practicully imposible to find space for a terminal.
I wonder if there was a train, first steam hauled from idk Greenport, then the hooked up an electric locomotive and pulled the same train into chambers street in the BRT.
What a service would that be.
amazing video
Very good I video. Covered alot of things I didn't know
Is there a trace of any of these former lines and stations they got rid of today I mean are the tracks for these former lines still there today and are the platforms for some former stations still there today or have some of them already have been turned to other things like apartment complexes or shopping centers where the tracks and stations used to be?
First off, I know a lot of hard work was put into this, but...
The New York and Atlantic should have been included. There are several freight only tracks that exist. They don't have regular passenger trains, but they are still there.
As for stations, I hope to one day use Woodhaven Junction station on the Atlantic branch. It is still there, but it is just always skipped.
Brilliant! Two comments, the New York & Manhattan Beach should have been noted as being narrow gauge (3ft), the road being widened after the LIRR merger. The other is that IMO freight trackag should have been retained on the map, either as a dashed or grayed line, just as reference. Otherwise, superb.
great vid
Important note: I think you forgot to include the Cedarhurst cutoff, which connected Springfield Junction with Cedarhurst. It was in existence from 1871 to 1934.
10:59
@@jointransitassociation Huh, somehow I missed that. My bad! 😅
Well done overall!
17:27 why was so many infill stations added in 1878?? 😭💀
Back then, the Fulton St el wasn't a thing, and the Atlantic Branch was four tracks instead of two tracks. So the LIRR would run local service along the Atlantic Branch for a much lower fare. Eventually, when the BRT was established, the stations went away.
The evolution and devolution
This is great! What did you use to animate it?
Where did all the years of the evolution of LIRR came from
Hampton Bays never closed. It used to be called Good Ground.
97% correct. For instance, Creedmore branch did not close until 1963. Tracks in Queens finally removed in 1967. Nassau County section hung on until 1974.
To my knowledge, the Creedmoor branch closed to passenger service in 1881. Freight service continued on the line until 1966.
@ Floral Park continued to receive team track freight on the Nassau side of the Creedmore Spur until 1975. The video narrative stated the Creedmore Branch closed down in 1898, but I could have misheard that. I enjoyed this video enormously.
@@charlesgreene9467 I checked it again, and that was my bad. I put the Creedmoor Branch closure to passenger service at 1881 (which is true), but I forgot to put that freight service would continue until 1966/75. Thanks for enjoying the video regardless!
unreal fyp pull 😭🙏
yet today the LIRR has the longest commuter rail line in the US the Montauk Branch
could you do a video about where you woulg like reginal express or enen amtrack service thur to long island should have both thierlong island and mianland terminals.
Dang, didn’t realize ppl were riding LIRR decades before California was admitted to the union lmao