| Jamaica Station Contributor(s): Morrison, David D. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0738576417 ISBN-13: 9780738576411 Publisher: Arcadia Publishing (SC) OUR PRICE: $22.49 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: November 2011 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Transportation | Railroads - History - History | United States - State & Local - Middle Atlantic (dc, De, Md, Nj, Ny, Pa) - Photography | Subjects & Themes - Regional (see Also Travel - Pictorials) |
| Dewey: 385.314 |
| LCCN: 2011926558 |
| Series: Images of Rail |
| Physical Information: 0.4" H x 6.57" W x 9.21" (0.67 lbs) 128 pages |
| Themes: - Locality - New York, N.Y. - Geographic Orientation - New York |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The Long Island Rail Road is the oldest railroad in the country still operating under its original name. Also the busiest railroad in North America, it carries 265,000 customers each weekday on 735 trains over 700 miles of track on 11 different branches. All but one branch converge at Jamaica Station, making it the railroad s hub. A complex system of interlocking switches and flyover tracks allows trains to move through the eight station tracks servicing the five passenger platforms. Jamaica Station houses the railroad s executive offices and the offices of the train movement director and the electric power director. The station and its interlocking track system have worked so well that, until recently, little changed in the nearly 100 years of operation. Through historic photographs, Jamaica Station chronicles the history of this nerve center of the Long Island Rail Road." |
Contributor Bio(s): Morrison, David D.: - David D. Morrison is a retired Long Island Rail Road branch line manager and railroad historian. The author of three other railroad history books, including Long Island Rail Road Stations, and numerous magazine articles, he is a charter member of the Railroad Museum of Long Island. |