| LC control no. | n 82052559 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Corporate name heading | Long Island Rail Road |
| Variant(s) | Long Island Railroad Company L.I.R.R. Co. LIRR Co. Long Island Railroad Long Island RR Long-Island Rail-Road Company LIRR MTA Long Island Rail Road MTA LIRR Long Island Rail Road Co. Pennsylvania Railroad. Long Island Rail Road New York (State). Long Island Rail Road New York (State). Metropolitan Commuter Transportation Authority. Long Island Rail Road New York (State). Metropolitan Transportation Authority. Long Island Rail Road |
| See also | Flushing, North Shore & Central |
| Beginning date | 18340424 |
| Associated place | Long Island, N.Y. |
| Found in | Ziel, R. Electric heritage of the Long Island Rail Road, 1905-1975, c1986: cover (L.I.R.R. Co.) p. 4 of cover (Long Island Railroad) Gross, J. Railroads of NA, 1977 (Flushing, North Shore & Central; [became] Long Island RR) Wikipedia WWW site, Jan. 25, 2013 (Long Island Rail Road; LIRR; the Long-Island Rail-Road Company was chartered Apr. 24, 1834; owned by the Pennsylvania Railroad, 1900-1966; acquired by the Metropolitan Commuter Transportation Authority (now the Metropolitan Transportation Authority), Aug. 1966; the MTA has styled it MTA Long Island Rail Road; the Flushing and North Side Railroad, established in 1868 as a replacement for the former New York and Flushing Railroad, was merged with the Central Railroad of Long Island in 1874 to form the Flushing, North Shore, and Central Railroad, and was finally acquired by the Long Island Rail Road in 1876) MTA.info WWW site, Jan. 25, 2013 (Long Island Rail Road; LIRR; MTA Long Island Rail Road; MTA LIRR; chartered Apr. 24, 1834; oldest railroad still operating under its original name) LC database, Jan. 25, 2013 (hdg.: Long Island Railroad Company; usage: Long Island Rail Road; Long Island Railroad; Long Island Rail Road Company; Long-Island Rail-Road Company; LIRR; Long Island Rail Road Co.) |
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