Dave45681 posted:C W Burfle posted:It's always good to see improvements being made on NYS commuter railroad infrastructure. The Long Island Railroad is certainly used heavily.
I have to question the Governor's press release's claim of "70 years of stagnation" though. While I was living on the South shore of Long Island, the LIRR elevated much of the Babylon line, which required new stations too. While that happened a while ago, I don't think it was 70 years.I would have to agree. I have vague visual memories of seeing the work happening on this line along Sunrise Highway when I was a small child in the mid to late 70's.
Primarily I probably saw the short distance from roughly Wantagh to Massapequa near the Sunrise Mall.
The old grade crossings were probably still in operation at the time (again, I have vague mental images of gates and flashers along the route), I don't think what I saw was just "clean up" work after the trains started using the elevated line.
-Dave
I grew up in Baldwin in the 60's and remember the work going on in the late 60's early 70's.
