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Farragos met on LIRR, keep love on track

Matt and Nancy Farrago embrace in front of

Photo credit: Heather Walsh | Matt and Nancy Farrago embrace in front of a wall of their family photographs in Greenlawn. (Feb. 3, 2012)

Before Match.com and eHarmony, the Long Island Rail Road made its own love connections.

Matt Farrago's decision to take an earlier train home from work one day in 1994 changed the course of his life when he ended up sitting across the aisle from his future wife, Nancy Wong, who, as it happens, didn't usually take that train.

The car was crowded, so since talking wasn't possible he scribbled...

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