LIRR officials: Railroad fixes may take till week's end
Quick ReadOfficials predicted it may take the rest of the week to repair damage to an old track-switching system and resume normal service.
Photo credit: AP | LIRR employees near Jamaica station resort to an old-fashioned "block and spike" manual train routing system on Tuesday. A fire that broke out Monday disabled the LIRR's regular routing system for many lines. (Aug. 24, 2010)
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LIRR riders spent a third day dealing with major delays and canceled trains on most routes maintained by the nation's busiest commuter railroad -- with the added burden of pelting rain.
The MTA website showed, once again, delays and cancellations on every line except for Port Washington.
And forecasters said riders and other LIers can expect scattered rain throughout the day, and a chance...
