LIRR resumes normal service after suspension
Photo credit: TC McCarthy | Passengers gather outside of Penn Station as the MTA has suspended all trains in and out due to signal problems. (Nov. 21, 2012)
LIRR trains and commuters through the years
Out-of-service escalators at LIRR stations
LIRR communications center
Map: LI traffic and transit
Penn Station was jammed and its doors shut on one of the year's busiest travel days due to rush-hour power and switching problems Wednesday in Amtrak's East River tunnels.
Starting about 5:20 p.m., riders trying to get home or to other Thanksgiving destinations were stranded all along the Long Island Rail Road. Amtrak and New Jersey Transit service were also affected.
The mass of people...
