LIRR cuts include rescue train near NYC
An LIRR train passes by as rail workers manually set rail switches after a fire disabled the regular system. (Aug. 26, 2010) Credit: Kevin P. Coughlin
If your rush-hour train breaks down near an East River tunnel, it may take longer to get help to you than it did a week ago.
Among the Long Island Rail Road's cost-cutting measures implemented this week is elimination of a long-standing practice: the manning of a pair of locomotives in Sunnyside, Queens, near the tunnel entrances, ready to tow a disabled train at a moment's notice.
The Harold Protects, as the engines are known, had been in place for more than 20 years until being pulled on Monday.
Sarra Sounds Off, Ep. 33: Boys lacrosse and plays of the week On the latest episode of "Sarra Sounds Off," Gregg Sarra and Michael Sicoli discuss the boys lacrosse season and Jared Valluzzi has the plays of the week.
Sarra Sounds Off, Ep. 33: Boys lacrosse and plays of the week On the latest episode of "Sarra Sounds Off," Gregg Sarra and Michael Sicoli discuss the boys lacrosse season and Jared Valluzzi has the plays of the week.
