Long Islanders who travel on the Long Island Rail Road woke up this morning able to go through their normal routines for the first time in almost a week.

The LIRR was back on its normal schedule after a fire at a switching station forced the cancellation of dozens of trains for days.

LIRR president Helena Williams was in Mineola this morning talking to riders and thanking them for their patience.

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Three Newsday photographers talk to NewsdayTV's Macy Egeland about covering the tragic crash of TWA Flight 800 in 1996.

'I've never seen fire sitting on the water' Three Newsday photographers talk to NewsdayTV's Macy Egeland about covering the tragic crash of TWA Flight 800 in 1996.

Three Newsday photographers talk to NewsdayTV's Macy Egeland about covering the tragic crash of TWA Flight 800 in 1996.

'I've never seen fire sitting on the water' Three Newsday photographers talk to NewsdayTV's Macy Egeland about covering the tragic crash of TWA Flight 800 in 1996.

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