LIRR snow-fighting equipment issue
This piece of LIRR snow-fighting equipment had an issue in West Hempstead. Credit: Lou Minutoli
The Long Island Rail Road’s efforts to restore service on branches that remains suspended were temporarily set back when a broom attachment came off of a piece of snow-fighting equipment in West Hempstead and had to be put back on, officials said.
Service remains suspended on the West Hempstead branch, as it is on the Far Rockaway, Long Beach, Hempstead, and Greenport branches.
Alfonso Castillo has been reporting for Newsday since 1999 and covering the transportation beat since 2008. He grew up in the Bronx and Queens and now lives in Valley Stream with his wife and two sons.
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