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Long Island Railroad

The Long Island Railroad or LIRR is a commuter railroad that runs across Long Island. It has three terminals in New York City--at Pennsylvania Station in Manhattan, Jamaica[?], Queens, and Flatbush Ave[?] in Brooklyn--and several branches terminating in Nassau and Suffolk counties.

Colin Ferguson

Colin Ferguson was convicted of the 1993 shooting of 25 LIRR passangers, 6 died.

External Links

MTA Long Island Rail Road Home Page (http://www.mta.nyc.ny.us/lirr/index)
http://www.lirrhistory.com/ LIRR history

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