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Chapters: History of the Long Island Rail Road. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 40. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: The Long Island Rail Road is a railroad owned by the Metropolitan Transportation Authority in the U.S. state of New York. It is the oldest U.S. railroad still operating under its original name and charter. The LIRR's history stretches back to the Brooklyn and Jamaica Rail Road, incorporated on April 25, 1832 to build from the East River in Brooklyn through the communities of Brooklyn, Bedford, and East New York to Jamaica. B