The Long Island Rail Road: A Comprehensive History (Annotated)
Enriched Edition. The Flushing, North Shore & Central RailroadBy Vincent F. Seyfried
Length6h 25m
About this audiobook
The Long Island Rail Road: A Comprehensive History is an exacting chronicle of one of America's most consequential regional rail systems, tracing its nineteenth-century origins, corporate transformations, engineering expansion, service patterns, and social role in shaping Long Island. Written in a documentary, archival style, the work belongs to the tradition of institutional railroad history, yet it is enlivened by close attention to stations, branches, timetables, finance, and local communities. Its breadth makes it not merely a transportation narrative but a study of suburbanization, commerce, and modern mobility. Vincent F. Seyfried was uniquely equipped to undertake such a project. A devoted Long Island historian and prolific railroad scholar, he combined local knowledge with rigorous use of primary sources, maps, official records, and contemporary accounts. His long engagement with Queens and Long Island history gave him an acute sense of how railroads altered landscapes, settlement, and civic identity. That perspective informs the book's patient accumulation of detail and its commitment to historical accuracy. This work is highly recommended for railroad enthusiasts, urban historians, genealogists, preservationists, and readers interested in the making of metropolitan New York. It rewards careful reading and remains an indispensable reference for understanding how the Long Island Rail Road helped create the region it served.
This enriched edition has been carefully crafted to add value to your reading experience.
- Hand‐picked Memorable Quotes shine a spotlight on moments of literary brilliance.
- Interactive footnotes clarify unusual references, historical allusions, and archaic phrases for an effortless, more informed read.
Audiobook details
GenreOther
Length6 hrs 25 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateDec 6, 2023
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1Our Southern Highlanders (Annotated)
2Preface
3CHAPTER I: Construction Days: The Flushing R. R. Takes Shape
4CHAPTER II: The Flushing R. R.'s Early Years
5CHAPTER III: The Flushing R. R. Goes Down Hill
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6CHAPTER IV: The North Shore R. R.
7CHAPTER V: A Rival Road Takes Shape
8CHAPTER VI: Operations on the Flushing And North Side R. R., 1868-1872
9CHAPTER VII: The Central Railroad of Long Island
10CHAPTER VIII: The Heyday of the Poppenhusens
11CHAPTER IX: Collapse of the Poppenhusen System
12Roster of Passenger Stations
13Roster of Rolling Stock
14Memorable Quotes
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