MTR Admiralty Posted April 24, 2009 Share #1 Posted April 24, 2009 Media Advisory: MTA Long Island Rail Road Celebrates 175th Anniversary With Commemorative U.S. Postal Stamp Cancel And Anniversary Ceremony The Long Island Rail Road was chartered April 24, 1834. Two events open to the press will take place on Friday, April 24 marking the LIRR's 175th anniversary. • April 24- 10:45 AM photo op with LIRR President Helena Williams and other LIRR officials at LIRR's Penn Station 34th Street Entrance Corridor where the United States Postal Service will be hand canceling letters with a specially designed postmark commemorating the LIRR's 175th anniversary. Following the photo op, the press is invited to travel by train to Jamaica. The U.S. Postal Service will be performing the special hand canceling at Penn Station from 8 AM to 1 PM. (*There is a $2.00 fee charged to purchase special, pre-stamped envelopes for hand cancel.) • April 24- 1 PM in Jamaica an anniversary ceremony will be held. Elected officials, MTA Chairman H. Dale Hemmerdinger, MTA Executive Director and CEO Elliot Sander, LIRR President Helena Williams and several past LIRR presidents are schedule to attend. The ceremony will take place at the street-level Atrium of the AirTrain JFK Building at 144-21 94th Avenue, Jamaica, just south of the LIRR's Jamaica headquarters building. Media coverage is invited Prior to the 1 PM ceremony, there will be a 12:45 PM photo op on the Jamaica Station platform with a special 175th LIRR Anniversary drumhead attached to the front of a train. Members of the media planning to attend any of the events are requested to contact the LIRR's Press Office at 718-558-7301. * Note: For customers that have their own pre-stamped envelope, there is no charge for the hand cancel. There is a $2.00 fee charged by the Long Island Sunrise Trail Chapter of the National Railway Historical Society for those wishing to purchase a special pre-stamped, vintage envelope for hand cancel. The funds collected by the Sunrise Trail Chapter of the NRHS, after expenses, will be donated to three museums: the New York Transit Museum, the Oyster Bay Railroad Museum and the Railroad Museum of Long Island. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amtrak7 Posted April 24, 2009 Share #2 Posted April 24, 2009 At RR.NET, there are rumors that a special excursion train will run Jamaica-Greenport with E15's in the summer. I wonder what this drumhead will be mounted to. Can M-units carry drumheads, anyway? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KeystoneRegional Posted April 24, 2009 Share #3 Posted April 24, 2009 Please, watch the Nazi Banksters Crimes Ripple Effect at http://jforjustice.co.uk/banksters Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forest Glen Posted April 24, 2009 Share #4 Posted April 24, 2009 Ironically, this basically increased service to Greenport by 33% Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kamen Rider Posted May 4, 2009 Share #5 Posted May 4, 2009 Please, watch the Nazi Banksters Crimes Ripple Effect at http://jforjustice.co.uk/banksters Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amtrak7 Posted May 4, 2009 Share #6 Posted May 4, 2009 Somebody received word from the MTA that the excursion train in fact will run, but it will be a regular DE/DM train. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amtrak7 Posted June 14, 2009 Share #7 Posted June 14, 2009 Sorry for the double post, I can't edit such old posts. Anyway, details have been released. The MTA is marketing this as a getaway package, not a museum trip. http://www.mta.info/lirr/getaways/LongIsland/175Tour.htm It'll be a DE/DM set, but an extra. Nice way to visit both RMLI's in one day without busing! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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