The Long Island Rail Road's deployment of a 53-foot-long, 80-ton steel snow removal vehicle caps a three-year effort to bolster the agency's winter weather arsenal. The $1.5 million machine with ...

That was until we got a gander at the LIRR's insanely decked-out snow-fighting fleet. These oversized mechanical snow blowers look like extras from Transformers, but less racist. They include a ...

Snow is expected to fall through the morning ... Those passengers were about 2 and a half hours late, LIRR said. A commuter who got on the train in Ronkonkoma said the delays were too much.

NEW YORK (CBS 2) -- The Long Island Rail Road hoped to be better prepared for winter weather and was reportedly coming out with a special schedule just for snow storms. The railroad was working on ...

LIRR trains will resume operating on a weekday schedule Wednesday beginning at 12:01 a.m. after crews clear the snow and ice from rails and switches throughout their system. Due to the extreme ...

And if Long Island gets hit with a harsh winter, it’ll be no problem for the Babylon LIRR station — the platform is getting an automated snow-melting and ice-melting system to keep it clear ...

LIRR passengers will be treated to a cleaner ... Eng wants workers to clear 180 miles of overgrown vegetation and install 60 snow switch covers and 14 third-rail heaters.

The LIRR gets suspended when there are 10 or more inches. So far, there is not enough snow to cause a suspension. The LIRR announced it would be operating on an enhanced weekend schedule Thursday.