"A Long Island Rail Road train at the Wyandanch station last month. Credit: Newsday/Steve Pfost I take the Long Island Rail Road every week. I want to thank LIRR workers for keeping trains running for past weeks with minimal delays. They even stayed out all night to fix more than 1,000 feet of broken rail in Farmingdale after a train hit a car stuck on the tracks earlier this month so trains were running by morning rush hour."
"During the snowiest, coldest, worst weather ever I had hardly any delays. It happened only once, outside Jamaica when going home, for just 20 minutes, and I could see workers' footprints in the snow while we waited, and I felt sympathetic but grateful for their braving the bitter cold to fix the frozen switches and broken rails while I sat comfortably in a heated train car."
A commuter who rides the Long Island Rail Road weekly expresses gratitude to LIRR workers for keeping trains running with minimal delays. Workers stayed out overnight to repair more than 1,000 feet of broken rail in Farmingdale after a train struck a car, restoring service by morning rush hour. During extremely snowy and cold weather, the commuter experienced almost no delays, with only a single 20-minute delay outside Jamaica. Workers' footprints were visible in the snow while repairs addressed frozen switches and broken rails. The commuter urges an amicable new contract between the LIRR and workers to avoid a strike, stating that workers deserve a fair deal.
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