The Long Island Rail Road (LIRR) is one of the oldest railways in the United States, and it began as a plan to connect New York to Boston. ... Map of LIRR trackage in 1882.

“They can view [the maps] as objects of art, but they also show the different roads that existed then,” Kissam said, highlighting the development of the Long Island Rail Road.

The exhibit "The Iconic Fish: Early Maps of Long Island" can give people a peek at who owned their land long ago, with maps from 1873, 1909 and 1917.

NYA was formed in May 1997 to operate freight trains on 270 miles of tracks owned by the Long Island Rail Road, including 30 miles of freight-only tracks in Brooklyn and Queens.