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Remembering the deadly Calverton Pickle Works train wreck as its 100th anniversary nears

by Dec 1, 2025
The Railroad Museum of Long Island wants to mark the Calverton site where a 1926 express train wreck killed six and destroyed the Golden Pickle Works in Calverton.

Remembering terror victims with railroad yard street art, prayers and a celebration of life at Sept. 11 memorial in Riverhead

by Sep 9, 2016
Two historic retired train cars in Riverhead will become a living memorial to the victims of the Sept. 11 attacks when they're painted with a 120-foot long patriotic mural this weekend.