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Railroad Museum of Long Island

A boy’s love of trains and Scouting come together in Eagle Scout project

by Jun 28, 2019
The Railroad Museum of Long Island has a new shed to store a prized antique apparatus thanks to Eagle Scout Sean Maki of Baiting Hollow.
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Railroad Museum of Long Island’s to host ‘wooden train days’

by Sep 22, 2017
This museum event is geared to little train lovers and their families.

Riverhead’s railroad museum: at the grade crossing of history and fun

by Aug 26, 2017
The history of the railroad is the history of local commerce and industry in Riverhead. The legacy is celebrated each year during the Railroad Museum of Long Island's annual railroad festival.

Railroad Museum hosts somber gathering to mark anniversary of Sept. 11 attack

by Sep 11, 2016
Tucked away between the little-used train station and the MTA storage yard in Riverhead, hidden from view by what might seem to be abandoned...

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.

All Aboard! All about trains at the Railroad Museum’s annual festival

by Aug 28, 2016
If it's related to railroading, it's at the Railroad Museum of Long Island's 26th anniversary open house this weekend.

The iconic North Fork, in miniature: A peek inside the amazing hand-crafted diorama at the Railroad Museum of L.I.

by Apr 7, 2016
The sprawling, incredibly detailed diorama on display at the Railroad Museum in Greenport has grown over the winter to include a miniature Riverhead Polish Hall among the iconic scenes and buildings of the North Fork.