A short LIRR freight train crossing Hunterspoint Avenue on the Cutoff in 1988. Note that there’s a caboose right behind the locomotive – the LIRR regularly used them on freight trains right up until the early 1990s. | Viewing NYC

LTV Squad Explores the Montauk Cutoff in Long Island City

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A short LIRR freight train crossing Hunterspoint Avenue on the Cutoff in 1988. Note that there’s a caboose right behind the locomotive – the LIRR regularly used them on freight trains right up until the early 1990s.