December 06, 2021
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ADVISORY: MTA Leadership to Join Community Leaders and Military Veterans for Ceremony to Restore a Piece of LIRR History

Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) Long Island Rail Road President Phil Eng will join Suffolk County officials, community leaders and military veterans for a ceremony to replace a historic locomotive weather vane that disappeared 23 years ago from the cupola of the Islip Station, which had been rebuilt and dedicated exactly 58 years earlier, on Dec. 6, 1963.


WHEN:

TODAY, Monday, Dec. 6, 2021 at 2:00 p.m.


WHERE:

Islip LIRR Station -- north side of the station building

SUFFOLK COUNTY


Livestream available: https://youtu.be/1MY-L1TBt9k    


WHO:  

  • Phil Eng, LIRR President
  • Angie Carpenter, Town of Islip Supervisor
  • Tom Cilmi, Suffolk Co. Legislator
  • Steven Flotteron, Suffolk Co. Legislator
  • Roby Johnson, Suffolk Co. American Legion



CONTACT: MTA Press Office, (212) 878-7440 
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