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Source: LIRR trains nearly collided in August

Two Long Island Railroad trains narrowly avoided a collision in Bridgehampton back in August, News 12 Long Island has learned. According to a confidential source, internal LIRR memos indicate two trains

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Sep 28, 2009, 8:21 PM

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