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This series consists of photographs of facilities in and around New York City. These photographs were submitted to the Commission as Employees' Exhibit 7, are referred to by the letters AA in testimony, and were taken by H.H. Franklin. Mr. Franklin worked as an engineer on passenger trains for the LIRR and was the general chairman of the BLF&E on that railroad. The LIRR is a railroad located on Long Island in New York State. Established in 1834 and having operated continuously since then, it is the second-oldest U.S. railroad still operating under its original name and charter. The LIRR is the busiest commuter railroad in the United States, and also operates a large amount of freight service. At the time these photographs were taken, the LIRR operated its passenger service with both diesel and multiple unit electric engines while the freight service was operated exclusively with diesel engines. The photographs in this series document operations at the LIRR's facilities in Long Island City, Queens, New York. This includes both the train yards and the car floats on the east River. Also included in this series are four photographs of New York Central operations at the Hudson River Railyards. These photographs have been included in this series because of geographic proximity, but their identification as part of this group of photographs is tentative.