Editing Long Island Rail Road (section)

== Named trains ==
For most of its history LIRR has served commuters, but it had many named trains, some with all-first class seating, parlor cars, and full bar service. Few of them lasted past World War II, but some names were revived during the 1950s and 1960s, as the railroad expanded its east end parlor car service with luxury coaches and Pullman cars from railroads that were discontinuing their passenger trains.

=== Current ===
*'''''[[Cannonball (LIRR train)|Cannonball]]''''', a Friday-only 12-car train to Montauk running May through October, with two all-reserved parlor cars with full bar service. Since May 24, 2013, it has originated at Penn Station with a Sunday evening return from Montauk; only the westward train stops at Jamaica.<ref name="cannonball-new">{{cite web |url=http://www.mta.info/lirr-operate-first-non-stop-service-manhattan-hamptons-0 |title=LIRR to Operate First Non-Stop Service from Manhattan to Hamptons |publisher=MTA Long Island Rail Road |access-date=April 22, 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130423002302/http://www.mta.info/lirr-operate-first-non-stop-service-manhattan-hamptons-0 |archive-date=April 23, 2013  }}</ref> The name is a nod to the ''Cannon Ball'', the all-year train to Montauk that had operated since 1899. It carried parlor cars and standard-fare coaches and ran weekday afternoons from Long Island City, then from Penn Station until 1951, when [[PRR DD1|DD1]] operation, and changing engines at Jamaica, ceased.<ref name="trainsarefun.com">{{cite web|url=http://www.trainsarefun.com/lirr/lirrextralist/lirrextralist.htm|title=The LIRR Extra List|work=trainsarefun.com|access-date=April 7, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150411104421/http://www.trainsarefun.com/lirr/lirrextralist/lirrextralist.htm|archive-date=April 11, 2015|url-status=live}}</ref>

=== Former ===
*'''''Fisherman's Special''''' (1932–1950s) from Long Island City to Canoe Place Station and Montauk via Jamaica, April through October, terminating at Canoe Place in April, extended to Montauk in May. Served Long Island's fishing trade.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://arrts-arrchives.com/whatsnewpage3.html |title=LIRR Fisherman's Special (Arrt's Arrchives) |publisher=Arrts-arrchives.com |access-date=January 19, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111006215051/http://www.arrts-arrchives.com/whatsnewpage3.html |archive-date=October 6, 2011 |url-status=live }}</ref>
*'''''Peconic Bay Express&nbsp;/ Shinnecock Bay Express''''' (1926–1950) from Long Island City to Greenport and Montauk, Saturday only, express to Greenport and Montauk. Discontinued during World War II though revived for a few seasons afterwards.<ref name="trainsarefun.com"/>
*'''''Shelter Island Express''''' (1901–1903, 1923–1942) from Long Island City to Greenport, Friday-only summer express that connected to Shelter Island ferries.
*'''''Sunrise Special''''' (1922–1942) ran during the summer, NY Penn to Montauk on Fridays and westbound Mondays. In summer 1926 it ran daily. All parlor car (no coaches) from 1932 to 1937.<ref name="arrts-arrchives.com"/><ref name="arrts-arrchives1927"/><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.arrts-arrchives.com/images/qqssp1.jpg |title=Passenger car with "Sunrise Special" Drumhead (Arrt's Arrchives) |access-date=August 12, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131220061000/http://arrts-arrchives.com/images/qqssp1.jpg |archive-date=December 20, 2013 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>[http://www.prrths.com/Hagley/LIRR%20NAMED%20TRAINS.pdf LIRR Named Passenger Trains (Pennsylvania Technical and Historical Society)] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131014024613/http://www.prrths.com/Hagley/LIRR%20NAMED%20TRAINS.pdf |date=October 14, 2013 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.lirrhistory.com/mar99/washdc.jpg |title=Parlor Car Service between Washington, Baltimore, Philadelphia and The Hamptons and Montauk (Unofficial LIRR Website) |access-date=November 25, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303233105/http://www.lirrhistory.com/mar99/washdc.jpg |archive-date=March 3, 2016 |url-status=usurped }}</ref>