Editing Long Island Rail Road (section)

=== Current branches ===
[[File:LIRR Diesel Regions Map.jpg|thumb|300x300px|A map of diesel territory on the Long Island Rail Road]]
* The Main Line runs from [[Long Island City station|Long Island City]] east to [[Greenport station|Greenport]]. It is electrified west of the [[Ronkonkoma station]]; limited diesel train service runs from this point to the [[Yaphank station|Yaphank]], [[Riverhead station|Riverhead]], or Greenport stations. Trains using the East River Tunnels from Penn Station join the line at [[Sunnyside Yard]]. The services that run along this line are named after the branches they use; trains beyond Hicksville, where the Port Jefferson Branch diverges, are known as [[Ronkonkoma Branch]] and Greenport Branch trains.
* The Montauk Branch runs from Long Island City east to the [[Montauk station]], with junctions with the Main Line at Long Island City and [[Jamaica station|Jamaica]]. It is electrified from Jamaica east to [[Babylon station|Babylon]]. Trains operating east of Babylon are listed as Montauk Branch service and are hauled by diesel locomotives, while trains using the line from Jamaica to Babylon are labeled as [[Babylon Branch]] trains. The portion of the line between Long Island City and Jamaica, known as the Lower Montauk Branch, no longer carries passenger trains and is used only for freight service.
* The electrified Atlantic Branch runs from [[Atlantic Terminal]] in [[Downtown Brooklyn]] east to Jamaica, where it meets the Main Line and the Montauk Branch, and then heads southeast to become the Long Beach Branch east of [[Valley Stream station|Valley Stream]]. East of Valley Stream, the [[Far Rockaway Branch]] turns south, while the [[West Hempstead Branch]] turns northward.
* The electrified [[Port Washington Branch]], the only one that does not serve Jamaica, branches from the Main Line west of [[Woodside station (LIRR)|Woodside]] (running parallel to the Main Line until [[Winfield Junction station|Winfield Junction]], which is east of that station) and runs east to [[Port Washington station|Port Washington]]. It only serves four stations in [[Nassau County, New York|Nassau County]]. It includes the [[Manhasset Viaduct]], which is the highest bridge on the LIRR network.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Seyfried|first=Vincent F.|title=The Long Island Rail Road: A Comprehensive History|date=1975|publisher=Vincent F. Seyfried|location=Long Island|chapter=Part Six The Golden Age 1881–1900|chapter-url=http://digitalarchives.queenslibrary.org/vital/access/services/Download/aql:340/SOURCE1?view=true|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150419021259/http://digitalarchives.queenslibrary.org/vital/access/services/Download/aql%3A340/SOURCE1?view=true|archive-date=April 19, 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref>
* The [[Port Jefferson Branch]] splits from the Main Line east of Hicksville, with electric service to [[Huntington station (LIRR)|Huntington]]. The section from Huntington to [[Port Jefferson station (LIRR)|Port Jefferson]] is served only by diesel trains. Until 1938, it continued east to [[Wading River station|Wading River]].<ref name=steel>Ron Ziel and George H. Foster, Steel Rails to the Sunrise, ©1965</ref>{{Rp|258}}
* The electrified [[Hempstead Branch]] splits from the Main Line east of [[Elmont station|Elmont]] (running parallel to the Main Line until just after [[Floral Park station|Floral Park]]) and runs east to [[Rosa Parks Hempstead Transit Center|Hempstead]]. At [[Garden City station (LIRR)|Garden City]], the [[Garden City–Mitchel Field Secondary]] curves off and goes to [[Mitchel Field]].
* The electrified [[West Hempstead Branch]] splits from the Montauk Branch east of the Valley Stream station and runs northeast to [[West Hempstead station|West Hempstead]], originally continuing to junctions with the Hempstead Branch and the Oyster Bay Branch at the Main Line.
* The [[Oyster Bay Branch]] splits from the Main Line east of [[Mineola station (LIRR)|Mineola]] and heads north and east to [[Oyster Bay station|Oyster Bay]]. The first section to [[East Williston station|East Williston]] is electrified;<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=68FHDwAAQBAJ&q=oyster+bay+branch|title=Long Island Rail Road: Oyster Bay Branch|last=Morrison|first=David D.|date=March 5, 2018|publisher=Arcadia Publishing|isbn=9781467128544|language=en|page=8}}</ref> only diesel trains run along the majority of the line to Oyster Bay.<ref name="LIRR Stations p. 57">{{cite book |last1=Morrison |first1=David D. |last2=Pakaluk |first2=Valerie |title=Long Island Rail Road Stations |year=2003 |publisher=Arcadia |location=Chicago |isbn=0-7385-1180-3 |page=57 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=20BUDIVc-5AC&pg=PA57 |access-date=November 20, 2011}}</ref>
* The diesel-only [[Central Branch (Long Island Rail Road)|Central Branch]] runs southeast from the Main Line east of [[Bethpage station|Bethpage]] to the Montauk Branch west of the Babylon station, giving an alternate route to the Montauk Branch east of Babylon. The Central Branch used to continue west from Bethpage to include what is now the Garden City–Mitchel Field Secondary. It was proposed to be electrified as part of the 2020–2024 MTA Capital Program.<ref name=":2">{{cite web|url=https://www.newsday.com/long-island/transportation/ronkonkoma-electrify-lirr-capital-program-1.21269955|title=LIRR: Powering up a link will improve response|last=Castillo|first=Alfonso A.|date=September 26, 2018|website=Newsday|access-date=September 27, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180926200522/https://www.newsday.com/long-island/transportation/ronkonkoma-electrify-lirr-capital-program-1.21269955|archive-date=September 26, 2018|url-status=dead}}</ref>
* The electrified [[Far Rockaway Branch]] splits from the Atlantic Branch east of the Valley Stream station and runs south and southwest to [[Far Rockaway station (LIRR)|Far Rockaway]]. It used to connect westward to what is now the [[New York City Subway]]'s [[IND Rockaway Line]] to the [[Hammels, Queens|Hammels]] and [[Rockaway Park, Queens|Rockaway Park]] neighborhoods of Queens.
* The electrified [[Long Beach Branch]] begins where the Atlantic Branch ends east of the Valley Stream station (running parallel to the Montauk Branch until just after [[Lynbrook station|Lynbrook]]) where it turns south to end at [[Long Beach station (LIRR)|Long Beach]].