Map of the rail network owned by the Long Island Rail Road in 1876, just after consolidation. The original LIRR is red, the Southern Railroad is orange, the Flushing and North Side Railroad is purple, and the Central Railroad is blue.

A standard North American Lambert conformal conic projection was used.
Own work using public domain GIS data:

NORTAD for boundaries
2006 National Transportation Atlas Database for U.S. rail lines
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