The agency's training academy helps on the front line in the fight against terrorism.
As part of a new program, the LIRR installed new equipment to better alert drivers who may become confused by GPS directions.
The closure of the LIRR grade crossings happened in March, one week after a triple fatal LIRR train crash in Westbury.
The Long Island Rail Road is planning safety upgrades to prevent drivers from ending up on the tracks when they get confused by GPS directions.
One of the most infamous rail crossings in New Jersey is so dangerous that police in Ramsey are patrolling the area at key times during the day.
Early Tuesday morning, a team of 10 Conrail Supervisors and rail maintenance workers hammered, sawed and dug up what was left of a shattered and broken two-foot piece of rail on the Bayshore freight line in Newark.