Around 1950, the LIRR suffered two very bad accidents.  At that time it was in   
   bankruptcy and under the control of court assigned trustees.   
      
   Would anyone know what happened after that to fix the many problems of the   
   LIRR?  From reading old newspaper articles, it seems there was a lot of finger   
   pointing, but no one wanted to take responsibility.  Gov Dewey of NY State was   
   not interested.  The    
   towns served didn't want to ease onerous property taxes.  Commuters demanded   
   fares be kept ridiculously low.  yet somehow the line managed to buy new cars   
   and make other improvements before the MTA took over.   
      
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