LIRR shares some of the tens of thousands of items lost on trains
A chain saw that was turned in to the lost and found office in Penn Station. Credit: Long Island Rail Road
Have you been reunited with something you lost on the LIRR? Email reporter Laura Blasey at laura.blasey@newsday.com and your experience may make it into this story.
Did you happen to misplace your framed “Pirates of the Caribbean” poster?
Check with the Long Island Rail Road. Inside Penn Station, the rail service maintains an office filled with the mundane and wacky items that get left behind, the poster featuring actor Johnny Depp in full pirate regalia among them.
Each year, passengers leave thousands of items on LIRR trains and at stations. In 2016, 16,882 items were turned into the lost and found, and 2017 was on track to hit that level again, the LIRR said. The office receives about 60 customer inquiries about lost items a day — that’s 1,800 a month.
Here’s a look at some of the most interesting items inside the LIRR Lost and Found.
An assortment of passports in the lost and found at Penn Station. Credit: Long Island Rail Road
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