LIRR locomotive engineers make about $50 per hour, according to the railroad. That works out to about $2,000 in a 40-hour work week and $104,000 annually, without overtime and additional wages.

Long Island commuters will have one less thing to worry about when riding in the LIRR’s next generations of trains: wiping the toilet seat. The 160 new M9A electric rail cars coming to the LIRR ...