Re: (rshsdepot) Amtrak train terminates at "Long Island station"

["JIMBEAR" <ribear_@_cox.net>]

That's not surprising. The NEC travels through Brooklyn and Queens,
both of which are on Long Island side of the Hell Gate Bridge. If a
train were still in that area, it would probably be towed to the nearest
LIRR station because a diesel couldn't haul it back to Penn Station
through the East River tunnels. If it was already crossing the bridge, it
could probably coast downgrade for a couple of miles and then get a
tow to New Rochelle, the first Amtrak station east of NYC.

Jim.


- ----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Paul Luchter" <luckyshow_@_mindspring.com>
To: "RSHS Depot" <rshsdepot_@_lists.railfan.net>
Cc: "Bernard Ente" <rs301_@_juno.com>; "Henry Rosenberg" <henryr.javanet@rcn.com>; "Les Luchter" <lesluchter@earthlink.net>
Sent: Friday, August 15, 2003 1:12 AM
Subject: (rshsdepot) Amtrak train terminates at "Long Island station"


> This is an excerpt from a news article about today's blackout/outage (the one where I guess I remembered that neither the
subway or the LIRR have their own power generation):
>
> <Black said the blackout stranded one train between New York and New Haven. By early evening, the national passenger train
service had dispatched a diesel-powered locomotive to move the train to a station in Long Island.>
>
> Any further details on this?
>
> [from: http://www.philly.com/mld/philly/news/6535627.htm with more on rail and air problems due to this blackout having to
do with Philadelphia area]



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