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Re: (rshsdepot) Amtrak train terminates at "Long Island station"
But where would they dump off those travelers? Not at Sunnyside/Hunterspoint
I'd hope..and with subways down, Woodside would be quite inconvenient too
- ----- Original Message -----
From: "JIMBEAR" <ribear_@_cox.net>
To: <rshsdepot_@_lists.railfan.net>
Sent: Friday, August 15, 2003 6:52 AM
Subject: Re: (rshsdepot) Amtrak train terminates at "Long Island station"
> 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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