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Re: 76th St area - Satellite (Re: Q About LTV Squad and 76th Street) |
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Posted by Randyo on Tue Jan 25 15:04:52 2011, in response to Re: 76th St area - Satellite (Re: Q About LTV Squad and 76th Street), posted by Edwards! on Tue Jan 25 14:45:02 2011. I think I should in addition to my post later in this thread, that I first heard about the plans to extend the subway farther out in 1959 when I met George Horn and joined the ERA. In 1962, I met an IND C/R that had been in the unfinished station on a long relay move a few years before and I think that was long before the current rumor mill was started. A fellow TA employee mentioned to me that when he was flagging for the construction of Grant Av in the early 1950s, he and another flagman got lost in the labyrinth of tunnels S/O Euclid and ended up in a partially built station which fit the description given by the C/R who first told me about it. The long relay move possibly from Pitkin Yd makes sense since from personal observation I know that the A7 and A8 Yard leads were at one time connected to the existing leads and were used for some yard moves before they were disconnected and removed. These accounts describe the station similarly and were given by people who didn't know each other so that seems to lend credibility to the existence of such a structure. The listing of 2 emergency exits on Pitkin Av in the approximate area of the station in the trainmaster's emergency exit book in 1983 also adds to the credibility. There are too many factors pointing to the existence of such a station shell to outright discount its existence. |
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