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Posted by Teddmann on Tue Jan 25 15:43:21 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. Here’s one way I look at it. It’s the late 1930’s, and construction has begun on Liberty to Euclid, and let’s say nothing past that. The war happens, construction stops. I personally don’t know to what extent these stations were built at this time, and if all of them were in the same state…I assume they were pretty close, as I doubt they would completely finish 1 before moving to the next. For example, you’re building 25 homes…all the framing is done, then the roofs, then the siding, etc, etc. Anyway…the war ends, and now constructions resumes, and these stations open in 1948, with Euclid being the terminal at this time. At some point, the decision to continue geographically east to 76th street was abandoned, and instead, Grant Ave came along in 1956 and on to connect with the Fulton EL.I’m not an expert with some terminology (so excuse me if I use the wrong terms), but in looking at the track maps past Euclid, to get from Euclid to Grant, you take a diverging route, while the main 4 tracks continue straight to a wall. Remember, before the war, nothing was constructed past Euclid right? Also, Grant Ave and it’s connection to the Fulton EL wasn’t planned in 1948…so the rails simply go straight past Euclid (with a diverging route to Pitkin Yard). At the time Grant was constructed…if you knew there was nothing past Euclid (save for a few feet of track)…AND you knew you’ve abandoned any further construction down Pitkin Ave…then why create the track alignment in such a way that the main route of this line MUST take a diverging route? I assume whatever rails were put in there prior to 1948 probably only had diverging routes to Pitkin. You had to rip up that section anyway to make the connection to Grant, right? Unless…whatever was past that wall served a purpose (or potential purpose), and necessitated the track alignment we have today. If there was “just a few more feet” of rail and tunnel…why keep the track alignment that way? Seems overly complex for a few feet of rail blocked by a wall. |
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