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Posted by tunnelrat on Fri Jan 6 22:14:07 2012, in response to Re: Abandoned Utica Ave Upper Level (Pix Coming Soon), posted by randyo on Fri Jan 6 20:58:52 2012. not a chance.the lirr`s main line is apx.1/2 a mile south.the lirr`s creedmore branch was a single track freight line into the hospital.the reason woodhaven blvd[lirr]is ind.style is because the lirr built it to subway specs.in anticapation of the city taking over the rockaway branch into jamaica station.I,m quoting long island press stories from 1937 about how the lirr wanted to abandon service west of jamaica&have the city take it over.imagine,R9`s into penn.station.also the rockaway line when elevated in rockaway in 1939/42 it was built to ind.specs. |
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