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Re: NY Senate Urges MTA To Reject Proposal To cut LIRR service into Penn Station |
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Posted by J trainloco on Fri Feb 10 18:29:18 2012, in response to Re: NY Senate Urges MTA To Reject Proposal To cut LIRR service into Penn Station, posted by Dutchrailnut on Fri Feb 10 14:02:37 2012. Ways to solve this non-issue:1. Since this service would be using LIRR slots, it should theoretically free up a slot in an east river tunnel. Use that slot to run the train in 'pull-mode', to sunnyside, run it around the loop track and then back to NYP. 2. If LIRR riders are THAT concerned with loosing their NYP slots, combine DM runs. DMs from Speonk or other eastern diesel terminals would operate into NYP, and then continue onto the west side. Trains from the Hudson line would do the reverse. BTW, this also ends LIRR's need to double end their DMs. (Gasp!) This could also be done with NJT to accommodate the New Haven Branch without needing extra NYP slots. Let's just skip the next post you're gonna make: yes, I know that these are separate RRs. That's not a valid excuse. If the will exists, then the powers that be will make it happen. It's laughable to me that we have the ability to tunnel underneath rivers, build caverns underneath existing RR terminals, or develop never before made DM locos that run on catenary, but changing rules that only exist down on paper is "IMPOSSIBLE!" A pathetic society we've become. |
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