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Re: 65th St (Brooklyn) Rail Yard Reopens as City’s Freight Trains Rumble Into Wider Use |
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Posted by kp5308 on Mon Jul 23 14:43:37 2012, in response to Re: 65th St (Brooklyn) Rail Yard Reopens as City’s Freight Trains Rumble Into Wider Use, posted by Olog-hai on Sat Jul 21 11:37:41 2012. Only here, and primarily thanks to Conrail in the northeast, and Washington DC in generalIt was a matter of economics. When Amtrak took title to the NEC in '76, the charge imposed on CR for track & electricity usage was raised to a level that made it unattractive for freight to move over AMTK lines. When alternate routes were finished being rebuilt the traffic was then shifted. Another issue was the changing traffic patterns, particularly at the former Potomac Yard gateway. As the merger movement gained momentum in the 80's, coupled with the charges that Conrail imposed to actually make a little money on north/south traffic sealed the deal. guess who influenced MILW's ill-advised conversion from electric to diesel AFAIK the traffic level did not support the hardware necessary to rebuild. Remember, MILW was running their electrification on a 60 year old system with a 200-odd mile gap in the middle. It really ended up being a 1000 mile branch line by the time the juice was turned off in '74. Take a look at how rough the line looked near the end. |
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