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Posted by randyo on Fri Aug 3 16:25:27 2012, in response to Re: Unbuilt Stuff, posted by Lou From Middletown NY on Fri Aug 3 07:27:06 2012. Correct. For that reason when the IRT dropped out of the dual contract negotiations, several of the lines that eventually did go to the IRT were for a time earmarked for the BRT/BMT. That is why there was a short section of subway built under Lexington Ave south of Grand Central. The BRT would have gotten the Lex Av subway and both the Jerome and Pelham lines both of which were built to the larger clearances of the BRT. The only lines that would have been given to the IRT would have been the extensions that were directly connected to the existing subway which were the existing IRT Bkln lines and the White Plains Rd line in the Bronx. When the IRT realized that the additional Bronx lines that could have provided connections to its existing system would be lost, the company had a change of heart and decided to settle for what the PSC allotted to it. One of the bones of contention was also that the IRT wanted the 4 Av Subway in Bkln and the PSC decided to give it to the BRT. In fact where the existing N/B IRT lcl track is, between Atlantic and Nevins there was a ramp down to where the IRT could have connected to the 4 Av Subway. The ramp is probably still there, but when the tracks between Atlantic and Nevins were reconfigured circa 1960, the present N/B lcl trackway was installed over the place where the ramp was/is. |
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