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Posted by R36 #9346 on Mon Dec 24 09:22:48 2012, in response to Shuttlebutt: The Troubles With "Harry", posted by Widecab5 on Mon Dec 24 00:42:15 2012. There's no power in the terminal building at Rockaway Park. It may be related to the adjacent commercial block which reportedly had a massive gas explosion and fire, and remains a large pile of rubble. One or two attached businesses are still running on generator power (as of 12/21). Perhaps LIPA provided a common power source?I noticed much of the commercial block reduced to a "pile of rubble" first in the Google Earth aerial imagery post-storm, and then when I visited the area on Saturday. On the north side of Rockaway Beach Boulevard between Beach 115th and mid-block B114/B113, the buildings there were all severely damaged/destroyed. All of that is right up against NYCTA property. The Beach 116th Street station house was open, but I suppose only to access the police facility there, as there were signs all over stating that there was no train service at the station. The reason given for changing out the equipment immediately … was a gapping incident at Hammels wye. The third rail on the connector is still profiled for the LIRR…. The short R-32 train got stuck when approaching the crossover to B 90 and had to get pushed, this according to an employee on scene. A [train of] 75-footers presents no such hazard. I thought so. Thanks to Train Dude for the initial heads up. I made it down there on what turned out to be transition day Friday. Going back there Saturday, nothing but 46s, operating with T/O & C/R, as they do on the G. I suppose they've gone OPTO by now. However, I thought the OPTO stops were positioned in such a way that they minimized the amount of blind spots, thus reducing or eliminating the need for CCTV equipment. |
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