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Re: 1939 IND World's Fair Station |
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Posted by randyo on Sun Mar 10 18:08:03 2013, in response to Re: 1939 IND World's Fair Station, posted by Lou From Middletown NY on Sun Mar 10 15:33:13 2013. Around the time of the 1964 World's Fair, Leo Cusick, then the dept head of RTTD (today's RTO) was a guest speaker at a NY Division ERSA meeting. According to him, the TA, received funds for transit improvements for the fair. The choice was either rebuilding the WF IND branch which was considered to be temporary only for the duration of the fair or purchasing a fleet of cars for IRT service to the fair.It was a no brainer since it was definitely a wiser decision to purchase a fleet of cars that would last for many years to come (which they did) than to build a temporary ROW. Of course some of us would have probably new cars not be purchased since that would have meant that the Lo-Vs would have remained around a bit longer. Also considering the development in Queens, a line along the Worlds Fair ROW would have served the residents in the area and possible with the addition of an intermediate station or two spurred additional real estate development in the area. |
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