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Posted by SelkirkTMO on Thu Aug 18 17:49:10 2005, in response to Re: 76th Street (Was: Re: posting), posted by GP38/R42 Chris on Thu Aug 18 17:37:07 2005. Yep, and for the "record," what *I* heard from a now-deceased retiree who worked the line (and did TOO much yard duty) is that they did build it quite a ways deep, but didn't install anything really useful for turning WHOLE trains - but there was third rail that went back 6 cars or so on ONE track, and the other tracks laid were MUCH shorter, and one of the four tracks ended just a few feet inside the portal and that switches DID exist and were used.He also said that at the far back of the tunnel, where another set of cement blocks were located, had dirt piled behind them, but right where they were located, the tunnel "widened" and he saw what looked like the shell of a station, but it was only 1-2, maybe 3 carlengths ... when 76th Street erupted on Subtalk many years ago, I asked and he was pretty non-committal, almost laughing at me for bringing it up and said that HE believed there was more back there, but it had been filled in before HE got hired. That's it - no less, no more ... but there WAS enough down there to actually lay up some trains, that's what HE remembered. And he said they DID lay up bad order cars there ... |
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