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Re: Tuscarora Almanac - April 12, 1968 - The Book of Last Runs |
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Posted by coneyisl on Tue Apr 14 14:13:07 2015, in response to Tuscarora Almanac - April 12, 1968 - The Book of Last Runs, posted by Larry,RedbirdR33 on Sun Apr 12 07:48:56 2015. This service was doomed 13 years earlier when the IND was in such a rush to disconnect the Brighton line from the IND when it "recaptured" the Culver Line. I don't know the political history behind the deactivation of the ramps from Ocean Parkway to the lower level of West 8th Street, but it sure removed the prospect of any operational flexibility the NX might have had coming through Stillwell Terminal. The tracks south of OP had diamond crossovers connecting the local and express tracks south of OP. If they had at least built a diamond crossover between the express tracks on the West 8th Street side of Ocean Parkway when they deactivated the ramps, OP could have been used as the Southern terminal for the NX during these hours. In actuality, the NX sat on the express track at Ocean Parkway in the afternoons delayed until they could line it up for Brighton Beach. It was confusing to watch and it added to the backlog into Stillwell. It was a mess. |
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