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Posted by Fisk Ave Jim on Fri May 1 19:23:39 2015, in response to Re: De Blasio Want To Expand The Subway, posted by Jackson Park B Train on Fri May 1 16:33:19 2015. "We lost the Poughkeepsie Bridge during a period of massive RR route shrinkage."Massive route shrinkage & the loss of the bridge are two different issues. When the bridge fire took it out of service, there was still many carloads of freight that had to get to/from New England. Conrail rebuilt the Beacon Line, put in welded rail from CP-58 off the Hudson Line to Rt 9, & rebuilt the grade crossing at Rt-9 which is 6 lanes where the rail crosses. There were between 3 & 6 trains a day that traveled on that line in the mid 80s when I moved into the area. When Conrail decided to re-route its NE freights thru Massachusets, it made the Beacon line expendible. This thoroughly pissed off NYS DOT since it paid for the grade crossing improvements along the line. Still don't know if or how that court fight was resolved. |
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