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Posted by Michael549 on Sun Jan 3 13:34:22 2016, in response to Re: W to Astoria/N and Q to 96th Street?, posted by AlM on Sat Jan 2 09:51:41 2016. From a previous message:"But it's way cheaper to have T/Os hanging out at 137th (using a lag method) so that trains can be turned there without anyone walking the length of the train, as opposed to paying a T/O to go all the way up to 242nd and back to 137th. When a terminating train pulls into 137th, the T/O hanging out there enters the rear cab. Both T/Os can stay locked in their cabs as the train relays. The T/O that now ends up at the back of the new downtown train gets out at 137th after the relay, crosses over and gets into the back of the next uptown terminating train, and then becomes the actual T/O of that train as it goes back downtown." -------------- Right now I'm not asking about the fumigation policy (and yes, I do not like that word - the process I understand, but I do not like that word - we are talking about human beings). As I understand it the 137th Street station in a simple three-track two platform local station with the platforms at the sides of the outer tracks, and that there is NO way for riders to cross between the uptown and downtown directions. North of the 137th Street station the tracks fan out to eight tracks with the usual uptown and downtown tracks in the middle of that area. There is a set of track switches that allow a train to be placed on the center track for its return to downtown service. The discussion concerned placing train operators on the platform to help clear terminating 137th Street trains of riders. Here's the quote that I'm referring to: "The T/O that now ends up at the back of the new downtown train gets out at 137th after the relay, crosses over and gets into the back of the next uptown terminating train, and then becomes the actual T/O of that train as it goes back downtown." This seems to imply that train operators in order to conduct this operation would be regularly walking between the tracks of a very active railroad! Unless I'm missing something. Mike |
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