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Re: Tour of East Side Abscess New LIRR Terminal Taking Shape Beneath Grand Central Terminal |
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Posted by Henry R32 #3730 on Thu Nov 1 00:59:21 2018, in response to Re: Tour of East Side Abscess New LIRR Terminal Taking Shape Beneath Grand Central Terminal, posted by Jackson Park B Train on Wed Oct 31 23:59:05 2018. I can think of one legitimate reason for M8s to be able to enter ESA: something like that Park Avenue viaduct fire a while back which shuts down all access to Grand Central via the traditional route. The New Haven line at least would still be able to run some semblance of a schedule through the Hellgate and into ESA.As for "buy only cars that fit all of X division", 75' cars fit all of B2 division as well as the routes which cross B1 to B2, with exception to the M. There's real cost savings and passenger comfort increases to be had by using 75'ers. Anyway thanks to linked sets the standardization is irrelevant - you will find 5 car 60' sets in exactly the same places as 4 75'ers can go, and never in the eastern division. So it made not one iota of difference to go with a "standardized" car class of 60'. However the increased maintenance costs of 25% more cars will be felt for decades. |
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