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Posted by Peter Rosa on Sat Apr 22 11:51:53 2006, in response to Re: The LIRR President Speaks, posted by GP38/R42 Chris on Sat Apr 22 11:19:11 2006. The problem is that ROnkonkoma Yard is at 100% capacity. It can handle NO MORE. They already have an easement on the McArthur Airport property for the last two tracks that will EVER be added to Ronkonkoma Yard. They have extended capacity as far as they can. They HAVE to go east. This means they can put no more trains at this time in or out of Ronkonkoma, and this means eastward too. There is NO ROOM for any more trains to be stored, diesel or electric.The current diesel trainset used for Greenport service uses a spare track a short distance to the west of the Ronkonkoma platforms, not the yard at all. I'm not positive, but it looks as if this spare track could accommodate a second short trainset, which is all that's needed to provide a useful level of service at least to Riverhead. My LIRR/NYCT blog |
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