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Posted by Broadway Lion on Fri Sep 7 10:47:40 2007, in response to Re: Would 4-track express service be of any benefit for Northern Manhattan lines (1, A)?, posted by Rail Blue on Fri Sep 7 06:50:51 2007. Just the typical problems with a two-track terminal without any tail tracks.Not quite. There is also a stoopit arrangement of tracks there. It is not just a typical crossover since there are three tracks approaching a two track station. Thus there is a long section of track that a train arriving for the west track or a train departing the east track must transverse before the plant can be cleared to handle the next train. See: |