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Posted by Henry R32 #3730 on Sat Jan 31 12:54:07 2009, in response to Re: Wondering about the LIRR's ESA Project, posted by JRice on Fri Jan 30 09:14:32 2009. Eh,I don't mean to be a PITA but was any proof of that ever presented (wording from RFPs, schematics, etc)? The theory that they built it as stub ends made sense until someone (no idea who) said what I basically reiterated. Basically: -Why put two bellmouths eastbound, but nothing wesbound? The only explanation is that it would be an at-grade junction. -Why put a wall between the trackways if its purpose was to be an at-grade crossing? -Why engineer an at-grade crossing such that eastbound via normal express and westbound via super express foul each other, when the whole point of the super express is to increase tph? I *will* that they purposely engineered things to leave the extra feet for that purpose. But, to say they actually built it out that way, does not make sense. There are far better ways to have done the connection. My theory is also supported by the design of the walls in the eastbound trackway. It matches the walls you have all the way from 21st, versus the newer walls of the connection after the turn. |
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