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Re: Significant part of former LIRR Wading River Branch to become rail trail |
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Posted by Jeff Rosen on Mon Apr 13 10:47:15 2009, in response to Re: Significant part of former LIRR Wading River Branch to become rail trail, posted by GP38/R42 Chris on Sun Apr 12 23:35:40 2009. I remember when they first electrified the Main Line when everything past Mineola was diesel. (The only electrics went to East Williston on the OB Branch) I used Westbury in those days, my closest station, which was all diesel and low platform. Huntington was NOT a terminal then. Every train went to either Port Jeff or Ronkonkoma. Then they electrified piecemeal, first to Hicksville, then to Huntington. At the time I thought Huntington was just a temporary terminal and that was part of the piecemeal electrification to Port Jeff. I was wrong and I guess the patrons of the Port Jefferson Line lost a lot of service. To me it would seem natural to electrify the Port Jefferson Line for that reason. |
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