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Posted by Broadway Lion on Sat Sep 4 21:48:05 2010, in response to Re: Helena Williams former LIRR president ??, posted by arnine on Sat Sep 4 21:17:31 2010. Buses were never really practical in this situation. We are talking about 300 ten car trains (3000) cars x 100 peeps/car (300,000 people)We are talking about 6000 buses. I'm not sure there are that many spare buses and drivers available on Long Island. Some talked about busing "around the affected area" but before you ask this, ask youself "Where *are* the trains?" Yup, they were all WEST of Jamaica station and not available for use. So while some buses may have been able to transport people to Queens Village or Valley Stream, there would be no trains waiting for them there. It was completely useless to even think of buses, and the only possibility was to use TRAINS. To do that they would have to throw the switches from the ground and signal trains through by hand. What they did was just as good, spiking switches so that there could be NO SWITCHING ERRORS, and then flagging the trains through. It knocked the efficiency out of the railroad, but in the end was indded the only possible solution. 
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