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PHOTOS : More Thunder On The River Line!! Pt. 1 - Haverstraw |
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Posted by Train Man Paul : Metro-North's Best Conductor FOR ALL 3 LINES!!! on Sun May 15 11:09:12 2011 Yesterday, an afternoon trip to the Palisades Mall in West Nyack for the Miss, one of my daughters and one of the Miss friends = me + camera for railfanning!!! And on this day, the CSX River Line did not disappoint one bit!!Care to see??? I figured you would!! :-) Without further ado...... We start in the quiet town of Haverstraw, a few miles up Route 303 and the Route 9W from West Nyack and the Palisades Mall....... Where off Route 9W is the old NYC Haverstraw passenger station, now a law office, where in the parking lot, an old caboose is on display  Closer on the caboose, as it seems Haverstraw is railroad-friendly!! :-)  The sign for the law office seems to show a respect for the rails  The old station building now law office (and doesn't that black SUV look familiar???)  Views of the station building, the travelers of the rails and commuters of years upon years ago all gone, yet the station still stands its place idly by the tracks  Looking northward and southward respectively next to the station building on the old platform, just waiting for a nice shiny passenger train bearing the NYC logos and heralds that sadly will NEVER come!! :-(   An old baggage cart, definitely a holdover from years of passenger train past, but sadly not been used in seemingly quite some time  From the other side of the crossing offers another nice view of the main line, the old station building and the baggage cart still in place at the station  Now you all know what MUST happen now!!! You know your friendly neighborhood #1 Conductor cannot let you all leave here without a train to show for it, right??? And in fine fashion, me and CSX comes thru for you, in the form of southbound CSX Q439-14, Selkirk Yard Albany NY to Hamlet NC, good ol' mixed bag 'o' manifest lead by CW44AH 567 and sister 593, thunderously passing thru this quiet little Rockland County town.......  IN YO' FACE, HOMIE!!!  Thundering past the station, hell bent on the crew change at CP 3 in North Bergen  See ya, Q439!!! North Bergen/CP 3 NEXT STOP!!!  As the quiet returns to Haverstraw......for now.....we get ready to bid the town a farewell, as I plan to move up the line and look around a little too!! The sign over New Main Street by the tracks and station shows more respect for the railroad  And the baggage cart still sits idly by, wondering if it will ever haul another load for some gracious (or not so gracious) passengers for a nice shiny streamlined passenger train again!!  And for the last two shots, I want you all to see what is wrong with each sign!! These are the railroad crossing failure placards attached to the crossing gates on the west side and the east side of the tracks respectively. West first, than east, and you tell me what is wrong?? LOOK CAREFULLY!! West side crossing gate placard  East side crossing gate placard  Thank you for viewing!! Hope you have enjoyed!! Sty tuned for my stop in West Haverstraw, up next!! :-) |
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Re: PHOTOS : More Thunder On The River Line!! Pt. 1 - Haverstraw |
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Posted by arnine on Sun May 15 11:18:03 2011, in response to PHOTOS : More Thunder On The River Line!! Pt. 1 - Haverstraw, posted by Train Man Paul : Metro-North's Best Conductor FOR ALL 3 LINES!!! on Sun May 15 11:09:12 2011. Nice work :) I likey :)That black SUV should have hyrail :) |
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Posted by Fred G on Sun May 15 11:35:23 2011, in response to PHOTOS : More Thunder On The River Line!! Pt. 1 - Haverstraw, posted by Train Man Paul : Metro-North's Best Conductor FOR ALL 3 LINES!!! on Sun May 15 11:09:12 2011. Even tho it's not a station anymore, it's good to see they've preserved it. Nice shots too!your pal, Fred |
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Re: PHOTOS : More Thunder On The River Line!! Pt. 1 - Haverstraw |
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Posted by Train Man Paul : Metro-North's Best Conductor FOR ALL 3 LINES!!! on Sun May 15 11:49:03 2011, in response to Re: PHOTOS : More Thunder On The River Line!! Pt. 1 - Haverstraw, posted by arnine on Sun May 15 11:18:03 2011. Muchas gracias, mi amigo!!! :-)I am considering that, so don't be surprised if you see it done!! Pimp My Ride, Train Man Style!! :-D |
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Re: PHOTOS : More Thunder On The River Line!! Pt. 1 - Haverstraw |
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Posted by Train Man Paul : Metro-North's Best Conductor FOR ALL 3 LINES!!! on Sun May 15 11:51:44 2011, in response to Re: PHOTOS : More Thunder On The River Line!! Pt. 1 - Haverstraw, posted by Fred G on Sun May 15 11:35:23 2011. Thank you, Fred, much!! :-)There are quite a few well taken care of stations along the River Line. Ridgefield Park is one of the best I have seen. Valley Cottage has been turned into a mini mall parking lot (the cut off supports are still visible), this one here is in good shape, Conger (which I will touch on a little later in a post) is not in such great shape. And eventually I plan to continue north shooting, and check out some of the others, like Highland and West Point. A shame West Haverstraw is also a victim of the wrecking ball!! :-( |
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Re: PHOTOS : More Thunder On The River Line!! Pt. 1 - Haverstraw |
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Posted by Dyre Dan on Sun May 15 12:02:46 2011, in response to PHOTOS : More Thunder On The River Line!! Pt. 1 - Haverstraw, posted by Train Man Paul : Metro-North's Best Conductor FOR ALL 3 LINES!!! on Sun May 15 11:09:12 2011. Very nice. So which milepost number is right, 32.1 or 34.1? Or are they both wrong? |
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Re: PHOTOS : More Thunder On The River Line!! Pt. 1 - Haverstraw |
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Posted by arnine on Sun May 15 12:17:43 2011, in response to Re: PHOTOS : More Thunder On The River Line!! Pt. 1 - Haverstraw, posted by Train Man Paul : Metro-North's Best Conductor FOR ALL 3 LINES!!! on Sun May 15 11:49:03 2011. Uh oh, when I see a black SUV parked on a track at GCT I know which car to egg lol |
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Posted by Train Man Paul : Metro-North's Best Conductor FOR ALL 3 LINES!!! on Sun May 15 12:27:18 2011, in response to Re: PHOTOS : More Thunder On The River Line!! Pt. 1 - Haverstraw, posted by Dyre Dan on Sun May 15 12:02:46 2011. Thank you, Dan!! :-)MP 32.1 (CSX designates this as QR32.1) is correct!!! Just to the south of here sits MP 32, with the old NYC concrete milepost and the generic modern numerals on an iron post at the same location.  |
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Posted by Train Man Paul : Metro-North's Best Conductor FOR ALL 3 LINES!!! on Sun May 15 12:28:53 2011, in response to Re: PHOTOS : More Thunder On The River Line!! Pt. 1 - Haverstraw, posted by arnine on Sun May 15 12:17:43 2011. Please do!! Just keep in mind MTA PD patrols the place plus there are a helluva lot of cameras about!! I guess someone wants to see the MTA PD holding cells!! :-D LOL |
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Posted by arnine on Sun May 15 12:40:44 2011, in response to Re: PHOTOS : More Thunder On The River Line!! Pt. 1 - Haverstraw, posted by Train Man Paul : Metro-North's Best Conductor FOR ALL 3 LINES!!! on Sun May 15 12:28:53 2011. Nah once I tell them who the car belongs to, they will give me their guns to use instead of eggs lol |
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Posted by chud1 on Sun May 15 12:53:57 2011, in response to PHOTOS : More Thunder On The River Line!! Pt. 1 - Haverstraw, posted by Train Man Paul : Metro-North's Best Conductor FOR ALL 3 LINES!!! on Sun May 15 11:09:12 2011. Great pictures Train Man Paul, nest stop north bergen, watch ur step.chud1 |
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Posted by Train Man Paul : Metro-North's Best Conductor FOR ALL 3 LINES!!! on Sun May 15 13:03:55 2011, in response to Re: PHOTOS : More Thunder On The River Line!! Pt. 1 - Haverstraw, posted by chud1 on Sun May 15 12:53:57 2011. Thank you, Chud!!! :-) |
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Posted by chud1 on Sun May 15 14:16:47 2011, in response to Re: PHOTOS : More Thunder On The River Line!! Pt. 1 - Haverstraw, posted by Train Man Paul : Metro-North's Best Conductor FOR ALL 3 LINES!!! on Sun May 15 13:03:55 2011. most welcome as i clean up da foam from my mouth.chud1m |
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Posted by Train Man Paul : Metro-North's Best Conductor FOR ALL 3 LINES!!! on Sun May 15 15:12:36 2011, in response to Re: PHOTOS : More Thunder On The River Line!! Pt. 1 - Haverstraw, posted by chud1 on Sun May 15 14:16:47 2011. Imagine how much I had!! :-D |
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Posted by arnine on Sun May 15 15:40:57 2011, in response to Re: PHOTOS : More Thunder On The River Line!! Pt. 1 - Haverstraw, posted by Train Man Paul : Metro-North's Best Conductor FOR ALL 3 LINES!!! on Sun May 15 15:12:36 2011. Let me guess: a few bridges were washed out? lol |
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Posted by Train Man Paul : Metro-North's Best Conductor FOR ALL 3 LINES!!! on Sun May 15 15:41:59 2011, in response to Re: PHOTOS : More Thunder On The River Line!! Pt. 1 - Haverstraw, posted by arnine on Sun May 15 15:40:57 2011. Few overflowed trackside trenches, maybe a minor washout!!! :-D |
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Posted by arnine on Sun May 15 15:45:52 2011, in response to Re: PHOTOS : More Thunder On The River Line!! Pt. 1 - Haverstraw, posted by Train Man Paul : Metro-North's Best Conductor FOR ALL 3 LINES!!! on Sun May 15 15:41:59 2011. Lol I knew it :) |
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Posted by Train Man Paul : Metro-North's Best Conductor FOR ALL 3 LINES!!! on Sun May 15 15:46:48 2011, in response to Re: PHOTOS : More Thunder On The River Line!! Pt. 1 - Haverstraw, posted by arnine on Sun May 15 15:45:52 2011. Just wait till I catch a Warbonnet from BNSF on one of the ethanol trains!! You ain't seen foaming yet!!!! :-D |
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Re: PHOTOS : More Thunder On The River Line!! Pt. 1 - Haverstraw |
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Posted by arnine on Sun May 15 16:45:52 2011, in response to Re: PHOTOS : More Thunder On The River Line!! Pt. 1 - Haverstraw, posted by Train Man Paul : Metro-North's Best Conductor FOR ALL 3 LINES!!! on Sun May 15 15:46:48 2011. Oh no that would be an epic flood lol |
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Posted by Olog-hai on Sun May 15 17:06:37 2011, in response to PHOTOS : More Thunder On The River Line!! Pt. 1 - Haverstraw, posted by Train Man Paul : Metro-North's Best Conductor FOR ALL 3 LINES!!! on Sun May 15 11:09:12 2011. Looking northward and southward respectively next to the station building on the old platform, just waiting for a nice shiny passenger train bearing the NYC logos and heralds that sadly will NEVER comeMost of the varnish in the latter days of NYC passenger service was hauled by Alco RS-3s. That included the Weehawken-Albany train. But imagine a Tappan-Zee rail crossing and a connecting track in Orangeburg . . . could have P32AC-DMs and Shoreliners at least . . . |
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Posted by Train Man Paul : Metro-North's Best Conductor FOR ALL 3 LINES!!! on Sun May 15 17:10:28 2011, in response to Re: PHOTOS : More Thunder On The River Line!! Pt. 1 - Haverstraw, posted by Olog-hai on Sun May 15 17:06:37 2011. TBH, I would even like the sight of an MLV pulling to a stop here!! But RS-3 hauled passenger trains, man that would be a PRICELESS sight!!!! :-) |
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Posted by 3-9 on Sun May 15 17:11:20 2011, in response to Re: PHOTOS : More Thunder On The River Line!! Pt. 1 - Haverstraw, posted by arnine on Sun May 15 11:18:03 2011. Thanks for another nice set (with a melancholy touch, no less)! |
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Posted by Train Man Paul : Metro-North's Best Conductor FOR ALL 3 LINES!!! on Sun May 15 17:11:53 2011, in response to Re: PHOTOS : More Thunder On The River Line!! Pt. 1 - Haverstraw, posted by 3-9 on Sun May 15 17:11:20 2011. Thank you, good buddy!! I do perk things up in the remaining parts :-D |
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Posted by Train Man Paul : Metro-North's Best Conductor FOR ALL 3 LINES!!! on Sun May 15 17:14:05 2011, in response to Re: PHOTOS : More Thunder On The River Line!! Pt. 1 - Haverstraw, posted by arnine on Sun May 15 16:45:52 2011. More than you can imagine. Even ICE (Iowa, Chicago & Eastern) has become an increasing presence on the K-series ethanol units trains from Blue Island west of Chicago. |
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Posted by salaamallah@hotmail.com on Sun May 15 17:17:15 2011, in response to PHOTOS : More Thunder On The River Line!! Pt. 1 - Haverstraw, posted by Train Man Paul : Metro-North's Best Conductor FOR ALL 3 LINES!!! on Sun May 15 11:09:12 2011. very nice photos |
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Posted by arnine on Sun May 15 17:21:48 2011, in response to Re: PHOTOS : More Thunder On The River Line!! Pt. 1 - Haverstraw, posted by Train Man Paul : Metro-North's Best Conductor FOR ALL 3 LINES!!! on Sun May 15 17:14:05 2011. Hmmm... you better get pictures! :) |
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Posted by Train Man Paul : Metro-North's Best Conductor FOR ALL 3 LINES!!! on Sun May 15 17:23:59 2011, in response to Re: PHOTOS : More Thunder On The River Line!! Pt. 1 - Haverstraw, posted by salaamallah@hotmail.com on Sun May 15 17:17:15 2011. Thank you much, Salaam!! Next time, I go there to shoot with better weather conditions and light!! :-) |
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Re: PHOTOS : More Thunder On The River Line!! Pt. 1 - Haverstraw |
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Posted by Train Man Paul : Metro-North's Best Conductor FOR ALL 3 LINES!!! on Sun May 15 17:25:27 2011, in response to Re: PHOTOS : More Thunder On The River Line!! Pt. 1 - Haverstraw, posted by arnine on Sun May 15 17:21:48 2011. That's the whole idea, good buddy!!! I just gotta get up this way early, the good ethanol trains with the good power come early, and typically on Sundays |
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Posted by arnine on Sun May 15 17:33:33 2011, in response to Re: PHOTOS : More Thunder On The River Line!! Pt. 1 - Haverstraw, posted by Train Man Paul : Metro-North's Best Conductor FOR ALL 3 LINES!!! on Sun May 15 17:25:27 2011. Ok just let us know before you go so we all can get to higher ground as the foam will be acoming lol :) |
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Posted by Train Man Paul : Metro-North's Best Conductor FOR ALL 3 LINES!!! on Sun May 15 17:35:57 2011, in response to Re: PHOTOS : More Thunder On The River Line!! Pt. 1 - Haverstraw, posted by arnine on Sun May 15 17:33:33 2011. LOL!!! :-D It will wash right down to the Hudson!!! :-D |
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Posted by arnine on Sun May 15 18:12:22 2011, in response to Re: PHOTOS : More Thunder On The River Line!! Pt. 1 - Haverstraw, posted by Train Man Paul : Metro-North's Best Conductor FOR ALL 3 LINES!!! on Sun May 15 17:35:57 2011. Lol, I know it will :) |
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Posted by BMTLines on Sun May 15 18:22:04 2011, in response to PHOTOS : More Thunder On The River Line!! Pt. 1 - Haverstraw, posted by Train Man Paul : Metro-North's Best Conductor FOR ALL 3 LINES!!! on Sun May 15 11:09:12 2011. Awesome photo set!! |
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Posted by Train Man Paul : Metro-North's Best Conductor FOR ALL 3 LINES!!! on Sun May 15 19:42:44 2011, in response to Re: PHOTOS : More Thunder On The River Line!! Pt. 1 - Haverstraw, posted by BMTLines on Sun May 15 18:22:04 2011. Thank you, good buddy!! :-) |
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Posted by Train Man Paul : Metro-North's Best Conductor FOR ALL 3 LINES!!! on Sun May 15 19:43:10 2011, in response to Re: PHOTOS : More Thunder On The River Line!! Pt. 1 - Haverstraw, posted by arnine on Sun May 15 18:12:22 2011. Might purify the river for once!! :-D |
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Re: PHOTOS : More Thunder On The River Line!! Pt. 1 - Haverstraw |
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Posted by arnine on Sun May 15 20:10:42 2011, in response to Re: PHOTOS : More Thunder On The River Line!! Pt. 1 - Haverstraw, posted by Train Man Paul : Metro-North's Best Conductor FOR ALL 3 LINES!!! on Sun May 15 19:43:10 2011. That is true :) Give it a good scrubbing :) |
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Posted by Train Man Paul : Metro-North's Best Conductor FOR ALL 3 LINES!!! on Mon May 16 07:19:23 2011, in response to Re: PHOTOS : More Thunder On The River Line!! Pt. 1 - Haverstraw, posted by arnine on Sun May 15 20:10:42 2011. Totally needs a good purge!! I will never understand how anyone can fish there!!! X-P |
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Re: PHOTOS : More Thunder On The River Line!! Pt. 1 - Haverstraw |
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Posted by arnine on Mon May 16 07:27:56 2011, in response to Re: PHOTOS : More Thunder On The River Line!! Pt. 1 - Haverstraw, posted by Train Man Paul : Metro-North's Best Conductor FOR ALL 3 LINES!!! on Mon May 16 07:19:23 2011. Me neither, I think it is disgusting. |
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Posted by Train Man Paul : Metro-North's Best Conductor FOR ALL 3 LINES!!! on Mon May 16 07:37:07 2011, in response to Re: PHOTOS : More Thunder On The River Line!! Pt. 1 - Haverstraw, posted by arnine on Mon May 16 07:27:56 2011. I have even seen warning signs regarding fishing between roughly Harmon and Ludlow along the right of way at the locations where people normally fish. |
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Re: PHOTOS : More Thunder On The River Line!! Pt. 1 - Haverstraw |
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Posted by arnine on Mon May 16 07:44:53 2011, in response to Re: PHOTOS : More Thunder On The River Line!! Pt. 1 - Haverstraw, posted by Train Man Paul : Metro-North's Best Conductor FOR ALL 3 LINES!!! on Mon May 16 07:37:07 2011. I bet, I couldn't even think of eating fish from there. For those that do, I hope they don't get sick. |
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Posted by Train Man Paul : Metro-North's Best Conductor FOR ALL 3 LINES!!! on Tue May 17 08:53:50 2011, in response to Re: PHOTOS : More Thunder On The River Line!! Pt. 1 - Haverstraw, posted by arnine on Mon May 16 07:44:53 2011. Well, you would hope one would heed the warnings!! Who knows what could result from eating anything caught in the Hudson from Indian Point on south to Riverdale |
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Re: PHOTOS : More Thunder On The River Line!! Pt. 1 - Haverstraw |
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Posted by arnine on Tue May 17 12:41:33 2011, in response to Re: PHOTOS : More Thunder On The River Line!! Pt. 1 - Haverstraw, posted by Train Man Paul : Metro-North's Best Conductor FOR ALL 3 LINES!!! on Tue May 17 08:53:50 2011. Yes I would hope but after seeing how some of the fishermen act, my guess is they eat it anyways :( Ewwww |
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Posted by checkthedoorlight on Tue May 17 17:43:44 2011, in response to PHOTOS : More Thunder On The River Line!! Pt. 1 - Haverstraw, posted by Train Man Paul : Metro-North's Best Conductor FOR ALL 3 LINES!!! on Sun May 15 11:09:12 2011. Great pics, but I have bad memories of working in that town in a former life. They may be rail friendly, but if you come knocking on one of their doors, they'll have sirens chasing you pretty fast..... |
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