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Posted by Jayayess1190 on Fri Mar 30 23:02:00 2012  Check out the news stories, the first train was even late. |
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Posted by Jackson Park B Train on Fri Mar 30 23:28:38 2012, in response to Pittsburgh's North Shore Connector is Open, posted by Jayayess1190 on Fri Mar 30 23:02:00 2012. Seems to me that there should be two doors on each side of each unit. The squealing leaving the first station is unacceptably loud. |
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Posted by chud1 on Sat Mar 31 03:47:18 2012, in response to Pittsburgh's North Shore Connector is Open, posted by Jayayess1190 on Fri Mar 30 23:02:00 2012. Excellent video.chud1 |
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Posted by merrick1 on Sat Mar 31 08:13:44 2012, in response to Re: Pittsburgh's North Shore Connector is Open, posted by Jackson Park B Train on Fri Mar 30 23:28:38 2012. Squealing gives it the classic feel of trolley car subway like Boston's Green Line or the Newark City Subway. |
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Posted by orange blossom special on Sat Mar 31 17:14:12 2012, in response to Pittsburgh's North Shore Connector is Open, posted by Jayayess1190 on Fri Mar 30 23:02:00 2012. I must be getting old. I feel so cynical everytime i see a big deal out of a 1 mile extension :( |
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Posted by Olog-hai on Sat Mar 31 18:05:38 2012, in response to Re: Pittsburgh's North Shore Connector is Open, posted by orange blossom special on Sat Mar 31 17:14:12 2012. No, that's not a sign of getting old. |
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Posted by Joe V on Sat Mar 31 21:06:34 2012, in response to Re: Pittsburgh's North Shore Connector is Open, posted by orange blossom special on Sat Mar 31 17:14:12 2012. It was $800M to go a whole mile. |
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Posted by Olog-hai on Sat Mar 31 21:08:33 2012, in response to Re: Pittsburgh's North Shore Connector is Open, posted by Joe V on Sat Mar 31 21:06:34 2012. Yup . . . that's not quite four times what was spent on the Newark Subway's extension to Broad Street (M&E) Station. (And that was supposed to be MOS-1 for the Newark- |
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Posted by Joe V on Sat Mar 31 21:16:21 2012, in response to Re: Pittsburgh's North Shore Connector is Open, posted by Olog-hai on Sat Mar 31 21:08:33 2012. If it goes many miles beyond at $10M per mile, than one can amortize it, but that's not what is happening.And they had to decapitate the Penn Station Branch to do it. And they refused to use the abandoned lower level of the Fort Wayne (NS) Bridge. |
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