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Posted by RonInBayside on Sun Jul 23 08:29:45 2006, in response to Re: My Route Suggestion of the Old Abandoned LIRR Rockaway Beach Branch, posted by GP38/R42 Chris on Sun Jul 23 07:57:47 2006. "It was only downgraded to single track when they were scaling down operation in the 50's, and didn't run enough service to warrant two running tracks,"While true, it should be noted that many freight railroads reduced double-track lines to single-track when signaling technology improved in the 1950s and 1960s. The issue isn't always frequency of service, but rather, operating expense at the same frequency of service with less infrastructure. Advances in signaling have made possible single-track plus sidings where previously there was double-track. Of course you can only go so far with that; the threshold where you need two tracks has been set higher, but it is still there. |
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Re: My Route Suggestion of the Old Abandoned LIRR Rockaway Beach Branch - NIMBYkiller - Sun Jul 23 11:58:43 2006 Re: My Route Suggestion of the Old Abandoned LIRR Rockaway Beach Branch - RonInBayside - Sun Jul 23 13:51:59 2006 Re: My Route Suggestion of the Old Abandoned LIRR Rockaway Beach Branch - NIMBYkiller - Sun Jul 23 21:19:43 2006
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