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Re: Lower 42 Street (308811)

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Posted by Peter Dougherty on Tue Jan 8 22:26:58 2002, in response to Re: Lower 42 Street,
posted by Anon_e_mouse on Tue Jan 8 18:26:52 2002.

Last I heard (on this board) the track was embargoed but not severed. The switches are spiked but are still in place (at least one of them is).

The track is indeed still in place, but officially out of service and switches are clamped accordingly. I dont' know if there's still third-rail power down there or if the signals are still lit. I somehow doubt I'll ever know the answer to that one, either.

Of course, should they ever dicide to re-activate D3 I don't think it would be too much trouble. Considering what they're about to do on the IRT in lower Manhattan within a few months, renewing a few thousand feet of mostly straight track and two switches is trivial. Staircases a little less so, but nothing too difficult.

Cheers,
PJ Dougherty


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