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- From: kasprj@operators.its.rpi.edu (Jim Kasprzak)
- Subject: Re: Shuttle From Grand Central To Penn. Station
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- Organization: The Big Wedge
- References: <z631mm_@rpi.edu>
- Date: Mon, 23 Nov 1992 16:51:15 GMT
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- In article <z631mm_@rpi.edu>, kaploww@sage.cs.rpi.edu (Wesley Kaplow) writes:
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- |> There is another connection now, which is the so called "Empire Connection"
- |> (which is what this dicussion is all about). Here the West Side link
- |> connects to the Hudson Line at Spyten-Dyvill(sp?). Using this path
- |> would require that trains backup in one direction (not a problem for the
- |> RTLs and RTGs).
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- Well, this could be done in theory, but in reality it would be silly.
-
- Grand Central is a _terminal_, which means that the lines _end_ there.
- For any trains going past New York, it makes much more sense to just
- route them through Penn and keep going.
-
- Now, I want through service from Albany to Washington! (-:
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