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- From: PLAWS@UAFSYSB.UARK.EDU (Peter Laws)
- Newsgroups: rec.railroad
- Subject: Re: Shuttle From Grand Central To Penn. Station
- Date: 23 Nov 1992 21:03:48 -0600
- Organization: University of Arkansas, Fayetteville
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- On Mon, 23 Nov 1992 16:51:15 GMT Jim Kasprzak said:
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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.
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- More sense yes, but it would still require "swapping ends" at Penn.
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- > Now, I want through service from Albany to Washington! (-:
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- I'd be happy to have an Amtrak station closer than 190 miles away....8-(
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- Peter Laws |"The '90s are gonna make the '60s| pcl@engr.uark.edu
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