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- From: romeo@niagara.Tymnet.COM (Michael Stimac)
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- Subject: Re: NEC
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- Date: 22 Jan 93 21:08:30 GMT
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- In article <38731@cbmvax.commodore.com> grr@cbmvax.commodore.com (George Robbins) writes:
- >In article <16B5CF000.M00209@MBVM.Mitre.Org> M00209@MBVM.Mitre.Org writes:
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-
- >> 7.) Other Philadelphia area stuff. You can't get out of 30th Street
- >> Station without using the Corridor for at least a short distance.
- >> In addition to the Amtrak local service to Harrisburg that I already
- >> mentioned, SEPTA runs trains (multiple unit electrics) to several
- >> other destinations (Paoli, Chestnut Hill West, Philadelphia Inter-
- >> national Airport, Media) that start their trip from 30th Street on the
- >> Corridor for at least a few yards! Also, New Jersey Transit is
-
- >Not exactly true - The NEC runs "through" the basement concourse, while the
- >commuter lines run crosswise through the upper level. I don't know the exact
- >routing off all the commuter lines into the station, but some, at least the
- >Paoli Local don't (obviously) tread on the corridor.
-
- This cannot pass unchallenged!
-
- The suburban station tracks proceed to the "Main Line" (i.e. to Paoli
- for example) via Zoo Junction.
-
- George, are you trying to claim that *some* of the tracks in Zoo Junction
- are part of the corridor while some other tracks are *not* part of the
- corridor?
-
- That's pretty darn nit-picky, and I doubt if you'll find very many
- railroaders who would agree that "part" of Zoo Junction is not the
- corridor.
-
- NB - the term "Main Line" has a both a general and a special meaning
- with regard to the Pennsy in Philadelphia. The general meaning is
- what you would expect, the special meaning is those tracks departing
- Zoo Junction to the west up to about Paoli. The term also includes
- the towns and real estate within several miles of such track.
-
- Michael Stimac
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