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Posted by tunnelrat on Fri Jan 6 20:51:29 2012, in response to Re: Abandoned Utica Ave Upper Level (Pix Coming Soon), posted by Edwards! on Fri Jan 6 20:17:20 2012. back in 1964 when I hired on to the t.a.I worked out of 207st yard as a supply truck driver,signal dept.the maintainer who was in charge of me was an old timer,at least 30 years on.I asked him about all the portals I saw around the system&what,if any thing was behind them.he`s the one who told me about 76st.he worked pitkin yard when it first opened& was in 76st when they did long relays from the yard.he described it as the other people who had been in it over the years.anyway,to make a long story longer all of his info was correct.IE there`s tunnel beyound the wall,there`s nothing beyound the wall.he is the main source for much of my tunnel knowledge that has proven to be true.when he worked the road his helper was also a tunnel buff who did his own exploring.he lived in queens village& explored the steam tunnels on the grounds of creedmore.he stated that during one of his jaunts he came across a door in the tunnel wall,upon opening it he claims to be on the track bed of a tiled,island platform station with creedmore on the walls.upon researching old long island press articles about the queens ind.it seems that the people in the vicinity of hillside ave.&237st were pushing real hard to have the ind.extended to at least there.I take this with a grain of salt,having been into the blueprint room at creedmore several years ago I found no evidense of a station.at hillside&winchester blvd on creedmore grounds new condos went up at least 5 years ago.henseforth any access to that section of steam tunnel is forever sealed up.could it be? why not,thats the romantic in me.this same person WAS in the irt ext.at flatbush&nostrand before it was sealed off.the vents in the sidewalk were concreted over &clearly visible to anyone looking down.they were removed at least 5 or more years ago when a store went up next to the irt tunnel.there is no trace of the tunnel ext. |
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