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Re: How 3rd Rail Running Commuter Rail Could Have Avoided / Ameliorated Fiery Crash |
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Posted by Fisk Ave Jim on Sat Feb 21 16:18:28 2015, in response to Re: How 3rd Rail Running Commuter Rail Could Have Avoided / Ameliorated Fiery Crash, posted by ElectricTraction on Sat Feb 21 14:58:42 2015. Third rail extention on the Hudson Line almost happened. Back in the early 70's Penn Central & The MTA divised funding & had a plan in place to extend 3d rail from Croton-North to Peekskill with a possible future extention twoards Poughkeepsie. Dutchess Co. bitched big time, protesting that the $$$ their kickin into the MTA's piggy bank should not be limited to a Peekskill extention & wanted to see extended electrification all the way to Poughkeepsie in one shot. Why should we be kickin in our taxes on a plan that does not benefit us? How do we know that you'll keep up your end of the deal for future extentions?Well, after a drawn out cat fight, the MTA played hardball(aka screw you all) & killed the 3d rail extention plan outright. So today, 3d rail ends adjacent to the old Croton North Station & will not go another inch further north for the forseeable future. Comes back to the same old problem. Intent is there but the $$$ is not. |
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