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Re: (Calling Tunnelrat and Randyo) Re: Possible new 76th Street Evidence and summary |
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Posted by randyo on Fri Jan 29 19:18:17 2016, in response to Re: (Calling Tunnelrat and Randyo) Re: Possible new 76th Street Evidence and summary, posted by TUNNELRAT on Fri Jan 29 11:53:41 2016. The only rumor about an engineer offing himself had to do with 36/4, not 59 and it was not an error at all but a change of mind on the part of the BRT and the PSC and it is documented in at least one PSC report from around the time of construction. As originally planned, a 4 tk turnout which still exist in part was to be constructed well south of the present 36 St station and connected to both the Culver and West End Lines via new tunnels and portals. Since the 38 St cut was already in place and being used for the Culver Lina which at the time was operating on the surface along Mc Donald (Gravesend) Av and along side 39 St, it was decided to use it for the subway connections to both elevated lines also under construction. The station had been partially constructed S/O its present location and there are still tiles although covered in steel dust partially in the tunnel S/O the station area. The planned turnout was abandoned and ramps were built accessing the 38 St cut and the rest of the station relocated. The station control area for the original location was built approximately over where the present ramps start and in one of the pSC reports I have there is a photo of it. There was a ladder S/O the station that accessed the unused station area but although I worked at 36 St tower from time to time, I never bothered to check it out. |
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