From: Phil.Kane@nov.shmovz.ka.pop   
      
   On Fri, 19 Sep 2014 10:20:50 -0700 (PDT), hancock4@bbs.cpcn.com wrote:   
      
   >I remain surprised that it's not used for freight deliveries today, given the   
   bad congestion of NYC and suburban roads.   
      
   The R-O-W now runs through people's living rooms because of the "we   
   don't need no stinkin' railroads in the city" era and NY Central's   
   need to sell the properties leading to what I refer to as "loft   
   properties" no matter how funky and inappropriate.   My niece lived in   
   one in Manhattan (lower 30s off 5th Avenue) where there was no level   
   floor or 90-degree wall corner in any room.   
      
   How much railroad street or elevated running is there left in   
   Manhattan or Brooklyn other than legacy subway and commuter lines?  I   
   was appalled to see how much of the LIRR Bay Ridge Branch (now the   
   NY&A) near where I grew up in ENY was decimated  as far back as 20   
   years ago.   
      
   We transit/railfans are a very small minority.  The average New Yorker   
   wouldn't know a freight train if it ran over them.   
      
   "Stand Clear of the Closing Doors, Please"   
      
   Phil Kane - Beaverton, OR   
   PNW CP HALL  MP 29.9 - OE District   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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