From: finfer@optonline.net   
      
   On 9/19/2014 2:41 PM, Phil Kane wrote:   
   > 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   
   >   
      
   The South Brooklyn Railway comes to mind.  It still runs through the   
   streets in Red Hook.   
      
   The NY & Atlantic operates a cluster of ex-LIRR freight branches in   
   Queens and Brooklyn.  Not sure if that's the sort of thing you are   
   thinking of.   
      
   Michael Finfer   
   Bridgewater, NJ   
      
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