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   John Levine to hounslow3@yahoo.co.uk   
   Re: Putnam division, 1958--a year of cha   
   28 Jan 18 17:06:50   
   
   From: johnl@taugh.com   
      
   In article ,   
   hounslow3@yahoo.co.uk  wrote:   
   >Any chance of ever restoring any passenger service to the Putnam? Or is   
   >that really just a pipe dream, due to the fact that large parts of the   
   >ROW are now rail trails or simply abandoned?   
      
   The tracks were taken up decades ago, and since it ran between the   
   Hudson and Harlem lines, nobody missed it much.  By the time it   
   closed, all the commuters in Briarcliff went to the Scarborough   
   station on the Hudson line which had (and still has) frequent one-seat   
   service to GCT.   
      
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   Please consider the environment before reading this e-mail. https://jl.ly   
      
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