On 29.01.18 0:38, Clark F Morris wrote:   
   > On Sun, 28 Jan 2018 16:53:55 +0000, "hounslow3@yahoo.co.uk"   
   >  wrote:   
   >   
   >> On 26.01.18 21:31, hancock4@bbs.cpcn.com wrote:   
   >>> The year 1958 was one of change for Grand Central Terminal.   
   >>>   
   >>> New York Central management, after the death of Robert Young,   
   >>> concluded that passenger service was losing serious money   
   >>> and ordered a number of cutbacks.   
   >>>   
   >>>   
   >>> . The premier train, the 20th Century Limited, was now losing   
   >>> money, gained coaches, added six stops to its run, and lost   
   >>> its elite extra-fare status.   
   >>>   
   >>> . The Putnam branch was abandoned   
   >>   
   >> A few questions.   
   >>   
   >> 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?   
   >>   
   >> Are there any films that show the Putnam Line when it was still   
   >> operating?   
   >>   
   >>> . The New York Central aggressively sought to rent any idle space   
   >>> in the terminal.   
   >>>   
   >>> . The ticket office was getting used to the new Burroughs Ticketeer   
   >>> machines, which printed tickets automatically from a matrix strip.   
   >>> (That system would continue into the Penn Central and even   
   >>> Conrail.)   
   >>   
   >> I think that I saw those once. They were metal strips that the agent   
   >> would insert into the ticketing machines, for the desired destinations,   
   >> right?   
   >>   
   >>> . In February 1958, transcontinental service was terminated.  It had   
   >>> been championed by Robert Young, but was expensive and not   
   >>> successful.   
   >>   
   >> A one-seat ride from GCT to Los Angeles or San Francisco?   
   > A one room ride from GCT to LA or SF where the car involved would be   
   > taken from LaSalle Street Station to either Dearborn Station for the   
   > Super Chief (probably yard to yard) or Northwestern Station for the   
   > City trains.  I forget whether through cars lasted through the   
   > Milwaukee Road takeover of the City trains.  If I get energetic, I'll   
   > lock at my old timetables.   
   >   
   > Clark Morris   
   >   
   Interesting, because I thought that the only one-seat journey across the   
   United States originated in Florida and went to Los Angeles.   
      
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