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   hounslow3@yahoo.co.uk to John Levine   
   Re: Putnam division, 1958--a year of cha   
   29 Jan 18 20:37:33   
   
   On 28.01.18 17:06, John Levine wrote:   
   > 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.   
   > The   
      
   The last freight train on the Putnam rain in the early 80s, IIRC.   
      
   Anyway, are there any films, such as feature films, with footage of the   
   Putnam Line when it was still operating?   
      
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