From: johnl@taugh.com   
      
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   Peter T. Daniels  wrote:   
   >> >> and the Selkirk-Castleton bridge,   
   >> >I don't know what that is -- possibly the bridge at Poughkeepsie that was   
   >> >finally repurposed as a pedestrian bridge a few years ago?   
   >>   
   >> Not to belabor the obvious, but it's the rail bridge across the Hudson   
   >> between Selkirk and Castleton.  The Poughkeepsie bridge is at   
   >> Poughkeepsie.  See any map of NY state for details.   
   >   
   >Sorry for never having heard of Selkirk, NY, or Castleton, NY. I know the   
   highway crossings.   
      
   I realize it's awfully far upstate, but if you're familiar with the   
   thruway's Berkshire extension, it's the railroad bridge you can see   
   just to the south of the thruway bridge.  Since the fire on the   
   Poughkeepsie bridge, it's the route that rail freight has to take from   
   NY to NJ if it doesn't use the NYNJR car float from Brooklyn.   
      
   >You didn't explain how the Hudson Tubes are relevant to possibly losing the   
   NJT-Amtrak tunnel to NYP.   
      
   One might change to the PATH train at Newark and then back to the   
   Amtrak from 33rd st to NYP, roughly like people did before the North   
   River tubes were built, but I agree that's would handle about 5% of   
   the traffic.  We really need more rail capacity, where we includes everyone   
   who travels in the general area between Boston and Washington.   
      
      
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