Re: (erielack) Re: PATH flooding

[Ken <"lackawanna_@_iname.com">]

I thought that the bad smell was from burning insulation of the old H-M cars that
were removed from passenger service and used for maintenance!

Did you ever get any info on the proposed double-decking project on the north-south
between Hoboken and where it joined the east-west Jersey City-Hudson Terminal line?
The boring is there, I believe, at least the entrances are, although one near
Hoboken has a tower in it.  When I stopped at Pavonia Av in the early 1970's, there
were some stairways going down that were completely enclosed and blocked off.
Wonder if they went to the lower level station platforms?


Ken B.

David Goessling wrote:

> The most serious flooding I ever so on PATH was during the "Nor'easter" of '93
> ('94?) There were TV news shots of water almost up to street level on the stairs
> in Hoboken!
>
> Years ago when I worked in Manhattan I was on the volunteer "PATH Commuter
> Advisory Board" (filled out enough of those suggestion/survey cards that they
> finally called me up :-)) We had a number of interesting tours, including one of
> the operations center in Journal Square, another of the then-newly renovated
> Exchange Place station.
>
> Somebody asked why Hoboken Station often smelled so bad. Answer: because it's of
> course below low tide level and the mud behind the back wall (closest to the
> stairs up to the Terminal) just plain stinks at low tide! They have tried many
> things for years to dry it, mask the smell (remember those sickly sweet
> fragrance bombs they had for a while?), etc. largely to no avail...
>
> dmg
>
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