Re: (erielack) RE:

["tabeckett_@_stny.rr.com" <tabeckett@stny.rr.com>]

The obvious answer is that the Hudson(or more properly, North River)
tunnels are under water much of their length, and are inaccessible to
firefighters, except from either end=2E The Park Avenue tunnel on the NYC =
has
access from the street, allowing emergency personnel to get in, and
evacuees(is that a word?) to get out=2E=20

Tom B

Original Message:
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From: Schuyler G Larrabee sgl2_@_ix=2Enetcom=2Ecom
Date: Tue, 25 Mar 2003 21:30:34 -0500
To: RSmollin_@_aol=2Ecom, erielack@lists=2Erailfan=2Enet
Subject: Re: (erielack) RE:



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From: <RSmollin_@_aol=2Ecom>
To: <erielack_@_lists=2Erailfan=2Enet>
Sent: Tuesday, March 25, 2003 7:16 AM
Subject: Re: (erielack) RE:


> I seem to remember that NJT looked into this at one time and was told by=

the
> New York City fire department that their rules would not allow the runni=
ng
of
> the diesel locomotives with full or partially full tanks of diesel fuel
> through the hudson river tunnel=2E They didn't explain why they allowed =
FL9s
to
> run through the tunnels into Grand Central though=2E
>

Don't ask questions you are not sure of the answer to =2E =2E =2E

SGL


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