(erielack) NY Harbor

["Tom Beckett" <tabeckett_@_stny.rr.com>]

These obstructionists will block any infrastrucure improvement, public or 
private. But it's funny, everybody wants the stuff the trains and trucks 
bring.

TAB

> That the LIRR (read NY&A) would not be permitted to carry the freight
> traffic to and from Nassau and Suffolk is the starting point here --  
> NIMBYs
>
> are already stopping the triple tracking in Nassau County; other NIMBYS 
> are
>
> fighting the Pilgrim freight terminal idea, and in general, the locals are
> making the Mayor of Oradell (let's bring this back to E-L-related content
> <g>) look like a man with a double-digit IQ when it comes to rail freight
> traffic. And it also begs the question as to why CSX or NS would want the
> additional expense of hauling freight another couple of miles when they
> have
> good terminals now.
>
> Cheers,
> Jim
>
> PS, for those of you not following the last paragraph, the Mayor of 
> Oradell
>
> stopped installation of a passing siding there because "it would allow NJT
> to run 250-car freight trains on the NJ&NY through Oradell and block the
> crossings." And NJT allowed this thinking to prevail! Neat, huh? 



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