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RE: (rshsdepot) A "Proud day on the private siding of the Waldorf"
Actually, the Waldorf never really had a "private siding". Instead, the
track that people keep referring to was really an extension of the siding
used by the post office's Grand Central mail facility a block to the south.
I don't believe the siding was ever in common use, nor available to even the
rich and famous. I think it was only used a few times, primarily by Franklin
Roosevelt so that he could be moved into and out of the hotel in his
wheelchair. There is an emergency exit from the Park Avenue tracks that
comes up inside the footprint of the Waldorf, with an exit on 49th Street
just to the west of Inagiku, the hotel's [good] Japanese restaurant.
- -David
- -----Original Message-----
From: rshsdepot-owner_@_lists.railfan.net
[mailto:rshsdepot-owner_@_lists.railfan.net]On Behalf Of Paul S. Luchter
Sent: Monday, March 04, 2002 10:01 PM
To: RSHSDepot
Subject: (rshsdepot) A "Proud day on the private siding of the Waldorf"
So I was perusing the Times for 1946 (yes I know this is quite up to
date for me), and came across a full page ad with a stylized diesel
locomotive picture. September 24, 1946 would see a 6000 HP
Diesel-Electric like those going to the Santa Fe, it said. It must have
been for viewing, I guess it was implying that. It ended with "This is a
proud day on the private siding of the Waldorf" I didn't see any
pictures in the paper the next day of this event.
What has become of that siding, is it accessible still from the hotel?
Later this week I will send a picture from the same month of the United
Nations station on the LIRR at Flushing Meadows, with questions....be
prepared!
Paul
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