Re: (rshsdepot) "450-Ton Locomotive at the Waldorf-Astoria"

["JIMBEAR" <ribear_@_cox.net>]

Well, David,  I don't know for sure when the Waldorf-Astoria was built
(1932 sounds right), but Grand Central was completed in 1912. That's
a 20 year discrepancy in that story. Besides, if the Waldorf was being
"completed" in 1932, how would the station have been designed for
FDR who wasn't even elected until November of that year?  I'm sure
FDR used it on many occasions, but it wasn't designed for him. Either
the Metro-North spokesman was getting his facts wrong, or else the
reporter took a few unrelated facts and wove them into a "good" story.

Jim..

- ----- Original Message -----
From: "David S. Rose" <lists_@_rosegremse.com>
To: <rshsdepot_@_lists.railfan.net>
Sent: Wednesday, March 06, 2002 12:42 AM
Subject: RE: (rshsdepot) "450-Ton Locomotive at the Waldorf-Astoria"


> A VIP station
>
> While the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel and Grand Central Terminal were being
> completed side by side in 1932, an underground train station for the elite
> was built off a trunk line at Track 61. This station, hidden within the
> terminal, allowed Roosevelt and other VIPs to arrive in New York in style.
> It also had the advantage of concealing FDR's wheelchair use from the
> public.


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