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



Joe,
	Wow! Well, that exhaustive description would certainly seem to be
dispositive! It does raise several fascinating questions, however: (1) since
the Waldorf managed to build itself a little  basement on the south side of
50th Street, that little strip would seem to be directly adjacent to the end
of the "Waldorf platform". One must wonder whether it would be possible for
them to just open up a door right onto the platform itself; (2) who controls
the platform? I assume it is whomever controls the rest of the Grand Central
yard, which would be Metro North? CSX? or maybe the Waldorf itself?; (3)
what do you think the odds are for anyone to actually use that for anything?

- -David the Curious and Curiouser

- -----Original Message-----
From: Joseph Brennan
Sent: Wednesday, March 06, 2002 1:31 PM

No, they would have entered through the door at 101-121 E 49 St.  Photo
at the bottom of http://www.cc.columbia.edu/~brennan/abandoned/gct61.html



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