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Re: (rshsdepot) Buffalo, NY
>On Fri, 18 Apr 2003, Seth Bramson wrote:
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>We're both right and I am only wrong in the timeframe detail :)
>
>The Big Four trains did use Central Station up to the bitter end, but MC
>trains also terminated there for quite a long time. I believe some MC trains
>were rerouted out of IC's station before MC trains stopped using IC's facility
>altogether in the mid 50's. I'm not sure when the last MC train departed
>Central Station though...
>
>As an aside, the commuter platforms are still in use although Central Staion
>was razed in '74 after being closed for a couple of years
There is a new book out "Illinois Central North of the Ohio River", that
discusses this, the MC did leave but the Big Four/PC/CR/Amtk lease
was so tightly written by IC's lawyer by the name of A. Lincoln
that they stayed until the bitter end.
- -Hudson
http://www.skypoint.com/~hudsonl
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