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Re: (rshsdepot) OT: Birmingham subway
- Subject: Re: (rshsdepot) OT: Birmingham subway
- From: Ivan Berger <oldmaven_@_comcast.net>
- Date: Sun, 08 Aug 2004 09:47:24 -0400
- References: <007001c46bb2$c00329c0$1826f7a5_@_paul> <004d01c46c42$110b4890$6101a8c0@NewComputer> <003501c46c49$d5b5f260$1a2ff7a5@paul>
Paul Luchter wrote:
> This I know but this is similar to the 4th Avenue (Park Ave. ) NY and Harlem
> tunnel. Anyway I always found it odd that in San Jose, Cal., an underground
> walkway like at the SP station, was called a subway, as I think it might be
> in London as well.
Back in the '50s, I was mystified by a sign in the Waterbury, CT NYNH&HRR
station pointing to "Subway." I had been to New York and ridden subways there,
and I knew Waterbury had no subway trains. Turns out it was an underground
passage to the opposite track.
- -Ivan Berger
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