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Re: (rshsdepot) OT: Birmingham subway

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I have seen the term "subway" in various NEC locations to describe a walkway under the tracks.

In fact, this is the primary dictionary definition:
      Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary

     
     
     
     
      <http://www.m-w.com/cgi-bin/thesaurus?book=Thesaurus&va=subway> 
            One entry found for subway. 
                 

            Main Entry: sub·way <javascript:popWin('/cgi-bin/audio.pl?subway01.wav=subway')>
            Pronunciation: 's&b-"wA
            Function: noun
            : an underground way: as a : a passage under a street (as for pedestrians, power cables, or water or gas mains) b : a usually electric underground railway c : UNDERPASS<http://www.m-w.com/cgi-bin/dictionary?book=Dictionary&va=underpass>
           
     

  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Ivan Berger<mailto:oldmaven_@_comcast.net> 
  To: rshsdepot_@_lists.railfan.net<mailto:rshsdepot@lists.railfan.net> 
  Sent: Sunday, August 08, 2004 9:47 AM
  Subject: Re: (rshsdepot) OT: Birmingham subway




  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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