Ken W2KB wrote:Mea culpa.glennk419 wrote:No. Simply reporting facts. No sugar coating. Indeed, there is some preliminary activity reported in the press this year advocating converting Ringoes to Lambertville to a rail-trail. To my knowledge, nothing formal in that regard has occurred.Ken W2KB wrote:Ken, all practicality aside, you seem to take great joy in the demise of this line, almost to the point of an ulterior motive. Would you be equally enthuised if there was talk of a pipeline between Flemington and Lambertville?south jersey trains wrote:The track thats stops at the power plant could be extended accross the small bay where the Beasley point bridge is being removed ,go a short distance( half mile) to rt 559,make a right and go 1 mile to the base of the new 9th st bridge,put a small station there and have small shuttle buses take you into the heart of Ocean City,thus returning train service to OC! Thus saving the track and ROW and using it for dual use.Just a thought.It is my understanding that the track between Tuckahoe and the generating station is in poor condition. It would require substantial sums of money to bring it up to passenger standards, and the extension would probably double the cost. I also wonder if the railroad right of way is a candidate for use for the natural gas pipeline to be built to serve the station.
Glenn
