by railfan365
With regard to the one time Culver service along 36th Street, the current configuration of the Ditmas Avenue Station, going North includes that an open trackway without a track branhces off of the downtown track just south of the station which once provided shuttle trains with a convenient place to stop. And just North of the Station, the stubs of 3 open trackways swing out sharply into the start of a curve Westward, and abruptly end in mid-air over a lumber yard into which a stanchon is planted. Meanwhile, going further North, the single express track splits into two, and the line descends into the tunnel.
My question is: Why leave that turnout in place if service along 36th Street is irrevocably gone? Why not eliminate it and make navigating that intersection and the use of the adjascent private property more convenient?(Unlike other projects, I expect that this could be done in less than 5 years and at less cost than $3 billion.)
My question is: Why leave that turnout in place if service along 36th Street is irrevocably gone? Why not eliminate it and make navigating that intersection and the use of the adjascent private property more convenient?(Unlike other projects, I expect that this could be done in less than 5 years and at less cost than $3 billion.)