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In lugnet.trains, Tim Courtney writes:
> "Todd Lehman" <lehman@javanet.com> wrote in message
> news:3aa03359.35164452@lugnet.com...
> > In lugnet.trains, Frank Filz <ffilz@mindspring.com> writes:
> > > The Green Line definitely has the most complex trackage of all the lines
> > > (the Red line is the only other line to actually have a branch), the
> > > Green Line has several branches. The most interesting Green Line Station
> > > is Park Street, where not only do you board from grade level, you may
> > > have to actually cross the tracks to get where you're going. In the Park
> > > Street station you can also occaisionally hear the evidence of how
> > > poorly train wheels do extremely right curve radii (some trains turn
> > > around at Park Street, and actually run through the station heading
> > > North, and then follow a curved track to U-turn back into the station
> > > now heading South. The curve radius can't be much more than 100' and boy
> > > do the wheels complain!
> >
> > THAT'S what that noise is?! WOW, that makes sense!
> >
> > And MAN, it's a SCREEEEEEEEECH. You'd think they were dragging a 4'x8' slab
> > of sheet metal across the tracks.
> >
> > --Todd
>
> Are there any diagrams online of the track layout at Park Street? That would be
> very interesting, IMO.
>
> After visiting New York, however, the T is a tinker toy in comparison to their
> subway! MAN that thing is HUGE!!
I would reserve the term "tinker toy" for the San Francisco cable car, which
is actually made of wood.
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| "Todd Lehman" <lehman@javanet.com> wrote in message news:3aa03359.351644...net.com... (...) Are there any diagrams online of the track layout at Park Street? That would be very interesting, IMO. After visiting New York, however, the T is a tinker (...) (23 years ago, 3-Mar-01, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.loc.us.ma.bos)
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