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workextra wrote:Would there be any chance of partnering with Amtrak, Mero North or both to run through from NYC? Or possibly run down to Pokeepsie and at least connecting to MN trackage rights? I can only see this benifiting their cause and further proving their point. Run Friday's through late Sunday night. Seasonal service.
Cactus Jack wrote:Very positive news but as everyone does their happy dance don't loose sight of the fact there is likely to be an appeal and it is still not a given that NYSDOT will issue an operating permit for anything north of Big Moose. This is what happened in 1981 after ADRC filed bankruptcy and the corridor went into hibernation maintained only by beavers and mother nature until it was a washed out mess when operations resumed in 1992.
Actually, the Pataki administration did put money into the line. All but the minumum contributions ended when the other party took over. And then there's the matter of the DEC contribution - something they were supposed to be doing right alongside DOT. And they haven't.CP4743 wrote:I do not see a Republican governor dropping millions of taxpayer dollars into this line.
tree68 wrote:Actually, the Pataki administration did put money into the line. All but the minumum contributions ended when the other party took over. And then there's the matter of the DEC contribution - something they were supposed to be doing right alongside DOT. And they haven't.CP4743 wrote:I do not see a Republican governor dropping millions of taxpayer dollars into this line.
workextra wrote:Should the day come that the railroad wins and gets the opertunity to run its full length.
Would there be any chance of partnering with Amtrak, Mero North or both to run through from NYC? Or possibly run down to Pokeepsie and at least connecting to MN trackage rights? I can only see this benifiting their cause and further proving their point. Run Friday's through late Sunday night. Seasonal service.
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