by duey
Charlie7 wrote:The BCL was once the freight and passenger main line of the Erie Railroad. My Dad tells me of the trains that come through Garfield back in the day. The PVL was always a sleepy branch line, so the communities don't have a historic memory of greater levels of traffic. This doesn't give the NIMBY's an excuse, it just shows their lack of imagination.And it doesn't help that by the early to mid 70's service on thePVL was down to just a few trains in each direction. While its true that the amount of service has gradually increased over the past 30 years, this is a pretty drastic jump. It's going to shock a lot of those NIMBYs to see trains coming through (in different directions!) off-peak and on the weekends.