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(more…)Category: Montauk Cutoff
All posts related to the Montauk Cutoff – a set of railroad tracks in LIC, NY
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Build Everything: Queens Needs Transit.
Over the years, we’ve published a few catty articles on this site that attacked some poorly thought out new transit ideas running through Queens. So let’s be clear: we need to build all of it.
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‘Qns’ Lower Montauk Study Transit Stumbles into Public View.
This past weekend, the NYC DOT (very) quietly released their study on creating a new rail transit route through Queens. Let’s take a look at this seemingly futile piece of research into a transit project that won’t exist anytime soon.
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LIC’s obscure, abandoned LIRR Bogies 2017, RIP
This past week, the LIRR finally began scrapping their abandoned bogies. So just what the hell is a bogie, anyway?
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Queens Subway Lofts: a Montauk Cutoff freight customer that never was.
The curious case of the building and miniature railroad that was planned next to the Montauk Cutoff, yet never built.
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The Montauk Cutoff
There has been a ton of talk lately about what will become of the Montauk Cutoff. While the future remains unknown, its past is surprisingly more interesting than has thus far been reported.
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A Better Plan for Queens Transit Needs
In a separate post, I dissected Elizabeth Crowley’s ‘Light Rail to The Mall’ plan. Realizing this probably makes me look like a really mean spirited guy, allow me to put forth a far more superior plan.
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