Recently watched the New York City episode of the History Channel series Cities of the Underworld. Kind of OT but definitely railfan and rail history related, they went under Grand Central Terminal and showed the new LIRR platforms under construction, the old power control room and the "secret platform" under the Waldorf-Astoria where FDR's train used to come in. Feel free to reply off list, but I was wondering how a train coming out of Washington, DC would be routed to Grand Central in that era (1930's-40's) and especially how it was routed once it reached NJ. Obviously, we all know how the PRR (and today's Amtrak and NJT) get into Penn Station via the tunnels in the Meadowlands. However the connection from NJ to GCT seems a lot less obvious. Was there some kind of routing via the CNJ or B&O through Staten Island and somehow circuitously through Brooklyn and Queens, over Hell Gate or Spuyten Duyvil then south on the NY Central through Manhattan? Thanks for your help with this possibly obscure OT question. The Erie Lackawanna Mailing List Sponsored by the ELH&TS http://www.elhts.org To Unsubscribe: http://lists.elhts.org/erielackunsub.html ------------------------------ End of EL Mail List Digest V3 #2408 ***********************************
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