Just a correction, that was Farmingdale, not Farmington. The trailers were offloaded on the wye north of Republic Airport. - -Art P Paul Brezicki wrote: > > There was a short-lived (less than a year) intermodal float operation > in NY harbor in 1979-80. This involved hauling trailers on ICI bogies > between Greenville NJ and Farmington NY on the LIRR, with the New York > Cross Harbor handling the float between Greenville and Brooklyn. The > idea was to bypass congested NYC highways. The operation was > discontinued due to a dispute over funding of the rail equipment. > > Paul B > > > The Erie Lackawanna Mailing List http://EL-List.railfan.net/ To Unsubscribe: http://Lists.Railfan.net/erielackunsub.html ------------------------------
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