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Re:Company built its own rail terminal in NYC to avoid relyi... by paddy_m on Thursday May 01, 2025 @07:45AM (#43856408)
Avoiding the barge operation means using the Selkirk Hurdle [1]. After the Hudson tunnels to Penn Station, the next rail bridge over the Hudson is at Selkirk NY, 147 miles north of Newark. It is about parallel with the northern border Massachusets.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Selkirk_hurdle

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Re:Company built its own rail terminal in NYC to avoid relyi... by IIAOPSW on Thursday May 01, 2025 @11:44AM (#43859251)
Sure, but there's nothing in principle which prevents just running a freight op on the commuter lines through penn station other than possibly getting in the way of the passenger schedule, but that can be solved by scheduling it between 1am and 4am when there's nothing to interfere with anyway.
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