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Riders of the Babylon Branch of the LIRR...
I was driving through Freeport and the surrounding areas on Sunrise highway the other day and noticed that they chopped all the trees down on the south side (east-bound) of the tracks.
Any idea as to why they did this? Are they expanding the tracks?
Message edited 11/5/2007 8:42:25 PM.
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imas98
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Re: Riders of the Babylon Branch of the LIRR...
Hmmmm no idea..now I'm curious too. I usually sleep through my commute so I hadn't noticed.
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| Posted 11/5/07 8:45 PM |
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jerrysgirl
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Re: Riders of the Babylon Branch of the LIRR...
they did it in rockville centre and lynbrook too. it looks like they are putting up some kind of fence.
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| Posted 11/5/07 8:47 PM |
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Re: Riders of the Babylon Branch of the LIRR...
It goes all the way from at least Freeport (where I picked up Sunrise off the Meadowbrook) all the way to Valley Stream
Did the really have to get rid of ALL those trees to put up a fence?
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| Posted 11/5/07 8:49 PM |
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Re: Riders of the Babylon Branch of the LIRR...
I think it helps with two things. Keeps people off the tracks and keeps wet leaves from making the tracks slick.
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| Posted 11/5/07 8:51 PM |
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KGools
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Re: Riders of the Babylon Branch of the LIRR...
to avoid "slip-slide"  LOL... really that's a technical term.
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| Posted 11/5/07 8:55 PM |
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Re: Riders of the Babylon Branch of the LIRR...
Yes, I saw it too. There was a segment on News 12 about it a few weeks back. The LIRR did it so that the leaves from the trees won't wall on the tracks, impeding the operation of the trains. I did hear that they were supposed to replant non-leafy trees in thier place (evergreens), but I doubt that will happen.
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| Posted 11/5/07 9:51 PM |
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Kara
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Re: Riders of the Babylon Branch of the LIRR...
Wet leaves on the train tracks are seriously dangerous -- as are fallen tree limbs. I think it's for safety AND efficiency. I can't tell you how many times we've gone slower than I could walk home on the train due to slippery track conditions or branches down. It's just dangerous to have all those leaves on the tracks. I think they do need to do something to prevent that.
It would be nice for them to replace them with evergreens or something set back from the track, though, as I hate for LI to lose more green.
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| Posted 11/6/07 11:46 AM |
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