[PRCo] Re: Being Rhetorical

[Edward H. Lybarger]

I believe they did fix the bridges.  The Fort Couch intersection was
eliminated by lowering the car line and raising the highway, but I think
they stayed on the same alignment.  Only the grade was changed
substantively.

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On Thu, 7 Jun 2001, Edward H. Lybarger wrote:

>
> The problem with LRVs on Library involved the track centers.  They had to
> shut the line down for a few months to move the tracks apart.  I don't
know

And even after they did the claim was some of the bridges had no clearance
and hence had to be operated by vehicles in only one direction at a time,
but further recollection is later they went back and fixed that.

> of any clearance problems per se on Drake, as long as one does not attempt
> leave the former Washington alignment.  It's my understanding that they
will
> use the Drake line to test the rebuilds as they come back from Spain and
> Elmira.

Also, wasn't the original Drake alignment partially rebuilt when they put
Ft. Couch over it?

-D