From: cfmpublic@ns.sympatico.ca   
      
   On Tue, 11 Nov 2014 10:14:12 -0600, Stephen Sprunk   
    wrote:   
      
   >On 11-Nov-14 08:35, conklin wrote:   
   >> "Jishnu Mukerji"  wrote in message   
   >> news:7dSdnUA0D9Sh-PzJnZ2dnUU7-XmdnZ2d@giganews.com...   
   >>> On 11/10/2014 5:55 PM, jimmygeldburg@gmail.com wrote:   
   >>>> Michael Finfer wrote:   
   >>>>> There is the option of longer trains and more trains, except   
   >>>>> during rush hour between Newark and New York unless   
   >>>>> contractually Amtrak is able to take slots back from NJT.   
   >>>>   
   >>>> What about the drawbridge slot restrictions in Connecticut?   
   >>>   
   >>> That affects service to Boston, but has no effect on service to   
   >>> Washington from New York.   
   >>   
   >> Well, there is a drawbridge on the NYC-DC route which has a   
   >> restricting effect.  I've forgotten its name...   
   >   
   >IIRC, there's one in NJ, but it's planned to be replaced with a higher   
   >fixed span.  Are there any others?   
      
      
   There are Portal Bridge near Secaucus Junction over the Hackensack,   
   Dock Bridge over the Passaic just east of Penn Station, and Bush River   
   and Susquehanna River bridges in Maryland.  Somehow the bridges over   
   the Delaware, Raritan and Schuykill Rivers managed to be fixed.   
      
   Clark Morris   
      
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