On Friday, February 20, 2015 at 1:51:18 PM UTC-5, Joseph D. Korman wrote:   
      
   > I did a very quick check of MNRR's lines and couldn't find any grade    
   > crossings on the ex-NYC lines south (railroad east) of Croton-Harmon and    
   > White Plains.  Is that correct?   
      
   I don't think so now.  But perhaps there were crossings in the distant past   
   that were removed when auto traffic grew.   
      
      
   > If that's so, all of the crossings are relatively new compared to the    
   > original electrification.  What is the accident history of the "new"    
   > parts?  I know there were two incidents where drivers following GPS    
   > instructions turned onto MNRR tracks rather than the street just on the    
   > other side of the crossing.   
      
   Notably, in the years immediately before electrification, it grew into a busy   
   railroad (which is why they electrified it).  Metro North and its predecessors   
   got locomotives and coaches whereever they could, even SEPTA and SEMTA (still   
   in SEPTA colors) to    
   provide service.  It wasn't an easy time; often diesels ran in that mode into   
   GCT.   
      
   By the way, in that time frame, Grand Central Terminal was in miserable shape,   
   too.  It might have been saved from demolition, but there was no money to   
   properly maintain it.  Serving as a homeless shelter didn't help things.   
      
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