From: stephen@sprunk.org   
      
   On 11-Apr-15 17:13, Adam H. Kerman wrote:   
   > hancock4@bbs.cpcn.com wrote:   
   >> Adam H. Kerman wrote:   
   >>> I guess I don't understand what hancock's complaint is here. I   
   >>> mean, ballast regulators are computerized and the ballast is laid   
   >>> to the height specified within a narrow tolerance that doesn't   
   >>> account for changes in level, except when it's very very fresh.   
   >>   
   >> At Princeton Jct, where the high platforms are about 20 years old,   
   >> the platform is now about 6" below the level of the train car.  At   
   >> other stations on _several carriers_, they had to put in step boxes   
   >> to aid passengers in boarding.  FWIW, Engineers have told me that   
   >> is due to increased ballast height added over the years.   
   >   
   > So that's deliberate.   
      
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