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Re: Driven By Customer 'Service' Parte Dos
Pretty sure the buttresses serve no purpose for the trains themselves. They could plausibly support a direct egress into a parking garage if the T were feeling like going vertical with the main lot so they could sell the south lot for more TOD $$$ (which wouldn't be a bad idea at all).
This was the temp CR platform during the '96 floods. It was much further back, in the 3-track yard where they store the flatcars.
There've been many platform reconfigs at Riverside over the years, with many many temp platforms mid-reconfig. That pavement slab could be a remnant of anything. Or just an employee sidewalk that doubles as overflow if the main platform is overstuffed.
Pretty sure the buttresses serve no purpose for the trains themselves. They could plausibly support a direct egress into a parking garage if the T were feeling like going vertical with the main lot so they could sell the south lot for more TOD $$$ (which wouldn't be a bad idea at all).
This was the temp CR platform during the '96 floods. It was much further back, in the 3-track yard where they store the flatcars.
There've been many platform reconfigs at Riverside over the years, with many many temp platforms mid-reconfig. That pavement slab could be a remnant of anything. Or just an employee sidewalk that doubles as overflow if the main platform is overstuffed.