February 9, 2008
West Side Water Main Break
Photographs by SilvaAzniv on Flickr (left, right); the steam in the right photo is from Con Ed - not a fire
At West End Avenue and West 59th Street, a water main broke, flooding the Amtrak tracks. The FDNY is pumping out the water and a number of other city agencies, including the Office of Emergency Management and Department of Environmental Protection are on the scene. According to other reports, a new building (an expansion of John Jay Collage) at the intersection is also flooded.
We haven't heard if Amtrak service is affected by the flooding.
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of course Amtrak service is Affeted. that's the main line to Penn from the northern corridor.
However, maybe they can reroute Amtrak to Grand Central.
i wonder if this has anything to do with why my cable internet has been sucking a fat one today.
I was in Penn earlier today, and there was notice posted that passengers to Albany were being taken to Grand Central by bus, and going on to Albany from there. I was just passing through so i wasn't paying too much attention, but nobody seemed too put out; perhaps all the north-bound customers had figured out it'd be faster to walk to GC.
My cable is sucking wind too!!
Amtrack isn't able to be in Grand Central because their dual-mode diesel locomotives have different third rail shoes compared to Metro North.