Do you know what lies deep below New York's Grand Central Terminal?

very interesting story, along the lines of the Horseshoe Curve saboteurs.

 

but taking out the NY Central system affected 80% of wartime traffic to eastern ports?

what about the PRR, N&W, B&O, CNJ, LV ?

This was posted recently, Ben Bluelinec4 of the NJ Hi-Railers is well-informed about NYC underground war time facilities, stations, etc., and could answer most questions on this subject.

 

Jack 

 

I was gonna say "Jimmy Hoffa".

Pretty cool!

 

Peter

Interesting video!

What I thought was cool was that it is 10 stories underground!

I assume the rotary converters have been replaced by solid state equipment by now. The question is did they leave the rotary converters in place?  I have seen other rotating machines left and abandon because it is just too difficult to remove them. I visited what was probably the next substation up the line, I think it was around Tarrytown, NY, several years back.  It was the first time I had seen rotary converters powered from 25 cycle power.  They turned so slow you could hear the brushes contact each commutator bar. Those machines would probably have lasted for ever.  A real tribute to General Electric.   

 

The New York subway system also used under ground converter stations, probably for the same reason.  Street level property was too expensive to use to build power stations on.

Gee, I never realized that Metro North operated over 2000 miles of electrified railroad in the 1940's!

...and DL&W!

http://forgotten-ny.com/category/subways-trains/

 

This is a great site for subway and train buffs- Grand Central and lots more