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Post by londonstuff on Oct 4, 2009 11:19:07 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Oct 30, 2009 10:20:48 GMT
I was in New York last week and took a walk on the High Line. It is a very nice "natural" garden landscape on an elevated railway structure.
As described in the BBC piece, there are bits of track -- but, they are not the original line. They raised the level on which you walk about 1/2 meter from the original track level for the soil used for the plantings. Then they laid bits of track here and there, possibly using some of the original rail but using pressure treated pine sleepers instead of the usual creosote-treated hardwood sleepers that one sees in the USA. The rails are secured with spikes but lack the usual attachment hardware. No normal train could run on track laid in that manner.
It looks nice, is fun to walk on, but, apart from the elevated railway structure, is 100% new.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 15, 2009 21:36:20 GMT
Brilliant idea! They have done something similar in Paris when the old suburban "Bastille" line was taken over by the "RER" (express metro): 3km of the old track bed, from Saint Mandé (eastern suburb adjoining to Paris) to the Bastille Opéra (built on the site of the former station), including a long vaulted viaduct has been converted into an "urban garden"...
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