In an “ironic” sort of way.
Remember how we learned in school that history will repeat itself if we don’t learn the first time? Now we have history reversing itself.
The current owners of Madison Square Garden in New York City have announced that the current building will be torn down to build…
A NEW PENN STATION. [:D]
I guess we shouldn’t count on anything as grand as the station originally built there by the Pennsylvania Railroad.
It will prorably look like the current Penn Station to a degree personally I think.
Hmmm…perhaps I should go invest in Betamax and Edsel? [swg]
And the next generation of Amtrak electrics will have carbodies designed to look like GG1s[:)]!
the city of new york has got flack from day 1 after they trashed the origianl penn station… and it was stated on the history channel a while back of talk and possable plans to rebuild the penn station…and to rebuild it to look like the one they tore down!!! so i guess the plan is actuly going to happen now…
csx engineer
For a good book about the building and demise of Pennsylvania Station, there’s “The Late, Great, Pennsylvania Station” by Lorraine Diehl (no relation). Copies show up regularly on Ebay for $10 to $15.
Hmmmm,you mean I’ve kept their stock all this time for nothing ??!![(-D][(-D][(-D][(-D]
Carbodies of the NH EP-5 (A former tenant of NYP too) would be far more desireable and aesthetically pleasing…[^]
An EP4 might come close, but an EP5 only beats out a GG1 in the “classy dept” if you are wearing NH red tinted glasses!
Paint is irrelevant to the actual carbody. The GG1 looks like a German U-boat (sub).
Don’t forget before Patty Mc G the EP-5’s were going to be Green and Gold striped beauty’s - the artwork exists and is in some publications (Marc Frattasio’s NH Mc Ginnis Era book).
I agree the EP-4 is a piece of work though - definitely a beautiful machine.
That’s what New York needs, A super “AMSHAK”… probably will have a Subway shop in it. 1960’s Dedja vu all over again when the politicians tore down old building and put up
’ modern’ building in their place…They sure wern’t going to learn from history or let it repeat itself.
…Tom…I have that book you mention by Lorraine Diehl…and it’s a good one…Now, what happened to all the plans to rebuild the Penn Station over in the Old Post Office building…
Heard several years ago the Madison Square Garden was in “trouble”…Don’t remember what…Financial or what…
That original Pennsy station was cathedral like…What a shame it was destroyed…Now it will be interesting to see if this latest surprise has any merrit…Hope so…
…Cablevision Systems indicated they plan to move the Madison Square Garden to the Farley Post Office…{where the Penn Station was to be created…!! }…Now that’s a twist…! I just read above info over on Google…Check on Madison Square Garden news if anyone is interested…That’s how I found it. What a turn around that would be…!