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Activist fights for west-side rail cuts

A Manhattan reading teacher appeared before Community Board 4 to advocate the preservation of a railcut through Manhattan's West Side. The railcuts, which now serve Amtrak's Empire line, were originally built as part of a freight network connecting Lower Manhattan to Upstate New York. The lower end of this network, nicknamed the High Line, is elevated; the High Line also has advocates seeking its preservation. [article via Subway Web News; OldNYC on the High Line and the rail cut]