Pursuits
Scrubbing 600 Miles of Salty Rail Start of Restoring Subway
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If you laid the New York City subway system in a line, it would stretch from New York to Detroit. Now imagine inspecting every inch of that track.
That’s the job ahead for Metropolitan Transportation Authority officials, who must examine 600 miles of track and the electrical systems with it before they can fully reopen the largest U.S. transit system, which took a direct hit by Hurricane Sandy.