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Originally Posted by skyguy79
Thanks for the posting. I found it interesting because we have traveled the rail from Albany NY to Buffalo (in part same route as being mentioned) many times before moving to FL, but we have never taken the train that is being referred to in the plot indicated.
The train route is called the Maple Leaf and it not only involves Amtrak, but also VIA in Canada. Amtrak equipment is used entirely in the operation of the route, however VIA's personnel take over when crossing into Canada and visa verse on the return trip.
You're mentioning Albany NY may lead some to believe that the bridge crossing the Hudson River just after leaving the Albany-Rensselaer Station heading west might have been the target. I tend to doubt any terrorist would target that bridge but might rather go for the US to Canada Whirlpool Bridge (picture below) as it would be an International target and more impressive... in their minds at least.
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I only heard that comment regarding the "train would be passing close to Albany, New York" from our local ABC News Channel out of Albany with Mark Baker and Elisa Streeter, Steve Capporizzo, etc.........Mark Baker said that "had the plot been successful, the train from NEW YORK CITY would be passing by ALBANY NEW YORK enroute to Toronto, Canada."
That's how I heard it, in a nutshell........ I'm sure you are correct re which bridge it really would have been.
Yesterday, Monday, we saw the breaking news out of Canada........
What a week or two this has been..........to say the least.
We've only taken an Amtrack train once..........when we wanted our little son, 4 at the time, to experience an old fashioned train ride.......from New York City's Grand Central Station........to Myrtle Beach, South Carolina.....and then back up to Albany on the "Montrealer".....every other time, we all flew. But , I can only imagine the horror of being on a train and then the bridge being blown up.