Talk:East Side Railroad Tunnel

Tunnel length
The NYT article from opening day says that it's 5680 feet. Other sources (that all seem to lead back to each other with no more primary ref online) give 5080. There are some technical papers cited, anyone have access to them? DMacks (talk) 01:39, 14 December 2007 (UTC)

Rail line to Fall River
The article says that the line went from Providence, through the tunnel, to East Providence, and then to Fall River. Did it follow a direct route to Fall River, roughly along where US Rt 6 or I-195 are today or did it veer north to Taunton?Dogru144 (talk) 13:59, 10 April 2012 (UTC)

May 1st 1993
I previously removed this section because it didn't have proper citation. thanks to User:DMacks who added some citations. I am concerned about the reputability of those citations. They both seem to be opinion pieces from university websites. As DMacks mentions in his edits, they do point to local news stories, but there is no link or ability to verify these claims. I am concerned that this is a bit of urban legend passed down within the populations of local university students. A police report or official mention of the incident would be nice, but since it is from 1993, I don't know that that would be possible. How about a disclaimer stating that it is more an aspect of legend? 201.202.254.188 (talk) 21:44, 7 September 2013 (UTC)
 * They're both school newspapers (WP:N ones at that...I just added links to each's WP article), so I think they would be presumed reliable for reporting school-related news, though neither item is a news report from the time of the incident itself. They're sort-of competing newspapers (or formal/official vs alternative?) from the looks of things, so it's a bit comforting that they agree with the general/key details. The Herald doesn't seem to have 1993's issues on their website at this time, and the The Providence Journal's website search is poor. DMacks (talk) 21:56, 7 September 2013 (UTC)
 * Found a more contemporaneous more newsy item in a more independent source mentioning it. Not sure it's really a citeable ref for our article, but it does further support the type and extent of the event: