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A fervent plea to the "Powers That Be".............

PLEASE end the 2024 baseball season TONIGHT.

All of the fun and enjoyment of rooting for New York's own baseball "underdogs&quo ...

Until 1956, Liverpool's "Overhead Railway" was the only rapid-transit elevated system in Great Britain.

It was also the firsr elevated railway in the world to use automatic signalling, el ...

W.B.:

Until 1956, Liverpool boasted the only elevated railway in Great Britain; you will find this page quite interesting (great photos!) Wink

Note photos of rolling stock and "toid" ...

Mention must be made here of London's (now "off line") "Temple of Power".

To say this massive, monolithic, and magnificent facility is indeed a proud monument to London's great ...

W.B.:

I believe you are correct about the "Shik-aga" El dimensions; recall, some of the modern steel interurban cars that entered the Loop had tapered sides, to allow for sufficient clear ...

The "WATERLOO & CITY Ry" was the first Underground: line in London to utilize MU equipment (pre-1900).

In 1940, new, modern trains* came into use; when new, these sleek,silvery trains ...

Thought........

I wonder if there were ever (serious) plans to build a crosstown subway, running along 42nd Street, between 12th and 1st Avenues.

Recall, also, there was never even a crosstown E ...

W.B.:

Interesting information, regarding those "Shermans".

Regarding the "Toid-Aven-uh" El, I think it cannot be said that the El brought blight and crime to that area of &qu ...

"Tube stock" measurements.......

Between 1923 and 1983, car measurements (length) ran the gamut from 51 feet and 58 feet; between 1938 and 1972, all rolling stock was 52 feet in length.
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"Stoa" buses/"Eye-Are-Tee" elevated trains........

Curious as to how many sets of R-12s were assigned to the "Toid Aven-uh" El between 1969 and the line's closure in 1 ...

The "CITY & SOUTH LONDON Ry" was the first electric underground electric railway in the world; the original trains were hauled by small electric locomotives (one of which is preserved to ...

Further:

It would be interesting to learn if any plans were ever drawn up depicting a future 3rd Avenue Subway in "da Bronx", for the replacing the El.

Of course, there were no "d ...

Here's another interesting page; note the cross-section of the "tube", and the extremely tight dimensions; interesting cross-section of one of the early locomotives as well.

Interesting t ...

The first electrified tube "tube" in the world, the "City & South London Railway, opened in 1890.

The "padded cell" carriages were hauled by compact electric locomotive ...

In the first edition of Stan Fischler's "UPTOWN DOWN", there is mention of a proposal from during the "Lind-sley" years which would have had the "Toid Aven-uh" elevated u ...