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Posted: Mon Sep 13, 2021 3:51 pm Post subject: |
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The old ex-LIRR station house at Rockaway Park/Beach 116th St. today serves IND trains of the Rockaway line......
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Posted: Mon Sep 13, 2021 7:47 pm Post subject: |
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In a strong sense, both the BMT and the IND could both be classified as "The Subways That Went To The Sea".
Even before the first section of the INTERBOROUGH subway opened in 1904, the BRT was already serving Coney Island ("The Boardwalk Empire") via several busy elevated routes radiating out of Park Row.
By 1919/1920, the new Stillwell Avenue terminal replaced both the former West End and Culver depots; at these locations, the El trains utilized overhead trolley wire.
A multitude of streetcar lines, like the El trains, also crossed the Brooklyn Bridge, heading out to Coney Island.
It would not be until 1956, however, that the IND reached out (literally) into the sea, via the former LIRR Rockaway line.........
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Posted: Mon Sep 13, 2021 7:54 pm Post subject: |
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"SUBWAY TO THE SEA" *
https://www.nycsubway.org/perl/show?126444
https://www.nycsubway.org/perl/show?26380
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*Back in the days of elevated cars and subway cars that featured opening windows, passengers heading for the ocean enjoyed the tangy, briny, bracing salt-tinged breezes that wafted their the otherwise hot cars.
Today's sealed-window rolling stock has long-since ended such a "bonus"......
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Posted: Tue Sep 14, 2021 10:44 am Post subject: |
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I presume that image 141879 was taken somewhere between Dollar Tree and St. Jude's church in Canarsie. It shows well why elevated 3rd rail had no protection board. The shoe dropped down onto the rail. Why five men are needed on a three-car train is a puzzle.
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I just chatted with a neighbor whose Dad was a gateman on Lexington Avenue. |
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