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This derailment at Empire Boulevard (formerly Malbone Street) in 1974 indeed served as a haunting reminder of the 1918 disaster............

https://www.nycsubway.org/perl/show?36087

(courtesy: nycsubway.org)

["SS"]

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No details given as to how this unfortunate "R-12" ended up as it did (207th Street yard, 1971)

Had to have been a story, here...........

https://www.nycsubway.org/perl/show?12248

(courtesy: nycsubway.org)

["ACF"]

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These photos depict the Culver line derailment at Neptune Avenue, earlier this year; this was one of those derailments that easily could have been much, much worse (this was ANOTHER derailment which took place very early in the year).............

https://www.nycsubway.org/perl/show?161250

https://www.nycsubway.org/perl/show?161251

https://www.nycsubway.org/perl/show?161252

(courtesy: nycsubway.org)

["F"]

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Of course, it doesn't take long for cars awaiting the torch (or have been cannibalized for parts) to be transformed into a "wreck", indeed as was the case for this unfortunate "R-22"...........

https://www.nycsubway.org/perl/show?116106

https://www.nycsubway.org/perl/show?116107

(courtesy: nycsubway.org)

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Here we have an honorary "wreck" (so much for "preservation")........

https://www.nycsubway.org/perl/show?158425

(courtesy: nycsubway.org)

["INTERBOROUGH"]

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Smith Street/Cobble Hill (Brooklyn), circa-1928...........

https://www.nycsubway.org/perl/show?141925

(courtesy: nycsubway.org)

["B&QT"]

[Cyberider]

Wrecks, in whatever form they come in, are always interesting. That doesn't mean I'd want to participate in them, though!

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In this circa-1930s view, we see the aftermath of a serious altercation between a B&QT double-ended 8000-series Peter Witt and a fire truck.

Indeed hope no one perished in this accident........

https://www.nycsubway.org/perl/show?118060

(courtesy: nycsubway.org)

["ULMER PARK"]

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Awaiting scrapping in the mid-1950s, this unfortunate NYCTA bus must have been in a serious accident, to have this much damage inflicted..........

https://www.nycsubway.org/perl/show?156990

(courtesy:nycsubway.org)

["NYCTA:"]

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"Big Hooks", as they were so called, were important members of rapid transit and streetcar operations, as vital as those used on main-line railroads.

Here are a few impressive examples of such cars that once served B&QT's extensive streetcar network...........

https://www.nycsubway.org/perl/show?118141

https://www.nycsubway.org/perl/show?118142

https://www.nycsubway.org/perl/show?118143

(courtesy: nycsubway.org)

["BROOKLYN & QUEENS TRANSIT"]

[Cyberider]

Pacific Electric had a big one, too.

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Here's two more interesting photos (vintage and modern day)

https://www.nycsubway.org/perl/show?42121

https://www.nycsubway.org/perl/show?69817

(courtesy: nycsubway.org)

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