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Re: Tuscarora Almanac for March 1 |
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Posted by W.B. on Sat Jun 17 17:57:07 2017, in response to Tuscarora Almanac for March 1, posted by IRTRedbirdR33 on Wed Mar 1 08:56:29 2017. I can also confirm from reading New York Times articles about the TWU strike against FACL, that besides the M-105 and FACCo 1, March 1 was also the last day for FACCo 19 - Fifth Avenue/Riverside Drive and NYCO 22 - Pitt and Ridge Streets. The Times articles about which lines were out due to the strike also mentioned NYCO 3 - Lexington Avenue and 4 - Lexington and Lenox Avenues, both of which had been discontinued in 1960 with the one-way conversions of Lexington and Third Avenues (and the M-101's southbound route moved to Lexington between 125th and 23rd Streets - again, no Third/Lexington/Lenox route at this juncture, until 1969). The rationale behind the demise of FACCo 19 as well as 1, besides FACL's "perpetuity" argument, was that both lines were considered "inactive" by the company at that point. (So, apparently, were the two lines not hamstrung by "perpetuity" issues, NYCO 22 and ST M-105.)Technically, at the time of the strike FACL had two divisions: the Fifth Avenue Coach Division (10 lines) and Omnibus Division (19 lines, all former New York City Omnibus), while wholly-owned subsidiary ST had six lines in Manhattan. The Times coverage also suggests that at least limited service on ex-FACCo's 15, 16 and 20 resumed on March 28, and 3, 4 and 5 came back in such capacity March 29, although all six were full-service by March 30. (Curiously, The Times referred to 3 as only applying to the Fifth-Convent line while designating the Fifth-St. Nicholas route as 3A.) 2 and 6, of course, returned to service July 1. |
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