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Posted by jan k. lorenzen on Tue Jun 12 18:27:38 2012, in response to Re: Question About BMT 5th Avenue El, posted by Elkeeper on Mon Jun 11 20:44:53 2012. I have seen a single photo of the York Street el with 3rd rail, so it might have been installed but maybe not used in regular passenger service, possibly due to power shortages mentioned. But back then the railways in the city were the big thing to throw lots of money at whether it really made sense or not.Speaking of throwing lots of money away on transit projects in the early years, there was a cable car line on Park Ave in Brooklyn for a couple years too. Ran from downtown east on Park Ave, not 100% clear if they made it to Brodaway or not. There's some interesting articles in the Brooklyn Eagle archives on that line. Lotsa other people's money went poof and alot of engineering troubles. Moved the power house twice. Cars were so heavy that when horses were substituted during cable problems they managed to kill alot of them. Used a unique cable system that wasn't very reliable. Fun stuff! |
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