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Posted by Larry,RedbirdR33 on Mon Nov 26 07:48:03 2012 Forty five years ago today the Chrystie Street Subway opened for service effectively merging the BMT and IND Divisions. For a generation of railfans the subways would never be the same. Below is the excerpt form "The Book of First and Last Runs." November 25-26, 1967 This was the weekend that saw the opening of the Chrystie Street Line and the Grand Street Station. The last QT Broadway-Brighton Local via Tunnel (BMT Rt. 1), left from Coney Island at 11:59 PM, November 25 en-route to Ditmars Boulevard, Astoria. It left Astoria at 1:32 AM, November 26. The consist was (N) 3580-1,3690-1,3799-8,3857-6. The last D Concourse-6th Avenue-Culver Express left from Coney Island at 12:03 AM, November 26. The consist was (N) R-4 524,823, R-1 283, R-4 681,551,417, R-6 958, R-4 629,817, 633. The first D Concourse-6th Avenue-Brighton Express left from Coney Island at 12:10 AM . This would be the first train to operate through the new Chrystie Street Tunnel. The consist was (N) R-32A 3380-1,3522-3,3576-7,3642-3. It met the first southbound D Concourse-6th Avenue-Brighton Express at Broadway-Lafayette Street. The consist of the southbound train was (S) R-4 794, R-6 1010,1006, R-4 796, R-6 996, R-1 137, 249, R-4 806, R-1 141, R-4 677. Larry,RedbirdR33 |
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