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Posted by randyo on Wed Oct 15 13:24:09 2014, in response to Re: Fulton Express Service, posted by New Flyer #857 on Wed Oct 15 10:34:43 2014. "DO" was the old popular name for ENY Yd. It got than nickname because it was where the (D)istrict (O)ffice of the BRT/BMT master mechanic was located. Unfortunately, even not too many employees are left who recall that. Every now and again, you might see me refer to a yard in Canarsie as "AY." That was the name of the original storage yd at Rocky Pky which was at approximately a right angle to the line itself and is no longer there. It got that name because it was yard "A" for the Canarsie Line. The present yd was originally known as the "dump." It got that name because that area was land fill and was where the BMT's rubbish pick up trains deposited their trash. The pick up trains laid up on the 1 AY and deposited their trash in the land fill, as the area filled in, tk 1 AY was gradually moved over until that whole area was filled in, To meet service needs, an additional yd was constructed there which became known as the "dump" due to its origins and the former tk 1 AY became tk 1 dump and the lowest tk number in AY was now tk 2 which the pick up trains now used but the trash was hauled away instead of being "dumped." Until mid to late 1968, both yds were in use when the MTA added tks to the dump and removed AY making the current yd simply "Rockaway Pky Yd." Over the years, even more tks were added as well as a car wash. |
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