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Posted by randyo on Sun Dec 14 16:33:50 2014, in response to Re: Queens Blvd, posted by Elkeeper on Sun Dec 14 15:34:30 2014. I would suspect that the reason that the Eastern was sort of a step child was that it had more elevated lines than the Southern and those could be more easily eliminated and replaced by subways than the 4 Av, Brighton or Sea Beach lines. The Southern had only 3 true elevated lines and 2 of those, the Culver and West End were branches off the 4 Av subway. The Eastern had only one true subway and that was the 14 St line and even that was intended to be elevated for a substantial portion. The rest of the Eastern Division consisted mostly of free standing elevated lines some of which were upgraded to dual contract standards so they could be operated as part of the BMT subway system. Once the IND came along, The death knell was sounded for the Fulton St el which not having been completely upgraded could not be connected to the subway system. The BMT kept part of the Fulton St el alive for a few years by ordering cars light enough to operate on the unrebuilt portion of the Fulton El but the handwriting was on the wall for the western portion of the el. In fact, had the portion of the iND second system through So 4 St been built that would have effectively duplicated part of the Bway Bkln El and with its various connections possibly eliminated the need for that also. |
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