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Tuscarora Almanac - April 28 - 29, 1973 - The Book of Last Runs

Posted by Larry,RedbirdR33 on Tue Apr 28 08:53:10 2015

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Tuscarora Almanac - April 28 - 29, 1973 - The Book of Last Runs


This was the last full day of service on the IRT 3 Avenue El in The Bronx. It fell to the R-12's, then the oldest cars in regular service on the IRT to close out the service.

The last revenue train left Gun Hill Road on Saturday night at 11:42 PM for the run to 149 Street. It left 149 Street northbound at 12:06 AM on Sunday morning, April 29 and arrived at Gun Hill Road at 12:23 AM.
The consist was (s) 5778-5760-5793-5802 (n). It was followed by an empty back-up train consisting of (s)5782-5791-5768-5754 (n).

Source: Article; "The Decline and Abandonment of the Third Avenue El" by Mr. Berard Linder; April 1973

Larry, RedbirdR33


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