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Posted by Elkeeper on Tue Jul 26 13:51:30 2016, in response to Re: Easiest to sneak on, posted by Bronx boy on Sat Jul 23 18:32:40 2016. If you get a chance, please tell us about the demolition of the 159th St yards. This is what I know: After Unification, the City removed a good portion of trackage, stranding some unwanted ancient el cars on the structure. In September of 1942, "NYC Scrap Commissioner", Robert Moses, ordered the remaining cars taken down with cranes to expedite the removal of the elevated yard. Towards the end of September, the Federal Office Of Defence Transportation halted the car removals. They said that each car had to be individually evaluated to see if it could be used somewhere. They proposed that the cars be moved to the center track of the Jerome Ave line, so they could be inspected. I read somewhere that Moses abandoned the project, but I don't know if the cars were ever removed during the War. Which leads up to the main question, when was the 159th St yard taken down? |
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