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Re: Guess the Location??...Not so easy!:)

Posted by JOE @ NYCMTS - NYCTMG on Fri Jan 31 18:02:50 2020, in response to Re: Guess the Location??...Not so easy!:), posted by TUNNELRAT on Fri Jan 31 16:40:30 2020.

Hello Steve

That means then that likely the IND 76th Street Station never existed on the IND and the LIRR-IRT Track that connected the both systems at Atlantic Avenue never existed and that Mineola never ran thru that one trackway connection to get to an from Belmont Racetrack. Those seem to be the "official" conclusions for both.

(I myself personally DO "believe" that for a short time the single IRT-LIRR Atlntic Avenue Station track WAS installed and Mineola did do a few trips to Belmont Track. It just makes common sense as the connection was planned for, designed, and its path was constructed )

Anyway - I will stand on what I was told back in very early 1960's by a very notable historian and ERA member and former officer of the ERA (long deceased now) -- the Queens IRT to LIRR track connection was very temporary and did not last long at what I believe he stated was Corona. Perhaps it WAS at L.I. City (LIRR to IRT there) . .



Was BOB EMORY even physically there in Corona - or anywhere - in 1923 to document ANY transfer location for the BMT EL cars to the IRT ??

You yourself likewise provide no information other than Emory's personal hand drawn maps - and you do not provide the possible alternate location for the BMT EL Car transfers - either by your own info or from EMORY. And EMORY doesn't seem to have ever documented how (ie; Delivery Location) the BMT EL Gate cars got transferred to the IRT Corona Yards and the Flushing - Astoria lines --

As I myself (heh) was also not there in 1923 to personally document those BMT Car transfers - I will stick with what I stated from my long ago sources. Its the best I can provide -- including the 2 alternate "usable" transfer routes I provided.

After all - come on Steve - heh - its nearly 100 years ago so who really give a darn at this point except perhaps a handful of historian dinosaurs like us.

Regards - Joe F

PS: Lastly - LOSE the ALL CAPS in your posted messages, Steve!! -

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