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Re: BMT Canarsie Line history question. |
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Posted by SLRT on Wed May 27 09:42:17 2020, in response to Re: BMT Canarsie Line history question., posted by randyo on Tue May 26 18:16:23 2020. Well, they need the interest too.We had an old-timer at the ERA New York Division back in 1958 (a time when many railfans were running around trying to catch closing lines for the last time) who talked about how there were rail buffs in his era who mourned the end of horsecars and argued against trolleys (New York's last line went in 1917). And in Brooklyn we had a gardener who remembered steam on the surface on the Brighton! Physical things also got me interested. Why did the retaining walls change south of Church Avenue on the Brighton? Where did the ramps south of Neck Road go? If these things create a spark of interest you have a potential rail historian. It was discussions like that helped pique my interest in things that happened "before my time." |
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