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Re: Tuscarora Almanac for April 29 |
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Posted by William A. Padron on Thu Apr 29 13:47:44 2021, in response to Tuscarora Almanac for April 29, posted by IRTRedbirdR33 on Thu Apr 29 11:33:52 2021. This is the first day of operation of IND Route A 8th Avenue Express trains over the former BMT Fulton Street El in Queens between 80 Street-Hudson Street Station and Lefferts Boulevard Terminal. The first train was a special which ran non-stop from Grant Avenue to Lefferts Boulevard. It carried passengers and various dignitaries. The consist was ten R-10’s, 3153,1811,3288,3316,1851,1817,3108,3185,3342,3343.The first train in regular service left Euclid Avenue at 12:21 PM and had a four car consist of R-10’s; 3004,1820,1808,3049. Considering this facets... The Liberty Avenue elevated line portion has seen more years as an IND Division operation (exactly 65 years) than when it was a BRT/BMT Lines and Division service (40 years and 7 months). The former BRT/BMT signal route "K" designations are still there as a reminder from its past (even with the updated signals installed in 1956), but the change booths along the route are all in the IND N-1xx series. Some of those same car numbers used by the R-10's (including on that date in those first runs with #3288, #3316 and #3049) back then, have been recycled and used by the R-179's that are currently seen in service on the "A", particularly going to/from Lefferts Boulevard. And so it goes... -William A. Padron ["K-1/2 595, N-141"] |
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