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Posted by William A. Padron on Thu Apr 29 23:22:59 2021, in response to Re: Tuscarora Almanac for April 29, posted by gbs on Thu Apr 29 22:28:51 2021. When were the stations lengthened to accommodate 10 cars? I'm guessing that that special dignitary train couldn't berth fully at the terminal or any stations on the elevated portion.It was around 1955 that the station platforms up and down the line were starting to be extended for ten-car trains, and were all basically completed by the following year (1956). For the Lefferts Boulevard terminal station, the structure at the eastern end was sliced off, where the original mezzanine was on the train platform level there, after climbing a seeming long set of stairs. It was replaced with a new fabricated metal el structure with an extended platform at the top, a new center mezzanine, and a new pair of staircases to and from the street (Liberty @ Lefferts). A new entrance/exit was established at 116th Street and Liberty Avenue, with the appearance of the platform extended on the western end, and its signal interlocking tower possibly adjusted and reconfigured to a better location to accommodate the ten-car trains. Stations at 80th, 88th and 104th Streets had their platforms extended each at their eastern ends, and 111th at the western end. For some odd reason, Rockaway Boulevard does not have the appearance of having been ever extended at all, but a ten-car train does clear into the station in full and easily. -William A. Padron ["K2-588"] |
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