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Posted by Bill Newkirk on Sun Sep 7 10:33:09 2025 So sit back and take in some images you may or may not have seen before.  November 24, 1916 view of the 129th St that was the northern terminus of the 3rd Ave. el. The 2nd Ave. el also may used it. Those cars on the right appears to have at least one deck roof Hi-V car.  Looking in the other direction.If you have any more info about this please respond. (undated photo)  Construction phase of the today's #7 line near the 51st st Lincoln Ave. station. Looks different today !  Photographed from the former NYW&B East 180th St. station is a train of former Manhattan elevated "gate" cars. I've learned that when the Dyre Ave. line was taken over by the city, it was run by the IND division. So is that signal on the right an IND signal ? (undated photo)  August 22, 1922 photo at the Woodlawn-Jerome station at Bedford Park Blvd. showing yet to be installed yard lead track.  Sixty three years later on May of 1985 with a train of the green R-33's.  On the White Plains Rd. line at 177th St West Farms Square station once stood the 177th St. yard and barn. When leaving the station heading to 180th St. and noticing a large open space, that's where this yard once stood. (undated photo)  In an effort to alleviate overcrowding, the IRT experimented with the #3421 having separate entrance and exit doors ways. #3421 was built by A.C.F. in 1904. I'm not certain that this car was built like this from the factory of modified in-house. The IRT went with center door as a result. (undated photo)  Here's a 1941 view of #3342 that was test car built by the PRR Altoona shops in 1902. Noticeably are the amount of marker lanterns on the front.  An undated view of the 50th St. station on the Broadway - 7th Ave. line.  Looks like the #7 Flushing Line is getting new equipment in the form of R-12's. I cannot identify the gent pointing to the signs, however Mayor O'Dwyer may be one of them standing by. (February 20, 1948)  Subway luncheonette is an unknown location. Judging by the way people are dressed I say sometime in the 1930's.(undated photo)  July 25, 1957 view of the shuttle at Grand Central. This is how the station looked like before the April 21, 1964 fire. The platform occupying the once northbound express track is made of wood.  This is the abandoned trolley loop tunnel just outside of the #7 line station at Grand Central. Originally from Grand Central to Hunterspoint Ave. this was originally a trolley line that was later converted for rapid transit use.  Not only was an R-16 painted gold to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the first subway line, R-17 #6812 also received the treatment.  At the Lehigh Valley yard in Jersey City, NJ are new red mainline R-33's waiting for the final journey across the river to NYC. (July 1863)  The star of the show of the Labor Day parade of 1963 was R-33 #9306 on a flatbed trailer. This showed parade attendees the NY World's Fair was around the corner and this how we would be transported in style to the fair at Flushing Meadows, Now you know why for the formation of the NY Transit Exhibit, the late Don Harold chose this car for display at the Transit Museum in downtown Brooklyn,  In a March 1968 view inside Coney Island shops we see 1939 World's Fair car #5654 after a nice repaint. Low V's and'39 WF cars would last another year on the 3rd Ave el to be replaced by R-12's.  For the final photo, although 57th St station in on the BMT, Low V work motors are still pure IRT. Thank you for viewing. 
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