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Tuscarora Almanac for December 30 and a Forgotten Station |
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Posted by irtredbirdr33 on Tue Dec 30 08:28:21 2025 Tuscarora Almanac for December 30 and a Forgotten Station1938 – from The Book of Last Runs This is the last day for streetcar service in Malden, Massachusetts. 1946 – from The Book of First Runs The IND Fulton Street Line is extended one station from Rockaway Avenue to Broadway - East New York . 1965 – from The Book of First Runs The last four R-32’s (3946-3949) arrive on the property. They are equipped with the lightweight Pioneer III trucks. 1968 – from The Book of First Runs The first of the new M-1 “Metropolitan” MU cars begins service on the Long Island Railroad. 1987 – from The Book of Last Runs The last train of R-21 and R-22 cars operated today on the #5 Lexington Avenue Express. The consist was (S)7609,7097,7543,7078,7156,7173,7547,7558,7596,7165. U>Tuscarora Forgotten Station No. 4 / Wingdale Consolidated Rail Corporation Harlem Line Wingdale Station Abandoned: October 29, 1977 Once upon a time there were two train stations in Wingdale, New York. The first of these travelling from Grand Central Terminal was called “State Hospital” located at milepost 69. The second was “Wingdale” itself at milepost 69.08. The “State Hospital” station was situated on the ground of the Harlem Valley Psychiatric Center, an institution well known to local railfans. The “Wingdale” station located at the point where Pleasant Ridge Road crosses the railroad track. Conrail was the operator of the Harlem Line in 1977 and management decided to close the “Wingdale” station on October 29, 1977. The “State Hospital” was renamed “Harlem Valley-Wingdale” is today (2019) served by the Metro-North Railroad. Source: “The Coming of the New York and Harlem” (1989) by Mr. Louis V. Grogan Conrail Form 113 Harlem Line schedule effective June 28, 1976 Metro-North Railroad Harlem Line schedule effective April 24, 1983 |
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