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Tuscarora Almanac for January 9

Posted by irtredbirdr33 on Fri Jan 9 07:03:29 2026


Tuscarora Almanac for January 8 and a Forgotten Station


1919 – from The Book of First Runs

The IRT Pelham Line is extended from 3rd Avenue to Hunts Point Avenue (then Road).


1954 – from The Book of First Runs

This is the first day of PCC car operation on the Newark City Subway (Route 7). The cars formerly ran for Twin Cites Rapid Transit in Minnesota. The first run is made by PCC 21. PCC will provide all service effective February 6, 1953.

Source: “New Jersey Trolleys in Color” (Morning sun Books /2002) by Mr. Joseph Eid and Mr. Barker Gummere


1962 – from The Book of First Runs

No. 1 Broadway Thru-Express service (aka local-express) is modified. Previously trains had bypassed 191st Street, 181st Street, 157th Street and 145th Street. Now trains will bypass 215th Street and 207th Street, 157th Street and 145th Street. These trains run as local south of 137th Street.


1962 – from The Book of Last Runs

This is the last day of streetcar service on Washington, D.C.

Note: Light rail service returned to Washington on February 27, 2016 with the opening of the DC Streetcar on H Street.




1995 – from The Book of Last Runs

The last of the Brill Bullets, No 206 is removed from SEPTA property. It is now at the Electric City Trolley Museum in Scranton, Pennsylvania.



2008 – from The Book of First and Last Runs

A visitor’s center is opened in front of the Queens Borough Hall at 120-55 Queens Boulevard. It is located inside R-33 Redbird 9075. The center was ordered closed on July 13, 2015 due to low patronage.




Tuscarora Forgotten Station No.7 / Bowling Green

New York Elevated Railroad Company
Ninth Avenue El
Bowling Green Station
Service Ended: April 5, 1877 (on or about)

This Bowling Green station was located on Battery Place a little to the west of Bowling Green Park. It served as the southern terminal of the Ninth Avenue El from January 4, 1874 to April 5, 1877 (o/a). This station is sometime referred to as No.7 Broadway. This was the number of a building adjacent to the station in which the offices of the New York Elevated Railroad Company were located. The Ninth Avenue El was a single track operation in those days with a few passing sidings. The terminal consisted of a single track was one platform on the east (or north) side. The el was extended to South Ferry on April 15, 1877. The Bowling Green station was closed a few days prior to this and the station at Morris Street was re-opened. The older portion of the el was rebuilt into a two track and three track structure. A new station called “Battery Place” opened on or about May 2, 1880 in more or less the same location. This station remained in use until the end of service in 1940.

The “Battery Place” station appears in the 1929 movie “Speedy” with Harold Lyoyd.

Source: “Electric Railroads Magazine No. 25” (Electric Railroaders Association / 1955) edited by Mr. George Horn

ERA New York Division Bulletin / May 2011, article by Mr. George Chiasson
Manhattan Railway Company Track Map 1868-1903 drawn by Mr. H. T. Raudenbush

Larry, RedbirdR33



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