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Tuscarora Almanac for May 28 |
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Posted by irtredbirdr33 on Thu May 28 10:06:39 2026 Tuscarora Almanac for May 28 1917 – from The Book of First Runs The Contract IV Jamaica Line is extended a distance of two miles from the Cypress Hills Terminal to 111 Street. (Note that this refers to the present day el structure and not the earlier short-lived surface operation on Jamaica Avenue.) 1959 – from The Book of Service Changes BMT Route No.5 Culver Line is made into a fulltime shuttle between 9 Avenue (Lower Level) and Ditmas Avenue. Normal equipment is a two car train of A Types. As a partial compensation for the loss of through Culver service a free transfer point is established between the 9th Street Station of the BMT Fourth Avenue Line and the 4th Avenue Station of the IND South Brooklyn (Smith Street) Line. Midday operation of the No. 10 Myrtle Avenue-Chambers Street trains is discontinued as well. Former Staten Island Rapid Transit cars are assigned to the No.7 Franklin Avenue shuttle. Also on this date midday express service on the Brighton Line is discontinued. 1987 – from The Book of First Runs The first train of General Overhauled (GOH) R-38s entered service today. A small ceremony was held at 57th Street-6th Avenue and was attended by Mayor Ed Koch and NYCTA President David Gunn. An eight car train of clean and rebuilt R-38s was displayed on the southbound track. (B-5) Also on display was a four car train of grungified R-38s for comparison. The clean train had cars (s) 4131-0, 4092-3, 3992-3 and 4048-9 (n). The dirty train had cars (s) 4090-1, 4016-7 (n). After the ceremony the clean train was taken to the IND Pitkin Yard and readied for service. At 3PM it entered service on the A Line along with cars 4132-3. One standout feature of the rebuilt R-38s was the addition of the old TA logo with the R-10 on it. Credit: Thanks to Selkirk for the seal information Larry, RedbirdR33 |
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