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Posted by RedbirdR33 on Mon Feb 6 23:57:19 2006, in response to Re: Fulton Street El Express Service, posted by Chris R16/R2730 on Mon Feb 6 22:50:20 2006. Chris: There are a couple of aspects of this that need fuller explanation. Why wasn't the third tracking extended all the way. The BRT did indeed order the steel to for the third rail between Brooklyn Bridge and Nostrand Avenue but it was never used. The BRT felt that the Ashland Place Connection should not be built until after the 14 Street Line and the Nassau Street Line were completed. (Nassau St opened in 1931 (+/-). By the time that they got around to thinking about it Dekalb Avenue was already saturated with trains and would have required additional tracks to handle any more.Of interest also is the rebuiling of the Gate Cars into "C" Types and the shaving back of the platforms on the Fulton Street El to accomodate ten foot wide cars. As rebuilt the "C" Types were ten feet wide at platform level which precluded their operation on any of the nine foot wide el lines. Did the BRT intend to operate them into the subway via the Ashland Place Connection? This would seem strange given that by that time (1922(+/-) the operation of wooden cars into the subways with passengers was frowned upon? Larry, RedbirdR33 |
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