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Re: Dual third rails on the IRT Els |
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Posted by Mellow One on Wed Sep 24 10:47:19 2008, in response to Re: Dual third rails on the IRT Els, posted by randyo on Tue Sep 23 16:21:36 2008. The original Westchester Ave line of the IRT Subway was opened with el car service via the 150th St connector before the Harlem River tunnels were completed in 1904. The line was equipped with open el type third rail only to the Bronx Park Terminal at 180th St. So, both the IRT composite subway cars and the El cars used the same third rail. I believe that the open third rail lasted until the 3rd Ave El Freeman St Express service via the Bergen St cutoff was discontinued in 1948. Then the line reverted to subway type covered third rail. I do not believe that dual third rails were installed below E 180th St. However, they did exist north of there and the last set was north of Gun Hill Road until 1958. See me firts post on this subject. |
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