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Posted by Kew Gardens Teleport on Sun Nov 30 05:36:20 2008, in response to What was the West Farms Spur?, posted by aem7ac on Sun Nov 30 01:43:59 2008. What was the West Farms Spur and why was it torn down?Original terminus of the line at 180th Street (Bronx Park). Hence the "East" in East 180th Street. You can spot the remains in this photo, taken looking north from 177 St/E Tremont Av/West Farms Sq station. It closed in 1952. Why is there a huge curve right before (south of) E 180? Chicago-style "let's avoid a building"? Kind of. It was "let's avoid the park/zoo" though. What exactly happened when they took over the NY Westchester and Boston? I presume E 180 was an old RR yard and the other one (West Farms?) south of E 180 was the old IRT yard. There were three yards in the area. 177 St Yard was the Contract I IRT yard that opened in 1904. I'm not sure about the other two yards, but I think E 180 St Yard (i.e. the one on the west side) was IRT and Unionport Yard (i.e. the one on the east side) was NYWB. What exactly happened when they took over the NY Westchester and Boston? Don't know. |
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