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Posted by Larry,RedbirdR33 on Fri Oct 31 07:33:36 2014 Tuscarora Almanac - October 31, 1956 - The Book of Last RunsThe last two streetcar lines in Brooklyn discontinued service today . The last car on Rt. 50 McDonald Avenue was PCC 1042 and it arrived at the depot at 5:20 AM. The last car on Rt. 35 Church Avenue was PCC 1039 and it arrived at McDonald Avenue 5:52 AM. Source: NYD Bulletin October 2006 Larry, RedbirdR33 |
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Re: Tuscarora Almanac - October 31, 1956 - The Book of Last Runs |
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Posted by Avid Reader on Fri Oct 31 09:29:36 2014, in response to Tuscarora Almanac - October 31, 1956 - The Book of Last Runs, posted by Larry,RedbirdR33 on Fri Oct 31 07:33:36 2014. And the weeping, wailing and gnashing of teeth began. It has yet to cease.Arrrgh! |
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Re: Tuscarora Almanac - October 31, 1956 - The Book of Last Runs |
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Posted by GIS Man on Fri Oct 31 09:47:57 2014, in response to Tuscarora Almanac - October 31, 1956 - The Book of Last Runs, posted by Larry,RedbirdR33 on Fri Oct 31 07:33:36 2014. When was the last run of the Bergen Street car?Bob |
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Re: Tuscarora Almanac - October 31, 1956 - The Book of Last Runs |
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Posted by Larry,RedbirdR33 on Fri Oct 31 10:50:49 2014, in response to Re: Tuscarora Almanac - October 31, 1956 - The Book of Last Runs, posted by GIS Man on Fri Oct 31 09:47:57 2014. When was the last run of the Bergen Street car?Bob: The Bergen Street Line was terminated on July 20, 1947. Larry, RedbirdR33 |
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Re: Tuscarora Almanac - October 31, 1956 - The Book of Last Runs |
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Posted by SLRT on Fri Oct 31 15:18:54 2014, in response to Tuscarora Almanac - October 31, 1956 - The Book of Last Runs, posted by Larry,RedbirdR33 on Fri Oct 31 07:33:36 2014. And as the song goes "Part of my childhood died. Just died."The fall of Brooklyn streetcars was dramatically swift. When I was born in 1946 the system was pretty much intact. The year I was 5 years old the entire system was gone except 3 lines (Church, McDonald, Coney Island) -- (4 if you considered Church to 16th Avenue a separate line -- it once was). The year I turned 9 Coney Island Avenue was gone, and I was just 10 when this event ended it all. Often overlooked is that the 23-Cortelyou Road trolley bus, the original line in Brooklyn, ended on the same date as the trolleys. Now there is no B23 at all. |
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Re: Tuscarora Almanac - October 31, 1956 - The Book of Last Runs |
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Posted by GIS Man on Fri Oct 31 15:53:19 2014, in response to Re: Tuscarora Almanac - October 31, 1956 - The Book of Last Runs, posted by Larry,RedbirdR33 on Fri Oct 31 10:50:49 2014. Really? They must have left the overhead wires standing until at least the mid 1950's, as I recall seeing them. Did they run a trolley bus?Bob |
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Re: Tuscarora Almanac - October 31, 1956 - The Book of Last Runs |
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Posted by SLRT on Fri Oct 31 16:10:53 2014, in response to Re: Tuscarora Almanac - October 31, 1956 - The Book of Last Runs, posted by GIS Man on Fri Oct 31 15:53:19 2014. Bergen Street was a trolley bus, yes. It lasted until 1960. |
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Re: Tuscarora Almanac - October 31, 1956 - The Book of Last Runs |
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Posted by zac on Sat Nov 1 09:47:12 2014, in response to Tuscarora Almanac - October 31, 1956 - The Book of Last Runs, posted by Larry,RedbirdR33 on Fri Oct 31 07:33:36 2014. I remember the single wire above Church Avenue lasted for a while after that, since I can remember it at all. The tracks though were paved over. When I went to JHS (Walt Whitman) I was always struck by how many buses would be running on Church Avenue, it seemed like a non-stop flow. It still does.And on a related topic, I was in Philly last week and saw a PCC on Girard as I was crossing under on I-76. This was my first running PCC sighting since I rode them in Newark with my then 3 or 4 year old son almost 20 years ago. The 3 (now just 1) by the Fairway don't count. It wasn't such a great idea back when first proposed, but now the Red Hook trolley would have been a great addition to the neighborhood. When I pointed the Girard PCC out to my daughter she just shrugged. She didn't make the connection that it was the same car as the dilapidated Fairway ones. |
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