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Posted by Bill Newkirk on Fri Feb 23 13:54:07 2018 Returning to my BMT roots, not subway routes. lol All images scanned from actual snapshot photos. Culver-5th Ave Local ducks under Fulton St. "el" at Flatbush Ave. (Photographer and date unknown). Culver-5th Ave Local passes by famed Brooklyn Fox theatre long before Murray the "K" held court with his rock and roll concerts. Did anyone here attend early in the day and receive a free LP record ? (circa April 28, 1940 - photographer unknown). Fulton St Local leaving Cumberland St. station. #1359-#209-#1372 are the car numbers. (October 13, 1939 - Photographer unknown). You can ride these very rails today, but 2 car R-68 trains rule the day. Brighton-Franklin train leaves Botanic Gardens station after exiting the tunnel. After leaving Franklin Ave, this train will join the Fulton St. line. (Date and photographer unknown). Culver Local approaching the Ditmas Ave station before being the IND invasion.. You can see the steel work in the distance for the eventual IND connection in 1954. (May 24,1949 - Photographer unknown). C Types in East NY Yard. (Photo date and photographer unknown). Interior of a C-Type. The C-Types ruled the Fulton St. line for eons. (Date and photographer unknown). #1305 "convertible" as lay ups on Culver "el" at Avenue U. (Date and photographer unknown).
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Re: [PHOTOS] BRT/BMT Snapshots
Posted by Dan* on Fri Feb 23 13:58:41 2018, in response to [PHOTOS] BRT/BMT Snapshots, posted by Bill Newkirk on Fri Feb 23 13:54:07 2018.* All beautiful photos and thanks for posting.
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Posted by IRTRedbirdR33* on Fri Feb 23 14:02:31 2018, in response to [PHOTOS] BRT/BMT Snapshots, posted by Bill Newkirk on Fri Feb 23 13:54:07 2018.* Another great collection of pictures. Thank you Bill. Larry, RedbirdR33
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Posted by Bob Andersen* on Fri Feb 23 14:10:34 2018, in response to [PHOTOS] BRT/BMT Snapshots, posted by Bill Newkirk on Fri Feb 23 13:54:07 2018.* If only I had one of these:
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Posted by Dave* on Fri Feb 23 14:29:55 2018, in response to [PHOTOS] BRT/BMT Snapshots, posted by Bill Newkirk on Fri Feb 23 13:54:07 2018.* Wonderful!
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Posted by r17-6599* on Fri Feb 23 17:18:37 2018, in response to [PHOTOS] BRT/BMT Snapshots, posted by Bill Newkirk on Fri Feb 23 13:54:07 2018.* Sensational pix. Thanx for posting.
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Posted by SUBWAYMAN* on Fri Feb 23 18:34:09 2018, in response to [PHOTOS] BRT/BMT Snapshots, posted by Bill Newkirk on Fri Feb 23 13:54:07 2018.* Wasn't the Franklin Ave line disconnected from the Fulton Street El in 1920?
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Re: [PHOTOS] BRT/BMT Snapshots
Posted by TUNNELRAT* on Fri Feb 23 18:56:46 2018, in response to Re: [PHOTOS] BRT/BMT Snapshots, posted by SUBWAYMAN on Fri Feb 23 18:34:09 2018.* I thought it was 1924.
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Posted by Express Rider* on Fri Feb 23 19:09:51 2018, in response to [PHOTOS] BRT/BMT Snapshots, posted by Bill Newkirk on Fri Feb 23 13:54:07 2018.* Agree with all the previous posts! These photos are just plain good....very good....ok, great! Thank you for posting and sharing these. Questions, 3rd photo: gate cars operated on the Fulton st. el in addition to the C-Types? I'd thought that after some point, the pre-war (read entire) Fulton line was exclusively C-Types. If trains of gate cars were intermixed with C-types, were some type of extenders installed the gate cars' platforms to fill the gap since hadn't the platforms been cut back for the wider C-s? And if so, was this group of gate cars kept separately (for Fulton service) from the rest of the fleet? 5th photo: by 1949, I thought gate cars were only used on the southern div. subway lines as shuttles (i.e. Kings Hwy.-CI)_to ease the steel car shortage). So the gate car culver locals had terminals 9th ave. - C.I. All times or rush hours only? Assume gate car culver local operation was begun after 5th ave. el termination? How long did this route, serviced by el cars last. Thank you. Express Rider
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Posted by randyo* on Fri Feb 23 19:59:11 2018, in response to Re: [PHOTOS] BRT/BMT Snapshots, posted by Express Rider on Fri Feb 23 19:09:51 2018.* There weren’t enough C types to provide full service on the Fulton St el so gate cars had to be used to make full service. As for the gap, gate cars on Myrtle and Lex operating on parts of their lines that they shared with steel subway cars had the same problem. With the gate cars, however, the C/Rs were right there to assist passengers who might have difficulty with the gaps. As for gate cars lasting a long time, they operated on Myrtle until 1958 when the Qs were transferred there.
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Posted by Express Rider* on Fri Feb 23 20:29:47 2018, in response to Re: [PHOTOS] BRT/BMT Snapshots, posted by randyo on Fri Feb 23 19:59:11 2018.* Thank you. re: how long did gate cars last, I meant in the Culver local route that was in the photograph.
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Re: [PHOTOS] BRT/BMT Snapshots
Posted by SLRT* on Sat Feb 24 09:42:11 2018, in response to Re: [PHOTOS] BRT/BMT Snapshots, posted by Express Rider on Fri Feb 23 20:29:47 2018.* Until 1954.
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Posted by mack c-49* on Sat Feb 24 10:02:17 2018, in response to [PHOTOS] BRT/BMT Snapshots, posted by Bill Newkirk on Fri Feb 23 13:54:07 2018.* In the first photo, does the Culver just come to a dead end under the Fulton El? It's hard to see what's going on there And yes, I was at a couple of those mid 60s Murry the K shows at the Fox, and still have one of those LPs somewhere
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Posted by chicagomotorman* on Sat Feb 24 10:03:30 2018, in response to [PHOTOS] BRT/BMT Snapshots, posted by Bill Newkirk on Fri Feb 23 13:54:07 2018.* AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Posted by Express Rider* on Sat Feb 24 14:07:25 2018, in response to Re: [PHOTOS] BRT/BMT Snapshots, posted by SLRT on Sat Feb 24 09:42:11 2018.* Thank you!
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Posted by randyo* on Sat Feb 24 15:40:12 2018, in response to Re: [PHOTOS] BRT/BMT Snapshots, posted by SLRT on Sat Feb 24 09:42:11 2018.* I’m not evn sure if they lasted that long, since just before the IND takeover, a few C type units excessed from the now severely truncated Fulton St el were sent there
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Re: [PHOTOS] BRT/BMT Snapshots
Posted by Elkeeper* on Sat Feb 24 15:55:49 2018, in response to Re: [PHOTOS] BRT/BMT Snapshots, posted by TUNNELRAT on Fri Feb 23 18:56:46 2018.* Service on Fulton St ended when the BMT subway was extended to Prospect Park in 1920. The connection was cut when the Franklin Ave station was reconfigured in 1924. Can anyone read that front sign on that Franklin el car?
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Posted by randyo* on Sat Feb 24 16:41:32 2018, in response to Re: [PHOTOS] BRT/BMT Snapshots, posted by mack c-49 on Sat Feb 24 10:02:17 2018.* The Culver and 5 Av continued on to Myrtle where it connected to the Myrtle el to go to Sands St or Park Row.
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Re: [PHOTOS] BRT/BMT Snapshots
Posted by https://salaamallah.com/* on Sat Feb 24 17:19:30 2018, in response to [PHOTOS] BRT/BMT Snapshots, posted by Bill Newkirk on Fri Feb 23 13:54:07 2018.* very good
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Posted by Bill Newkirk* on Sat Feb 24 19:53:11 2018, in response to Re: [PHOTOS] BRT/BMT Snapshots, posted by mack c-49 on Sat Feb 24 10:02:17 2018.*
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Posted by Bill Newkirk* on Sat Feb 24 19:55:17 2018, in response to Re: [PHOTOS] BRT/BMT Snapshots, posted by Elkeeper on Sat Feb 24 15:55:49 2018.* Can anyone read that front sign on that Franklin el car? Impossible for me to read it. Bill Newkirk
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Posted by Bill Newkirk* on Sat Feb 24 19:56:20 2018, in response to Re: [PHOTOS] BRT/BMT Snapshots, posted by chicagomotorman on Sat Feb 24 10:03:30 2018.* AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! YOWZAA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Bill Newkirk
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Posted by Bill Newkirk* on Sat Feb 24 19:56:45 2018, in response to Re: [PHOTOS] BRT/BMT Snapshots, posted by https://salaamallah.com/ on Sat Feb 24 17:19:30 2018.* Thank you. Bill Newkirk
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