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Posted by IRTRedbirdR33 on Tue May 21 04:42:05 2019 Tuscarora Almanac – May 21, 1931 – The Book of First Runs Brooklyn, New York Brooklyn Manhattan Transit Corporation Platforms on the Culver Line are cut back to allow for the operation of ten foot wide steel subway cars. Source: New York Division Bulletin /May 2000, article by Mr. Bernard Linder Tuscarora Almanac - May 21, 1967 - The Book of Homecomings Manhattan, New York Shore Line Trolley Museum Third Avenue Railways System trolley car # 629 finally returned to New York today after taking a sixteen year detour to Vienna, Austria, where she was known as # 4239. The car was on display on top of a flatbed trailer in Central Park. She had served on the Third Avenue Railway System from 1939 to 1949 and then was shipped to Vienna. She returns today to go to a new home at the Shoreline Trolley Museum in East Haven, Connecticut. She is still active at Shoreline where she is an integral part of the operating fleet. Tuscarora Almanac - May 21, 1988 - The Book of Wrecks Fairlawn, New Jersey Conrail / New Jersey Transit Rail Operations Two Conrail freight trains have a head-on collision at the "Broadway-Fair Lawn" station on the Bergen County Line of New Jersey Transit. The westbound train had two engines and twenty seven cars while the eastbound train was a local out of Suffern. The engineer of the Suffern train, a Mr. F.W. Clinton was on the ground switching cars and was killed. Source: New York Division Bulletin / July 1988 Larry, RedbirdR33 |
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Re: Tuscarora Almanac for May 21 |
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Posted by W.B. on Tue May 21 06:13:16 2019, in response to Tuscarora Almanac for May 21, posted by IRTRedbirdR33 on Tue May 21 04:42:05 2019. According to old blueprints from the old BRT, the distance between the track center and the edge of the rubbing board on "old style" platforms was 4' 7¼", whereas for 10' wide trains the distance was 5' 2". Thus the amount the platforms would have been shaved was 6¾".(By contrast, IRT platforms' stated distance between rubbing board and track center was 4' 7¾", but MTA specs for IRT for years had it as 4' 8¼".) |
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Re: Tuscarora Almanac for May 21 |
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Posted by randyo on Tue May 21 13:27:41 2019, in response to Re: Tuscarora Almanac for May 21, posted by W.B. on Tue May 21 06:13:16 2019. For many years, the platforms on the Lex Av Line N/O G/Cent had metal extensions to close the gap since the concrete platforms were originally built to accommodate 10 ft wide cars. I once measured the width of one of these extensions and it turned out to be 8”. |
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Re: Tuscarora Almanac for May 21 |
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Posted by Steve B-8AVEXP on Tue May 21 16:23:07 2019, in response to Tuscarora Almanac for May 21, posted by IRTRedbirdR33 on Tue May 21 04:42:05 2019. I was actually in the city on May 21, 1967. It was a cold, rainy day and we took our second trip to the Museum of Natural History from PABT on yet another three-car AA train (it was a Sunday). My father went to visit his ailing cousin in Brooklyn and joined us at the museum later. He took the BMT and said his train was delayed at the bridge. That put a damper on any ideas I may have had on more subway riding. Once it was time to go, we took another AA back to PABT and a bus back to Paterson, where we were living until we moved into our house in Pompton Plains a month later. |
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Re: Tuscarora Almanac for May 21 |
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Posted by W.B. on Wed May 22 00:57:27 2019, in response to Re: Tuscarora Almanac for May 21, posted by randyo on Tue May 21 13:27:41 2019. I counted 8¼". |
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