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Tuscarora Almanac for August 22 |
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Posted by IRTRedbirdR33 on Thu Aug 22 08:27:40 2019 Tuscarora Almanac - August 22, 1948 - The Book of Last Runs Bronx, New York Third Avenue Transit Corporation The last four streetcar lines in The Bronx are converted to bus operation which will be provided by the Surface Transportation Corporation. The routes are: B – Boston Road to Bx-26 Boston Road Morris Park Avenue S – Southern Boulevard to Bx-31 T – Tremont Avenue to Bx-40 V – Williamsbridge to Bx-28. It should be noted that the northern Bronx will continue to be served by Westchester County streetcars until 1952. Source: New York Division Bulletin /August 1998 Tuscarora Almanac – August 22, 1965 – The Book of Wrecks New York City Transit Authority BMT Division A massive water-main break at Lawrence and Willoughby Streets in the early morning hours inundates the Dekalb Avenue station causing the suspension of all service between Brooklyn and Manhattan via either the Manhattan Bridge or the Montague Street Tunnel. Service over the bridge was restored in time for the PM rush the next day. Service through the tunnel was restored in the early morning hours of Wednesday, August 25. R-32’s 3672-73, 3734-35, R-27 8224-25 and R-30 8300-01 were damaged in the flood. Source: New York Division Bulletin /October 1965 Larry, RedbirdR33 |
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Re: Tuscarora Almanac for August 22 |
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Posted by W.B. on Thu Aug 22 11:39:27 2019, in response to Tuscarora Almanac for August 22, posted by IRTRedbirdR33 on Thu Aug 22 08:27:40 2019. About that 1965 water main break: Were those R-32's, R-27's and R-30's part of the same train, or were they each part of a different train of cars? I shudder to think that they were all intermixed in one train, not unlike the IRT "borgaschmords" so prevalent in the '70's and '80's . . . |
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Re: Tuscarora Almanac for August 22 |
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Posted by IRTRedbirdR33 on Thu Aug 22 13:02:00 2019, in response to Re: Tuscarora Almanac for August 22, posted by W.B. on Thu Aug 22 11:39:27 2019. They were to separate four cars trains. In 1965 the R-32's and R-27's stayed separate. Larry, RedbirdR33 |
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Re: Tuscarora Almanac for August 22 |
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Posted by FYBklyn1959 on Thu Aug 22 13:59:35 2019, in response to Re: Tuscarora Almanac for August 22, posted by IRTRedbirdR33 on Thu Aug 22 13:02:00 2019. August 22, 1965 was a Sunday, so that explains the 4-car trains. Maybe it happened in the late evening or overnight also. |
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Re: Tuscarora Almanac for August 22 |
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Posted by FYBklyn1959 on Thu Aug 22 14:14:32 2019, in response to Re: Tuscarora Almanac for August 22, posted by FYBklyn1959 on Thu Aug 22 13:59:35 2019. Oops, Larry's post said "early morning hours". |
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Re: Tuscarora Almanac for August 22 |
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Posted by Joe on Thu Aug 22 15:38:45 2019, in response to Tuscarora Almanac for August 22, posted by IRTRedbirdR33 on Thu Aug 22 08:27:40 2019. A few weeks before beginning seventh grade, I was enjoying a visit to my aunt, uncle, and cousins in Torrington, Connecticut, where I had the thrill of using a bicycle. One night, however, I was upstairs attempting to sleep while Uncle read downstairs, smoked his pipe, and listened to a music station that carried hourly headlines. Each hour I heard that buses replaced the V car on the Williamsbridge route.--- In that era, the northern terminus was Gun Hill Road, falling short of Williamsbridge. |
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Re: Tuscarora Almanac for August 22 |
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Posted by IRTRedbirdR33 on Thu Aug 22 18:40:37 2019, in response to Re: Tuscarora Almanac for August 22, posted by Joe on Thu Aug 22 15:38:45 2019. Joe: That's a great story. Its always good to hear from someone with personnal knowledge of these events. I you don't mind I am going to add that to the Almanac posting for that day. Larry, RedbirdR33 |
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Re: Tuscarora Almanac for August 22 |
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Posted by Steve B-8AVEXP on Thu Aug 22 19:06:38 2019, in response to Re: Tuscarora Almanac for August 22, posted by IRTRedbirdR33 on Thu Aug 22 13:02:00 2019. That was four years before the Borgaschmord Train era. |
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Re: Tuscarora Almanac for August 22 |
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Posted by W.B. on Thu Aug 22 19:20:45 2019, in response to Re: Tuscarora Almanac for August 22, posted by IRTRedbirdR33 on Thu Aug 22 13:02:00 2019. Ah, thank G-d. |
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Re: Tuscarora Almanac for August 22 |
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Posted by Joe on Thu Aug 22 21:09:28 2019, in response to Re: Tuscarora Almanac for August 22, posted by IRTRedbirdR33 on Thu Aug 22 18:40:37 2019. Larry, my memories can be reprinted in any way, but often they cannot be trusted. Your almanac today told me the date when I had that enjoyable week in Torrington and heard the V car news repeated on the radio.--- After the war, Dad did me the great favor of riding trolley lines under threat of abandonment. On one trip, the family rode the J car to Savin Rock and enjoyed the amusement park. I think we returned on the R. In that postwar era, the NYNH&H Railroad offered low one-day excursion fares. |
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Re: Tuscarora Almanac for August 22 |
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Posted by The Silence on Thu Aug 22 21:24:42 2019, in response to Re: Tuscarora Almanac for August 22, posted by Steve B-8AVEXP on Thu Aug 22 19:06:38 2019. "We are the Borgaschmord… Your trains will be coupled together regardless of type... Resistance is futile..."(sorry, couldn't help myself goes back to bingeing "SFdebris") |
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Re: Tuscarora Almanac for August 22 |
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Posted by Steve B-8AVEXP on Fri Aug 23 20:41:04 2019, in response to Re: Tuscarora Almanac for August 22, posted by The Silence on Thu Aug 22 21:24:42 2019. The show must go on!In case you're wondering what a borgaschmord is, it's an anagram (maybe butchering is a better word) of the word, smorgasbord. There was a series of commercials for Underwood Meat Spreads in the early 70s featuring a kid named Mason Reese. Underwood's slogan was, "It's like having a smorgasbord in a can," owing to the many different possibilities of serving those spreads. Well, Mason Reese gave it the old college try and would up saying, borgaschmord. A couple of kids around him busted out laughing. |
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