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Posted by Catfish 44 on Fri Oct 30 12:12:01 2020, in response to Re: Tuscarora Almanac for October 28, posted by Steve B-8AVEXP on Fri Oct 30 11:02:28 2020. Still dreadful. But lovable losers for sure. |
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Posted by Catfish 44 on Fri Oct 30 12:13:05 2020, in response to Re: Tuscarora Almanac for October 28, posted by Spider-Pig on Fri Oct 30 11:27:17 2020. Joke? |
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Posted by Elkeeper on Fri Oct 30 15:03:08 2020, in response to Re: Tuscarora Almanac for October 28, posted by Fisk Ave Jim on Thu Oct 29 22:58:28 2020. The old Culver depot, now Trump Village, in Coney Island would have been a good site, also. Guess that O'Malley wasn't interested in the Coney Island area, either. |
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Posted by Fisk Ave Jim on Fri Oct 30 16:30:28 2020, in response to Re: Tuscarora Almanac for October 28, posted by Elkeeper on Fri Oct 30 15:03:08 2020. IIRC, O'Malley was interested in a site in Red Hook. Plenty of vacant land there for parking and the nearby BQE & mass transit for those loyal to "Dem Bums".Again, Moses said no, citing future housing & commercial outlets proposed for the area. |
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Posted by Dyre Dan on Fri Oct 30 16:41:45 2020, in response to Re: Tuscarora Almanac for October 28, posted by zac on Thu Oct 29 00:40:56 2020. It usually does, but that is a relatively recent phenomenon. It wasn't done in the early days of D and CC express/local service, I don't think. |
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Posted by Steve B-8AVEXP on Fri Oct 30 18:35:59 2020, in response to Re: Tuscarora Almanac for October 28, posted by Catfish 44 on Fri Oct 30 12:12:01 2020. Stengel retired after fracturing his hip in a fall at Toots Shor's and Wes Westrum finished out the 1965 season. Things started to look up in 1966 when the Mets finished ninth with a 66-95 record, but in '67 they finished last again at 61-101. Tom Seaver came up that season and was named Rookie of the Year. |
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Posted by randyo on Fri Oct 30 18:43:16 2020, in response to Re: Tuscarora Almanac for October 28, posted by murray1575 on Fri Oct 30 08:24:33 2020. So there was no express service running at that time anyhow. |
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Posted by randyo on Fri Oct 30 18:51:38 2020, in response to Re: Tuscarora Almanac for October 28, posted by Spider-Pig on Fri Oct 30 11:27:17 2020. It makes more sense then calling the football Giants and Jets “New York” teams! |
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Posted by randyo on Fri Oct 30 18:55:46 2020, in response to Re: Tuscarora Almanac for October 28, posted by sloth on Fri Oct 30 12:06:32 2020. For a few years the Giants did play in Yankee Stadium even while the Polo Grounds were open. |
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Posted by randyo on Fri Oct 30 18:55:54 2020, in response to Re: Tuscarora Almanac for October 28, posted by sloth on Fri Oct 30 12:06:32 2020. For a few years the Giants did play in Yankee Stadium even while the Polo Grounds were open. |
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Posted by Catfish 44 on Fri Oct 30 20:37:25 2020, in response to Re: Tuscarora Almanac for October 28, posted by Steve B-8AVEXP on Fri Oct 30 18:35:59 2020. Yup |
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Posted by Spider-Pig on Fri Oct 30 23:17:21 2020, in response to Re: Tuscarora Almanac for October 28, posted by randyo on Fri Oct 30 18:55:54 2020. When? |
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Posted by Catfish 44 on Fri Oct 30 23:32:49 2020, in response to Re: Tuscarora Almanac for October 28, posted by randyo on Fri Oct 30 18:55:54 2020. Why? |
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Posted by randyo on Sat Oct 31 02:30:03 2020, in response to Re: Tuscarora Almanac for October 28, posted by Spider-Pig on Fri Oct 30 23:17:21 2020. I believe it start after the 1956 season. |
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Posted by Steve B-8AVEXP on Sat Oct 31 08:34:58 2020, in response to Re: Tuscarora Almanac for October 28, posted by randyo on Fri Oct 30 18:55:46 2020. From 1956 to 1963, I believe. They stayed at Yankee Stadium until the 1973 baseball season ended, then played at Yale Bowl through 1974 and at Shea Stadium in 1975. |
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Posted by Steve B-8AVEXP on Sat Oct 31 08:39:55 2020, in response to Re: Tuscarora Almanac for October 28, posted by Catfish 44 on Fri Oct 30 20:37:25 2020. They they hired Gil Hodges and the rest is history. |
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Posted by Catfish 44 on Sat Oct 31 10:04:26 2020, in response to Re: Tuscarora Almanac for October 28, posted by Steve B-8AVEXP on Sat Oct 31 08:34:58 2020. Football Giants. That sounds about right. I know my parents took some train in the steaming heat to see a pre season game at the Yale Bowl in 1974. |
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Posted by Catfish 44 on Sat Oct 31 10:05:28 2020, in response to Re: Tuscarora Almanac for October 28, posted by Steve B-8AVEXP on Sat Oct 31 08:39:55 2020. It also helped that they made some good trades and their homegrown guys came into their own. |
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Posted by Spider-Pig on Sat Oct 31 10:47:29 2020, in response to Re: Tuscarora Almanac for October 28, posted by randyo on Sat Oct 31 02:30:03 2020. The football Giants moved to Yankee Stadium in 1956, but not the baseball Giants. |
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Posted by zac on Sat Oct 31 13:13:11 2020, in response to Re: Tuscarora Almanac for October 28, posted by randyo on Fri Oct 30 18:43:16 2020. The only time I rode a Concourse Express it didn't seem particularly fast. Add in the stop at Yankee Stadium and I doubt it cut more than a half a minute off the run time. |
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Posted by zac on Sat Oct 31 13:14:48 2020, in response to Re: Tuscarora Almanac for October 28, posted by Catfish 44 on Sat Oct 31 10:05:28 2020. Some guy named Ryan as I recall. And Koosman and Gentry. |
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Posted by Steve B-8AVEXP on Sat Oct 31 13:55:31 2020, in response to Re: Tuscarora Almanac for October 28, posted by Catfish 44 on Sat Oct 31 10:04:26 2020. We used to play Yale every year when I was at UConn, and we'd always make the trip down to New Haven to play at the game. The only time that place ever sells out is when Harvard comes to town; I remember our drum major saying there would be 60,000 people to watch us and I was thinking, oh, please. We'd be lucky if 20,000 showed up. |
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Posted by Steve B-8AVEXP on Sat Oct 31 13:58:06 2020, in response to Re: Tuscarora Almanac for October 28, posted by zac on Sat Oct 31 13:14:48 2020. I still kick myself for giving away my Nolan Ryan rookie card, plus all of my other baseball cards, to my next door neighbor when we moved to Connecticut. The only card I kept was a 1968 Tom Seaver, which I still have. |
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Posted by Steve B-8AVEXP on Sat Oct 31 14:02:49 2020, in response to Re: Tuscarora Almanac for October 28, posted by zac on Sat Oct 31 13:13:11 2020. It's not the fastest express run by any means. I think its main purpose was to better serve those passengers living further north in the Bronx. |
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Posted by randyo on Sat Oct 31 18:00:43 2020, in response to Re: Tuscarora Almanac for October 28, posted by Steve B-8AVEXP on Sat Oct 31 14:02:49 2020. When you think about it, the only true express run on the Concourse was between 145 and Tremont. The exp did bypass 182/183 St but after that Fordham and Kingsbridge were both exp stops so there was no time saving at all. In fact at the end of the AM rush N/B Ds operating on the lcl tk would Xover to the exp tk at Fordham and operate straight iron into Bed Pk while CCs would remain on the lcl tk so they could straight iron into the lcl tk which is the middle tk at Bedford Pk. |
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Posted by Catfish 44 on Sat Oct 31 18:16:00 2020, in response to Re: Tuscarora Almanac for October 28, posted by zac on Sat Oct 31 13:14:48 2020. There you go |
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Posted by Catfish 44 on Sat Oct 31 18:16:22 2020, in response to Re: Tuscarora Almanac for October 28, posted by Steve B-8AVEXP on Sat Oct 31 13:55:31 2020. Cool |
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Posted by zac on Sat Oct 31 18:35:59 2020, in response to Re: Tuscarora Almanac for October 28, posted by randyo on Sat Oct 31 18:00:43 2020. I went to Lehman for a year but remember them doing that. It doesn't mean they didn't though. And since Lehman was always a reverse commute I didn't ever ride the express except that one time there was a concert on campus in the evening. |
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Posted by Steve B-8AVEXP on Sat Oct 31 20:23:54 2020, in response to Re: Tuscarora Almanac for October 28, posted by randyo on Sat Oct 31 18:00:43 2020. The track layout south of Bedford Park is quite elaborate. |
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Posted by Elkeeper on Sat Oct 31 20:39:55 2020, in response to Re: Tuscarora Almanac for October 28, posted by Steve B-8AVEXP on Sat Oct 31 14:02:49 2020. Also, bear in mind that the Concourse line was to have been extended, east of 205th St, under Burke Ave. Instead, the City bought the NYW&B's right-of-way, which became the present Dyre Ave line. |
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Posted by VictorM on Sun Nov 1 01:27:04 2020, in response to Re: Tuscarora Almanac for October 28, posted by randyo on Sun Nov 1 01:40:46 2020. There are no switches now at Fordham Rd. Did they have them in those days? |
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Posted by randyo on Sun Nov 1 01:40:46 2020, in response to Re: Tuscarora Almanac for October 28, posted by zac on Sat Oct 31 18:35:59 2020. You would have had to be there at exactly the right time. They could only use the exp N/B after the last S/B exp cleared Fordham and only till the last N/B CC arrived Bedford. |
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Posted by randyo on Sun Nov 1 01:46:28 2020, in response to Re: Tuscarora Almanac for October 28, posted by Elkeeper on Sat Oct 31 20:39:55 2020. Even with the purchase of the Dyre Av Line, plans existed that called for it to be connected to the Concourse Line as a substitute for a brand new line. |
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Posted by Express Rider on Sun Nov 1 21:54:17 2020, in response to Re: Tuscarora Almanac for October 28, posted by Steve B-8AVEXP on Sat Oct 31 08:34:58 2020. Thank you for your post. I don't follow sports, so reading posts here by those who do, gives me some kind of general background. |
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Posted by randyo on Mon Nov 2 00:39:47 2020, in response to Re: Tuscarora Almanac for October 28, posted by VictorM on Sun Nov 1 01:27:04 2020. Yes they did but I had heard that they were removed. |
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Posted by Steve B-8AVEXP on Mon Nov 2 07:52:31 2020, in response to Re: Tuscarora Almanac for October 28, posted by Express Rider on Sun Nov 1 21:54:17 2020. Don't mention it.:) |
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