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Tuscarora Almanac for January 17 |
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Posted by IRTRedbirdR33 on Mon Jan 17 12:17:53 2022 Tuscarora Almanac – January 17, 1916 – The Book of First Runs New York City Interborough Rapid Transit Company Manhattan Division Third track express service begins on all four Manhattan els. Initially express service will run only during the rush hours. 2nd Avenue Express will run from City Hall (UL) to both Bronx Park and Freeman Street. Freeman Street Expresses will continue to stop at 149th Street and use the Westchester Avenue Connection until the Bergen Avenue Cutoff is placed in service on July 2. 3rd Avenue Local-Expresses will run between Bronx Park and City Hall (LL). 6th Avenue Expresses will run between 155th Street and Rector Street. They will make all stops on the 6th Avenue El but run express on the center track of the 9th Avenue Line between 59th Street and 125th Street. 9th Avenue Expresses will run between 155th Street and Rector Street. They will use the center express track south of 125th Street. 6th and 9th Avenue Expresses will use the center track north of 125th Street beginning on July 1, 1918. Thru-express service on the 3rd Avenue Line in The Bronx will not begin until July 9 1917. Source: New York Division Bulletin /December 1973, article by Mr. Bernard Linder Tuscarora Almanac – January 17, 1955 – The Book of First Runs Manhattan, New York New York City Transit Authority IRT Division The No.1 Broadway Thru-Express begins operation. It will operate during the rush hours in the direction of traffic using the center track of the Broadway Line between 137th Street and 96th Street. Due to operating difficulties service is discontinued on June 28, 1956. Source: New York Division Bulletin /December 1964, article by Mr. Bernard Linder (Note: This was not the first time that express service had been operated on the Broadway Line north of 96th Street. Express service during the rush hours had run from 1906 to 1911.) Larry, RedbirdR33 |
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Re: Tuscarora Almanac for January 17 |
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Posted by MainR3664 on Mon Jan 17 12:41:08 2022, in response to Tuscarora Almanac for January 17, posted by IRTRedbirdR33 on Mon Jan 17 12:17:53 2022. Thank you, as always.These Almanac entries about service debuts and other improvements to the Els make me sad- all that work was done, and more than half of most of it scrapped in less than 25 years, and the vast majority destroyed within 40 years. As far as I can think of it, the only El that was improved during the Dual Contract Era that still stands is the Broadway-Brooklyn line. I'll admit that the 6th/9th/Fulton Els were actually replaced by a better service that combined all three into one system, really. I think the most tragic loss was actually the Second Avenue El, with its service to Astoria, Corona, the Bronx, and the Lower East Side. They'd have been better to retain that one, right up to today. |
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Re: Tuscarora Almanac for January 17 |
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Posted by Jackson Park B Train on Mon Jan 17 14:19:07 2022, in response to Re: Tuscarora Almanac for January 17, posted by MainR3664 on Mon Jan 17 12:41:08 2022. Sadly, our country throws infrastructure away on a whim. We let housing rot, we destroy useful transport, we ignore maintaining water and sewer systems. |
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Re: Tuscarora Almanac for January 17 |
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Posted by Jackson Park B Train on Mon Jan 17 14:19:50 2022, in response to Tuscarora Almanac for January 17, posted by IRTRedbirdR33 on Mon Jan 17 12:17:53 2022. welcome back. |
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Re: Tuscarora Almanac for January 17 |
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Posted by IRTRedbirdR33 on Mon Jan 17 17:10:16 2022, in response to Re: Tuscarora Almanac for January 17, posted by MainR3664 on Mon Jan 17 12:41:08 2022. I agree with you. Most of the dual contract improvements to the el only lasted about twenty years or so. Larry, RedbirdR33 |
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Re: Tuscarora Almanac for January 17 |
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Posted by IRTRedbirdR33 on Mon Jan 17 17:12:37 2022, in response to Re: Tuscarora Almanac for January 17, posted by Jackson Park B Train on Mon Jan 17 14:19:50 2022. Thank you. I took the time to do a little re-tooling of the el. The martime subjects will now be separate. Also from time to time I will include excerpts from the Book of Forgotten Stations and the Dispatch. I do not believe in hoarding information. There are always new and younger folks who find it interesting. Larry, RedbirdR33 |
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Re: Tuscarora Almanac for January 17 |
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Posted by zac on Mon Jan 17 19:15:15 2022, in response to Re: Tuscarora Almanac for January 17, posted by MainR3664 on Mon Jan 17 12:41:08 2022. That's one reason I biked around the city taking pictures over the last 6 months or so of all the old connections. 9th Ave/Jerome, 3rd Ave/WPR, Bergen cut off, Snediker/Van Sinderen, 2nd Ave/QBP, Fulton/Liberty, Culver/Church Ave.The other reason I did it is because I just needed some destinations to bike! |
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Re: Tuscarora Almanac for January 17 |
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Posted by randyo on Tue Jan 18 02:50:10 2022, in response to Tuscarora Almanac for January 17, posted by IRTRedbirdR33 on Mon Jan 17 12:17:53 2022. Thank you for mentioning the only true Bway Thru exp services that ever operated. The pseudo exp service operating between 225 St and 137 St which was merely a skip stop was NOT a Bway Thru Exp. |
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Re: Tuscarora Almanac for January 17 |
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Posted by Q4 on Tue Jan 18 06:46:37 2022, in response to Re: Tuscarora Almanac for January 17, posted by IRTRedbirdR33 on Mon Jan 17 17:12:37 2022. Thank you as always. |
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Re: Tuscarora Almanac for January 17 |
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Posted by MainR3664 on Tue Jan 18 07:02:02 2022, in response to Re: Tuscarora Almanac for January 17, posted by zac on Mon Jan 17 19:15:15 2022. We all appreciated your photo essays! |
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Re: Tuscarora Almanac for January 17 |
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Posted by Bob Andersen on Tue Jan 18 12:48:07 2022, in response to Tuscarora Almanac for January 17, posted by IRTRedbirdR33 on Mon Jan 17 12:17:53 2022. When I was going to college 1966-1970 and used the #1 train, during the rush hours about half the trains terminated at 137th St. I assume this was a remnant of the older express service. Similarly(?) on the L line, half the trains terminated at Myrtle Ave. |
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Re: Tuscarora Almanac for January 17 |
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Posted by MainR3664 on Tue Jan 18 14:00:00 2022, in response to Re: Tuscarora Almanac for January 17, posted by Bob Andersen on Tue Jan 18 12:48:07 2022. i think 1 trains made short turns at 137th into the 1980s- maybe right up until the skip-stop 1/9 service debuted in 1989. |
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Re: Tuscarora Almanac for January 17 |
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Posted by IRTRedbirdR33 on Tue Jan 18 14:22:40 2022, in response to Re: Tuscarora Almanac for January 17, posted by Bob Andersen on Tue Jan 18 12:48:07 2022. Bob: It was common practice for many years to short turn some locals at 137th Street. I believe even today a number are turned there. Larry, RedbirdR33 |
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Re: Tuscarora Almanac for January 17 |
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Posted by Pelham Exp on Tue Jan 18 15:21:11 2022, in response to Re: Tuscarora Almanac for January 17, posted by MainR3664 on Tue Jan 18 14:00:00 2022. There's a few AM rush hour trains that turn at 137st. |
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Re: Tuscarora Almanac for January 17 |
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Posted by Bob Andersen on Tue Jan 18 16:33:52 2022, in response to Re: Tuscarora Almanac for January 17, posted by Pelham Exp on Tue Jan 18 15:21:11 2022. I see now from the schedule that 4 AM rush hour and 6 PM rush hour trains terminate/start at 137. |
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