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Posted by irtredbirdr33 on Mon Jul 14 07:34:12 2025 Tuscarora Almanac for July 14 1928 – from The Book of First Runs The 14th Street – Eastern District Line is extended from Montrose Avenue to Broadway Junction connecting to the Canarsie Line. Prior to this opening Canarsie Line service had been provided by Broadway-Brooklyn Line trains at all times. The Canarsie Line would now be served by 14th Street trains at all times. Broadway-Bklyn service would be cut back to rush hours and middays. 1956 – from The Book of Wrecks A fire broke out in the old Wanamaker Store at Astor Place at 11:55 PM. Over 600 firefighters and 50 pieces of equipment responded to the massive blaze which took 25 hours to bring under control. The water put on the fire flowed into the nearby subway stations at Astor Place on the IRT and 8 Street on the BMT. The roadbed on the southbound local track at Astor Place dropped for feet under the weight of a train. Service was also curtailed on the BMT until the 16th. Service on the IRT was not restored for six days. The Wanamaker Building was built in 1862 and was 14 stories tall. 1975 – from The Book of First Runs The first train of Pullman-Standard R-46’s operated today on the “F” Queens-6th Avenue-Culver Express. The consist was (S) 516-511-507-506,508-515-513-510. 1977 – from The Book of Wrecks The last car of a Flatbush Avenue bound # 2 train derailed south of the Franklin Avenue Station at the point where the Nostrand Avenue Line branches off from the Eastern Parkway Line. The consist of the train was (s) 9203-2, 9087-6, 9073-2, 9052-3, 8885-4. R-33 8884 was badly damaged and was reportedly scrapped on the spot. Transit Trivia BMT Rt. 7 (Franklin Avenue Line) and Public Service Rt. 7 (Newark City Subway Line) terminated at a station called Franklin Avenue. Larry, RedbirdR33 |
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Posted by BLE-NIMX on Mon Jul 14 08:15:47 2025, in response to Tuscarora Almanac for July 14, posted by irtredbirdr33 on Mon Jul 14 07:34:12 2025. Are you certain that flatbush avenue derail was in 77? I remember a similar accident happening after the A Train derailment at 135 under Guiliani, I might be wrong |
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Posted by Steve B-8AVEXP on Mon Jul 14 18:38:30 2025, in response to Tuscarora Almanac for July 14, posted by irtredbirdr33 on Mon Jul 14 07:34:12 2025. 2000 - from the Book of First RunsThe first extension of Denver's light rail system - the 8.7-mile Southwest Corridor along an existing BNSF freight corridor, opened from the original southern terminus at I-25-Broadway to Mineral Ave. in Littleton. It is entirely grade separated, with widely-spaced stations, allowing for high-speed operation. It took advantage of some very wise and fruitful foresight. Back in the 80s, the BNSF tracks were depressed through Littleton as part of a grade separation project. When the trench was dug out, additional room was provided for future transit. Light rail in Denver had been talked about as far back as the 70s; in fact, a ballot proposal was rejected by voters in November of 1980 (I voted for it). The Littleton Downtown station is located in that open cut, and to top things off, the old D&RGW Littleton depot was moved several hundred yards south and was incorporated as a station house. It still has its original Littleton sign as well as distances to Denver (10 miles) and Ogden, Utah (687 miles). And speaking of the BNSF, the old Englewood Santa Fe depot is visible from trains if you know where to look. Perhaps it will be incorporated as a station house someday. There is a proposed station at Bates Ave. and the line is supposed to extended south and east to Lucent Technologies. |
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Posted by Catfish 44 on Tue Jul 15 12:44:39 2025, in response to Tuscarora Almanac for July 14, posted by irtredbirdr33 on Mon Jul 14 07:34:12 2025. There was a crash during the blackout? |
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