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Tuscarora Almanac for November 1 |
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Posted by irtredbirdr33 on Sat Nov 1 12:40:23 2025 Tuscarora Almanac for November 1 1881 – from The Book of First Runs Sixth Avenue El service is extended from Rector Street to South Ferry over the tracks of the Ninth Avenue El from Battery Park South. 1906 – from The Book of First Runs The city takes over the operation of the Whitehall Street – 39th Street (Bklyn) Ferry. This service had been run since 1887 by the New York and South Brooklyn Ferry Company. The first run under municipal ownership used the MINEOLA which was on charter from the Union Ferry Company. Service on this route will continue until 1938. 1937 – from The Book of Last Runs Service on the New York, Westchester & Boston Railway is cut back from Port Chester to North Avenue station in New Rochelle. 1962 – from The Book of First Runs Operation of ten car trains on the No.7 Flushing during the rush hours begins today. This was made possible by the transfer of fifty R-17’s (6500-6549) from the mainline. Usually the R-17’s run in solid trains but occasionally they are mixed with the R-14’s and R-15’s. This is the first time that the IRT has run ten car trains with only one conductor. 2017 – from The Book of First Runs On or about this date the New York-New Jersey Rail LLC takes delivery of the first of two railroad car floats. The new float, NYNR-100 is 370 feet long and can hold 18 sixty foot rail cars. They will be placed in service on the car float ferry between Greenville, New Jersey and 65th Street in Brooklyn. Larry, RedbirdR33 |
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[PHOTOS] Re: Tuscarora Almanac for November 1 |
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Posted by Bill Newkirk on Sat Nov 1 18:44:30 2025, in response to Tuscarora Almanac for November 1, posted by irtredbirdr33 on Sat Nov 1 12:40:23 2025. Operation of ten car trains on the No.7 Flushing during the rush hours begins today. This was made possible by the transfer of fifty R-17’s (6500-6549) from the mainline. Usually the R-17’s run in solid trains but occasionally they are mixed with the R-14’s and R-15’s. This is the first time that the IRT has run ten car trains with only one conductor. Most likely Corona Yard. (undated photo)  Corona Yard (January 1963)  61st St - Woodside (October 1963)  |
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Re: [PHOTOS] Re: Tuscarora Almanac for November 1 |
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Posted by Steve B-8AVEXP on Sat Nov 1 20:54:42 2025, in response to [PHOTOS] Re: Tuscarora Almanac for November 1, posted by Bill Newkirk on Sat Nov 1 18:44:30 2025. You'd never guess those R-17s were originally decked out in maroon. |
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Re: [PHOTOS] Re: Tuscarora Almanac for November 1 |
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Posted by irtredbirdr33 on Sun Nov 2 06:43:41 2025, in response to Re: [PHOTOS] Re: Tuscarora Almanac for November 1, posted by Steve B-8AVEXP on Sat Nov 1 20:54:42 2025. You'd never guess those R-17s were originally decked out in maroon. The World's Fair opened in April 1964.There were not enough of the Bluebirds to cover the service. Several Redbird train sets were sent over from the mainline to help out. Along with them went a number of R-17's to make up the eleventh car. Once they were run through the car wash at Corona Yard we had a chance to see their proper color. Larry, RedbirdR33 |
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Re: [PHOTOS] Re: Tuscarora Almanac for November 1 |
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Posted by Steve B-8AVEXP on Sun Nov 2 08:06:44 2025, in response to Re: [PHOTOS] Re: Tuscarora Almanac for November 1, posted by irtredbirdr33 on Sun Nov 2 06:43:41 2025. Aka the birdbath.:) |
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Re: [PHOTOS] Re: Tuscarora Almanac for November 1 |
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Posted by murray1575 on Sun Nov 2 17:13:28 2025, in response to Re: [PHOTOS] Re: Tuscarora Almanac for November 1, posted by Steve B-8AVEXP on Sat Nov 1 20:54:42 2025. There are a few pictures of them in their original dark red paint scheme. Many began their service on the 6 Pelham line. I remember them descending the ramp along Whitlock Ave. going into the tunnel east of the Hunts Point Ave. station. Sometimes the windows in my grandparents' apartment at 1002 Longfellow Avenue would rattle when a train passed. |
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Re: [PHOTOS] Re: Tuscarora Almanac for November 1 |
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Posted by Bill Newkirk on Sun Nov 2 18:21:12 2025, in response to Re: [PHOTOS] Re: Tuscarora Almanac for November 1, posted by murray1575 on Sun Nov 2 17:13:28 2025. Is this the dark red you're talking about ? 
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Re: [PHOTOS] Re: Tuscarora Almanac for November 1 |
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Posted by Fisk Ave Jim on Sun Nov 2 19:37:14 2025, in response to Re: [PHOTOS] Re: Tuscarora Almanac for November 1, posted by irtredbirdr33 on Sun Nov 2 06:43:41 2025. What I never understood is why didn't they leave the R12/14/15s there and swap them out on a train by train basis with the R33/36WF cars as they came in? This way any mainline equipment wouldn't have to be transferred to Flushing. |
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Re: [PHOTOS] Re: Tuscarora Almanac for November 1 |
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Posted by randyo on Mon Nov 3 02:46:13 2025, in response to Re: [PHOTOS] Re: Tuscarora Almanac for November 1, posted by Bill Newkirk on Sun Nov 2 18:21:12 2025. That is the color I remember the R-17s when they were new. They were all assigned to the Pelham Line at that time. When the R-21s were first sent to the Bway line, for some reason I wasn’t riding the subway that much and when i did it was mostly underground so I didn’t notice the color that much. By the time I started riding the Bway Line to high school, the R-17s and 21s were both steel dust covered and looked the same to my eye. At one point while boarding the train at V/C I noticed the area around the doors which was not steel dusted during to passengers often putting their hands there, looked green. The M/M told me that the cars wee green, and I thought they were red the way I remembered the R-17s. Later on when the last of the R-22s were being delivered , i saw the true “subway green” color prior to the cars becoming steel dusted. Although I nver saw the R-15s when brand new, after their washing I noticed that their maroon was a bit darker than the maroon of the R-17s. Over the years I have wondered why in the 1950s group of SMEES, when most were painted “subway green” the R-17s were the only group done in maroon. |
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Re: [PHOTOS] Re: Tuscarora Almanac for November 1 |
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Posted by Steve B-8AVEXP on Mon Nov 3 04:40:48 2025, in response to Re: [PHOTOS] Re: Tuscarora Almanac for November 1, posted by randyo on Mon Nov 3 02:46:13 2025. At what point did they start to assign SMEEs to yards based on GE vs Westinghouse components? |
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Re: [PHOTOS] Re: Tuscarora Almanac for November 1 |
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Posted by murray1575 on Mon Nov 3 21:55:36 2025, in response to Re: [PHOTOS] Re: Tuscarora Almanac for November 1, posted by Bill Newkirk on Sun Nov 2 18:21:12 2025. Note that the R-17 cars did not come equipped with sealed beam headlights nor did any other SMEE cars until the R-22 cars were delivered a few years later. Then the TA retrofitted all the earlier SMEE cars plus many of the prewar cars so that track workers could more easily detect an approaching train and take the proper safety precautions. However some of the R1-9 cars used for excursions still do not have them and must have temporary lights attached in order to operate as the lead car of any train. |
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