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Posted by irtredbirdr33 on Mon Nov 3 08:53:16 2025 Tuscarora Almanac for November 3 1963 - from The Book of Last Runs This is the last day for streetcar service in Baltimore, Maryland. Note: Light rail service returned to Baltimore on April 2, 1992 with the opening of the Baltimore Rail Link. 1963 – from The Book of Last Runs Two Hundred and twenty years of ferry service between Newburgh and Beacon comes to an end today when the ferryboats DUTCHESS and ORANGE make their final runs a little after 5 PM. 1969 – from The Book of Last Runs This is the last day of operation of pre-WWII cars on the IRT 3rd Avenue El in The Bronx. The last train made one trip in the AM rush. The consist was: (N) Steinway Motor Car 5641 (ACF-1925) World’s Fair-Steinway Motor Car 5670 (St Louis-1938) Low-Voltage Trailer Car 5353 (Pullman-1922) Steinway Motor Car 5636 (ACF-1925) World’s Fair-Steinway Motor Car 5676 (St Louis-1938) .This train and two others were in service on October 18, 1969. No 1 World’s Fair-Steinway Motor Car 5679 (St Louis-1938) World’s Fair-Steinway Motor Car 5684 (St Louis-1938) Low-Voltage Trailer Car 5340 (Pullman-1922) World’s Fair-Steinway Motor Car 5658 (St Louis-1938) Low-Voltage Motor Car 5466 (ACF -1924) No 2 World’s Fair-Steinway Motor Car 5669 (St Louis-1938) Low-Voltage Motor Car 5483 (ACF –1924) Low-Voltage Trailer Car 5356 (Pullman-1922) World’s Fair-Steinway Motor Car 5666 (St Louis-1938) World’s Fair-Steinway Motor Car 5655 (St Louis-1938) Source: New York Division Bulletin / December 1969 2003 – from The Book of Last Runs The last train of IRT Redbirds ran in service today as a #7 Flushing Local from Times Square to Willets Point. The train ran as an extra making all local stops. The consist was (N) 9564-5, 9309, 9582-3, 9584-5, 9617-6, 9587-6. 9309 is an R-33 (World’s Fair) and the rest are R-36 (World’s Fair). When they were first delivered in 1964 they were painted blue and white and were known as Bluebirds. It should be noted that this was thirty four years to the day that the last train of IRT Lo-V’s and Steinways ran on the 3rd Avenue El in The Bronx. Among the dignitaries in attendance were: Larry, RedbirdR33 Mark Feinman John S Christopher Rivera Bill Newkirk Bill from Bklyn Bill from Maspeth Subwayman Wakefied-241st Street 309 Terrapin Station Lord Vadar Northshore Ed. Note: November 3 was a sad and poignant day for the IRT railfans. In 1969 we said goodbye to the last of the cars built for the Interborough Rapid Transit Company. Thirty ones years late we attended the wake for the great Redbirds. Addendum Also on this date in 1954 Godilla walked out of Tokyo Bay and into cinematic history. Japan has never been the same. |
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Re: Tuscarora Almanac for November 3 |
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Posted by Steve B-8AVEXP on Mon Nov 3 18:39:56 2025, in response to Tuscarora Almanac for November 3, posted by irtredbirdr33 on Mon Nov 3 08:53:16 2025. I rode on that last Redbird consist a few weeks earlier. 9316 was the R-33 single. |
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Re: Tuscarora Almanac for November 3 |
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Posted by gbs on Mon Nov 3 21:57:10 2025, in response to Tuscarora Almanac for November 3, posted by irtredbirdr33 on Mon Nov 3 08:53:16 2025. The last train of IRT Redbirds ran in service today as a #7 Flushing Local    
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