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Posted by irtredbirdr33 on Fri Jan 9 07:03:29 2026 Tuscarora Almanac for January 8 and a Forgotten Station 1919 – from The Book of First Runs The IRT Pelham Line is extended from 3rd Avenue to Hunts Point Avenue (then Road). 1954 – from The Book of First Runs This is the first day of PCC car operation on the Newark City Subway (Route 7). The cars formerly ran for Twin Cites Rapid Transit in Minnesota. The first run is made by PCC 21. PCC will provide all service effective February 6, 1953. Source: “New Jersey Trolleys in Color” (Morning sun Books /2002) by Mr. Joseph Eid and Mr. Barker Gummere 1962 – from The Book of First Runs No. 1 Broadway Thru-Express service (aka local-express) is modified. Previously trains had bypassed 191st Street, 181st Street, 157th Street and 145th Street. Now trains will bypass 215th Street and 207th Street, 157th Street and 145th Street. These trains run as local south of 137th Street. 1962 – from The Book of Last Runs This is the last day of streetcar service on Washington, D.C. Note: Light rail service returned to Washington on February 27, 2016 with the opening of the DC Streetcar on H Street. 1995 – from The Book of Last Runs The last of the Brill Bullets, No 206 is removed from SEPTA property. It is now at the Electric City Trolley Museum in Scranton, Pennsylvania. 2008 – from The Book of First and Last Runs A visitor’s center is opened in front of the Queens Borough Hall at 120-55 Queens Boulevard. It is located inside R-33 Redbird 9075. The center was ordered closed on July 13, 2015 due to low patronage. Tuscarora Forgotten Station No.7 / Bowling Green New York Elevated Railroad Company Ninth Avenue El Bowling Green Station Service Ended: April 5, 1877 (on or about) This Bowling Green station was located on Battery Place a little to the west of Bowling Green Park. It served as the southern terminal of the Ninth Avenue El from January 4, 1874 to April 5, 1877 (o/a). This station is sometime referred to as No.7 Broadway. This was the number of a building adjacent to the station in which the offices of the New York Elevated Railroad Company were located. The Ninth Avenue El was a single track operation in those days with a few passing sidings. The terminal consisted of a single track was one platform on the east (or north) side. The el was extended to South Ferry on April 15, 1877. The Bowling Green station was closed a few days prior to this and the station at Morris Street was re-opened. The older portion of the el was rebuilt into a two track and three track structure. A new station called “Battery Place” opened on or about May 2, 1880 in more or less the same location. This station remained in use until the end of service in 1940. The “Battery Place” station appears in the 1929 movie “Speedy” with Harold Lyoyd. Source: “Electric Railroads Magazine No. 25” (Electric Railroaders Association / 1955) edited by Mr. George Horn ERA New York Division Bulletin / May 2011, article by Mr. George Chiasson Manhattan Railway Company Track Map 1868-1903 drawn by Mr. H. T. Raudenbush Larry, RedbirdR33 |
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Posted by Jackson Park B Train on Fri Jan 9 14:01:04 2026, in response to Tuscarora Almanac for January 9, posted by irtredbirdr33 on Fri Jan 9 07:03:29 2026. Larry, the correct date is Jan 27. I still have my souvenir ticket from the post revenue trip on 1101, Capital Transit's first PCC IINM there are a couple of others on his list who were there. |
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Posted by irtredbirdr33 on Fri Jan 9 16:18:29 2026, in response to Re: Tuscarora Almanac for January 9, posted by Jackson Park B Train on Fri Jan 9 14:01:04 2026. Jackson : Thank you for the correction. But was it Saturday 1/27/62 or Sunday 1/28/62? Larry, RedbirdR33 |
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Posted by Jackson Park B Train on Fri Jan 9 18:12:08 2026, in response to Re: Tuscarora Almanac for January 9, posted by irtredbirdr33 on Fri Jan 9 16:18:29 2026. saturday was the last full day, ending circa midnight. Three streetcars operated in post revenue charters. 1101 was the first PCC. 1053 the last (then) surviving pre PCC, and 766 the last wooden car.So we returned in that order to the Navy Yard barn after covering the last routes in service near 5 AM. All three went to the National Capital Museum, but sadly 1053 suffered a fire and was scrapped. |
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Posted by randyo on Sat Jan 10 03:32:03 2026, in response to Tuscarora Almanac for January 9, posted by irtredbirdr33 on Fri Jan 9 07:03:29 2026. When are railfans going to stop referring the the Bway Local-Exp at the “Bway Thru Exp?” there was only one Bway Thru Exp that operated for a short period in the 1950s utilizing the middle track in the peak, direction between 137th and 96th Streets. The trains on the Bway Lcl that skipped selected stations N/O 137th St were signed “Local-Exp” the same way as the Pelham trains were signed because they operated local on their main line bur express on their branch line. A true thru express operated express on its mainline and also on its branch line while regular expresses made local stops on the branch line. |
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Posted by irtredbirdr33 on Sat Jan 10 09:05:41 2026, in response to Re: Tuscarora Almanac for January 9, posted by Jackson Park B Train on Fri Jan 9 18:12:08 2026. Jackson: Thank you for this information. I am going to add it to the post on the correct date. Larry, RedbirdR33 |
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Posted by Jackson Park B Train on Sat Jan 10 14:09:04 2026, in response to Re: Tuscarora Almanac for January 9, posted by irtredbirdr33 on Sat Jan 10 09:05:41 2026. Most welcome. A sad time in my senior year of HS. |
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Posted by irtredbirdr33 on Sat Jan 10 16:12:56 2026, in response to Re: Tuscarora Almanac for January 9, posted by Jackson Park B Train on Sat Jan 10 14:09:04 2026. Most welcome. A sad time in my senior year of HS I know the feeling. When the Aldene Plan was implemented Jersey Central service to the ferry terminal as well as Broad Street in Newark would end. I was there that Saturday night and rode the last train out of Broad Street and the last train into Jersey City. It was a bittersweet night. Larry, RedbirdR33 |
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Posted by Jackson Park B Train on Sat Jan 10 17:05:10 2026, in response to Re: Tuscarora Almanac for January 9, posted by irtredbirdr33 on Sat Jan 10 16:12:56 2026. And cooming up Jan 20, the death of the Chicago North Shore & Milwaukee. Drove in w/ a fellow college student to ride the lasr evening including a midnight departure back to Chicago. The morning papers said it had been -12 that night.I was so much happier to inaugurate 57th & 6th, and after moving west day one of BART.. |
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