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Tuscarora Almanac for March 1 and Transit Trivia |
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Posted by irtredbirdr33 on Sun Mar 1 11:58:13 2026 Tuscarora Almanac for March 1 and Transit Trivia 1880 – from The Book of first Runs The Manhattan Railway Company begins operation of the 2nd Avenue El between 65th Street and Chatham Square. 1962 – from The Book of Last Runs Due to a strike Surface Transit and Fifth Avenue Coach Lines cease all bus operations. When service resumes on March 23 the bus routes will be run by the Manhattan and Bronx Surface Transit Operating Authority. Surface Transit bus route M-105 Tenth Avenue is discontinued due to a strike. This route had been in operation since November 17, 1946 when it replaced the Tenth Avenue trolley. Service is not resumed when the strike ends on March 23, 1962. 1981 – from The Book of First Runs On or about this date the four Budd-GE built Gas-Turbine-Electrics (4005-4008) are transferred from the Long Island Railroad to the Metropolitan Region of Conrail. They have been converted to straight electric operation and will be used on both the Harlem and Hudson Lines. 1986 – from The Book of First Runs A reproduction of an IRT Kiosk is installed on the uptown side of the Astor Place Station on the Lexington Avenue Line. Transit Trivia No 11 The Longest and Shortest Routes of the Manhattan Els The longest route on the Manhattan Els was the Third Avenue Line between East 241st Street and South Ferry at 17.14 The run between Woodlawn Road and South Ferry was 15.40 miles via the Ninth Avenue El and 16.02 via the Sixth Avenue El. The Second Avenue El ran for 13.75 miles between South Ferry and Bronx Park. There are several candidates for the shortest runs. The Sixth Avenue El shuttle between 58th Street and 50th Street at .40 miles. The 34th Street Shuttle between Third Avenue and the East River was .39 miles. The shuttle between Chatham Square and City Hall was .36 miles. The shortest route that I could find was the shuttle along 42nd Street between Grand Central and Third Avenue at two tenths of a mile. Larry, RedbirdR33 |
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[PHOTO] Re: Tuscarora Almanac for March 1 and Transit Trivia |
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Posted by Bill Newkirk on Sun Mar 1 19:04:41 2026, in response to Tuscarora Almanac for March 1 and Transit Trivia, posted by irtredbirdr33 on Sun Mar 1 11:58:13 2026. On or about this date the four Budd-GE built Gas-Turbine-Electrics (4005-4008) are transferred from the Long Island Railroad to the Metropolitan Botanical Gardens - May 1981 
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Re: Tuscarora Almanac for March 1 and Transit Trivia |
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Posted by W.B. on Sun Mar 1 20:27:33 2026, in response to Tuscarora Almanac for March 1 and Transit Trivia, posted by irtredbirdr33 on Sun Mar 1 11:58:13 2026. I remember reading in a circa 1963 bus map put out by Hagstrom (as once sold on eBay) that claimed that the M-105 was somehow resumed under MaBSTOA, as it was listed amongst the routes of their Surface Transit division. Who wonders what the map preparers were smoking. If it were resumed, then it would have been discontinued once the M-103 was extended to 73d and Broadway in September 1963.But it wasn't just the M-105 that was ixnayed. As noted in the Bus Almanac, the FACO Division's Routes #1 and 19 and NYCO Division's 22 - Pitt and Ridge Streets were also discontinued due to that strike. (Today's M1, on southbound routes, running all along Fifth Avenue since the 2010 service cutbacks, is ironic for that very reason - in rerouting its path along Fifth to mimic the M2, they ended up re-creating much of the FACCo #1's path from 135th to 8th Streets, irrespective of this M1 being inherited from NYCO.) |
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Re: [PHOTO] Re: Tuscarora Almanac for March 1 and Transit Trivia |
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Posted by TUNNELRAT on Mon Mar 2 15:58:26 2026, in response to [PHOTO] Re: Tuscarora Almanac for March 1 and Transit Trivia, posted by Bill Newkirk on Sun Mar 1 19:04:41 2026. . |
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Re: Tuscarora Almanac for March 1 and Transit Trivia |
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Posted by andy on Mon Mar 2 22:16:36 2026, in response to Re: Tuscarora Almanac for March 1 and Transit Trivia, posted by W.B. on Sun Mar 1 20:27:33 2026. March 1 is also important because March 1, 1968 was the date of the MTA’s official birth, taking over NYCTA, MABSTOA, TBTA, and LIRR under one umbrella. Penn Central’s Hudson Valley and Connecticut commuter services would follow by 1970, although MTA had originally agreed to fund the capital improvements on the PC as noted in the Program for Action report that was released the same day. Staten Island Railway, officially part of the Baltimore and Ohio RR, would follow in 1971. |
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Re: Tuscarora Almanac for March 1 and Transit Trivia |
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Posted by irtredbirdr33 on Tue Mar 3 13:58:55 2026, in response to Re: Tuscarora Almanac for March 1 and Transit Trivia, posted by andy on Mon Mar 2 22:16:36 2026. Andy: The MTA came into being on June 1, 1965 as the Metropolitan Commuter Transportation Authority when they took over the operation of the Long Island Railroad. They changed the name to the Metropolitan Transportation Authority when they assumed control of the New York City Transportation Authority and the Triborough Bridge & Tunnel Authority. Larry, RedbirdR33 |
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