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Tuscarora Almanac for May 11
Posted by irtredbirdr33 on Mon May 11 08:09:57 2026 Tuscarora Almanac for May 11 1940 - from The Book of First Runs The World’s Fair station on the IND World’s Fair Line opens for the 1940 season. Service will be provided by “GG” at all times and on Saturday and Sunday evenings by “E” trains carrying “S” signs. Larry, RedbirdR33
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Re: Tuscarora Almanac for May 11
Posted by Avid reader* on Mon May 11 08:22:50 2026, in response to Tuscarora Almanac for May 11, posted by irtredbirdr33 on Mon May 11 08:09:57 2026.* 1940 - from The Book of First Runs The World’s Fair station on the IND World’s Fair Line opens for the 1940 season. Service will be provided by “GG” at all times and on Saturday and Sunday evenings by “E” trains carrying “S” signs. Larry, RedbirdR33
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Re: Tuscarora Almanac for May 11
Posted by Steve B-8AVEXP* on Mon May 11 19:38:02 2026, in response to Re: Tuscarora Almanac for May 11, posted by Avid reader on Mon May 11 08:22:50 2026.* I've always wondered if any of those IND World's Fair front destination signs survived. My front roller curtain has all the interim terminals except Queens-Roosevelt Av and World's Fair.
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Re: Tuscarora Almanac for May 11
Posted by gbs* on Mon May 11 21:30:15 2026, in response to Tuscarora Almanac for May 11, posted by irtredbirdr33 on Mon May 11 08:09:57 2026.* To get from the mainline IND tracks to the World's Fair station, the trains had to use the yard leads from Kew Gardens and the overpass over the Grand Central Parkway and then go through Jamaica Yard to the tracks along the nowadays Van Wyck Expressway right-of-way. That route is normally not in passenger service. Going through the yard, did they have to observe the strict, slow, yard speed limit, maybe 5-10 mph? Or did the trains not go through the yard itself but instead go over or around it? Full Article
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[PHOTOS] Re: Tuscarora Almanac for May 11
Posted by Bill Newkirk* on Tue May 12 06:57:04 2026, in response to Re: Tuscarora Almanac for May 11, posted by gbs on Mon May 11 21:30:15 2026.* Construction of World's Fair railroad (October 2, 1938)
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Re: [PHOTOS] Re: Tuscarora Almanac for May 11
Posted by Avid reader* on Tue May 12 10:22:25 2026, in response to [PHOTOS] Re: Tuscarora Almanac for May 11, posted by Bill Newkirk on Tue May 12 06:57:04 2026.* Super addition to history!!!!
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Re: Tuscarora Almanac for May 11
Posted by randyo* on Tue May 12 18:40:51 2026, in response to Re: Tuscarora Almanac for May 11, posted by gbs on Mon May 11 21:30:15 2026.* Although the article states that new subway lines were required to be underground, certain documentation from the time indicated otherwise. By the time of unification, the NYW&B ROW had been purchased for use by the IND and plans for the Utica Ave subway called for it to be elevated S/O Ave M. In addition, the line between Carroll St and 4th Ave was elevated so obviously whoever wrote the article was mistaken.
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Re: [PHOTOS] Re: Tuscarora Almanac for May 11
Posted by murray1575* on Tue May 12 19:11:13 2026, in response to [PHOTOS] Re: Tuscarora Almanac for May 11, posted by Bill Newkirk on Tue May 12 06:57:04 2026.* This right of way was reused in the 1960s by the extension of the Van Wyck Expressway north from Kew Gardens to through connect with the former Whitestone Parkway which became the Whitestone Expressway in time for the second World's Fair to use the park in 1964-65.
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Re: [PHOTOS] Re: Tuscarora Almanac for May 11
Posted by Steve B-8AVEXP* on Tue May 12 19:27:53 2026, in response to Re: [PHOTOS] Re: Tuscarora Almanac for May 11, posted by murray1575 on Tue May 12 19:11:13 2026.* Makes you wonder if they ever pulled up the wooden pilings when the line was dismantled.
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Re: Tuscarora Almanac for May 11
Posted by Avid reader* on Thu May 14 08:48:53 2026, in response to Re: Tuscarora Almanac for May 11, posted by randyo on Tue May 12 18:40:51 2026.* >Although the article states that new subway lines were required to be underground. The IND was to be all underground The R 1/9's when new lacked Windshield wipers!
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Re: Tuscarora Almanac for May 11
Posted by Fisk Ave Jim* on Thu May 14 11:01:46 2026, in response to Re: Tuscarora Almanac for May 11, posted by Avid reader on Thu May 14 08:48:53 2026.* That mindset was in the design stage. Over time the plans evolved into what's out there today. With the capture of the Culver line, that made for a bona fide IND elevated line and the retrofitting of all the R1-9s with windshield wipers. I wonder if the same thing was done with the BMT equipment of the day?
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Re: Tuscarora Almanac for May 11
Posted by Bill from Maspeth* on Thu May 14 15:52:21 2026, in response to Re: Tuscarora Almanac for May 11, posted by Avid reader on Thu May 14 08:48:53 2026.* I supposed I understand the reason there were no windshield wipers on the R1/9's originally. But it rains in train yards when yard moves have to be made!
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Re: Tuscarora Almanac for May 11
Posted by randyo* on Thu May 14 19:33:21 2026, in response to Re: Tuscarora Almanac for May 11, posted by Fisk Ave Jim on Thu May 14 11:01:46 2026.* The BMT equipment would have had windshield wipers from the beginning since most of the BMT’s lines had a substantial amount of outdoor operation.
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Re: Tuscarora Almanac for May 11
Posted by Fisk Ave Jim* on Thu May 14 20:13:32 2026, in response to Re: Tuscarora Almanac for May 11, posted by randyo on Thu May 14 19:33:21 2026.* Good point!
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