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Posted by irtredbirdr33 on Sat May 30 14:24:56 2026 Tuscarora Almanac for May 30 1903 – from The Book of First Runs The Crescent Street Incline is placed in service. The incline begins on the elevated structure of the Broadway Line just south of the original Cypress Hills Terminal. It curves east and descends to street level where it connects to the trolley car tracks. This permits BRT trains to operate all the way to 168th Street via Jamaica Avenue. Due to severe traffic congestion on Jamaica Avenue service is discontinued on December 8, 1903. 1906 – from The Book of First Runs The 168th Street and 181st Street Stations on the IRT Broadway Line are opened. 1920 – from The Book of First Runs The IRT Pelham Line is extended from Hunts Point Avenue to East 177th Street. 1931 – from The Book of First Runs The 14th Street Line is extended one stop from Sixth Avenue to Eighth Avenue. The Nassau Street Line is opened between Chambers Street and the Montague Street Tunnel with stations at Fulton Street and Broad Street. A special official train ran from Chambers Street to Atlantic Avenue then changed ends and ran to 8th Avenue. The consist was D-Types 6079 and 6080. Culver – Nassau Street subway service begins. A week earlier the platform edges on the Culver line had been cut back to accommodate ten foot wide cars. Culver – 5th Avenue El service will continue to operate. Midday express service begins on the Broadway-Brooklyn Line. The side platforms at Chambers Street are taken out of service. 1964 – from The Book of Special Runs “The General” Civil War era steam locomotive runs under her own power from Oak Point Yard in The Bronx to the New York World’s Fair in Flushing Meadow. The engine had been built in 1855 by Rogers, Ketchum & Grosvenor Locomotive and Machine Works in Patterson, New Jersey. She was built for the Western & Atlantic Railway. On April 12, 1862 she was hijacked by Union forces lead by James Andrews. Eventually she was re-taken by Confederate Forces and Andrews and several co-conspirators were executed as spies. Source: “Trackside around the Big Apple” (Morning Sun Books /2007) by Mr. Allan H. Roberts 1971 – from The Book of First Runs The first of the new electric MU cars, called M-1A METROPOLITANS were delivered to Penn Central today. They are owned by the MTA and will be used on the Harlem and Hudson Lines. They are identical to the LIRR M-1s except for the lack of roll signs and cab signals as well as a different type of third rail shoe. The cars were tested on the LIRR with LIRR-type third rail shoes installed. 2013 – from The Book of First Runs “A” train service returns to the Rockaways for the first time since Hurricane Sandy struck in the previous October. Service resumed at 10:30 AM. A ceremonial “first” train left from Rockaway Park and ran as an “A” express to 168th Street using original IND cars. The consist was (not in order) 100-381-401-484-1000-1300-1575-1802. Sub Chat was represented by myself, Bill Newkirk, Far Rockaway A Train and the ageless Tunnelrat. Larry, RedbirdR33 |
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Posted by Steve B-8AVEXP on Sun May 31 07:27:56 2026, in response to Tuscarora Almanac for May 30, posted by irtredbirdr33 on Sat May 30 14:24:56 2026. And the CPW express dash on those old timers was captured and immortalized. Those old timers were howling ass; they covered that run in just over six minutes. |
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Posted by W.B. on Sun May 31 09:47:24 2026, in response to Tuscarora Almanac for May 30, posted by irtredbirdr33 on Sat May 30 14:24:56 2026. And of course, when the "FULTN," Broad and 8th Av. stations first opened, they were all tiled to resemble stations of the then-yet-to-open "Independent" system, thus served as a preview of the future in their appearance. |
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Posted by Wallyhorse on Sun May 31 18:36:12 2026, in response to Re: Tuscarora Almanac for May 30, posted by W.B. on Sun May 31 09:47:24 2026. And those should have been kept instead of re-doing them to look like the BMT stations. |
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Posted by Wallyhorse on Sun May 31 19:15:26 2026, in response to Re: Tuscarora Almanac for May 30, posted by Wallyhorse on Sun May 31 18:36:12 2026. I meant with the stops on the former shuttle line restored. |
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Posted by gbs on Sun May 31 19:50:22 2026, in response to Re: Tuscarora Almanac for May 30, posted by W.B. on Sun May 31 09:47:24 2026. Fulton St:   Broad St:   8 Av:   
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Posted by randyo on Mon Jun 1 01:24:20 2026, in response to Re: Tuscarora Almanac for May 30, posted by Wallyhorse on Sun May 31 18:36:12 2026. When the stations on the Nassau St Line were rehabbed, the late Don Harold found the original plans for the station times that would have been used if the Nassau St Line had been built earlier as originally planned. So they weren't redone simply to "look like” BMT stations but were redone according to original BMT specs. |
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Posted by randyo on Mon Jun 1 01:26:18 2026, in response to Re: Tuscarora Almanac for May 30, posted by randyo on Mon Jun 1 01:24:20 2026. That word should be station “TILES.” Pardon the typo |
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Posted by Steve B-8AVEXP on Mon Jun 1 04:50:55 2026, in response to Re: Tuscarora Almanac for May 30, posted by gbs on Sun May 31 19:50:22 2026. While I vivdly remember the original IND tilework at 8th Ave., I don't remember it at Fulton St. even though we used that station quite a bit from 1969 to 1971. |
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Posted by Elkeeper on Mon Jun 1 16:54:03 2026, in response to Tuscarora Almanac for May 30, posted by irtredbirdr33 on Sat May 30 14:24:56 2026. Nassau-Culver subway service began about 12 noon on May 30th, 1931. The BMT then short-turned all 5th Ave-bay Ridge and 5th Ave-Cuver el services at the Sands St loop, at about the same time and date. |
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Posted by gbs on Mon Jun 1 20:12:14 2026, in response to Re: Tuscarora Almanac for May 30, posted by Steve B-8AVEXP on Mon Jun 1 04:50:55 2026. I never understood the "FULTN" spelling with the black tiles,  just like I've never understood the "N BLVD" tiles at Northern Blvd (M,R). The tiles should say "NORTHERN", the primary name of the street. 
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Posted by W.B. on Tue Jun 2 03:49:43 2026, in response to Re: Tuscarora Almanac for May 30, posted by gbs on Mon Jun 1 20:12:14 2026. Something tells me the 'FULTN' was to line up with the directions of exits thus:>-FULTON ST-> (13 tiles) <-JOHN ST-> (11 tiles) as on that and Broad Street, the directions were directly above the name tiles as opposed to the mosaic tablets. I can also see why you'd think 'N BLVD' makes no sense - especially with the station in lower Manhattan spelt out as 'WEST 4'. |
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Posted by murray1575 on Tue Jun 2 18:24:59 2026, in response to Re: Tuscarora Almanac for May 30, posted by gbs on Mon Jun 1 20:12:14 2026. I understand that "BRODAWAY" has been fixed once and for all. |
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Posted by gbs on Wed Jun 3 00:53:28 2026, in response to Re: Tuscarora Almanac for May 30, posted by murray1575 on Tue Jun 2 18:24:59 2026. Yes, but it's been documented for eternity: 
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Posted by murray1575 on Wed Jun 3 20:59:01 2026, in response to Re: Tuscarora Almanac for May 30, posted by gbs on Wed Jun 3 00:53:28 2026. I remember passing through this station on the GG local on several Sundays in the late winter/early spring of 1966 as I was going to and from Van Sicklen station from Flushing. |
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