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Posted by irtredbirdr33 on Wed Jul 1 05:41:46 2026 Tuscarora Almanac for July 1 1880 from The Book of first Runs Service begins on the 34th Street Branch of the Third Avenue El. The branch runs from 3rd Avenue to the Long Island Railroad Ferry Terminal on the East River. There is an intermediate stop at 2nd Avenue. 1887 from The Book of First Runs The Suburban Railway Company extends its operation in The Bronx from 149th Street to 156th Street. 1901 from The Book of First Runs The Third Avenue Elevated Line in The Bronx is extended from 177th Street to Fordham Road 1912 from The Book of First Runs The New York, Westchester & Boston Railway begins service between the Columbus Avenue Station in Mount Vernon and White Plains, New York. 1933 from The Book of First Runs The Independent Subway begins service on the Grand Concourse Line between 205th Street in The Bronx and 145th Street in Manhattan. Both the C and CC trains begin running on this date. 1937 from The Book of First Runs The IND Crosstown Line is extended from Nassau Avenue to Bergen Street. 1948 from The Book of First Runs Tuscarora Dispatch No. 12 Free Transfer Points The subway fare was raised from $.05 to $.10 on July 1, 1948 and several free transfer points were established: 1) 168th Street-Broadway between the IRT Broadway Line and the IND Washington Heights Line 2) 59th Street-Columbus Circle between the IRT Broadway-7th Avenue Line and the IND 8th Avenue Line 3) Times Square-42nd Street between the IRT Broadway-7th Avenue, Flushing and 42nd Street Lines and the BMT Broadway Line. 4) 34th Street-Herald Square between the IND 6th Avenue Line and the BMT Broadway Line 5) Essex & Delancey Streets between the IND Houston Street Line and the BMT Centre Street Line 6) Brooklyn Bridge-Chambers Street between the IRT Lexington Avenue Line and the BMT Centre Street Line. 7) Fulton Street-Broadway-Nassau Street between the IRT 7th Avenue and IRT Lexington Avenue Lines, IND 8th Avenue Line and the BMT Nassau Street Line. 8) Court Street-Borough Hall between the IRT 7th Avenue Line and Lexington Avenue Lines and the BMT Montague Street Line. 9) Broadway Junction- East New York between the BMT Broadway-Brooklyn and 14th Street Lines and the IND Fulton Street Line. 10) Lorimer Street-Metropolitan Avenue between the IND Crosstown Line and the BMT 14th Street Line. 11) 74th Street-Roosevelt Avenue-Jackson Heights between the IRT Flushing Line and the IND Queens Line. 12) 59th Street-Lexington Avenue between the IRT Lexington Avenue Line (northbound locals only) and the BMT Broadway Line. (The transfer between the southbound locals and the BMT began during early 1952.) 13) 14th Street-8th Avenue between the IND Fulton Street Line and the BMT 14th Street Line. Paper transfers were used at Broadway-Nassau Street for a short time. Paper transfers were also used at 74th Street-Roosevelt Avenue until new escalators were placed in service on April 20, 1959. 1950 from The Book of Last Runs This is the last day for trolley operation in the City of Buffalo, New York. Note: Light Rail service will return to Buffalo in 1984. 1950 from The Book of Last Runs The 129th Street station on the Third Avenue El is closed. Trains will still terminate there. Source: Mr. Bernard Linder, October 1964 1953 from The Book of Last Runs Sometime this month the operation of steam locomotives on the Lackawanna Railroad will come to an end. The last steam powered passenger train ran on June 5. Steam switchers continued to operate in the Scranton Yard until the coal bunkers ran out. Source: Lackawanna Railroad in Color (Morning Sun Books / 1990) by Mr. David R. Sweetland 1968 from The Book of First Runs The 57 Street - 6 Avenue Subway Station opens. Service into the new terminal will be provided by the new "KK" 6th Avenue - Broadway Brooklyn Local during rush hours and by the "B" 6th Avenue - West End Express at all other times. Also opening on this date was the two track connection between the Broadway-Lafayette Street on the IND Sixth Avenue Line and Essex Street on the BMT Centre Street Line. This line is served during rush hours by the KK. Milestones This was the third and final component of the Chrystie Street Project. The first was the connection between the Sixth Avenue Line and the Manhattan Bridge. The second was the opening of the Sixth Avenue Express Tracks. Four of the original routes in the November line-up were gone by this time; the JJ, NX, RJ and TT. The new kid on the block was the KK. A rush hour only service that ran between Jamaica,Queens and 57th Street in Manhattan via the Williamsburg Bridge and the Sixth Avenue Line. The line color was light blue. Also all six SS shuttle routes would now share the same color, dark green. 1971 from The Book of First Runs The Staten Island Rapid Transit Operating Authority (SIRTOA) takes over the passenger operation of the Tottenville Main Line from the Staten Island Rapid Transit Railway Company. Freight service will now be operated by the Staten Island Railroad Corporation. Today we this line is identified as the MTA Staten Island Railway. 1973 from The Book of Last Runs The Penn Central Railroad closes the following stations today: on the Hudson Line; 138th Street (The Bronx), MP 5, Oscawanna MP 35.7, Manitou MP 45.4, Chelsea MP 61.8 and New Hamburg MP 64.4. on the Harlem Line; Morrisania MP 7 and 183rd Street MP 8. New Hamburg re-opened in 1981 and Manitou in 1983. ]1974 from The Book of Service Changes MaBSTOA bus route TB Triboro Bridge Line is re-designated as follows: M-34 for the buses between Manhattan and Wards Island. M-35 for the buses between Manhattan and Astoria Bx-21 for the buses between The Bronx and Astoria. The M-34 Manhattan Wards Island Line will only last until 1976 when it will be absorbed by a re-routed M-35. Old time Bronxites will recall that the Bx-21 designation was used by the Pelham Bay Line until 1970 and would again be assigned to the Boston Road-Morris Park Line in 1984. Source: New York Division Bulletins / January 1988 and March 2000, articles by Mr. Bernard Linder. 1990 from The Book of Strange and Unusual Occurrences On or about this date six out of service Class K cars are sold SEPTA. Due to the declining availability of cars on the Norristown Line SEPTA plans to send six of the single unit (Class A-49) Market- Frankford cars in service on that line. The Class A-49s have broad gauge wheel trucks. So they will be re-equipped with standard gauge trucks from the H&M Class Ks. The six cars are 1200, 1201 and 1202, formerly PRR Class MP-51 and 1230, 1231 and 1233, formerly H&M Class K. Larry, RedbirdR33 |
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Re: Tuscarora Almanac for July 1 |
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Posted by W.B. on Wed Jul 1 15:13:56 2026, in response to Tuscarora Almanac for July 1, posted by irtredbirdr33 on Wed Jul 1 05:41:46 2026. At what point would the three Triboro Bridge routes (renumbered as noted) have been reassigned at this juncture from the 100th Street depot to 132nd Street (where they were as of 1975-76)? |
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Re: Tuscarora Almanac for July 1 |
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Posted by Steve B-8AVEXP on Wed Jul 1 18:53:43 2026, in response to Tuscarora Almanac for July 1, posted by irtredbirdr33 on Wed Jul 1 05:41:46 2026. Also on July 1, 1968, D trains began running express along 6th Ave. at all times.I think of the TT as a holdover. The Q, QT and T lines went away in November of '67, but they kept the TT. They could have just run the B as a West End shutttle during late nights and Sundays. Perhaps the powers-that-be figured the publis was already familiar with the TT, so they opted to keep it for the time being. There was another round of tweaks on August 18, but according to several sources, those changes were implemented some time before then. Specifically, the D swapped Brooklyn terminals with the QB and QJ during weekdays. My mother and I were in the city on that day. My aunt flew in from Chicago to LGA to attend a summer performance at Lincoln Center and we met her at the airport. Back then, there were no security gates or metal detectors. You could just walk right out to the concourse to any gate. We took a prewar Ethel from PBAT to Jackson Heights, and the lead motor was completely dark inside. I had gotten to know the subway system somewhat by then, and after taking a Q33 bus to Jackson Heights, we took a 7 - my first 7 ride - to Times Square and changed to a n/b 1 to 66th St. After my aunt checked in at the Lincon Center Motor Inn, we parted company, and mu mother and I headed up to the Bronx, where she went yarn shopping at Goldman's on the Grand Concourse. After getting a bite to eat at a luncheonette, it was back to PABT and a bus ride home. We met up with my aunt the following day, this time with my sister in tow. |
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