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Posted by irtredbirdr33 on Tue Jul 14 08:58:32 2026 Tuscarora Almanac for July 14 1928 from The Book of First Runs The 14th Street Eastern District Line is extended from Montrose Avenue to Broadway Junction connecting to the Canarsie Line. Prior to this opening Canarsie Line service had been provided by Broadway-Brooklyn Line trains at all times. The Canarsie Line would now be served by 14th Street trains at all times. Broadway-Bklyn service would be cut back to rush hours and middays. 1955 from The Book of Wrecks New Haven Railroad Train No. 172 The Federal derails on Jenkins Curve in Bridgeport, Connecticut. The train was en-route from Washington to Boston. Fifteen of the seventeen cars as well the engine, EP-4 363 left the tracks. Fifty eight passengers and crew were injured. There was one fatality, the engineer. The EP-4 was scrapped. Also damaged was an Alco RS-1 switcher 0949 was working in the yard next to the mainline. 1956 from The Book of Wrecks A fire broke out in the old Wanamaker Store at Astor Place at 11:55 PM. Over 600 firefighters and 50 pieces of equipment responded to the massive blaze which took 25 hours to bring under control. The water put on the fire flowed into the nearby subway stations at Astor Place on the IRT and 8 Street on the BMT. The roadbed on the southbound local track at Astor Place dropped four feet under the weight of a train. Service was also curtailed on the BMT until the 16th. Service on the IRT was not restored for six days. The Wanamaker Building was built in 1862 and was 14 stories tall. 1975 from The Book of First Runs The first train of Pullman-Standard R-46s operated today on the F Queens-6th Avenue-Culver Express. The consist was (S) 516-511-507-506,508-515-513-510. 1977 from The Book of Wrecks The last car of a Flatbush Avenue bound # 2 train derailed south of the Franklin Avenue Station at the point where the Nostrand Avenue Line branches off from the Eastern Parkway Line. The consist of the train was (s) 9203-2, 9087-6, 9073-2, 9052-3, 8885-4. R-33 8884 was badly damaged and was reportedly scrapped on the spot. Larry, RedbirdR33 |
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Posted by zac on Tue Jul 14 10:01:46 2026, in response to Tuscarora Almanac for July 14, posted by irtredbirdr33 on Tue Jul 14 08:58:32 2026. The R46s won't make it as long as the R32s, but got close. |
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Posted by irtredbirdr33 on Tue Jul 14 10:26:50 2026, in response to Re: Tuscarora Almanac for July 14, posted by zac on Tue Jul 14 10:01:46 2026. I may be wrong but I believe that the R-32 broke the old record for longevity previously held by the Gibbs Hi-V's. Larry, RedbirdR33 |
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Posted by Steve B-8AVEXP on Tue Jul 14 15:30:05 2026, in response to Re: Tuscarora Almanac for July 14, posted by irtredbirdr33 on Tue Jul 14 10:26:50 2026. The BMT standards were no slouches themselves.:) |
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Posted by Steve B-8AVEXP on Tue Jul 14 15:38:03 2026, in response to Tuscarora Almanac for July 14, posted by irtredbirdr33 on Tue Jul 14 08:58:32 2026. 2000 - from the Book of First RunsDenver's first light rail extension, the 8.7-mile Southwest Corridor, opened between Broadway and Mineral Ave, in Littleton, running alongside the BNSF freight line. Five widely spaced stations also opened, including Littleton Downtown, built in an open cut known as the Littleton Depression that was completed in 1984 as part of an effort to eliminate grade crossings along Santa Fe Drive. They left room for a future transit line when the freight tracks were depressed. The old Denver and Rio Grande Littleton station house was incorporated into the new station as a waiting area with an espresso bar. It still has its original Littleton sign on the outside as well as a sign giving distances to Denver (10 miles) and Ogden, Utah (687 miles). They moved that depot south a few hundred yards from its original location directly across the tracks from the old Santa Fe station, which is still there and serves as an art gallery. |
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Posted by Italianstallion on Tue Jul 14 15:54:42 2026, in response to Tuscarora Almanac for July 14, posted by irtredbirdr33 on Tue Jul 14 08:58:32 2026. The Wanamaker Building is still there. |
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Posted by irtredbirdr33 on Tue Jul 14 17:04:38 2026, in response to Re: Tuscarora Almanac for July 14, posted by Italianstallion on Tue Jul 14 15:54:42 2026. The Wanamaker Building is still there. The structure that burnt was the 94 year old north building. It had already been abandoned and was in the process of demolition. Larry, RedbirdR33 |
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Posted by W.B. on Tue Jul 14 19:57:00 2026, in response to Re: Tuscarora Almanac for July 14, posted by irtredbirdr33 on Tue Jul 14 10:26:50 2026. The R-32's longevity was nestled somewhere between the BMT Standards and their "Q" trains. I think behind the R-32 in longevity were:- BMT Standards - IRT Gibbs cars - Staten Island R-44's a.k.a. ME-2's (which ironically long outlived their subway counterparts) |
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Posted by W.B. on Tue Jul 14 19:57:44 2026, in response to Re: Tuscarora Almanac for July 14, posted by irtredbirdr33 on Tue Jul 14 17:04:38 2026. Was that where a housing complex was later built? |
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Posted by BILLBKLYN on Tue Jul 14 20:19:04 2026, in response to Re: Tuscarora Almanac for July 14, posted by W.B. on Tue Jul 14 19:57:00 2026. The SIRT 44s are still running |
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Posted by qveensboro_plaza on Tue Jul 14 21:11:28 2026, in response to Re: Tuscarora Almanac for July 14, posted by W.B. on Tue Jul 14 19:57:44 2026. The building that burned was the former A.T. Stewart store, a cast-iron structure that occupied the full block from 9th to 10th streets, and Broadway to Fourth Avenue. It was five stories tall, not 14.The apartment building that replaced it is named Stewart House, in memory of the store. |
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Posted by W.B. on Tue Jul 14 22:30:24 2026, in response to Re: Tuscarora Almanac for July 14, posted by BILLBKLYN on Tue Jul 14 20:19:04 2026. In reserve, by my understanding; any "bugs" on the newer R-211S's? |
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Posted by BILLBKLYN on Wed Jul 15 00:55:00 2026, in response to Re: Tuscarora Almanac for July 14, posted by W.B. on Tue Jul 14 22:30:24 2026. No idea, but every time I'm out there on The Rock all the 211 trains etc already have flat wheels |
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Posted by Q65A on Wed Jul 15 09:23:19 2026, in response to Re: Tuscarora Almanac for July 14, posted by irtredbirdr33 on Tue Jul 14 17:04:38 2026. Yep; my dad was a letter carrier who worked out of nearby Cooper Station (10003) on 4th Avenue and East 11th Street. He had seen first hand how long and hard FDNY companies worked to put out that epic blaze. |
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Posted by irtredbirdr33 on Wed Jul 15 11:03:23 2026, in response to Re: Tuscarora Almanac for July 14, posted by Q65A on Wed Jul 15 09:23:19 2026. I saw the news report of the fire on the television. The next day my mother took me down to see it first hand. Larry, RedbirdR33 |
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Posted by Steve B-8AVEXP on Wed Jul 15 20:28:17 2026, in response to Re: Tuscarora Almanac for July 14, posted by irtredbirdr33 on Wed Jul 15 11:03:23 2026. I read that the front section of that 6 train was in far enough into Astor Place station so that the conductor could open up the front section and everyone made it out safely. |
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Posted by LuchAAA on Thu Jul 16 01:15:00 2026, in response to Tuscarora Almanac for July 14, posted by irtredbirdr33 on Tue Jul 14 08:58:32 2026. The 14th Street Eastern District Line is extended from Montrose Avenue to Broadway Junction connecting to the Canarsie Line.I prefer Eastern District over Eastern Division. I wonder why they didn't open the extension in segments? You would think they would have used Myrtle Ave as a terminal using the layup track just beyond the station to relay train. 1977 from The Book of Wrecks The last car of a Flatbush Avenue bound # 2 train derailed south of the Franklin Avenue Station at the point where the Nostrand Avenue Line branches off from the Eastern Parkway Line. The consist of the train was (s) 9203-2, 9087-6, 9073-2, 9052-3, 8885-4. R-33 8884 was badly damaged and was reportedly scrapped on the spot. I'm guessing the #2 train was going over the switch much faster than 10 mph? |
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