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Posted by irtredbirdr33 on Tue Aug 18 08:50:33 2026 Tuscarora Almanac for August 18 1955 – from The Book of Wrecks Hurricane Diane devastates the Pocono Mountain area of Pennsylvania. East Stroudsburg was particularly hit. Camp Davis was flooded and 37 women and children were drowned. Other campers were stranded on islands in the Delaware River and had to be rescued by boats. The Lackawanna Railroad was particularly hard hit. There were over eighty washouts in the 56 miles east of Scranton. Six trains were stranded for varying periods of time until the waters receded. The 400 foot Bell’s Bridge was destroyed. The Lackawanna maintenance forces made tremendous efforts to restore full service within less than a month. Nevertheless the damage had been done and the cost of the repairs would eventually lead to a merger with the Erie Railroad. The “Delaware Water Gap” station (MP 77.5 from Hoboken) was flooded up to the roof and never re-opened. Source: “Lackawanna Railroad in Color”, Volumes 3, (Morning Sun Books/ 2005) by Mr. John R. Canfield “Lackawanna Railroad Facilities in Color”, Volume 2 (Morning Sun Books / 2008) by Mr. Robert J. Yanosey 1968 – from The Books of Service Changes and First Runs Tuscarora Dispatch No. 7 August 1968 Service Changes A new schedule went into effect on August 18, 1968 correcting some the errors made with the opening of the Chrystie Street subway and introducing express service on the IND South Brooklyn Line and the BMT Culver Line. Brighton Line service after November, 1967 had “D” trains running between 205th Street and Coney Island at all times. The Brighton Local service was provided by the “QB” which ran during rush hours and “QJ” trains which ran weekdays from 6 AM to 8 PM. These trains terminated at Brighton Beach. During the hours of express operation , M-F 6 AM to 8 PM (+/-) this meant that local and express trains had to use the crossovers north of Brighton Beach and this was a source of chronic delays. Hereafter “D” trains would terminate at Brighton Beach whenever they ran express on the Brighton Line and the locals would continue on to Coney Island. This operation was actually placed into effect some weeks prior to the August 18 date. The most dramatic change came on the IND South Brooklyn Line with the implementation of express service between Bergen Street and Church Avenue for the first time ever. Express service was also restored the Culver Line between Ditmas Avenue and Kings Highway for the first time since 1954. “F” Queens Boulevard – 6th Avenue – Culver Express trains had been running between 179th Street and Coney Island since November, 1967. During the rush hours there were short turns at Church Avenue. In order to provide increased service rush hour Church Avenue trains were now extended to Kings Highway. All “F” trains (Kings Hwy & Coney Is) would run express between Bergen Street and Church Avenue during the peak hours in both directions. Coney Island “F” trains would also run express in the direction of traffic on the Culver Line between Church Avenue and Kings Highway. “GG” trains would be extended during rush hours from Smith Street to Church Avenue to provide local service. (Note: due to community pressure express service on the South Brooklyn (Smith Street) Line would be gradually curtailed and eventually eliminated. Express service on the Culver Line was eventually ended as well. Until 1954 the BMT had run express service on the Culver Line between 9th Avenue and Kings Highway during the rush hours in the direction of LIGHT traffic. 2013 – from The Book of First Runs Metro-North opens a new station on the New Haven Line. It is known as “West Haven” and is located at MP 69 between Milford and New Haven stations in Connecticut. Larry, RedbirdR33 |
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Posted by zac on Tue Aug 18 09:31:05 2026, in response to Tuscarora Almanac for August 18, posted by irtredbirdr33 on Tue Aug 18 08:50:33 2026. I've always wondered how the GG, usually a short and less frequent train back then, was able to handle the crowds along Smith St and the rest of the line to Church Ave. As is always pointed out whenever the topic of restoring express service comes up, those are the busiest stations on the line. They inconvenienced the majority of the riders to save a few minutes for the rest. And it doesn't really work to have express south of Church Ave because of the switching required.When my son went to Boody on Ave S, He always wanted to be dropped at 18th Ave rather than Ditmas because he said trains frequently bypassed Ditmas, running express in the light direction. The wouldn't been around 2010. I think they still do. You've got the frequency required for QBL and a very light load that just doesn't need them. They run with passengers but could just as easily run light. |
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