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Posted by randyo on Sat Dec 1 15:35:10 2012, in response to Re: Broadway Junction Fulton El, posted by tunnelrat on Sat Dec 1 14:26:24 2012. I rode the Myrtle for the first time in 1956 on gate cars. It was the same day that I rode for the first and only time the Fulton St el from Atlantic all the way out to Lefferts. That was on a Sunday and there was a single track operation in effect on K2 tk between Grant and Lefferts to allow for preparation for the eventual IND takeover. "Mainline" Fulton trains were operating only between E/Pky and Grant and the single track train was a shuttle. One of the C types I rode that day was 1501, one of the first 2 C types converted. Although I didn't pay attention to the number at the time, I remember the unique center doors in the cars which only 1500 and 1501 had and since 1500 had been scrapped in 1955, the unit had to have been 1501. The other C types I rode that day were conventional units and that was the first and only time I rode the Cs since they were scrapped almost immediately after the old portion of the Fulton el was shut down. Another odd thing I recall about that day was that although at the time the multis ruled the 14 St Line, the 14 St train I rode when transferring off Myrtle was an R-16 and the bulkhead door window was still able to be opened. |
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