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Re: [PHOTOS] Polo Grounds Shuttle - Part 2 |
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Posted by JOE @ NYCMTS - NYCTMG on Tue Feb 6 10:33:02 2018, in response to [PHOTOS] Polo Grounds Shuttle - Part 2, posted by Bill Newkirk on Mon Feb 5 15:56:38 2018. Hello BillThe photo below --  is looking west from the south-bound track at the center point of the ex-NYCRR Putnam RR, ex-IRT 9th Ave EL - then Polo Shuttle Harlem river Steam Swing Bridge. The year is likely around 1951-2 and that is a work train of 3 IRT Hedley Hi-V Manual Doors Motor cars and an ancient IRT EL Flat Car. The Flat Car has a load of coal which in this scene, is carrying coal for the bridge steam engines that power the bridge. The Coal is shoveled by the crew men into the open-cover coal chute opening seen to the right of the flat car - the coal falls to bunkers below. A similar type train - just like as done on Manhattan & Bronx EL's - was also used to stock the coal bunker boxes found on station platform for those stations that were still heated by coal burning pot belly stoves. Here are two different scenes featuring my hand made O Scale exact models of a similar train of IRT MUDC EL Cars as work horses, an EL Flat Car with its coal load, and an EL Trash collection covered hopper car, seen with its crew at one of my EL stations.   regards - Joe F |
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