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Posted by irtredbirdr33 on Sat Dec 10 12:17:03 2022 Tuscarora Almanac - December 10, 1873 - The Book of First Runs and Last Runs The 9th Avenue El opens a new station at 30th Street and closes the one at 29th Street. The line itself had already been extended to 34th Street the previous July. Sources: New York Division Bulletin / April 1994, article "Ninth Avenue El" by Mr. Bernard Linder "New York El Lines 1867 / 1955", Electric Railroads Magazine No.25, December 1956 Tuscarora Almanac - December 10, 1950 - The Book of First Runs Jamaica, New York New York City Transit Authority IND Division The IND Queens Line is extended one stop from 169th Street to a new terminal at 179th Street - Hillside Avenue in Jamaica. Tuscarora Almanac – December 10, 1950 – The Book of First Runs Hamilton, Ontario Hamilton Street Railway Trackless trolley service begins in the Canadian city of Hamilton, Ontario. Eighteen T-48 coaches are ordered from the Canadian Car and Foundry Company for use on the Canon Street Line. Source: “Canadian Trolleys In Color” (Morning Sun Books / 2006) Volume 1 by Mr. Robert Halperin Tuscarora Almanac – December 10, 1953 – The Book of Last Runs Brooklyn, New York New York City Transit Authority BMT Division The rush hour No. 3 West End el shuttle between Bay Parkway and Coney Island is discontinued. Source: New York Division Bulletin /October 1966, article by Mr. Bernard Linder Tuscarora Almanac – December 10, 1959 – The Book of First Runs Weehawken, New Jersey New York Central Railroad The New York Central Railroad discontinues all remaining passenger service on the River Division (West Shore). Service between West Haverstraw and Albany ended in June 1958. All weekend service ended at this time as well. Ferry service to Manhattan ended on April 24, 1959. Several trains continued to operate weekdays only between West Haverstraw and Weehawken, but after the ferries were discontinued ridership dropped to almost nothing. The final run was made by Train No. 993 which left Weehawken at 11:44 PM. Sources: 1) Zullig, Walter E (2018), New York Central’s West Shore Commuter Territory In Color, Morning Sun Books 2) New York Central West Shore River Division Area Time Table, Form WS-1 effective June 30, 1958. 3) Mr. John Barth, New York Central Railroad historian Tuscarora Almanac – December 10, 1979 – The Book of First Runs Trenton, New Jersey New Jersey Transit Corporation The State of New Jersey creates the New Jersey Transit Corporation. Its subsidiary New Jersey Transit Bus Operations will take over the bus and light rail operations of Transport of New Jersey. It will also coordinate with Conrail over the commuter rail operations. Source: New York Division /December 1994 Tuscarora Almanac – December 10, 1984 – The Book of Last Runs Manhattan, New York New York City Transit Authority IRT Division This is the last day in service for the R-14’s and R-15’s. In recent years they were assigned to the No.1 and No. 3 lines. Source: New York Division Bulletin /January 1985 Tuscarora Almanac - December 10, 1988 - The Book of First and Last Runs Jamaica, Queens, New York New York City Transit Authority BMT and IND Divisions The Archer Avenue Subway opens for service shortly before midnight. The first train to arrive is a “J” Jamaica-Nassau St Local on the lower level. The train consisted of eight R-42’s; (N) 4587-6,4555-4,4610-1,4594-5. The first “E” Queens-8th Avenue train arrived shortly before midnight on the upper level. The first southbound “E” left just after midnight on December 11 and consisted of eight R-46’s; (N) 910-939-1029-928, 848-623-719-1104. The last “J” from Broad Street to 121st Street had R-42’s (n) 4651-50, 4718-19, 4711-10 and 4662-63. Sub-Chat member “Bill form Maspeth” was the motorman on the first train “J” train into Jamaica Center. Source: New York Division Bulletin /February 1989 Tuscarora Almanac - December 10, 1990 - The Book of Last Runs Brooklyn, New York New York City Transit Authority BMT Division This is the last day of operation of the R-30’s (actually it was R-30A’s) on the BMT Division. The last train ran as an “M” Myrtle Av-Nassau St-West End Local. The consist was: R-30A 8380-8389 R-30A 8410-8399 R-30A 8377-8366 R-30A 8384-8367 Well known sub-chat regular “Bill from Maspeth” was the motorman on this train. New York Division Bulletin /February 1991 Tuscarora Almanac – December 10, 2010 – The Book of First Runs Brooklyn, New York New York City Transit Authority IND and BMT Divisions A free transfer point is opened in Brooklyn. It connects the Jay Street – Borough Hall station used by the IND 8th Avenue (A,C) and 6th Avenue (F) Lines with the BMT Montague Street Line station at Lawrence Street (N,R). Both stations have been renamed “Jay Street – Metrotech”. Sources: New York Division Bulletin / January 2011 The Elkeeper Larry, RedbirdR33 |
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