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Re: Tuscarora Almanac for November 22 |
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Posted by HANDBRAKE on Wed Nov 29 20:33:44 2023, in response to Tuscarora Almanac for November 22, posted by irtredbirdr33 on Wed Nov 22 09:15:02 2023. After the tracks on the north side of the Manhattan bridge were cut into the Chrystie Street subway, and before IND revenue service began, IND R1 equipment was sent over the bridge, turning at Pacific Street station to polish the rails between Broadway Lafayette and Pacific station.Flat wheeled IND equipment could be heard at DeKalb as R1's passed through the station on F by-pass Tracks. Returning from a Sweet 16 birthday party on 23rd Avenue in Astoria late Saturday night. I recall R32's running on the QB. When I reached 34th Street from Ditmars, I went into the IND 34th Street station where an F train of R1/9's was charging up ready to depart for Jamaica, when a southbound R38 rolled into the station signed for CONEY ISLAND. I rode the what must have been the first Coney Island bound F south the 4th Street where I got off. A few minutes later a D train with an an R4 as the south motor pulled. in. I got on that train, and took it to DeKalb Avenue station where I got off. Most likely both the F and the D were the first post Christie Street southbound services at the time of the merge. At DeKalb Avenue station, I saw NYCT crews placing new Black on White "B" division route marker and destination signage along the edge of the platform. On the station platform, it was pure pandemonium with customers totally bewildered to see this foreign IND equipment signed as a Coney Island D. The Monday morning rush hours was even more chaotic for the typical transit creature of habit. The best thing going was, new R32's on the D ripping up and down the west side and Grand Concourse on my commute to High School, with a few R1/4's thrown in for contrast. On the day of the BMT/IND merge, the majority of the Southern BMT became IND territory. The 1945/1948 BoT unified transit plan was finally, almost, complete. |
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