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Posted by irtredbirdr33 on Sun Sep 22 09:33:03 2024 Tuscarora Almanac for September 22 1928 – from The Book of first Runs “D” Type (Triplxes) subway cars are assigned to the Sea Beach Line replacing the “AB”’s. They will provide virtually all service for the next thirty years. 1930 – from The Book of First Runs Electric train service on the Lackawanna Railroad’s Morristown Line is extended from Newark to South Orange, New Jersey. 1959 – from The Book of Wrecks R-1 273 is badly damaged after hitting a bumping block in the Rockaway Park Yard. The car body is scrapped on or about August 8, 1961. 1976 – from The Book of Last Runs This is the last day of service of IND pre-WWII cars on the IND Division. The last train ran as a “CC” Concourse-8th Avenue Local and left Bedford Park Boulevard at 4:49PM and arrived at Euclid Avenue at 6:05 PM. The consist was (N) 1057, 937, 1283, 1294, 1132, 1004, 1145 and 1314. All were R-6’s. 1990 – from The Book of First Runs WMATA’s Red Line is extended from Silver Spring to Wheaton. 1991 – from The Book of Strange and Unusual Occurrences There is a scene in the 1992 movie “Malcolm X” that takes place at the Dudley Square “T” station in Boston. The scene was actually shot at the Wycloff Avenue station on the BMT Myrtle Avenue Line in Brooklyn. Two “D”-Types subway cars, 6019 and 6112 were re-lettered for the “Boston Elevated Railway”. Motive power was provided by South Brooklyn Railway engines, N1 & N2. Also along for the shoot (out of camera) was Rider Car RD-333, formerly R-14 5895. Larry, RedbirdR33 |
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