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Posted by Kew Gardens Teleport on Mon Sep 8 06:15:52 2008, in response to Re: Map of Electric Railway Lines Controlled by the Public Service Corporation of New Jersey, posted by ntrainride on Sun Sep 7 20:23:21 2008. But the Staten Island lines? Shows them leading to the Bayonne Bridge. Streetcar or bus?Staten Island had two trolley companies: the Richmond Light & Railroad (bustituted in 1934) and the Staten Island Midland Railway (bustituted in 1927). Joe Korman has made a BAHN layout of the Staten Island trolleys. Here's the readme: BAHN Layout STATENIS.NT3 By Joseph D. Korman - joekor@earthlink.net Visit the JoeKorNer at: http://come.to/the-joekorner This text file is best viewed if in NOTEPAD opened to this width and select Edit-Word Wrap: <============================================================================> STATENIS.NT3 is based on a map printed by the Electric Railroaders' Association in 1960. The map was compiled by Melvin Rosenberg. Based on information in the Brooklyn Eagle Almanac of 1918. =========================================================================== The map shows the following lines (I'm including the 1980 and 1997 route numbers where applicable): Richmond Light and Railway Lines: 1997 1980 1918 Terminals & Routes ---- ---- ---- ------------------------------------------------------------ 40 1 1 St George to Howland Hook via Richmond Terrace 51 2 2 St George to South Beach via Bay Street 46 3 3 St George to Port Richmond via Castleton Ave 59 4 4 Port Richmond to Bulls Head (Victory Blvd) via Richmond Ave 42 5 5 St George to Brook St via Richmond Terrace 40 1 6 St George to Port Richmond via Richmond Terrace 62 105 7 St George to Clove & Victory via Victory Blvd The #7 started in 1927 after SIMR abandoned the S service. The 105 was the route replaced by the #7 (now 53) when the Verrazano Bridge opened. Staten Island Midland Railway (the letters are unofficial): 1997 1980 1918 Terminals & Routes ---- ---- ---- ------------------------------------------------------- 72 109 B St George to Midland Beach via Richmond Rd and Lincoln Ave 74/53 113/117 C St George to Port Richmond via Van Duzer St & Clove Rd 54 110 M Port Richmond to Schmidts Lane via Broadway & Manor Rd 74 108 R St George to Richmondtown via Van Duzer & Richmond Rd 62 6 S St George to Clove & Victory via Victory Blvd The 72 no longer operates, but is covered by the 74/76 on Richmond Rd, the 76 on Vanderbilt, and the 51 on Midland & Lincoln. Before the 1990 renumbering (date approximate) the 108/113/117 were operated as branches of one route. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- There were three trackless trolley lines listed that operted until 1927. The TT car house on Arthur Kill Road and Courtelyou Ave still stands today and houses part of the vehicle collection of the Richmondtown Restoration. There is no data on how the TT vehicles from Victory Blvd got to any car house or the TT barn at Arthur Kill. The wire layouts on the Bahn network are pure conjecture and no real details are given. In fact, since I have no details, I combined the two northern lines (Travis to Castleton Corners and CC to Seaview Hospital). 1997 1980 1918 Terminals & Routes ---- ---- ---- ------------------------------------------------------- 62 112 Travis (Foot of Victory) to Bulls Head 74 113 Richmondtown to Tottenville via Arthur Kill Road Castleton Corners (Jewett & Victory) to Seaview Hospital --------------------------------------------------------------------------- The Staten Island Rapid Transit I included all three lines on the Bahn layout. I used single car trains on South Shore, two car trains on Arlington and 3 car trains on the mainline to Tottenville. As a bonus, I added a freight train to mess up the train service. Since this represents the Island in 1918, all of the rail lines are at grade, except for the tunnel under Bay St between St George and Tomkinsville (I'm not sure if that was built later than the 1918 date of the trolley service). ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- All of the signals are in place only to support the BAHN functionality. Without them, the single track sections of lines would constantly have collisions. The most interesting signal installation is that which protects the M and 3 cars between Manor Rd, Castleton Ave and Richmond Terrace. The 'T' shaped section including the beginning of single track on Manor at Richmond Terrace (924,725), the north end of the Manor Rd passing siding (918,879), and the west end of the passing siding on Castleton Ave (933,798) are one absolute block. Only one car at a time may enter. In addition, the Broadway section of the M line is protected at the 'Y' switches (924,802). This prevents an M car from proceeding east if the Broadway section is occupied. The signal is cleared by an M car leaving the Broadway section. |
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