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Posted by NewLots to 242 on Tue Aug 25 05:20:18 2009, in response to Re: Trolley operation questions, posted by piyer on Tue Aug 25 04:21:49 2009. I can add a few of the things I remember from my childhood days in BrooklynItem 2: At at least one major junction, the switch was controlled by the operator. There was a junction at the corner of Rockaway and East New York Avenues, which supported three north-south routes on Rockaway Ave (Wilson, St. Johns and Ralph-Rockaway - more or less today's B60, B45 and B40(?) as they were then) and one east-west route (Bergen,roughly today's B65). Two of the northbound routes turned west at the junction, the third one continued northward. I'd often see the operator jump out of the car, open a little hinged plate next to the tracks, and "do something". Item 4: It was illegal for an auto to approach within eight feet of a stopped car - especially at the side where the passengers were getting on and off - and if the car stopped, the auto had to stop immediately. http://query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=9A0CE7DF1E3FE432A25751C2A9669D946095D6CF Item 5: The picture is definitely typical. Notice that a few "brave souls" are waiting for the car off the curb and into the street. BUT, the woman holding the young child's hand far back from the curb shows great sense and care. I was roughly about the little boy's age when taking the trolley was a common event in our family. Mom and Dad each took one of us two brothers in hand while waiting for the trolley.. |
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