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Posted by RedbirdR33 on Sat May 28 23:04:23 2005, in response to Re: Age of the Els(Corrected), posted by SLRT on Sat May 28 22:18:07 2005. Which of Fischer's books did you see the picture in. I have The Subway and the City." Was it Uptown/Downtown?There is a 1904 picture of the Old Main Line right next to the Brooklyn Bridge which shows "something" that looks like a third rail next to both running tracks. This picture is in "The Track of New York No 2" by Alan Kahn and Paul May. Although all the mainline Brooklyn els had electrified by July 1900 there were not enough electric mu trains to provide all the service so steam powered trains continued to operate. Its possible that third rail was installed on that portion of the "Old Main LIne" but that it was never energized. Both Joe Cunningham and Joe Brennan refer to this as the last elevated steam operation. Larry, RedbirdR33 |
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