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Re: [OLDE PHOTO] Culver Line Before IND Invasion |
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Posted by Ed Alfonsin on Wed Aug 25 11:28:27 2010, in response to Re: [OLDE PHOTO] Culver Line Before IND Invasion, posted by GIS Man on Wed Aug 25 10:33:55 2010. Prior to the opening of the IND connection at Ditmas, Culver local service operated to Chambers 24/7 outside of rush hours--a three-car train of steels was the usual, with six-car expresses during rush hours via the Loop, skipping DeKalb and Myrtle to the Bridge and skipping DeKalb on the return. Five-car ex-SIRT trains (sometimes referred to as "E" types) replaced BMT standards in the mid-1950s --one of the experts could probably provide exact dates.After the IND connection opened, night and weekend BMT Culver service was cut back to shuttles between Ditmas and 36th Street with locals and expresses still operating on weekdays. Apparently, ridership was still too high for TA tastes, so in 1959, the BMT Culver was reduced to a shuttle between Ditmas and Ninth Avenues, which had the effect of killing the line--same sort of thing the TA tried with the Franklin. Brighton Specials used the DeKalb bypass in the morning rush hour--using BMT numbers, the bypass had 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5 trains. The current Bridge track in DeKalb had Fourth Avenue and West End locals and the current Tunnel track had Brighton locals and expresses. Fourth Avenue Specials in the evening (from Broad Street) skipped Myrtle and DeKalb after coming over the Bridge. The only real effect of the DeKalb reconstruction was to move waiting to get into DeKalb from the southbound side to the Manhattan-bound side. Ed Alfonain Potsdam, NY |
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