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Posted by IRTRedbirdR33 on Thu Aug 27 09:51:25 2020 Tuscarora Almanac August 27, 1963 The Book of First Runs Jamaica, New York Long Island Railroad Thirty electric mu cars arrive on the property. They are Model MP-75C 2525-2536 and MP-75T 2675-2692. They will be converted to unpowered coaches in 1973 with the arrival of the M-1s. Source: New York Division Bulletin /August 1998 Tuscarora Almanac - August 27, 1976 - The Book of Last Runs Manhattan, New York New York City Transit Authority BMT and IND Divisions This will be the last day of operation of the "EE" Queens - Broadway Local which ran between Forest Hills and Whitehall Street (via the 60 St Tunnel) on weekdays from 6 AM to 8 PM which rush hour short turns at Canal Street. The last northbound "EE" left Whitehall Street at 7:56 PM with R-16's (n) 6432,6441,6416,6491,6398,6430,6419,6482. The last southbound "EE" arrived at Canal Street at 8:20PM and had R-38's (s) 4031-4030, 4087-4086, 4066-4067and 4050-4051. It will also be the last day of the "K" Bway / Bkyln - 6th Avenue Local which ran during rush hours between Eastern Parkway and 57 Street / 6 Avenue. The consist of the last "K" train was (n/57) R-9 1734,1722,1659, R-7 1491, R-9 1777,1689,1713, R-7 1476. (Mr. William Padron provided the following info: And amazingly, one car from each used on the last runs of the respective lines survive in museums within a 75-mile vicinity from the city: #6398 from the "EE" at the TMNY in Kingston NY, and #1689 from the "K" at Shore Line in East Haven, CT) The demise of the "K" also meant the end of regular train service over the two track connection between the IND Broadway - Lafayette Street Station and the BMT Essex Street Station. Service over this route began on July 1, 1968 with some fanfare by the "KK" train. It came to an end eight years later. It would be thirty four years before service would be restored over this connection by the "M" train allowing long-sundered families in Brooklyn and Manhattan to unite with their loved ones. On a personal note I will say that the Service Changes of August 1976 more than any other signaled the end of the hope and dreams that opening of the Chrystie Street Subway had promised. The subway was in a long downward spiral into The Pit and no one knew where it would end. Nearly every surface on the system albeit a station or a car was covered by graffiti. Maintenance was at an all time low and breakdowns were commonplace as were track fires. Crime was your constant companion. Even the car builder didn't seem to know how to build cars anymore. The R-44's in there early days were prone to electrical fires and the wheel trucks of the R-46s had a bad habit of cracking. The last of the original owner cars, the R- 1/9's perhaps sensing the turmoil would bow out a year later. On the IRT the mighty Redbirds would struggle to hold the line but they took a heavy beating. On the BMT and IND the R-27's and R-30's along with their younger siblings the R-32's would wage the battle. The R-27's would burn themselves out in the process but the R-32's would live to see another day. And lets not forget the trains crews and other TA personnel who had to work in this environment every day. The subway system finally reached rock bottom on January 13, 1981. On that day 2,117 cars, almost one third of the fleet could not answer the call to service. The greatest subway system in the world had been brought to its knees through years of neglect and deferred maintenance and even the staunchest rail-fans had doubts if it would come back. 1982 saw a turn around in attitudes and thinking both in the city and the MTA. The subway system is New York City's most valuable asset and people began to realize it. New and rebuilt cars strengthened the fleet. Maintenance was vastly improved. Cars and station were cleaned and washed. It took about several years but the subway like the city did come back. Sources: New York Division Bulletin / August 1976. New York Subways (John Hopkins University Press / 2004) by Mr. Gene Sansone Tuscarora Dispatch No. 9 The August 1976 Service Changes The new schedule that went into effect on August 29, 1976 featured some of the most drastic service cuts in memory. Years of deferred maintenance and bad management were having a deteriorating effect on the entire transit system. We bid hail and farewell to the EE and the K. They had provided some important connections and would be missed. Nevertheless they were smart to get out of Dodge while they could. Things were bad and going to get a lot worse. The EE had operated between Forest Hills and Whitehall Street M-F from 6 AM to 8 PM. N trains had operated between 57th Street-7th Avenue and Coney Island at all times. Under the new schedule N trains would be extended to Forest Hills on weekdays from 6 AM to 7 PM. They would continue to terminate at 57th Street at all other times. Trains would run via bridge but would operate as local on the Broadway Line southbound in the AM rush and northbound from about 3 PM to 7 PM. A certain number of N trains would run between Forest Hills and Whitehall Street southbound in the AM rush and northbound in the PM rush. The KK had run between Eastern Parkway and 57th Street-6th Avenue during rush hours. This permitted J train to run express between Eastern Parkway and Essex Street in the direction of traffic. The J would continue to run at all times between 168th Street-Jamaica and Broad Street. Skip-stop service would now run from Sutphin Boulevard to Myrtle Avenue southbound in the AM rush. J trains would continue to run non-stop between Myrtle Avenue and Essex Street during rush hours in the direction of traffic. M trains would continue to run between Metropolitan Avenue and Coney Island via the Brighton Line M-F 6 AM to 8 PM. They would run as shuttle trains between Metropolitan Avenue at all other times. Rush hour express service between Myrtle Avenue and Marcy Avenue was discontinued. GG rush hour service to Church Avenue was discontinued and trains would terminate at Smith-9th Streets at all times. B trains had run between Coney Island and 168th Street-Broadway during rush hours and to 57th Street-6th Avenue at all other times. The loss K service meant that the B would have to provide rush hour service to and from 57th Street. During the AM rush some B trains ran from Coney Island to 57th Street-6th Avenue. They returned as follows; leaving 57th Street from 8:03 to 8:40 AM (four trains) they ran local to 2nd Avenue and laid up there. Leaving from 8:53 to 9:32 AM (four trains) they ran local to West 4th Street and then light to Church Avenue-MacDonald Avenue and laid up. In the evening rush they ran light from Church Avenue or 2nd Avenue to West 4th Street and then as locals to 57th Street. All southbound trains leaving 57th Street in the PM rush ran to Coney Island. CC trains had run during rush hours between Bedford Park Boulevard and the World Trade Center. This service would be extended to Euclid Avenue and Rockaway Park via the Fulton Street Local. Also at this time the Broad Channel Rockaway Park Shuttle would be designated as CC trains. Previously they had run under the A banner. E trains would now operate at all times between 179th Street-Jamaica and the World Trade Center. Rush hour service to Brooklyn and Rockaway Park was discontinued. Source: New York Division Bulletin / August 1976 / article by Mr. Arthur Lonto Tuscarora Almanac - August 27, 2001 - The Book of First Runs Newark, New Jersey New Jersey Transit Bus Operations The new Kinki-Sharyo ALRV's begin service on the Newark City Subway. Larry, RedbirdR33 |
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Posted by Steve B-8AVEXP on Thu Aug 27 10:56:00 2020, in response to Tuscarora Almanac for August 27, posted by IRTRedbirdR33 on Thu Aug 27 09:51:25 2020. Those August 1976 service cuts were a precursor to even more draconian cuts a year later. |
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Posted by Mark S. Feinman on Thu Aug 27 15:12:42 2020, in response to Tuscarora Almanac for August 27, posted by IRTRedbirdR33 on Thu Aug 27 09:51:25 2020. I always enjoy your Almanacs but this one is especially great! Thank you for this!!--Mark |
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Posted by MainR3664 on Thu Aug 27 16:44:02 2020, in response to Tuscarora Almanac for August 27, posted by IRTRedbirdR33 on Thu Aug 27 09:51:25 2020. I remember the 1976 service changes. I would agree that while there were problems and graffiti they marked the line between the hope of the post-Chrystie to the grim late 1970s-early 1980s. |
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Posted by IRTRedbirdR33 on Thu Aug 27 17:20:35 2020, in response to Re: Tuscarora Almanac for August 27, posted by Mark S. Feinman on Thu Aug 27 15:12:42 2020. Thank you Mark. Your quite welcome. Larry, RedbirdR33 |
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Posted by FYBklyn1959 on Thu Aug 27 22:33:40 2020, in response to Tuscarora Almanac for August 27, posted by IRTRedbirdR33 on Thu Aug 27 09:51:25 2020. 8/27/76 was also my last day as a resident of Brooklyn. On the 28th, my mother and I set out on an 8-day drive to LA, as I was going to be entering USC in the fall. Fortunately, I got to ride the EE and K as part as a ride-all-the-lines railfan trip a few weeks earlier. |
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Posted by Steve B-8AVEXP on Fri Aug 28 00:00:18 2020, in response to Re: Tuscarora Almanac for August 27, posted by FYBklyn1959 on Thu Aug 27 22:33:40 2020. And I moved into my dorm at UConn that same day for pre-season marching band practice. |
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Posted by Wallyhorse on Fri Aug 28 00:40:47 2020, in response to Tuscarora Almanac for August 27, posted by IRTRedbirdR33 on Thu Aug 27 09:51:25 2020. It is amazing the depths the subway got to in the '70s when you look at it.I really began riding when the subways were at their absolute worst in the early 1980's. It was a big deal when the (4) got the R-62s in 1984 as to that point, the line was almost all-R17s with the occasional R21-22 mixed in. |
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Posted by Avid Reader on Fri Aug 28 09:17:33 2020, in response to Tuscarora Almanac for August 27, posted by IRTRedbirdR33 on Thu Aug 27 09:51:25 2020. A big jump.Newark Light Rail LRV #102 at the Lackawanna Broad Street Station on the first day of service. Photo by Frank Pfuhler, July 17, 2006.   The same equipement can be expanded to longet consist. 
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Re: Tuscarora Almanac for August 27 |
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Posted by IRTRedbirdR33 on Fri Aug 28 12:35:56 2020, in response to Re: Tuscarora Almanac for August 27, posted by Avid Reader on Fri Aug 28 09:17:33 2020. The top picture is Pennsylvania Station - Newark, not Broad Street. Larry, RedbirdR33 |
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