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Posted by TransitChuckG on Fri Nov 18 17:23:43 2022, in response to Trolley track bye pass Photo, posted by Avid Reader on Fri Nov 18 15:32:42 2022. Excellent! |
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Posted by TransitChuckG on Fri Nov 18 17:25:05 2022, in response to Re: Trolley track bye pass Photo, posted by TransitChuckG on Fri Nov 18 17:23:43 2022. Some folks call them bypass sidings . |
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Posted by chicagoMotorman on Fri Nov 18 17:52:45 2022, in response to Trolley track bye pass Photo, posted by Avid Reader on Fri Nov 18 15:32:42 2022. Where's this? |
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Posted by TUNNELRAT on Fri Nov 18 18:12:02 2022, in response to Re: Trolley track bye pass Photo, posted by TransitChuckG on Fri Nov 18 17:25:05 2022. where? |
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Posted by Spider-Pig on Fri Nov 18 18:56:20 2022, in response to Re: Trolley track bye pass Photo, posted by chicagoMotorman on Fri Nov 18 17:52:45 2022. He stole it from Pinterest.It’s on Pittston Avenue in Scranton. Heh. Scranton. Dunder Mifflin. Funny words are funny. |
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Posted by Joe on Fri Nov 18 21:43:28 2022, in response to Re: Trolley track bye pass Photo, posted by Spider-Pig on Fri Nov 18 18:56:20 2022. I rode through sidings on Warburton Avenue (Yonkers RR 1) and Nepperhan Ave. (route 5). I don't recall passing sidings in Manhattan or The Bronx. |
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Posted by irtredbirdr33 on Fri Nov 18 22:56:16 2022, in response to Trolley track bye pass Photo, posted by Avid Reader on Fri Nov 18 15:32:42 2022. The points seem to be spring switches which automatically lined the route. Larry, RedbirdR33 |
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Posted by Jackson Park B Train on Fri Nov 18 23:41:48 2022, in response to Trolley track bye pass Photo, posted by Avid Reader on Fri Nov 18 15:32:42 2022. Common. CSS&SB between Gary and MichiganCity set up longer passing sidings w/spring switches for passing sidings. In each direction the normal position was for righthand running entering, spring leaving. Worked well since 1926; getting full two track main as we write. |
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Posted by Avid Reader on Sat Nov 19 11:41:35 2022, in response to Re: Trolley track bye pass Photo, posted by TUNNELRAT on Fri Nov 18 18:12:02 2022. Glad you axed. There is an interesting story behind these locations, one that almost ended my then short life.We, my family, my father, my mother and my older brother were visiting our relatives in Scranton, Pa. On this occasion we were visiting with my mom's High School friend located on Pittston Ave., which had a trolley line on it. A bunch of us kids were in front of the house sitting on the curb tossing rocks and pebbles into the street. I took a notion to put a pebble on the trolley tracks. My brother said I would be in trouble, as a trolley was coming and the pebble would cause the trolley to tip over. Not wanting to get in trouble, I ran out and retrieved the pebble and on the return sprint I was just barely nudged by a car as it screeched to a halt. I was knocked unconscious, but otherwise pronounced okay. So I have first hand knowledge about trolley tracks on Pittston Ave. in Scranton Pa. Thanks for asking. |
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Posted by Avid Reader on Sat Nov 19 11:49:06 2022, in response to Re: Trolley track bye pass Photo, posted by Jackson Park B Train on Fri Nov 18 23:41:48 2022. Before the work on the TIMES SQUARE shuttle, I had advocated forthis type of switches to be used on the center tracks to allow two car sets to operate during rush hours. |
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Posted by TUNNELRAT on Sat Nov 19 12:27:03 2022, in response to Re: Trolley track bye pass Photo, posted by Avid Reader on Sat Nov 19 11:41:35 2022. THAT EXPLAINS IT! |
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Posted by Dan on Sat Nov 19 13:56:42 2022, in response to Re: Trolley track bye pass Photo, posted by Spider-Pig on Fri Nov 18 18:56:20 2022. What a nice town it looks like with those beautiful homes lining the street. |
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Posted by TransitChuckG on Sat Nov 19 13:57:13 2022, in response to Re: Trolley track bye pass Photo, posted by TUNNELRAT on Sat Nov 19 12:27:03 2022. THAT EXPLAINS IT!Sure does! |
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Posted by Dan on Sat Nov 19 14:03:12 2022, in response to Re: Trolley track bye pass Photo, posted by Joe on Fri Nov 18 21:43:28 2022. The Staten Island trolley car network had numerous 1-track sections, like along parts of Richmond Road, with short passing sidings. That was one of the reasons the service was so unreliable and was shut down and replaced with buses in 1937. |
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Posted by Spider-Pig on Sat Nov 19 16:35:33 2022, in response to Re: Trolley track bye pass Photo, posted by Dan on Sat Nov 19 13:56:42 2022. I’m sure it doesn’t look like that anymore. |
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Posted by Bill from Maspeth on Sat Nov 19 18:20:29 2022, in response to Re: Trolley track bye pass Photo, posted by TUNNELRAT on Sat Nov 19 12:27:03 2022. 🤣🤣🤣 |
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Posted by Edwards! on Sat Nov 19 18:46:36 2022, in response to Re: Trolley track bye pass Photo, posted by Avid Reader on Sat Nov 19 11:41:35 2022. Wow.You are an official Trolley dodger. One second slowly, we wouldn't be reading your posts today. Glad to see you are ok. |
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Posted by Avid Reader on Sun Nov 20 14:54:52 2022, in response to Re: Trolley track bye pass Photo, posted by Dan on Sat Nov 19 13:56:42 2022. There was an exodus of people from Scranton and a lot of myrelatives were among them, not all, some stayed but have since passed-away. My most recent visit was about twenty years ago. However while searching for phots I came across a number of beautiful homes, mansions really, but Scranton lacks a firm economic base so they are bargains! |
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Posted by Steve B-8AVEXP on Sun Nov 20 15:25:30 2022, in response to Trolley track bye pass Photo, posted by Avid Reader on Fri Nov 18 15:32:42 2022. South Bend had those as well. Most streetcar lines there were single track. Michigan Street was double tracked through downtown because virtually all routes used its trackage either to loop back or as part of the line they served. |
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Posted by Steve B-8AVEXP on Sun Nov 20 15:27:15 2022, in response to Re: Trolley track bye pass Photo, posted by Dan on Sat Nov 19 14:03:12 2022. South Bend lost its streetcars in 1940. They would have really come in handy during the war. The buses that replaced them were woefully inadequate for the crush of wartime traffic. |
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Posted by Steve B-8AVEXP on Sun Nov 20 15:29:28 2022, in response to Re: Trolley track bye pass Photo, posted by Jackson Park B Train on Fri Nov 18 23:41:48 2022. There is a passing siding right beneath the Indiana Toll Road where it passes over the South Shore tracks east of LaPorte. |
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Posted by terRAPIN station on Sun Nov 20 17:12:10 2022, in response to Re: Trolley track bye pass Photo, posted by Spider-Pig on Sat Nov 19 16:35:33 2022. There are still some left. But da U and da hospitals are tearing them down for expansion. |
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Posted by terRAPIN station on Sun Nov 20 17:13:25 2022, in response to Re: Trolley track bye pass Photo, posted by Spider-Pig on Fri Nov 18 18:56:20 2022. Stealing is wrong. Anyhow, I knew that was Scranton without looking it up because I’m a little bit Scrantonian. |
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Posted by Avid Reader on Tue Nov 22 13:54:43 2022, in response to Re: Trolley track bye pass Photo, posted by Edwards! on Sat Nov 19 18:46:36 2022. Thank you for the kind words. |
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Posted by Avid Reader on Tue Nov 22 14:06:54 2022, in response to Re: Trolley track bye pass Photo, posted by Edwards! on Sat Nov 19 18:46:36 2022. When visiting we would go to " Central City", the term for downtown Scranton. We would say " we would say I'm going Over Town.The choice to travel was getting the Trolley at Birch St. and Crown Ave. The fare was $.05. The cost of the Laural Line was $10. The pros and cons were the trolley was more frequent and less costly. The Laural line was faster. The trolley brought us into the main shopping district, while the Laural Line was about two blocks from the shopping. |
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Posted by Avid Reader on Tue Nov 22 14:10:13 2022, in response to Re: Trolley track bye pass Photo, posted by irtredbirdr33 on Fri Nov 18 22:56:16 2022. I believe there is a spring switch just east of Sayville NY on the L.I.R.R. where it goes from two tracks to a single track towards Patchogue. |
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