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Posted by irtredbirdr33 on Sat Dec 10 12:17:03 2022 Tuscarora Almanac - December 10, 1873 - The Book of First Runs and Last Runs The 9th Avenue El opens a new station at 30th Street and closes the one at 29th Street. The line itself had already been extended to 34th Street the previous July. Sources: New York Division Bulletin / April 1994, article "Ninth Avenue El" by Mr. Bernard Linder "New York El Lines 1867 / 1955", Electric Railroads Magazine No.25, December 1956 Tuscarora Almanac - December 10, 1950 - The Book of First Runs Jamaica, New York New York City Transit Authority IND Division The IND Queens Line is extended one stop from 169th Street to a new terminal at 179th Street - Hillside Avenue in Jamaica. Tuscarora Almanac – December 10, 1950 – The Book of First Runs Hamilton, Ontario Hamilton Street Railway Trackless trolley service begins in the Canadian city of Hamilton, Ontario. Eighteen T-48 coaches are ordered from the Canadian Car and Foundry Company for use on the Canon Street Line. Source: “Canadian Trolleys In Color” (Morning Sun Books / 2006) Volume 1 by Mr. Robert Halperin Tuscarora Almanac – December 10, 1953 – The Book of Last Runs Brooklyn, New York New York City Transit Authority BMT Division The rush hour No. 3 West End el shuttle between Bay Parkway and Coney Island is discontinued. Source: New York Division Bulletin /October 1966, article by Mr. Bernard Linder Tuscarora Almanac – December 10, 1959 – The Book of First Runs Weehawken, New Jersey New York Central Railroad The New York Central Railroad discontinues all remaining passenger service on the River Division (West Shore). Service between West Haverstraw and Albany ended in June 1958. All weekend service ended at this time as well. Ferry service to Manhattan ended on April 24, 1959. Several trains continued to operate weekdays only between West Haverstraw and Weehawken, but after the ferries were discontinued ridership dropped to almost nothing. The final run was made by Train No. 993 which left Weehawken at 11:44 PM. Sources: 1) Zullig, Walter E (2018), New York Central’s West Shore Commuter Territory In Color, Morning Sun Books 2) New York Central West Shore River Division Area Time Table, Form WS-1 effective June 30, 1958. 3) Mr. John Barth, New York Central Railroad historian Tuscarora Almanac – December 10, 1979 – The Book of First Runs Trenton, New Jersey New Jersey Transit Corporation The State of New Jersey creates the New Jersey Transit Corporation. Its subsidiary New Jersey Transit Bus Operations will take over the bus and light rail operations of Transport of New Jersey. It will also coordinate with Conrail over the commuter rail operations. Source: New York Division /December 1994 Tuscarora Almanac – December 10, 1984 – The Book of Last Runs Manhattan, New York New York City Transit Authority IRT Division This is the last day in service for the R-14’s and R-15’s. In recent years they were assigned to the No.1 and No. 3 lines. Source: New York Division Bulletin /January 1985 Tuscarora Almanac - December 10, 1988 - The Book of First and Last Runs Jamaica, Queens, New York New York City Transit Authority BMT and IND Divisions The Archer Avenue Subway opens for service shortly before midnight. The first train to arrive is a “J” Jamaica-Nassau St Local on the lower level. The train consisted of eight R-42’s; (N) 4587-6,4555-4,4610-1,4594-5. The first “E” Queens-8th Avenue train arrived shortly before midnight on the upper level. The first southbound “E” left just after midnight on December 11 and consisted of eight R-46’s; (N) 910-939-1029-928, 848-623-719-1104. The last “J” from Broad Street to 121st Street had R-42’s (n) 4651-50, 4718-19, 4711-10 and 4662-63. Sub-Chat member “Bill form Maspeth” was the motorman on the first train “J” train into Jamaica Center. Source: New York Division Bulletin /February 1989 Tuscarora Almanac - December 10, 1990 - The Book of Last Runs Brooklyn, New York New York City Transit Authority BMT Division This is the last day of operation of the R-30’s (actually it was R-30A’s) on the BMT Division. The last train ran as an “M” Myrtle Av-Nassau St-West End Local. The consist was: R-30A 8380-8389 R-30A 8410-8399 R-30A 8377-8366 R-30A 8384-8367 Well known sub-chat regular “Bill from Maspeth” was the motorman on this train. New York Division Bulletin /February 1991 Tuscarora Almanac – December 10, 2010 – The Book of First Runs Brooklyn, New York New York City Transit Authority IND and BMT Divisions A free transfer point is opened in Brooklyn. It connects the Jay Street – Borough Hall station used by the IND 8th Avenue (A,C) and 6th Avenue (F) Lines with the BMT Montague Street Line station at Lawrence Street (N,R). Both stations have been renamed “Jay Street – Metrotech”. Sources: New York Division Bulletin / January 2011 The Elkeeper Larry, RedbirdR33 |
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Posted by Chris R16/R2730 on Sat Dec 10 15:21:57 2022, in response to Tuscarora Almanac for December 10, posted by irtredbirdr33 on Sat Dec 10 12:17:03 2022. The last train ran as an “M” Myrtle Av-Nassau St-West End Local. The consist was:R-30A 8380-8389 R-30A 8410-8399 R-30A 8377-8366 R-30A 8384-8367 Were mismatched pairs that common on the R30s? Did they use couplers or link bars? |
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Posted by Steve B-8AVEXP on Sat Dec 10 15:25:44 2022, in response to Re: Tuscarora Almanac for December 10, posted by Chris R16/R2730 on Sat Dec 10 15:21:57 2022. They had couplers at both ends. |
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Posted by Steve B-8AVEXP on Sat Dec 10 15:27:15 2022, in response to Tuscarora Almanac for December 10, posted by irtredbirdr33 on Sat Dec 10 12:17:03 2022. Hamilton still had trolley buses as late as July of 1988. It's interesting that it took as long as it did to put in that free transfer at Jay St., given the close proximity of both stations. |
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Posted by Bill from Maspeth on Sat Dec 10 15:27:33 2022, in response to Tuscarora Almanac for December 10, posted by irtredbirdr33 on Sat Dec 10 12:17:03 2022. My operating the first J train to Parsons Archer was planned, whereas my operating the last R30 Redbird train on the M line (and BMT) was unplanned.Here is how that came about: at that time a mid-day M was laid up at Chambers St. on the non revenue tracks leading to the severed Manhattan Bridge lead. It came lite from Broad after making the 8:02 AM Met-Brd. For the PM rush it was an M gap train to Met whenever it was needed. If not needed it went to Met at a given time and laid up. It was the only Redbird/R30 on the M that day. It just so happened that day the gap train was needed early. When I left Met to go to Bay Pky. the R30 was needed to make another trip and was the following M. So when I dropped back 1 train at Bay Pky. the R30 was mine to take back north. I was unaware that I was operating THE last one till I got around the curve leaving Fresh Pond and saw 2 R30's all by their lone some in the yard. They were bought over from ENYD by a train consisting of 8 R42's + a pair of Redbirds. The train was split with the R42's taking the place of "my" Redbird for the next days service on a FPYD track with the pair of Redbirds on another track with my train adding up to it after it arrived at Met. From there, all 10 Redbirds were transfered to Pitkin Yd. How did Met handle a 10 cat train which would be overhanging the diamond crossover entering Met? Glad you asked that question. At that time, when FP tower controlled the switches at Met+the entrance to FPYD, there was an additional switch, a facing point from Met, which went from 1 track to 2 track which was utilized for the 10 car move to the yard. When they eliminated FP tower and created ENY Master Tower, the brainiacs downtown wanted 3 switch taken out claiming it was redundant. So now no more 10 car moves to Met but you can do 10 car moves from FPYD by coming out of the yard on 2 track and simply clearing the switch coming out of the yard or even pulling into the station. |
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Posted by irtredbirdr33 on Sat Dec 10 15:51:08 2022, in response to Re: Tuscarora Almanac for December 10, posted by Chris R16/R2730 on Sat Dec 10 15:21:57 2022. Chris: Mismatched pairs were very common. All married pairs in the R26,27,28,30 and 30A orders were connected by couplers. Larry, RedbirdR33 |
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Posted by Chris R16/R2730 on Sat Dec 10 15:54:50 2022, in response to Re: Tuscarora Almanac for December 10, posted by irtredbirdr33 on Sat Dec 10 15:51:08 2022. Thanks. |
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Posted by Edwards! on Sat Dec 10 17:49:36 2022, in response to Tuscarora Almanac for December 10, posted by irtredbirdr33 on Sat Dec 10 12:17:03 2022. I actually rode with Bill that morningThere was some confusion going on,and the train that pulled out of Parsons was a GOH R30/30a set. Bill said he was'drafted" into operating the outbound. As I recall, that was literally one of the coldest nights of the year, and practically set a record for temperature drops. The next day was so cold that some equipment couldn't make it out of lay up. I'm sure Bill remembers that night like it was yesterday ,freezing his ass off in that cab! |
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Posted by Catfish 44 on Sat Dec 10 20:35:52 2022, in response to Tuscarora Almanac for December 10, posted by irtredbirdr33 on Sat Dec 10 12:17:03 2022. This is the last day in service for the R-14’s and R-15’s. In recent years they were assigned to the No.1 and No. 3 lines.😢 |
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Posted by Catfish 44 on Sat Dec 10 20:39:00 2022, in response to Re: Tuscarora Almanac for December 10, posted by Bill from Maspeth on Sat Dec 10 15:27:33 2022. Awesome recollection! |
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Posted by gbs on Sun Dec 11 00:25:43 2022, in response to Tuscarora Almanac for December 10, posted by irtredbirdr33 on Sat Dec 10 12:17:03 2022. The IND Queens Line is extended one stop from 169th St to a new terminal at 179th St 179 St had a beautiful purple stripe on the wall when built:  After the trunk-line map was introduced in 1979, the stripe was covered over with intertwining blue and orange stripes, to show that the station was served by both 6 Av and 8 Av service:   There are still some vestiges of purple left: 
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Posted by Bill from Maspeth on Sun Dec 11 03:28:43 2022, in response to Re: Tuscarora Almanac for December 10, posted by Edwards! on Sat Dec 10 17:49:36 2022. It was cold as an ice cream freezer.As it turned out, the reason why I made that extra trip was because Station Dept. did not have the station open yet for good reason. They were told to open to the public at 12 midnight. The trip I made was slightly before midnight and the t/o scheduled was stuck waiting outside too. His job was J101. the first midnight job. The conductor on J101 was already at the new terminal as he parked his car at 121 and rode on my train into the new terminal. Finally, on our trip into the new terminal we were delayed at 121 so the Saturday PM TD, along with others, could load radios, paperwork, and other essentials onto the last car of my train which would no longer be needed at 121. |
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Posted by Steve B-8AVEXP on Sun Dec 11 15:42:44 2022, in response to Re: Tuscarora Almanac for December 10, posted by gbs on Sun Dec 11 00:25:43 2022. IINM the now-abandoned lower level at 42nd St. has that same original tilework. |
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Posted by gbs on Sun Dec 11 16:47:07 2022, in response to Re: Tuscarora Almanac for December 10, posted by Steve B-8AVEXP on Sun Dec 11 15:42:44 2022. 1970:   1996: 
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Posted by Edwards! on Sun Dec 11 18:17:47 2022, in response to Re: Tuscarora Almanac for December 10, posted by Bill from Maspeth on Sun Dec 11 03:28:43 2022. I remember You not being "happy" about taking the train out.Seriously passed is the vibe I caught off you. And YES! It was colder than normal that particular morning, and worse that Monday. |
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Posted by randyo on Mon Dec 12 09:20:34 2022, in response to Re: Tuscarora Almanac for December 10, posted by Steve B-8AVEXP on Sun Dec 11 15:42:44 2022. The lower level at 42/8 was not tiled when the subway first opened. It was not tiled till around the same time as 179 opened hence the similarity in tilework. |
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