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Posted by irtredbirdr33 on Thu Aug 1 08:07:14 2024 Tuscarora Almanac for August 1 1908 – from The Book of First Runs The IRT Broadway Line is extended from 225th Street to 242 Street. Stations are opened at 231st Street, 238th Street and 242 Street. The temporary station at 230th Street is closed. Source: New York Division Bulletin /July 1985, article by Mr. David Rogoff 1918 – from The Book of First Runs Item 1 The tracks of the Contract I subway on Broadway north of 42nd Street are connected to the tracks of the Contract III stations at Times Square located on 7th Avenue. This permits through service along the entire length of the Broadway - 7th Avenue Line. Item 2 The IRT Pelham Line opens between 125th Street - Lexington Avenue and 3rd Avenue - 138th Street. A new station is opened at 3rd Avenue -138th Street. Item 3 The 42nd Street Shuttle begins operation between Times Square and Grand Central. Due to severe overcrowding service is suspended three days later. The shuttle re-opened on September 28, 1918. Red and Green colored lights were placed in the ceiling to help passengers find their 1920 – from The Book of First Runs The 60th Street Tunnel under the East River opens connecting Lexington Avenue-60th Street station in Manhattan with Queensboro Plaza station in Queens. The Montague Street Tunnel under the East River as well as the Montague Street Line in Brooklyn opens. The line connects the Whitehall Street station in Manhattan with the Dekalb Avenue station in Brooklyn. There is one station on this line at Court Street. Lawrence Street station will not open until October 18, 1924. 1939 – from The Book of First Runs The Susquehanna Railroad opens a new station underneath the approaches to the Lincoln Tunnel. It will be known as "Susquehanna Transfer" and will permit passengers to transfer to and from buses to Midtown Manhattan. 1954 – from The Book of Last Runs The Hudson & Manhattan Railroad closes the 19th Street station on the 6th Avenue Line. 1963 – from The Book of First Runs The premier passenger train on the Hoboken-Chicago run, “The Erie-Lackawanna Limited”, Nos. 1 & 2 is re-named “The Phoebe Snow”. “The Phoebe Snow had been the pride of the Lackawanna Railroad before the merger. It ran between Hoboken and Buffalo with a dining car and the famous observation cars. After the merger with the Erie Railroad is was combined with “The Erie-Lackawanna Limited” between Hoboken and Elmira. The observation cars were put in storage. The “Phoebe Snow” name was dropped effective with the October 1962 timetable. William White was brought in as Chairman of the Erie Lackawanna in the middle of 1963 and one of the first things he did was to bring back “The Phoebe Snow”, now as a Hoboken-Chicago train. The observation cars were taken out of storage and restored to their proper use. NOTE: The two observation cars now are part of the Metro-North Railroad inspection train. Source: “Erie Lackawanna Through Passenger Service in Color” (Morning Sun Books / 2006) by Mr. John J. Boehner Larry, RedbirdR33 |
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Posted by Avid Reader on Thu Aug 1 08:29:37 2024, in response to Tuscarora Almanac for August 1, posted by irtredbirdr33 on Thu Aug 1 08:07:14 2024. “The Phoebe Snow” New York City / Metro-North Commuter Railroad / EL Phoebe Snow cars / MNR 1 & 2 (former Erie Lackawanna Phoebe Snow cars). Photographed at Grand Central Terminal on November 18, 2003, by Brian W  How it came about. BECAUSE IT USED ANTHRICITE COAL, a clean burning coal. 
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Posted by Wallyhorse on Thu Aug 1 10:15:39 2024, in response to Tuscarora Almanac for August 1, posted by irtredbirdr33 on Thu Aug 1 08:07:14 2024. I find that funny because I remember growing up in the 1970's there was a singer named Phoebe Snow who had some hits and that is who I always associated the name with. |
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Posted by W.B. on Thu Aug 1 13:01:47 2024, in response to Re: Tuscarora Almanac for August 1, posted by Wallyhorse on Thu Aug 1 10:15:39 2024. Was her name derived, at least in part, from this train? |
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Posted by Mark S. Feinman on Thu Aug 1 14:06:27 2024, in response to Re: Tuscarora Almanac for August 1, posted by W.B. on Thu Aug 1 13:01:47 2024. Yes it was! According to the Wikipedia article: "Her stage name came from an early 1900s fictional character featured in Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad ads. In painted and later photographic print images, the young woman 'Phoebe Snow' was dressed all in white to emphasize the cleanliness of the line's passenger trains. (Lackawanna's locomotives at the time burned anthracite coal which created less soot than bituminous coal.)".--Mark |
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Posted by Elkeeper on Thu Aug 1 14:09:20 2024, in response to Re: Tuscarora Almanac for August 1, posted by W.B. on Thu Aug 1 13:01:47 2024. The "Phoebe Snow" was named after the wife of the Lackawanna Railroad's president. |
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Posted by Steve B-8AVEXP on Thu Aug 1 18:21:50 2024, in response to Tuscarora Almanac for August 1, posted by irtredbirdr33 on Thu Aug 1 08:07:14 2024. Also on August 1, 1920, the tunnel link from DeKalb Ave. to Prospect Park opened, and BMT standards began traversing the Brighton line. |
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