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100 years of IRT subway service to Brooklyn (plus) |
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Posted by Allan on Thu Apr 10 17:25:10 2008 Although the 100th Annivesary of service between Bowling Green and Borough Hall was back on January 9, 2008, I saw a sign in the Transit Musume today that indicates that the Train of Many Colors will be used to commemorate the extension from Borough Hall to Atlantic Avenue on May 1, 2008.Exactly what they will do was not indicated. If anyone has any idea, please sound off. As a side note: August 1, 2008 is the 100th Annivesary of the extension of Broadway (today's #1) service from 225th St to 242nd St-Van Cortlandt Park. September 16, 2008 marks the 100th Annivesary the start of BRT/BMT service into Manhattan. That is when the Jamaica El (Eastern Division) was extended from Marcy Avenue, over the Williamsburg Bridge to Essex Street. |
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Re: 100 years of IRT subway service to Brooklyn (plus) |
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Posted by Terrapin Station on Thu Apr 10 17:47:50 2008, in response to 100 years of IRT subway service to Brooklyn (plus), posted by Allan on Thu Apr 10 17:25:10 2008. Woo hoo! Thanks! |
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Re: 100 years of IRT subway service to Brooklyn (plus) |
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Posted by NewLots#2 on Thu Apr 10 19:02:00 2008, in response to 100 years of IRT subway service to Brooklyn (plus), posted by Allan on Thu Apr 10 17:25:10 2008. they should use some low-v's instead. |
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Re: 100 years of IRT subway service to Brooklyn (plus) |
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Posted by BMTLines on Thu Apr 10 19:09:07 2008, in response to 100 years of IRT subway service to Brooklyn (plus), posted by Allan on Thu Apr 10 17:25:10 2008. September 16, 2008 marks the 100th Annivesary the start of BRT/BMT service into Manhattan.If only the D-Types or Standards could be resurrected for that. |
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Re: 100 years of IRT subway service to Brooklyn (plus) |
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Posted by Terrapin Station on Thu Apr 10 19:31:46 2008, in response to Re: 100 years of IRT subway service to Brooklyn (plus), posted by BMTLines on Thu Apr 10 19:09:07 2008. I imagine that with a large private cash infusion and qualified personnel willing to work OT or for free, it could be done. |
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Re: 100 years of IRT subway service to Brooklyn (plus) |
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Posted by Allan on Thu Apr 10 20:06:08 2008, in response to Re: 100 years of IRT subway service to Brooklyn (plus), posted by NewLots#2 on Thu Apr 10 19:02:00 2008. I agree but I have a feeling that they aren't fully operational.It is getting harder to get parts/ |
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Re: 100 years of IRT subway service to Brooklyn (plus) |
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Posted by JournalSquare-K-Car on Thu Apr 10 20:12:07 2008, in response to Re: 100 years of IRT subway service to Brooklyn (plus), posted by Allan on Thu Apr 10 20:06:08 2008. What parts? They should get someone to make them. Those are relatively simple parts, and a blacksmith would be able to provide some parts. Resistor grids are no big deal. you can rewind motors, brushes are easy to get, compressors can be rebuilt. What parts, exactly? |
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Re: 100 years of IRT subway service to Brooklyn (plus) |
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Posted by Terrapin Station on Thu Apr 10 20:13:57 2008, in response to Re: 100 years of IRT subway service to Brooklyn (plus), posted by JournalSquare-K-Car on Thu Apr 10 20:12:07 2008. Call the museum and find out. |
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Re: 100 years of IRT subway service to Brooklyn (plus) |
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Posted by R33/R36 mainline on Thu Apr 10 21:21:51 2008, in response to 100 years of IRT subway service to Brooklyn (plus), posted by Allan on Thu Apr 10 17:25:10 2008. This is great news!!! But why arent they using the low V for? It would more fitting if they used the low V. Cant they take some parts from the arnies??? |
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Re: 100 years of IRT subway service to Brooklyn (plus) |
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Posted by Allan on Fri Apr 11 09:07:14 2008, in response to Re: 100 years of IRT subway service to Brooklyn (plus), posted by R33/R36 mainline on Thu Apr 10 21:21:51 2008. I don't really know but I have a feeling that some of the cars are inoperable for lack of replacement parts and getting (or making) them isn't a priorty. As long as the cars in the TOMC are operable they will be the ones used.Are sme rs from he arnies interchangeable with the Low-Vs? Considering the Low-Vs are much older I would think not. I have a feeling that if the MTA does something for the BRT/BMT anniversary in September they will use the R1/9 set instead of the standards or D-types) |
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Re: 100 years of IRT subway service to Brooklyn (plus) |
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Posted by Mr RT on Fri Apr 11 10:05:47 2008, in response to Re: 100 years of IRT subway service to Brooklyn (plus), posted by JournalSquare-K-Car on Thu Apr 10 20:12:07 2008. The Lo-Vs are "owned" by RPC vs. TA.RPC also has 3 Standards. |
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Re: 100 years of IRT subway service to Brooklyn (plus) |
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Posted by Mr RT on Fri Apr 11 10:07:04 2008, in response to Re: 100 years of IRT subway service to Brooklyn (plus), posted by BMTLines on Thu Apr 10 19:09:07 2008. It's been a few years since the D-types were out :-( |
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Re: 100 years of IRT subway service to Brooklyn (plus) |
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Posted by Terrapin Station on Fri Apr 11 10:10:38 2008, in response to Re: 100 years of IRT subway service to Brooklyn (plus), posted by Mr RT on Fri Apr 11 10:07:04 2008. IIRC, specifically, they broke during the parade on the Brighton Line in 2004, and haven't been back out since. |
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Re: 100 years of IRT subway service to Brooklyn (plus) |
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Posted by Chris R16/R2730 on Fri Apr 11 11:14:58 2008, in response to 100 years of IRT subway service to Brooklyn (plus), posted by Allan on Thu Apr 10 17:25:10 2008. Correct me if I'm wrong, but didn't the BRT/BMT have service to Park Row via the Brooklyn Bridge earlier than 1908? |
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Re: 100 years of IRT subway service to Brooklyn (plus) |
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Posted by trainsarefun on Fri Apr 11 11:16:45 2008, in response to Re: 100 years of IRT subway service to Brooklyn (plus), posted by Chris R16/R2730 on Fri Apr 11 11:14:58 2008. That's my suspicion too, at least that the service was running in the 1890s, but now I'm unsure whether that was BRT/BMT, although I'm fairly certain that even if not, then it was one of the predecessor railroads. |
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Re: 100 years of IRT subway service to Brooklyn (plus) |
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Posted by Allan on Fri Apr 11 11:29:57 2008, in response to Re: 100 years of IRT subway service to Brooklyn (plus), posted by Chris R16/R2730 on Fri Apr 11 11:14:58 2008. You are correct - HOWEVER - that was elevated service.Essex Street was the first BRT/BMT subway station in Manhattan. I should have been a bit more specific in my posting. |
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Re: 100 years of IRT subway service to Brooklyn (plus) |
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Posted by Chris R16/R2730 on Fri Apr 11 11:36:05 2008, in response to Re: 100 years of IRT subway service to Brooklyn (plus), posted by Allan on Fri Apr 11 11:29:57 2008. Does it really count as a subway? The service terminating there was elevated as well. I'd consider the opening of the line to Canal St. as the first real "subway" for the BRT. |
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Re: 100 years of IRT subway service to Brooklyn (plus) |
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Posted by Allan on Fri Apr 11 12:16:45 2008, in response to Re: 100 years of IRT subway service to Brooklyn (plus), posted by Chris R16/R2730 on Fri Apr 11 11:36:05 2008. From a historical standpoint Essex Street is the first BRT/BMT subway station in Manhattan. |
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Re: 100 years of IRT subway service to Brooklyn (plus) |
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Posted by Steve B-8AVEXP on Fri Apr 11 13:29:38 2008, in response to 100 years of IRT subway service to Brooklyn (plus), posted by Allan on Thu Apr 10 17:25:10 2008. They should use the three-car BU set for the WillyB anniversary - except wooden cars are banned from the subway for revenue runs. |
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Re: 100 years of IRT subway service to Brooklyn (plus) |
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Posted by Steve B-8AVEXP on Fri Apr 11 13:30:28 2008, in response to Re: 100 years of IRT subway service to Brooklyn (plus), posted by Mr RT on Fri Apr 11 10:05:47 2008. Not to mention 381, 1802, 401, etc. |
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Re: 100 years of IRT subway service to Brooklyn (plus) |
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Posted by Steve B-8AVEXP on Fri Apr 11 13:31:23 2008, in response to Re: 100 years of IRT subway service to Brooklyn (plus), posted by Terrapin Station on Fri Apr 11 10:10:38 2008. Talk about being bummed. I was really looking forward to riding on them, too. |
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Re: 100 years of IRT subway service to Brooklyn (plus) |
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Posted by Mitch45 on Fri Apr 11 13:45:36 2008, in response to 100 years of IRT subway service to Brooklyn (plus), posted by Allan on Thu Apr 10 17:25:10 2008. The BRT station on the Manhattan end was actually called Delancey Street when the line opened. According to The Tracks of New York, it was a terminal with three tracks and two island platforms. I don't know when the name was changed to Essex Street.I've been looking for a picture of this Delancey Street station for a long time but have never seen one. |
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Re: 100 years of IRT subway service to Brooklyn (plus) |
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Posted by South Ferry on Fri Apr 11 14:36:31 2008, in response to Re: 100 years of IRT subway service to Brooklyn (plus), posted by Terrapin Station on Thu Apr 10 17:47:50 2008. Yes. Glad SOMEONE remembers key dates off-hand. |
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Posted by South Ferry on Fri Apr 11 14:38:23 2008, in response to Re: 100 years of IRT subway service to Brooklyn (plus), posted by Allan on Fri Apr 11 09:07:14 2008. We should be grateful they even consider "doing something" when years ago we didn't have nil of this. |
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Re: 100 years of IRT subway service to Brooklyn (plus) |
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Posted by Allan on Fri Apr 11 15:17:11 2008, in response to Re: 100 years of IRT subway service to Brooklyn (plus), posted by South Ferry on Fri Apr 11 14:36:31 2008. What remembers them? I looked them up. |
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Posted by Allan on Fri Apr 11 15:19:53 2008, in response to Re: 100 years of IRT subway service to Brooklyn (plus), posted by South Ferry on Fri Apr 11 14:38:23 2008. The MTA is a lot of things (good and bad) but they do have a good sense of history (unlike the Port Authority). |
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Re: 100 years of IRT subway service to Brooklyn (plus) |
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Posted by Allan on Fri Apr 11 15:19:53 2008, in response to Re: 100 years of IRT subway service to Brooklyn (plus), posted by South Ferry on Fri Apr 11 14:38:23 2008. The MTA is a lot of things (good and bad) but they do have a good sense of history (unlike the Port Authority). |
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Re: 100 years of IRT subway service to Brooklyn (plus) |
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Posted by Fulton Frank on Fri Apr 11 15:25:34 2008, in response to Re: 100 years of IRT subway service to Brooklyn (plus), posted by Steve B-8AVEXP on Fri Apr 11 13:31:23 2008. The lack of original BMT equipment like the standards and the D's is a real bummer indeed. It's a shame they got into the shape they did. It's been so long that they went out on a fan trip..... Of course they can always be towed by the steeple cab. But there's nothing like hearing their own motors and compressors. |
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Re: 100 years of IRT subway service to Brooklyn (plus) |
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Posted by South Ferry on Fri Apr 11 15:25:54 2008, in response to Re: 100 years of IRT subway service to Brooklyn (plus), posted by Allan on Fri Apr 11 15:19:53 2008. ok but we didn't have anything of this sort pre-2004. |
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Posted by Fulton Frank on Fri Apr 11 15:33:12 2008, in response to Re: 100 years of IRT subway service to Brooklyn (plus), posted by Allan on Fri Apr 11 15:19:53 2008. .....or the LIRR. There is no way they shouldn't have a set of MP54's and double deckers MP70's on the property - in the grey orange livery. Damn Shame. |
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Re: 100 years of IRT subway service to Brooklyn (plus) |
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Posted by irt1958 on Fri Apr 11 16:15:41 2008, in response to Re: 100 years of IRT subway service to Brooklyn (plus), posted by NewLots#2 on Thu Apr 10 19:02:00 2008. Wish they could use the Hi-v's; with the proper combat pay for any daring T/O. :) |
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Re: 100 years of IRT subway service to Brooklyn (plus) |
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Posted by Steve B-8AVEXP on Fri Apr 11 16:27:43 2008, in response to Re: 100 years of IRT subway service to Brooklyn (plus), posted by Fulton Frank on Fri Apr 11 15:25:34 2008. The BMT standards wouldn't be anything new to me because I rode on them for two years on a regular basis. OTOH I've never ridden on a Triplex. |
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Re: 100 years of IRT subway service to Brooklyn (plus) |
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Posted by Allan on Fri Apr 11 16:49:43 2008, in response to Re: 100 years of IRT subway service to Brooklyn (plus), posted by South Ferry on Fri Apr 11 15:25:54 2008. Actually we did. The MTA had a celebration in 1979 for the 75th Annivesrary (they also minted a special token) and again in 1994 for the 90th Anniversary. The Low-Vs ran on track 3 in 42nd St shuttle service all day long. |
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Re: 100 years of IRT subway service to Brooklyn (plus) |
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Posted by irt1958 on Fri Apr 11 17:32:17 2008, in response to Re: 100 years of IRT subway service to Brooklyn (plus), posted by Allan on Fri Apr 11 16:49:43 2008. It also ran on the Lexinton Ave local, in revenue service, back then. It wasn't a big deal, it wasn't crowded, (this was before the present Internet of course) but the buffs and Cooper Union techies were there. |
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PHOTOS: Train of Many Colors ran today (Was: 100 years of IRT subway service to Brooklyn) |
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Posted by Terrapin Station on Thu May 1 14:12:00 2008, in response to 100 years of IRT subway service to Brooklyn (plus), posted by Allan on Thu Apr 10 17:25:10 2008. Click the link for pics.Train of Many Colors |
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Re: PHOTOS: Train of Many Colors ran today (Was: 100 years of IRT subway service to Brooklyn) |
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Posted by danny at 103rd Street on Thu May 1 14:16:06 2008, in response to PHOTOS: Train of Many Colors ran today (Was: 100 years of IRT subway service to Brooklyn), posted by Terrapin Station on Thu May 1 14:12:00 2008. cool pictures |
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Re: PHOTOS: Train of Many Colors ran today (Was: 100 years of IRT subway service to Brooklyn) |
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Posted by shadyelstation on Thu May 1 14:16:35 2008, in response to PHOTOS: Train of Many Colors ran today (Was: 100 years of IRT subway service to Brooklyn), posted by Terrapin Station on Thu May 1 14:12:00 2008. Nice shots. |
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Re: PHOTOS: Train of Many Colors ran today (Was: 100 years of IRT subway service to Brooklyn) |
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Posted by William A. Padron on Thu May 1 14:24:24 2008, in response to PHOTOS: Train of Many Colors ran today (Was: 100 years of IRT subway service to Brooklyn), posted by Terrapin Station on Thu May 1 14:12:00 2008. Excellent, awesome photos! That set of pictures is probably the most deepest color images I have ever seen of those IRT SMEE's in action.-William A. Padron ["Van Cortlandt Pk."] |
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Re: 100 years of IRT subway service to Brooklyn (plus) |
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Posted by R36 #9346 on Thu May 1 14:45:41 2008, in response to Re: 100 years of IRT subway service to Brooklyn (plus), posted by Terrapin Station on Fri Apr 11 10:10:38 2008. I took a couple of pics of those very cars passing by the Avenue H station that day. |
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Re: PHOTOS: Train of Many Colors ran today (Was: 100 years of IRT subway service to Brooklyn) |
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Posted by South Brooklyn Railway on Thu May 1 15:03:51 2008, in response to PHOTOS: Train of Many Colors ran today (Was: 100 years of IRT subway service to Brooklyn), posted by Terrapin Station on Thu May 1 14:12:00 2008. What time was this? |
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Re: PHOTOS: Train of Many Colors ran today (Was: 100 years of IRT subway service to Brooklyn) |
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Posted by South Ferry on Thu May 1 15:08:28 2008, in response to Re: PHOTOS: Train of Many Colors ran today (Was: 100 years of IRT subway service to Brooklyn), posted by South Brooklyn Railway on Thu May 1 15:03:51 2008. Approx. 1pm thru 1:22pm |
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Re: PHOTOS: Train of Many Colors ran today (Was: 100 years of IRT subway service to Brooklyn) |
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Posted by The Port of Authority on Thu May 1 15:30:19 2008, in response to PHOTOS: Train of Many Colors ran today (Was: 100 years of IRT subway service to Brooklyn), posted by Terrapin Station on Thu May 1 14:12:00 2008. Nice!So much for everyone saying it was canceled. |
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Re: PHOTOS: Train of Many Colors ran today (Was: 100 years of IRT subway service to Brooklyn) |
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Posted by R 36 ML 9542 on Thu May 1 16:15:53 2008, in response to Re: PHOTOS: Train of Many Colors ran today (Was: 100 years of IRT subway service to Brooklyn), posted by The Port of Authority on Thu May 1 15:30:19 2008. It was cancelled and then for some reason at the last second it was UN cancelled I was asked to keep it on the "low" Thats as far as I can say. |
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Re: PHOTOS: Train of Many Colors ran today (Was: 100 years of IRT subway service to Brooklyn) |
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Posted by Terrapin Station on Thu May 1 16:22:26 2008, in response to Re: PHOTOS: Train of Many Colors ran today (Was: 100 years of IRT subway service to Brooklyn), posted by R 36 ML 9542 on Thu May 1 16:15:53 2008. uh huh... |
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Re: PHOTOS: Train of Many Colors ran today (Was: 100 years of IRT subway service to Brooklyn) |
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Posted by JournalSquare-K-Car on Thu May 1 17:33:46 2008, in response to PHOTOS: Train of Many Colors ran today (Was: 100 years of IRT subway service to Brooklyn), posted by Terrapin Station on Thu May 1 14:12:00 2008. What the? Why is there a guy at the RFW and not looking through it? How many trips did it run? Is that a female T/O? Why does it say 96st when it clearly went past that?COOL. Not many railfans, i see, what did people think of it? It seems like it was just a regular run there. |
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Re: PHOTOS: Train of Many Colors ran today (Was: 100 years of IRT subway service to Brooklyn) |
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Posted by Broadway Buffer on Thu May 1 18:07:21 2008, in response to Re: PHOTOS: Train of Many Colors ran today (Was: 100 years of IRT subway service to Brooklyn), posted by JournalSquare-K-Car on Thu May 1 17:33:46 2008. It was only IN SERVICE to 96 St as a 2. It did continue north. |
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Re: PHOTOS: Train of Many Colors ran today (Was: 100 years of IRT subway service to Brooklyn) |
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Posted by Broadway Buffer on Thu May 1 18:14:43 2008, in response to PHOTOS: Train of Many Colors ran today (Was: 100 years of IRT subway service to Brooklyn), posted by Terrapin Station on Thu May 1 14:12:00 2008. Good stuff! I was so glad to catch it at the Union Sq downtown platform purely by chance. BTW, in your second photo, do you know if the route of "(5) Brooklyn via Lex. Av. | (2) The Bronx via 7 Av." was ever used on the rollsigns? I noticed it when it was being resigned as a 2 on the way to 96th, but don't recall seeing it when they ran in revenue. |
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Re: PHOTOS: Train of Many Colors ran today (Was: 100 years of IRT subway service to Brooklyn) |
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Posted by Bee Flexible #823 on Thu May 1 18:45:27 2008, in response to PHOTOS: Train of Many Colors ran today (Was: 100 years of IRT subway service to Brooklyn), posted by Terrapin Station on Thu May 1 14:12:00 2008. I too thought it was cancelled. However, I got a text message early this morning stating that it was moving around 207 St Yard. I knew then that it was going to run. Unofrtunately, I was unable to make it.Nice pics Brian. |
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Re: PHOTOS: Train of Many Colors ran today (Was: 100 years of IRT subway service to Brooklyn) |
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Posted by joe c on Thu May 1 18:46:30 2008, in response to Re: PHOTOS: Train of Many Colors ran today (Was: 100 years of IRT subway service to Brooklyn), posted by The Port of Authority on Thu May 1 15:30:19 2008. I don't think it was even canceled.til next time |
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MORE PHOTOS: Train of Many Colors ran today (Was: 100 years of IRT subway service to Brooklyn) |
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Posted by Terrapin Station on Thu May 1 19:45:07 2008, in response to PHOTOS: Train of Many Colors ran today (Was: 100 years of IRT subway service to Brooklyn), posted by Terrapin Station on Thu May 1 14:12:00 2008. I added some more to the album. Click the link to see them all, and/or look at some highlights below.Train of Many Colors - Brooklyn IRT to Atlantic 100th |
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