Photo of the week. view looking north from south of Grand Central Terminal

daveklepper

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Posted by daveklepper on Sunday, May 10, 2009 2:16 PM

For those interested, various items tell me this photo was taken in 1936.

1. The streetcar tracks turning south on each side of the elevated highway for the 4th and Madison streetcar line have alreay been removed. This was the first of the GM owned "Green Lines" to be replaced by buses.

2. While the older of the two streetcars in the picture, the one to the left, is a convertable with the winter side panels in place, and is westbound on the 42nd Street crosstown line, the more modern car near the picture's center is an almost new 101-200 series homemade lightwieght car. These cars ran on the Broadway-42nd Street line starting in the latter part of 1935 and were withdrawn in 1937 and transfered to the Third and Amsterdam Avenue and Broadway-Amsterdam-125th St. (Kingsbridge) lines when replaced by the double-end Peter Witt 551-625 series lightweights that held down the service during WWII until replaced by buses in December 1946. A few of the 101 series did return to Broadway during WWII to cope with increased ridership as rush hour tripper cars. After buses took over the Manhattan lines of Third Avenue transit, the 551-625 series went to Rio in Brazil, while most of the 100's replaced older convertables in Ther Bronx and then went on to replace Yonkers' own 301-series cars as any of them became worn or damaged, with the last running in 1952. A few were sold to New Dehli, India. The converables wsre all scrapped except for 884 in a to-be-restored condition at Branford.

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Texas Zepher

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Posted by Texas Zepher on Tuesday, May 12, 2009 1:23 PM

Ummm, there is no photo nor link to a photo.

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wjstix

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Posted by wjstix on Tuesday, May 12, 2009 4:57 PM

Confused

Stix

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selector

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Posted by selector on Tuesday, May 12, 2009 5:14 PM

Found under "Subscriber Extras" at the top.

-Crandell

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Deggesty

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Posted by Deggesty on Wednesday, May 13, 2009 12:31 PM

Texas Zepher

Ummm, there is no photo nor link to a photo.

Did you get an "Online Look Back Newsletter" from Classic Trains? The 5/6/09 newsletter has the picture.

Photo of the Week

NYC's Manhattan Monument

Traffic flows along the elevated section of Park Avenue that encircles New York Central's Manhattan monument, Grand Central Terminal. Below, on 42nd Street, taxis mingle with streetcars, while the New York Central Building rises beyond the terminal. NYC photo; Classic Trains collection

>> See the full-size image FREE on ClassicTrainsMag.com

Johnny

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Texas Zepher

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Posted by Texas Zepher on Wednesday, May 13, 2009 8:43 PM

Deggesty
Did you get an "Online Look Back Newsletter" from Classic Trains? The 5/6/09 newsletter has the picture.

Nope, I had no idea what the post was talking about. I had no idea there was an official "photo of the week" on the website. How does one go about getting this online newsletter? Is that the "free monthly" newsletter it is talking about in the upper right part of the page.

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Deggesty

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Posted by Deggesty on Wednesday, May 13, 2009 9:32 PM

Texas Zepher

Deggesty
Did you get an "Online Look Back Newsletter" from Classic Trains? The 5/6/09 newsletter has the picture.
Nope, I had no idea what the post was talking about. I had no idea there was an official "photo of the week" on the website. How does one go about getting this online newsletter? Is that the "free monthly" newsletter it is talking about in the upper right part of the page.

Yes, this is the fre monthly newsletter. You can also click on "Subscriber Extras" at the top of the forum page.

Johnny

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wanswheel

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Posted by wanswheel on Sunday, May 17, 2009 8:31 PM

The photographer was probably at the Murray Hill Hotel. The wall at the left edge of the picture is the Lincoln Building. The Belmont is long gone. So too the Murray Hill.