I recently saw a picture, on my newsreader (by Joseph Testagrose; coll. of Jeff Winslow), of DL&W B-B electric loco #4001. It was a dinky steeple-cab thingie, drawing power from overhead wires with a huge pantograph. The photo was labeled "Wallabout Channel, Brooklyn, NY ca. late 1930s". I can't find any ex-DL&W trackage in Brooklyn on my railroad maps. Any ideas? I know DL&W had a float terminal in the Bronx, at 149th Street, but I never saw any locos there. Saw the CRRNJ Diesel at 138th Street daily, for many years.
Hays
Wallabout Channel is/was in Brooklyn
http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&ll=40.706588,-73.970518&spn=0.006685,0.013711&t=h&z=16
The whole map of that area was redone during? WWII when the Navy Yard got rebuilt (?); DL&W got kicked out. The 1924 aerials at nyc.gov would show the pre-1940 layout, but I can't find them at the moment. Maps at nypl.org would show it too; if you're interested I'll hunt them up.
Thanks! That's the info I wanted. #4001 is the dinkiest 'Class 1' motor I have ever seen! Looks like an HO model with the "Liberty Bell" on the nose....
Here's the 1924 pic; you can switch to the later ones to compare.
http://gis.nyc.gov/doitt/nycitymap/?z=8&p=992901,195388&c=orthos1924
(Hm-- looks like you can't switch directly. But they do have more current pics-- just this link doesn't include them.)
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