BroadwayLion The IND subway across Jamaica Bay. At the moment this line is under the Bay. Thanks, Sandy! (not)
The IND subway across Jamaica Bay. At the moment this line is under the Bay. Thanks, Sandy! (not)
Thx IGN
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The Route of the Broadway Lion The Largest Subway Layout in North Dakota.
Here there be cats. LIONS with CAMERAS
On the Brighton Line...
East New York Yard, Brooklyn NY
An Electric Locomotive at Neck Road.
Broadway Junction, East New York, this is a southbound (L) train.
Jamaica Bay...
A northbound (D) train moves from the West End Line to the 4th Avenue Subway via the 9th Avenue station.
Rockaway Park, Queens NY. aka Beach 116th Street, end of the line.
On the 14th Street / Canarsie Line, 8th Avenue is the Manhattan terminal. The green "starting" lights tell the conductor to close the doors. The doors have been closed, and the trains is gone.
What strikes me in this photo, and visits elsewhere in NYC MTA facilities is that they use huge trainsheds reminecent of the likes of Phila's Broad Street on the large scale and CV's St. Albans, VT on a small scale. A lot of enthusiasts miss out on a lot of railroading by dismissing subways and mass transit in almost any city.
RIDEWITHMEHENRY is the name for our almost monthly day of riding trains and transit in either the NYCity or Philadelphia areas including all commuter lines, Amtrak, subways, light rail and trolleys, bus and ferries when warranted. No fees, just let us know you want to join the ride and pay your fares. Ask to be on our email list or find us on FB as RIDEWITHMEHENRY (all caps) to get descriptions of each outing.
Lion visits the Island of Coney. Change here for HOT DOGS!
Finding his way out of a tunnel, the LION finds himself on the Dyre Avenue Line in the Bronx. Riding at the "rail fan window" (RFW). Here there be vineyards?
BTW: This is an old photo. R-36s are no longer on the railroad.
The Broadway Line enters the tunnel (above) and here is one of the deep-tunnel stations. Here the ROW was deep bored rather than built by the cut-and-cover method.
Dyckman Street:
The Old...
and the new...
Avenue H on the Brighton Line is one of the nicest place on the system.
New Head House on the west side of the line.
On the trackway at the new head house
The "Old" head house, formerly the Ackerson Building, and now landmarked. They did a fine job of restoring it.
Inside the restored building
On the Brighton Line, LION is standing on the platform at Sheepshead Bay.
The end of the LION... The American flag below the MTA logo marks this as an R-143 consist as opposed to the newer R-160 consists. Only the R-143s are presently automation capable, and only the Canarsie Line (The (L) Train) is fully automated. Most of the wayside signals are gone (Home signals are still present). It uses a "Moving Block" defined by the location of the train rather than the location of the signals. The idea is to keep trains closer together allowing more trains to run each hour.
The Canarsie Line passes over the Jamaica Line at East New York.
The LION is back on the Broadway Line... At Dyckman Street...
The ballast ends where the line is built on the ground, the concrete deck begins on the elevated structure, the station head house is below this and as the line leaves this station to the north it is fully located on the Elevated Structure...
The LION is back in the tunnel, This at Franklin Avenue on the (A) Train in Brooklyn.
Beach 116th Street. End of the LION.
LION inspects the stones in Coney Island Yard from the (N) train riding on the West End Tracks.
East New York Yard from the Canarsie Line platform.
Back to Dyckman Street on Roadway. The platforms have just been fully rebuilt.
From the Bronx to Brooklyn, only the Route of the Broadway LION can do that in just one stop. Here in Brooklyn the (D) and (N) trains cross the creek to Coney Island. Hot Dogs on your right, trains to the city on your left.
Ridewithmehenry and friend did a great ride experience Fri 10-5-12....4 NJT trains on two routes,one LIRR train, plus one PATH ride and 7 subway trains...7 train Flushing to Court Sq., G train to Brooklyn 4thAve,, R train to 36th St. D train on detour via N or Sea Beach line to Utrect Ave, D train 62nd St, to 9th Ave for stop and pictures, D train to Atlantic Ave, R train to Cortland St....got to see all we set out to see...gonna try to get pics up on line here later today or tomorrow...
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