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Vintage Elevated and Subway Trains in Brooklyn

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Vintage Elevated and Subway Trains in Brooklyn
Posted by daveklepper on Sunday, September 18, 2022 3:35 AM

Please see the Transit Forum,18 September

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Posted by daveklepper on Friday, June 16, 2023 7:46 AM

Bob Vogel reports:

 


The NY Transit Museum's A/B BMT Standards ran between 18th Avenue and Kings Highway stations on the Culver Line in Brooklyn Thursday to celebrate the centennial of Brooklyn Manhattan Transit.

 

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Posted by daveklepper on Friday, June 16, 2023 8:17 AM

Between 18th Avenue and Kings Highway, the Culver Line ("F") is an 105-year-old elevated structure, about as old as the BMT itself.  And the first "Steels," Stillwell-designed, arrived to the predicessor Brooklyn Rapid Transit in 1915, first operating as single cars with trolley poles for a short time on most of the Sea Beach ("N") line.

BMT Standard 2392

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Posted by Overmod on Friday, June 16, 2023 9:21 AM

Lest we forget: the reason for "Brooklyn Manhattan Transit" was the Malbone Street wreck, the many, many lawsuits from which broke the BRT.

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Posted by CSSHEGEWISCH on Friday, June 16, 2023 10:27 AM

Overmod

Lest we forget: the reason for "Brooklyn Manhattan Transit" was the Malbone Street wreck, the many, many lawsuits from which broke the BRT.

 
That is also the reason why Malbone Street was renamed Empire Blvd.
The daily commute is part of everyday life but I get two rides a day out of it. Paul

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