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Posted by henry6 on Tuesday, October 1, 2013 8:00 PM

My guess is that it might be the car which collected $$$$ from each station token or cash booth.  Usually done after midnight and rarely caught in daylight nor when many people would be around the station.  

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Posted by MidlandMike on Tuesday, October 1, 2013 7:49 PM

BroadwayLion

For those of us who are no longer regular subway riders, can you explain what we are looking at?

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Posted by BroadwayLion on Tuesday, October 1, 2013 9:42 AM

The Route of the Broadway Lion The Largest Subway Layout in North Dakota.

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Posted by BroadwayLion on Monday, September 30, 2013 7:08 AM

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Posted by CSSHEGEWISCH on Monday, September 30, 2013 6:58 AM

The safety poster is similar to those in a new campaign on CTA for the same reasons.  A fair number of CTA riders have been struck by trains while trying to retrieve something that they dropped on the tracks.  Posters and ads have been going out stressing the same message as the MTA poster.

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Posted by BroadwayLion on Sunday, September 29, 2013 6:50 AM

Opps, Sorry, that last one was in HO scale.

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Posted by henry6 on Saturday, September 28, 2013 11:45 AM

BroadwayLion

7 Train at Hunterspoint Ave?

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Posted by BroadwayLion on Saturday, September 28, 2013 9:56 AM

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Posted by BroadwayLion on Friday, September 27, 2013 10:28 AM

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Posted by BroadwayLion on Thursday, September 26, 2013 7:02 AM

Somewhat north of South Ferry we come to Dyckman Street, one of my favorites for photography. And it has just been rebuilt.

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Posted by BroadwayLion on Wednesday, September 25, 2013 12:09 PM

steemtrayn
How did the old South Ferry station escape destruction? Just wonderin'.

Cause water flows down hill and went to the new station instead. Ergo, Better drainage, older equipment is less sensitive to destruction, even so it took months to get that back into passenger service.

Also the switches can be spiked into place, which cannot be done in the new station.

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Posted by steemtrayn on Wednesday, September 25, 2013 12:03 PM

How did the old South Ferry station escape destruction? Just wonderin'.

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Posted by CSSHEGEWISCH on Wednesday, September 25, 2013 9:58 AM

Contrary to what Paul Simon once said, not everything looks worse in black and white.

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Posted by BroadwayLion on Wednesday, September 25, 2013 7:12 AM

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Posted by BroadwayLion on Tuesday, September 24, 2013 9:21 AM

IRT-Broadway 242nd Street

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Posted by BroadwayLion on Monday, September 23, 2013 6:52 AM

LION went to 242nd Street. Ate Chinese food, took pictures.

Bonus: LION in the Darkroom...

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Posted by BroadwayLion on Sunday, September 22, 2013 11:09 AM

Still visiting the 207th Street Yard, the LION examines some NYCT flat cars that him wants to build for his railroad.

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Posted by BroadwayLion on Saturday, September 21, 2013 10:40 AM

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Posted by BroadwayLion on Friday, September 20, 2013 7:05 AM

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Posted by BroadwayLion on Thursday, September 19, 2013 9:54 AM

As a nod to the folks at SubChat, there is a LION standing in this frame.

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Posted by BroadwayLion on Wednesday, September 18, 2013 11:16 AM

Coney Island is nice, and the hot dogs are tasty, but here I am at South Ferry. Everything old is new again!

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Posted by henry6 on Wednesday, September 18, 2013 8:12 AM

Ridewithmehenry did two trips to Coney Island this year...to via the F (via 1 and R) , and back via Q-B (to the S to the C) lines the week before Memorial Day and the second was Monday after Labor Day to via the D and back via the N (to the R to the G to the F). So all lines and routes to and from CI have been covered.  And yes, Stillwell Ave station has been totally refurbished and looks and works great.  The street side does retain the BMT green on white tiles for logo and locations especially the facade on Surf Blvd (all along the now F train line, I might add....Smith St, the highest station and point on MTA has the tiled station signs for instance).   There are four subway lines terminating at Stillwell Ave., there is a view of the yards and shops for a major portion of MTA cars, there are great views to watch arrivals and departures, and, most important, there is Nathan's right across the street!

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Posted by aegrotatio on Tuesday, September 17, 2013 8:22 PM
Firelock76

That old subway/ elevated station in Coney Island looks fantastic, like it hasn't changed at all in over 100 years.  That's good, some things shouldn't change.   And if it's new, well I like the "retro" look anyway.

Yes, it was completely rebuilt in the mid-2000s.

I was bored and stuck in New York so I took the D train to the end of the line. Coney Island Terminal is an amazing structure. They even retained the original railway name on the facade.

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Posted by BroadwayLion on Tuesday, September 17, 2013 7:03 AM

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Posted by BroadwayLion on Monday, September 16, 2013 11:51 AM

Looks like the (1) train to me...

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Posted by joe323 on Monday, September 16, 2013 11:16 AM

Rector ST is that the N?

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Posted by BroadwayLion on Monday, September 16, 2013 7:09 AM

Now LION returns to the HOLES under NYC...

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Posted by CSSHEGEWISCH on Monday, September 16, 2013 6:53 AM

Those rusting PCC's look like former Boston cars, based on the picture-window cars in the line.

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Posted by BroadwayLion on Sunday, September 15, 2013 9:00 AM

My "ocean" voyage continues, some people on board once admitted that they went to Staten Island on the Ferry Boat once. I admitted that I sailed to Vietnam on an aircraft carrier.

Oh well, after passing the Verrazano Bridge, we approach Manhattan, but off to our right is the waterfront along the Red Hook section of Brooklyn, Behind these warehouses are clearly seen the trolley cars belonging to Bob Diamond. He had plans to build trolley tracks and operate them between Red Hook and the LIRR terminal at Atlantic Avenue. The cars and the plans are in limbo, but there is still talk...

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Posted by BroadwayLion on Saturday, September 14, 2013 10:15 AM

All BMT trains (in southern Brooklyn) went to Coney Island (well not the (R), but that is a separate case).

They were all competing steam railroads competing to take the multitudes from the sweltering city to the beaches of Brooklyn. The routes, in the days before letters were invented were the BRIGHTON LINE, the CULVER LINE, the WEST END LINE, and the SEA BEACH LINE. Some of these were leased by the LIRR, some were competing routes. Eventually they were all melded into the BRT. There was in those days the Third Avenue elevated and the Fifth Avenue El which were eventually replaced by the Fourth Avenue Line.

When the Flatbush Avenue / Manhattan Bridge route was awarded to the BMT that became the focus of BMT activity. Before that they had their own terminals on the water on Fulton Street. A ferry boat was used to cross the river. There were also El trains on the Brooklyn Bridge. It is a fascinating history, but I know only a fraction of it.

Any way, my train arrives at Beach 116th Street, and ever since the storm, the city had been subsidizing a ferry route to Manhattan, and I availed myself of this opportunity. Here is a picture of Coney Island from the "other side" as it were...

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