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W.B.:

Your thoughts on when the next section of the SAS (aka "stubway") might be completed, and how far the next extension will reach?

Just imagine if the SAS had opened in 1955, when ...

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Back to reality, folks............ Sad

After winning their FIRST game in days last evening, the Mets (guess what?) just lost tonight's game. Sad

Meanwhile, The "Bombe ...

W.B.:

"Family status"..........

I've long regarded the "Eye-Are-Tee" as being the "kid brother" to both the "Bee-Em-Tee" and the "Eye-En-Dee".
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W.B.:

The new "Eye-En-Dee" was, without a doubt, a VERY tough act to follow.

The modern, spacious stations alone hallmarked a truly modern era in subway design, one that clearly spoke ...

W.B.:

Funny you brought up BUDD.

Recall, BUDD built the "Bee-Em-Tee's "one-off" articulated "ZEPHYR" in 1934.

It would not be until the late 1940s that BUDD would aga ...

A long decline.......

Going by the photos at nycsubway.org. the "Bee-Em-Tee's" cavernous TSQ station had been quite decrepit and and unkempt for many years, even well over 50 years ago.
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W.B.:

Agreed

Recall the early 1970's IC collision out in "Shik-aga"; a new lightweight double-deck MU was "tapped" by a 1926 "battleship" (MU); new car involved was ...

W.B.:

And DON'T get me started on the "Occulus", which resembles nothing more than a "pop art" whale skeleton......yecchhhh!

"Monstrocities", indeed........and this ...

For several reasons, you came to mind, when I came across this photo snapped at "COURT SQUARE", circa-late 1970s/early 1980s.......... Wink

https://www.nycsubway.org/perl/show?115897
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W.B.:

Ahhh, "rivets"!

NO WONDER those classic prewar cars looked like (and were BUILT like) BATTLESHIPS! Shocked

Just imagine an "Arnine" taking on a "rolling iPad&q ...

W.B.:

Ahhh, York Street....I was thinking of this very station earlier (yes, I've been there a number of times in the distant past!), but, for the life of me, could NOT recall the station's name; t ...

Further:

There is an excellent Wikipedia page on "THE INCIDENT: however, as the url contains parentheses, I cannot hotlink. Sad

Interestingly, the "Tee-Yay" flat-out refused to al ...

I still recall (early/mid-1960s) car car ads for "NESTLE'S" with Paul Winchell (and Farfel), and Sandy Becker for "Taste-ee Cakes".

And "The Flinstones" touting WINSTO ...

The "Bee-Em-Tee's" station at Court Street also features a distinctive "London-ish" tubular design............

https://www.nycsubway.org/perl/show?1236

https://www.nycsubway. ...

The "Eye-En-Dee's" station at "BROADWAY-NASSAU" (Fulton Street) has long intrigued me; its unusual tubular construction is indeed reminiscent of a typical London "tube" s ...