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PostPosted: Fri Mar 24, 2023 10:50 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Here, we see the large open yard at the Box St.-Crosstown depot; single-ended 6000's dominate this view.

At extreme right, a postwar St. Louis trolleybus can just be glimpsed.......

https://www.nycsubway.org/perl/show?117863

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PostPosted: Fri Mar 24, 2023 11:03 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Fresh Pond served streetcars until 1950; over the decades, BMT El and subway trains also were stored at Fresh Pond (subway trains still lay up there today)

Note the "TO WORLD'S FAIR" placard on #8151's and #8455's dashes; interestingly, the premium-fare service only briefly (PCC's were also used on this special service), as the City declared it violated the five cent fare-franchise.

This, in itself, is interesting, as the City was then charging 10 cents to ride the IND out to the Fair, and 15 cents to ride the direct bus line.

Note the brick firewalls between the sets of tracks.........

https://www.nycsubway.org/perl/show?117816

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PostPosted: Fri Mar 24, 2023 11:13 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Another view of Fresh Pond yard, during the streetcar era.......

https://www.nycsubway.org/perl/show?40001

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PostPosted: Fri Mar 24, 2023 11:19 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Two early/mid-1950's views at Fresh Pond; note the sets of BMT Standards and elderly open-platform El cars, then nearing retirement.

Also, note the CLARK "Bluebird".

The old line poles are still intact in these photos..........

https://www.nycsubway.org/perl/show?69101

https://www.nycsubway.org/perl/show?113221

(courtesy: nycsubway.org)

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PostPosted: Fri Mar 24, 2023 11:29 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

This photo shows a portion of the large yard at the Canarsie depot; here, the scene is dominated by ancient convertibles, a familiar sight on the streets of Brooklyn for decades........

https://www.nycsubway.org/perl/show?117617

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PostPosted: Fri Mar 24, 2023 6:13 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Here's an interesting variety of vintage rolling stock at the Maspeth depot; this facility saw its last streetcars in 1949.............

https://www.nycsubway.org/perl/show?141929

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PostPosted: Fri Mar 24, 2023 6:19 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Looks like these trolley fans are enjoying their visit to the 9th Avenue car house, back in 1955, just a year before the last runs of the remaining Brooklyn streetcars......

https://www.nycsubway.org/perl/show?142071

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PostPosted: Fri Mar 24, 2023 6:25 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Here's a circa-1949 photo taken at the De Kalb shops........

https://www.nycsubway.org/perl/show?117659

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PostPosted: Fri Mar 24, 2023 6:30 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Canarsie shore terminal loop (1940's)..........

https://www.nycsubway.org/perl/show?117677

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PostPosted: Fri Mar 24, 2023 10:57 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

This photo (1940's) shows a small portion of the sprawling Canarsie shops, showcasing an interesting collection of rolling stock*.......

https://www.nycsubway.org/perl/show?117723

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*Note the car on the extreme left, and, also, the car to the right of the convertible; these cars originally had started life as trailers.

After trailer operation ended in Brooklyn (early 1920's), these cars were stored for some years before being rebuilt as one-man cars, with a new entrance doorway cut into the car body at the front, opposite the motorman.

Motormen often referred to these cars as "muzzle loaders"................

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PostPosted: Fri Mar 24, 2023 11:10 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Here's we have a close-up of one of the aforementioned "muzzle loaders", in service on the "WILSON"* line.

It is easy to see that these unique cars were once trailers........

https://www.nycsubway.org/perl/show?33340

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*(Wilson Avenue had originally been "Hamburg", but was re-named after the United States became involved in the First World War)
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PostPosted: Fri Mar 24, 2023 11:27 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Here's a rare photo of the 58th St. depot (note the 8000-series car pulling out); this car house closed in 1947............

https://www.nycsubway.org/perl/show?140901

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PostPosted: Fri Mar 24, 2023 11:36 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

This color photo shows several single-ended 6000's at the Box St. (Greenpoint) yard, awaiting their next assignments............

https://www.nycsubway.org/perl/show?117815

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PostPosted: Sat Mar 25, 2023 12:01 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Another photo of the Greenpoint yards; note the "muzzle loaders"on the right (some motormen also referred to these cars as "bulldogs")

The small boxes below the motorman's window would light up when the car was full, informing waiting passenger to take the following car.......

https://www.nycsubway.org/perl/show?117490

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PostPosted: Sat Mar 25, 2023 12:14 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

This 1930's view features the imposing facade of the 9th Avenue depot (closed 1956)......

https://www.nycsubway.org/perl/show?140867

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