Happy 108th Birthday NYC Subway!

And today the subway celebrated by shutting down completely at 7pm. There is red tape and a cop at my station 103 /CPW on the B,C. No rain and a little wind so far. Can't get into work tomorrow. Happy Birthday subway.

I am planning to take part on a tour of the oldest still operating New York City transit substation on November 17th. This substation was built in 1900 to first power the then BRT trains on the Broadway Brooklyn line from Fulton Ferry to Broadway Junction that had been using 0-4-0 Forney steam locomotives as did the other elevated lines up to that time. About 25 years ago the rotary converters were replaced by computerized solid state equiptment. The substation is located next to the Brooklyn side of the Williamsburgh Bridge.

 

Ed G. (Along side the New Haven Line of Metro-North and Amtrak)

Sorry but the above tour has been cancelled. A new date will announced in the future.

 

Ed G.