Old New York

Wow  Great pictures Larry

Very cool pictures

Here are some new pictures of some remaining RR things in NY that get a lot less attention because they are off the tourist map. As far as I know there is only one preserved engine in all of Manhattan. This ex B.E.D.T. S2 that is disguised as a NYC engine in Riverside Park. It is near the old NYC 69st car float bridge ruins.

I can't see the Subway in this web site (it's underground), but who knew there was a Battleship in Union Square.

http://mashable.com/2015/04/30...ruit/?utm_cid=lf-toc

There is a Subway stop for it though in case you're mad at me.

1888 Blizzard in NYC: Trolley Snow Sweeper in Action?

Fourth picture down.

http://mashable.com/2015/01/27...zard/?utm_cid=lf-toc

Very interesting, thanks.

Don

Those are some very clean photos for 1888! Interesting as well.

Don

Wow, great pics, thanks for posting these.

Richie

This is a real history lesson. Figure out an app and sell it to the schools system. Great stuff.

I had heard of that before, and I think I might have a guess as to what happened. A friend of mine grew up in Coney Island, on the site of what had been Luna Park and she loved the history of Coney Island. She had told me the story about the battleship, and she told me that the ship had been shipped to Coney Island and was stored at Luna Park, and burned when the rest of the park burned in the early 1920's. I obviously have no way of knowing if that was in fact what happened, but she was pretty knowledgeable about things so it kind of makes sense.Note I am not talking the fire that destroyed Luna Park in 1944, fires were common at Coney Island and Luna Park had several in its history according to my friend. 

Here are a couple from the 1960;s

Worlds fair trains and Broad Channel crossing

Very cool

I used to ride those Worlds Fair subway (7)  trains when playing hooky from John Jay High School in Brooklyn.   The bigger treat was seeing the old NY Titans practicing at Shea Stadium just before the train stopped at the Worlds Fair.  Once at the Fair could never understand the dinosaurs.  They really looked fake.

 I thought the Titans only played in the Polo grounds ?

  Ben do you know the location of that #7 shot ?

I Think the Titans were the Jets by the time they arrived at Shea Stadium.

Bens Long Island RR shot is at the Worlds Fair Shea stadium station on the Port Washington line.The station was built origina;;y for the 1939-40 Worlds Fair and redone for the 1964-65 version. In 1939 DD-1s hauled PRR trains from Pennsylvania station to this station. The Trailblazer was a name train that arrived here in those days.

This photo is from the 60s. The IRT Willets point  yard is to the right in the photo. The LIRR train is a Port Washington line electric. The car at the end we see is one of LIRRs original double deckers . This is likely a westbound train

Just to the east of this location was the junction with the branch that went up to Whitestone. It had been electrified but was discontiued about 1932. Part of the branch renaibed for a number of years to serve a small LIRR yard along the Flushing creek. I recall seeing old LIRR cars that were being scrapped here.

The LIRR station is still here tpday. M-7 equipment is now seen here.

Not sure about the timing of the Subway shot at Broad Channel but those R=10s look like they have been repainted into the greeb scheme they wore near the end of their service. 

Thanks for the info LIRR Steamer.

 LETS GO METS !

http://www.trainsarefun.com/li...ir/lirrworldfair.htm LIRR World's Fair webpage

I stand corrected, the Titans were the Jets in 1964.  I remember the green and white uniforms of the Jets vs. the Gold and Blue of the Titans.  Anyway, I really enjoyed the photo's of the Fair in NYandW's link.  Brought back a lot of pleasant memories.

I really like this thread it brings back many memories. I remember the 50s taking the d train to the Franklin Ave trolley (I believe) to McLaren pool. I also remember 1964. I would take the A train to the Lex to the Flushing Line to the Fair. I performed at the NYS Pavilion with the Brooklyn Central YMCA gymnastics team. John Jay on 4th St and 7th Ave was my HS (it is no longer there).

Jay

Class of '64