Subway, Elevated, Trolley & Traction Lines photos
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A map of the Hagerstown & Frederick Railway, illustrating its connections with the Pennsylvania, Western Maryland, Norfolk & Western, and B&O railroads:
Courtesy of Heritage Frederick.
Courtesy of Heritage Frederick.
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Re: Subway, Elevated, Trolley & Traction Lines photos
healey36 wrote:Nice...seems an unusual undercarriage on the sweeper.
Subway station, Brooklyn, New York:
This photo is looking west on the eastbound to Queens (outbound) IRT track and platform side of the upper level 2 track, island platform Queensboro plaza EL Station. The BMT trains enter from Manhattan E.60th St tunnel, on the out of this scene right side of platform and track original (until April 1942) used by IRT 2nd Ave El trains from Manhattan via the upper level of the Queensboro bridge.
Hopefully not a repeat. Photo c. 1980-2006, courtesy of the Library of Congress.
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Don't want to de-rail the subject too much but the support structure for that water(?) tank is very different. It doesn't appear to be structurally sound. Maybe the available footprint influenced the design.
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Some sort of unusual truss support for that tank, RBH. That's the old Gordon Baking Company building (Silvercup was the tradename for their bread). I've been to the Hauswald's bakery in Baltimore back in the day, and that facility had a number of tanks on the roof, all different. Gordon shut down back in 1975 after a contract dispute with the Teamsters. Today, part of the building houses Silvercup Studios, a film/media company. More info here:
https://www.qchron.com/qboro/i_have_often_walked/silvercup-s-rise-fall-and-rise/article_d8713fdb-969f-54ea-9cea-9ffb9cca4ea2.html
https://www.qchron.com/qboro/i_have_often_walked/silvercup-s-rise-fall-and-rise/article_d8713fdb-969f-54ea-9cea-9ffb9cca4ea2.html
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Joe, this is at a place called Long Island City, right? Kinda right on the edge of Queens where it butts up against Brooklyn?
Here's a more current photo taken a hundred yards or so up the line where it comes in from the Queensboro Bridge:
http://nyclovesnyc.blogspot.com/2013/09/silvercup-studios-sign.html
Here's a more current photo taken a hundred yards or so up the line where it comes in from the Queensboro Bridge:
http://nyclovesnyc.blogspot.com/2013/09/silvercup-studios-sign.html
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Hopefully not a duplicate post; an electric car at Ye Alpine Tavern, Mount Lowe Railway, Mount Lowe, California, c. 1900-1910:
Detroit Publishing Company, courtesy of the Library of Congress.
Detroit Publishing Company, courtesy of the Library of Congress.
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Jacksonville, Florida, c. 1890-1910:
Courtesy of the Library of Congress.
Courtesy of the Library of Congress.
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Trackless trolley, Baltimore, April 1943:
Courtesy of the Library of Congress.
Courtesy of the Library of Congress.
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RBH29 wrote:Don't want to de-rail the subject too much but the support structure for that water(?) tank is very different. It doesn't appear to be structurally sound. Maybe the available footprint influenced the design.
Not busting your chops, but the triangle is one of the strongest geometric forms, so I imagine the structure is fairly stable. I am a noted ENGINEAR. Note the spelling!
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Union Station, Charleston, South Carolina, c. 1910:
Courtesy of the Library of Congress.
Courtesy of the Library of Congress.
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"Refurbished F-line trolleys, purchased from Philadelphia, run out Market Street to the Castro neighborhood in San Francisco, California."
Photo by Carol Highsmith, courtesy of the Library of Congress.
Photo by Carol Highsmith, courtesy of the Library of Congress.
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Nice pic Healey. Thinking about "hand me downs", Philly got one of the North Shore Line "Electroliners" repainted as the "Libertyliner". Wonder whatever happened to that? Not nearly as attractive as the paint job of the Electroliner. Opinion!
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electroliner
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electroliner
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Re: Subway, Elevated, Trolley & Traction Lines photos
E7 wrote:Nice pic Healey. Thinking about "hand me downs", Philly got one of the North Shore Line "Electroliners" repainted as the "Libertyliner". Wonder whatever happened to that?
https://rockhilltrolley.org/liberty-lin ... ence-hall/
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Welcome back Marty. I saw that somewhere in my travels, but didn't bother to post about it. The one at the Illinois Railway Museum is looking a bit nicer with new paint! I never realized until I dug into it a bit, that the Liberty liner had been converted to run off pickup shoes rather than overhead. I'm amazed both units are still around!
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A Merry Christmas shout out to Joe Frank! Hope all is well with you and yours and you are enjoying the Holidays!
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