Subway, Elevated, Trolley & Traction Lines photos

[Rufus T. Firefly]

[healey36]

Hmmm, that's really interesting. Some expensive, curved glazing there.

Here's a pneumatic "tower" car as deployed on the BA&P (Butte, Anaconda & Pacific):



From Railway Age, March 19, 1927. No side-frames on the trucks whatsoever, similar to more modern equipment that I've seen.

[Rufus T. Firefly]

Here's a pneumatic "tower" car as deployed on the BA&P (Butte, Anaconda & Pacific):

From Railway Age, March 19, 1927. No side-frames on the trucks whatsoever, similar to more modern equipment that I've seen.

Is that gas powered? Looks like a hand crank out front just like the one for starting my tractor.

[healey36]

According to Railway Age, "it has an Edwards railway motor car chassis of 14 tons capacity, equipped with a 75 h.p., 16000 r.p.m. gasoline engine connected to both axles of the rear truck by a chain-drive."

That's some serious r.p.m.

[Rufus T. Firefly]

According to Railway Age, "it has an Edwards railway motor car chassis of 14 tons capacity, equipped with a 75 h.p., 16000 r.p.m. gasoline engine connected to both axles of the rear truck by a chain-drive."

Ok, so that is a hand crank out front then,

That's some serious r.p.m.

I wonder if someone slipped in an extra zero there?

[healey36]

Railway Age is prone to typos (poor editing). Dates, for example, are frequently three years off...I used to attribute that to keying mistakes on the numeric key-pad, but then, there were no numeric key-pads on a typewriter in 1927

[Rufus T. Firefly]

Railway Age is prone to typos (poor editing). Dates, for example, are frequently three years off...I used to attribute that to keying mistakes on the numeric key-pad, but then, there were no numeric key-pads on a typewriter in 1927

Not long from now you're going to have to explain what a typewriter is (was)...........

[healey36]

Ain't that the truth. The IBM Selectric II was a great machine...kinda wish I had one.

Saw this video the other day:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UA9AWYuYZJ4

Some pretty nice stuff.

[Rufus T. Firefly]

[healey36]

Nice...seems an unusual undercarriage on the sweeper.

Subway station, Brooklyn, New York:



Hopefully not a repeat. Photo c. 1980-2006, courtesy of the Library of Congress.

[healey36]

The Curve at Brooklyn Terminal, New York, c. 1898, with the Brooklyn Bridge in the background:



Courtesy of the Library of Congress.

[Jim K]

Great photo. I have been at the LOC several times but have a difficult time getting the correct information for a sort of materials. If I may ask: what and where were you searching for to obtain this photo?

Thank you,

Jim K

[healey36]

Jim, here's the link I use for searches:

https://www.loc.gov/pictures/

I just type in topics I dream up on the search bar. Search results typically key on the captions entered for the photo or image. In my experience, if you search on "trolley" you might get 20% of the images featuring trolleys, the reason being many urban photos which might include images of trolleys do not include "trolley" in the caption. For instance, the photo caption might say "Canal Street and 13th Street, Toledo, Ohio", or "Business district, New Orleans". It's a bit of a crapshoot. I find searching on location is better than searching on subject.

I think for this particular image, I was just wading through generic pictures of Brooklyn.

Hope this helps.

[Rufus T. Firefly]

Wilkes Barre Railway

[healey36]

New York flower vendor, Easter 1904:



Courtesy of the Library of Congress.