BULLETIN - OCTOBER, 2013 Bulletin Electric Railroaders’ Association, Incorporated Vol
The ERA BULLETIN - OCTOBER, 2013 Bulletin Electric Railroaders’ Association, Incorporated Vol. 56, No. 10 October, 2013 The Bulletin IND EXTENDED TO CHURCH AVENUE 80 YEARS AGO Published by the Electric In 1933, IND expanded into Queens and We do not have weekday October, 1933 Railroaders’ Association, Brooklyn, reaching Roosevelt Avenue (E) schedules, but we have the following week- Incorporated, PO Box 3323, New York, New and Nassau Avenue (GG) on August 19, fol- end schedules: York 10163-3323. lowed by Church Avenue (A) on October 7. The new route was constructed under hilly HEADWAYS CARS terrain, probably deposited near Prospect For general inquiries, Saturday Sunday Saturday Sunday contact us at bulletin@ Park by a prehistoric glacier. Effective effective erausa.org or by phone To avoid digging a deep tunnel under the 10/7/33 10/8/33 at (212) 986-4482 (voice steep hill east of the Gowanus Canal, the Mid- 12 12 3 3 mail available). ERA’s Smith Street-Prospect Park Line crosses the night website is canal on a high elevated structure. The align- www.erausa.org. ment includes the highest station on the AM 4 — 6, 8 — th Rush Editorial Staff: transit system, Smith-9 Street — 87.5 feet Editor-in-Chief: from the street to the base of rail — and a Morning 5 6, 5 6 4 Bernard Linder tunnel that follows the contour of the street News Editor: above. After- 5 5 6 5 Randy Glucksman noon Contributing Editor: The following grades are encountered by a Jeffrey Erlitz southbound train: Evening 6 5, 6, 8 6, 4 5 Production Manager: FROM TO PERCENT UNUSED EXPRESS TRACKS David Ross GRADE Although the express tracks were in place th Carroll Smith-9 +3.15 when the line opened in 1933, regular ex- Street Street press service did not begin until August 19, Smith-9th 4th Avenue -2.85 Portal is at 1968.
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