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January 2007 Bulletin.Pub TheNEW YORK DIVISION BULLETIN - JANUARY, 2007 Bulletin New York Division, Electric Railroaders’ Association Vol. 50, No. 1 January, 2007 The Bulletin CENTENNIAL OF Published by the New NEW YORK CENTRAL ELECTRIFICATION York Division, Electric NEW YORK CENTRAL ELECTRIFICATION Railroaders’ Association, Incorporated, PO Box In the November, 2006 Bulletin, News Edi- steam locomotive all day. A steel MU car 3001, New York, New tor Randy Glucksman described Metro- hauled an electric locomotive and a steam York 10008-3001. North’s special excursion to commemorate locomotive. the 100th anniversary of electric operation On September 30, 1906, the first electri- into Grand Central Terminal. On September cally-operated train ran to Grand Central, For general inquiries, contact us at nydiv@ 30, 1906, an electric locomotive pulled a train leaving Highbridge at 2:40 PM and arriving at electricrailroaders.org into Grand Central. Grand Central at 2:58 PM. The train, which or by phone at (212) Checking our files, we found summaries of was able to run at 84 miles per hour, reached 986-4482 (voice mail newspaper and technical magazine articles 55 miles per hour on the Park Avenue Via- available). ERA’s describing this huge project. duct. The railroad’s Vice President drove the website is www.electricrailroaders. Steam locomotive-hauled trains had been 100-ton electric locomotive 3405, which was org. operating in the Park Avenue Tunnel since coupled to four Pullman Palace cars, two day the 1870s, and there were several collisions coaches, and two private cars. On the train Editorial Staff: in the smoke-filled tunnel. The January 8, were 100 guests. Editor-in-Chief: Bernard Linder 1902 collision was the worst. The smoke was To start operating electric service the fol- News Editor: so thick that the Engineer could not see the lowing equipment was available: Randy Glucksman red signal or the train ahead. This accident • 35 electric locomotives with four Gen- Contributing Editor: forced management to adopt electric traction. eral Electric 84A motors, each rated at Jeffrey Erlitz Meanwhile, the State Legislature passed a 550 HP Production Manager: law prohibiting steam operation south of the • 125 MU cars for suburban service with David Ross Harlem River after July 1, 1908. two 200 HP GE 69C motors. Cars ac- The engineers specified third rails located celerated at 1¼ miles per hour per sec- so that the shoes made contact under the ond and reached a maximum speed of third rail. This installation was less hazardous 52 MPH to employees because the top and sides of • 55 MU cars, probably trailers ©2007 New York the third rail were covered with wood. • 6 MU motors, combination baggage Division, Electric Before operating trains in revenue service, and express cars, probably with two Railroaders’ the railroad tested the equipment. The new Association, 200 HP motors Incorporated electric locomotives were tested on a six-mile The railroad was delayed starting electric track between Schenectady and Hoffmans. service because there was a shortage of En- In This Issue: Each 65-ton locomotive could accelerate at gineers who could understand the air brake Eighth Avenue 0.5-to-1-mile per hour per second. Its maxi- system. Of the 700 people who took the mum speed was 60 miles per hour and it was Subway—Track exam, only 20 passed. driven by a gearless motor mounted directly Regular electric service between Plans on the axles. Additional tests were performed Highbridge and Grand Central began on De- (Continued) in the Bronx. A half-mile of third rail was set cember 11, 1906. Schedule of the first train ...Page 2 up on a track paralleling the main line. An electric locomotive hauled one car and a (Continued on page 4) Next Trip: Grand Central Terminal Tour, Febr1 uary 17—Application coming next month! NEW YORK DIVISION BULLETIN - OCTOBER,JANUARY, 20002007 EIGHTH AVENUE SUBWAY TRACK PLANS (Continued from December, 2006 Issue) Eighth Avenue Line 59th-W 4th Street 1932 - Present A A Lower Upper Lower Level Level Level Previous Switch removed Switch removed 10/15/2002 Switch remov 10/24/2003 Provision for 10/24/2003 double crossover 34th St Penn Station Provision for Provision for 59th St double crossover double crossover To 6th Ave via 53rd St To Queens via 53rd St Lower 23rd St 50th St Level Provisions for double crossovers 14th St SwitchSwitch remove removedd Out of service 10/24/200310/24/2003 10/19/1999 42nd St Lower Level Lower Level A A to 6th Ave W 4th St Data: B. Linder Drawing: J. Erlitz (Continued on page 3) 2 NEW YORK DIVISION BULLETIN - JANUARY, 2007 Eighth Avenue Subway Track Plans Eighth Avenue Line (Continued from page 2) W 4th Street - High St 1932 - Present 1932 - 1933 6th Ave Line Upper Level West 4th St Lower Level Upper Level 6th Ave Line via Houston St Spring St Spring St Canal St Middle track and switches 1932 - 1933 leading to it out of service 3/2005 due to relay room fire Chambers St Chambers St World Trade Center (Formerly Hudson Terminal) Hudson Terminal Data: B. Linder Drawing: J. Erlitz Broadway- Nassau St C ra nb err y S t T ub es High St- Brooklyn Bridge 3 NEW YORK DIVISION BULLETIN - OCTOBER,JANUARY, 20002007 Centennial of New York Central Electrification (Continued from page 1) E. 42nd and Park Avenue in 1875, looking northwest. A different angle at E. 42nd and Park Avenue in 1875 Bernard Linder collection Bernard Linder collection E. 42nd and Park Avenue in 1878. E. 42nd Street in 1885, looking east from Grand Central. Manhattan Bernard Linder collection Railway’s 42nd Street Shuttle is in the background. Bernard Linder collection (Continued from page 1) On January 28, 1907, the railroad started operating 15 was: Harlem Division electric trains between Grand Central Leave Grand Central 12:11 PM and Wakefield (241st Street) and steam trains between Arrive Highbridge 12:32 PM Wakefield and White Plains. On February 17, 1907, Couple steam engine electrification was extended to Mount Vernon West. Leave Yonkers 1:38 PM At the present time, electric operation from Grand Arrive Highbridge 1:59 PM Central extends 53 miles to Southeast (formerly Brew- Cut off steam engine ster North), Harlem Line, and 33 miles to Croton- Arrive Grand Central 2:20 PM Harmon, Hudson Line. Both trains carried regular passengers and officials. The railroad expected to run eight trains daily. (Continued on page 5) 4 NEW YORK DIVISION BULLETIN - JANUARY, 2007 Centennial of New York Central Electrification (Continued from page 4) E. 42nd and Park Avenue in 1887. Compare and contrast this photo- E. 42nd and Park Avenue in 1887, looking northeast. graph with the one on the lower left on the previous page. Bernard Linder collection Bernard Linder collection (Continued on page 6) 148TH STREET-LENOX TERMINAL AND HOW IT GOT ITS NAME By Henry Raudenbush Henry Raudenbush is an old friend of the Bulletin. His con- site. tributions, in fact, started with Volume 1, Issue 1 in May, Working as a draftsman at 207th Street Shop, I was 1958. This makes the first issue of our fiftieth year a most asked to prepare artwork for a new reading on the desti- appropriate time to present this article. nation signs of IRT cars for this new terminal. The pro- One person doesn't make much in the way of big posed wording was "149th St-7th Avenue". While more or changes, but one can play a part, at least. One occa- less accurately describing the location of the new termi- sion where I did play a part resulted in changing the nal, which was on Seventh Avenue between W. 148th name of a station. and 149th Streets, I could see that this would cause end- Since 1904, Seventh Avenue express trains (later 2) less confusion, as regular riders seeing "149th St" would that went up Lenox Avenue and continued into the assume the train was headed to the Bronx. At the time I Bronx stopped at two important and well-known transfer was way too junior to get much attention if I pointed this stations, 149th Street-Grand Concourse and 149th out within NYC Transit, so I called another ERA mem- Street-Third Avenue. Those that did not go to the Bronx ber who had close connections with the Transportation (originally the locals, later the 3 express), went to 145th Department. Then I stalled on doing the artwork. In a Street-Lenox Avenue. In the 1960s, the site of the IRT couple of days, word came down to change the reading th shops at 147th Street was sold to a developer, and the to "148 St-Lenox Terminal." city agreed to provide a station in the yard, which would So the name of a station was changed by a link remain under the new apartment development on the through the ERA. 5 NEW YORK DIVISION BULLETIN - OCTOBER,JANUARY, 20002007 Centennial of New York Central Electrification (Continued from page 5) A train passes the Tremont station. Yonkers station, June 7, 1969. Bernard Linder collection Larry Linder photograph A former Third Avenue Railway car house, seen from the Yonkers Tarrytown station, looking north, June 7, 1969. station, June 7, 1969. Larry Linder photograph Larry Linder photograph Two shots of the Bronxville station, taken June 20, 1959. Bernard Linder photographs 6 NEW YORK DIVISION BULLETIN - JANUARY, 2007 Commuter and Transit Notes No. 218 by Randy Glucksman Metropolitan Transportation Authority mentioned in all of this is the availability of liquor prod- All MTA riders got some good news at the end of No- ucts in retail establishments in and around the termi- vember, 2006: there will not be a fare increase in 2007.
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