Old Buffers

Sea Beach Spur to the Gravesend Race Track in 1891? Source: David Rumsey Historical Map Collection. Author: Bien, Joseph Rudolp (1858-1950) Date of Map: 1891 Scale: 1:31,680 Page IV, Series 7 Phillips 2150 Copywrite2005 Folks, I took this clip off another on line map site, called "David Rumsey Historical Map Collection". There is more... - 2013/05/22

Position of Smith Street Gas Tank as seen from Smith-9th Street IND Station In the clip below, which is taken from Roger Arcara's video dealing with the New York Subway from 1940 to the 1970's I captured the relative position of the gas tank versus the station. You are looking at the extreme north end of the northbound (towards Manhattan) platform with the adjus more... - 2013/05/21

Third Avenue Trolley in Brooklyn - South Portion Prior to 1939 Source: Watson, Edward, B. & Linder, B. "3 Avenue Line", New York Division Bulletin , Electric Railroaders' Association, Vol. 21, No. 12, December, 1978, p.2 - 3. It is funny that in New York, there are two Third Avenues that had rapid transit on it: One in Brooklyn and one in more... - 2013/05/20

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236 – Chasewater Railway Museum Bits & Pieces From Chasewater News – Spring 2001 – Part 1 236 – Chasewater Railway Museum Bits & Pieces From Chasewater News – Spring 2001 – Part 1 more... - 2013/05/17

Old Elevated Equipment Video with Brooklyn Trackless Trolley Operations in Williamsburg and Downtown Brooklyn In this great video, (which I got off the web) I believe which was produced in connection with the Electric Railroader's Association fan trips, you will see old elevated equipment in Brooklyn, in color, with very good sound recording. You will also see for a few moments, Brooklyn trackl more... - 2013/05/17