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Abdul Alhazred
06-18-2005, 05:22 AM
Leningrad totally copied the BMT. :D

New entry in my railroad forum:
http://forum.skepticpie.com/viewtopic.php?t=614
Dingfod
06-18-2005, 01:18 PM
Have you ever been to the MTA museum (http://www.mta.nyc.ny.us/mta/museum/) in Brooklyn? I found the history of mass transit in New York fascinating.
godfry n. glad
06-18-2005, 04:01 PM
Kewl. If I'd known, I'd have sought out their fleet barn when I was there.

My wife told me that the cable car museum in San Francisco was superb. I got stuck in the meetings and she got to see the sights.
Abdul Alhazred
06-18-2005, 11:45 PM
Have you ever been to the MTA museum (http://www.mta.nyc.ny.us/mta/museum/) in Brooklyn? I found the history of mass transit in New York fascinating.

Yes I have.

To me it was doubly fascinating, not just for the exhibits, but also that I got to see the old Court Street station where the museum is located.

If you look at the original layout of the IND, the location of the Court street station seems to make no sense. That is, at the end of a little spur close to other stations. So it's no wonder it was abandoned.

So why is it there? Well, if the money hadn't run out during the Great Depression, it would have connected to a tunnel under the East River to the center tracks of the Second Avenue Houston station (which also go nowhere).

:yup:
Dingfod
06-19-2005, 01:35 PM
Have you ever been to the MTA museum (http://www.mta.nyc.ny.us/mta/museum/) in Brooklyn? I found the history of mass transit in New York fascinating.

Yes I have.

To me it was doubly fascinating, not just for the exhibits, but also that I got to see the old Court Street station where the museum is located.

If you look at the original layout of the IND, the location of the Court street station seems to make no sense. That is, at the end of a little spur close to other stations. So it's no wonder it was abandoned.

So why is it there? Well, if the money hadn't run out during the Great Depression, it would have connected to a tunnel under the East River to the center tracks of the Second Avenue Houston station (which also go nowhere).

:yup:
Ah, I see. Make sense now.