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2nd Ave EL, Dyre Ave & Polo Grds line, Q cars on 3rd Ave EL
This film contains the 2nd Ave. EL in color in 1942 ,Dyre Ave. line in the 1940's and 50's, the Polo Grounds Shuttle, and Q-Cars on the 3rd Ave EL.
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2nd AVENUE EL in color , 1942, movie footage
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This film covers the east side 2nd Ave.EL as it was in 1942, it's last year. By this time the line ran only in Manhattan to the 59th st. area & over the Queensboro Bridge to Queens . All service north of 60th st. uptown thru East Harlem to the Southern Bronx via the Bergen Ave. cut-off was discontinued in June of 1940 , so this is not covered here.
6TH & 9TH Ave ELS ,plus long gone BKLYN ELS movie footage
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Hosted by transit historian the late Roger Arcara , this film takes a trip up the West Side 6th & 9th Avenue Elevated lines, from South Ferry to the Bronx. While part 2 of this film takes a look at Brooklyn's long since gone Elevated Lines, which operated in Brooklyn & Queens. Lines such as the Fulton St. EL, Myrtle Ave EL, Lexington Ave. EL, and the 5TH Ave. / Bay Ridge EL
2nd Avenue EL & 3rd Avenue EL movie footage
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Hosted by the late transit historian Roger Arcara, this film goes on a trip up both the eastside 2nd & 3rd Ave EL lines. On the 2nd Ave. EL going first to Queens via the Queensboro Bridge branch, then further uptown to the Bronx via the Bergen Ave. cut-off. Part 2 of this movie takes a trip up the 3rd Ave. EL in Manhattan & the Bronx . The 2nd Ave. EL was abandon in two parts, north of 60th st....
LONG GONE BKLYN ELS movie footage
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Hosted by the late transit historian Roger Arcara this film takes a look at Brooklyn's once extensive EL System which operated in the NYC BOROS of Brooklyn & Queens. albeit forgotten & even unknown to many later generations. The Els touched on in this film include the Fulton ST. EL one half discontinued in 1940 and the rest of the 2nd outer Brooklyn portion in 1956. only the Queens section stil...
3rd Ave EL Chatham Sq to 149th st movie footage.
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Vincent Seyfried 's movie footage of the 3rd Ave. EL in the 1950"s between Chatham Sq. and 149th st. in New York City
3rd Ave EL Uptown movie footage
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movie footage primarily focus on the 3rd Ave. EL north of 42nd st.
Lexington & Myrtle AVE ELS movie footage
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Vincent Seyfried's movie footage of the Lexington and the Myrtle Ave ELs in Brooklyn and Queens in New York City. The Brooklyn Elevated R.R [THE MAIN LINE} was Brooklyn's first urban elevated R.R. when opened in 1885. From the Fulton ferry the line ran along York St, Hudson Ave, Park Ave, Grand Ave , Lexington Ave, and Broadway thru Eastern Pkwy to Van Siclen Ave. in 1888 the portion on Broadwa...
Fulton St EL pict.bk pt.1B
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CONTINUATION FROM FULTON ST. EL PICTUREBOOK pt. 1 A
FULTON ST EL pict. bk. pt1A
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there is a second part to this video see FULTON ST. EL PICTUREBOOK pt 1 B
9th Ave. EL movie footage
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IMPORTANT NOTE: This is an edited version containing only the 9th Ave. EL movie footage ,in it's later days. If you want to see the full version, you can find it at : INTERNET ARCHIVE MOVING IMAGE ARCHIVE PRELINGER ARCHIVES in browse by TITLE look for SKYLINE RAILWAYS under the letter S. Also note , that this film carries no sound track neither here nor there , Thank-you
2nd Ave EL PICTURE BOOK pt 2
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DISCLAIMER ,I do not own the rights to any photos. This was done for your edutainment purpose I do not make a dime from You Tube or Google
2nd AVE. EL picture book pt 1
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. DISCLAIMER, I do not own the rights to any photos. This was done for your edutainment purpose. I do not make a dime from You Tube or Google. thanks to all.
9th ave EL picturebook pt 2
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DISCLAIMER, I do not own the rights to any photos . This is done for the people for edutainment purposes. I do not make a dime from You Tube or Google
6th ave el picture book
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DISCLAIMER, I do not own the rights to any photos. This is done for the people for edutainment purposes. I do not make a dime from YOU TUBE OR GOOGLE
N.Y.C RAILFANTRIPS ELS & SUBWAYS 1958-'87 MOVIE FOOTAGE UNEDITED
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N.Y.C RAILFANTRIPS ELS & SUBWAYS 1958-'87 MOVIE FOOTAGE UNEDITED
DYRE AVE LINE & POLO GROUNDS SHUTTLE 1940'S & 50'S.MOVIE FOOTAGE
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DYRE AVE LINE & POLO GROUNDS SHUTTLE 1940'S & 50'S.MOVIE FOOTAGE
3rd ave el 149th to 174th. pictures
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3rd ave el 149th to 174th. pictures
3RD AVE. RAILWAY SYS TROLLEYS MOVIE FOOTAGE 2.
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3RD AVE. RAILWAY SYS TROLLEYS MOVIE FOOTAGE 2.
3RD AVENUE EL PART 4 MOVIE FOOTAGE Q-CARS.
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3RD AVENUE EL PART 4 MOVIE FOOTAGE Q-CARS.
BRONX TROLLEY LINES , 1930's-1940's movie footage
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BRONX TROLLEY LINES , 1930's-1940's movie footage
LEXINGTON AVENUE ELEVATED in pictures BKLYN N.Y
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LEXINGTON AVENUE ELEVATED in pictures BKLYN N.Y
3RD AVENUE ELEVATED , a full trip movie footage
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3RD AVENUE ELEVATED , a full trip movie footage
IND & B.M.T SUBWAY& EL lines in N.Y.C 1940's- 80's movie footage.
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IND & B.M.T SUBWAY& EL lines in N.Y.C 1940's- 80's movie footage.
time machine...amazing how re developed midtown once they took down the EL...but they not replace it ..could use a line on 3rd ave ....
It is such a shame about NYC these days...
I have a kerosene 🏮 lantern that fell from a wooden gate car overhead, in 1955. It missed my father by a few feet when he was getting into his car on Myrtle and Washinton.
Lived on Waverly just in from Myrtle.
Lastly the 9th Avenue El was held the 3 train before being cut back to West Harlem
Very enjoyable. Got to ride the Bronx portion in the mid-1950's on a visit to the zoo.
My grandfather may very well have been driving one of those Trolleys. Thank you for your priceless vids!
For the cost of constructing one section of that overly expensive 2nd Avenue Line, all the demolished ELs in Manhattan could be rebuilt, which change left over.
LATE NIGHT W/ THE DEVIL on SHUDDER HORROR 😅
I am interested in polo grounds area off the 4 line if I am not mistakeing of course
Good day, this is SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT of SUBWAY.. I would like to see as much footage regarding IRT in the BRONX .. we now only have one letter line assigned the D ( IND ) for my OFFICIALS to use and gain knowledge of how to utilize the ghost tracks
Once you go to Frordam plaza on the Harlem and Connecticut metro North railroad station. You will definitely see the remaining of the Thrid Avenue Elevated wall station structures and the Thrid Avenue Elevated entrance.
I wish it was still here today. I love these old videos
I lived a half a block from the Gun Hill Rd. station and remember "The Dinky" shuttle to a hun-eightieth St. It was a great day when the number 5 train gave us through service to downtown.
Spent time hitching on the trolley who had the pulley who had the light who had the door who had the window and in summer we wood hang on the screens onside of trolley if you missed the trolley we wood pull down the pulley and stop the trolley
In 1966 , as a teenager I worked part time at the corner of Bridge Street and Myrtle Avenue for a bookbinder.....we were on the second floor and the Jay Street station was right outside our window......
the el went infront of my house-
Look, no trash, no homeless, no abandoned cars, no 8lacks, good times.
Beautiful before the 8lacks came in and ruined everything.
I rode these trains in 1957- 1969 nice train cars too hot in the summer and too cold in the winter the stations had a wood stove for heat
Looks like a lot of fun. Too bad I missed it, Very imaginative design.
looks like miserable times
Can you repeat that?
This city once had soul, character, working people. Now it has trust fund kidults and the bland condo towers they reside in.
RIP Roger. My sister and I loved going to his presentations in the Bronx YMCA on Westchester Avenue
It's actually crazy how much more dense and tall the Bronx used to be. I went on street view for a lot of these areas and all that density is gone. They were demolished and turned into much shorter buildings or parking lots. Those giant magnificent factories that rival the pyramids, all of it lost.
I wish all his footage was clear like digital remastered so you could see everytĥiñg.....
Absolutly wonderful archival presentation ! I grew up in Marine Park area of BKLYN and relied on the IRT Flatbush Ave (@ The Junction) #2 train along with the IND/BMT Kings Highway station Brighton line .
UGLY....
Great memories of the 3 Rd Avenue L. This film is a true gem and masterpiece!!
To be honest, it would have been pretty cool if they kept one elevated line in Manhattan. Now they can't build any because people would complain so everything must go underground. Also f**k Robert Moses, read the book about him it's wild.
What a wonderful historic record of a city where I once lived, but where what we see here was long gone before I was born! Thanks so much for sharing this with us!!
Can this fantastic video of yesteryear, be cleaned up for better resolution ?
25:09 is the Putnam division
The bronx had an extensive railed trolley system on major east west streets and hubs at 149 and west farms and into yonkers. The remnant track sections are still visible at some intersections. I learnt it by viewing historical vids like roger arcara provided.
There's definitely a way to rebuild and restore the 8 Thrid Avenue Elevated back without making to much noises anymore and Quieter. That's the reason why they have the new engineers to trainned them how to rebuild the extra elevated subway lines back and even stronger like ever 💪 before.
I wish they rebuilt all els in New York, but with base-isolated track, pillars relocated to outside of the curbside, and wheels with variable taper in order to prevent flage contact altogether just like with upgraded trains and bullet trains in Asia and Europe. That would enable New York to return the iconic aesthetics of its historic els while still ensuring a whisper quiet experience and giving a unique world-class sightseeing experience just like with Chicago's Loop. Unlike the CTA L however, my proposal would have a Business Class car in every trainset (just like with commuter rail in Asia, especially Green Cars in Japan) that travels on elevated lines in order to ensure that sightseers get a great experience from having a comfortable ride with a luxurious interior free from homeless. The Business Class fares for tourists and upper class commuters would also cost many (perhaps a dozen) times more than a standard fare in order to subsidize the low-income commuters in order to ensure the financial security of the railway operator so that future generations can continue to enjoy the elevated signseeing experience on infrastructure maintained to certified pre-owned like-new condition. I bet that such a modern el (but with historic aesthetics) built to my high standards would still be way cheaper than tunnelling the Second Avenue Subway through ultra-hard metamorphic schist rock hundreds of feet underground. After all, even the economically much-worse-off Philly was able to completely rebuild the Market Street western elevated portion of the Market-Frankford Line (including the foundations of the pillars) in the 2000s to a modern concrete structure, though I'm not sure whether floating slab track was used or not. Not having variable wheel taper is not a problem on the Market-Frankfort Elevated because there are no sharp curves. Perhaps Chicago's el's weren't demolished because the original builders went the extra mile to lengthen the transverse girders in order to be able to place the pillars on the sidewalk or place the els over alleys alltogether, both in order to not block horse and automotive traffic? That is unlike New York, where the pillars were placed in the middle of the street on most elevated lines presumable to save money on having shorter transverse girders.
Chances in the Boggie down south Bronx Clearmount Webster Boston road Bronx brand new Thrid Avenue Elevated line only in south Bronx. Never rebuild another elevated line in Manhattan again. There are definitely studying on that.
I wish they rebuilt all els in New York, but with floating slab track or under-sleeper rubber pads, pillars relocated to outside of the curbside, and wheels with variable taper in order to prevent flage contact altogether just like with upgraded trains and bullet trains in Asia and Europe. That would enable New York to return the iconic aesthetics of its historic els while still ensuring a whisper quiet experience and giving a unique world-class sightseeing experience just like with Chicago's Loop. Unlike the CTA L however, my proposal would have a Business Class car in every trainset (just like with commuter rail in Asia, especially Green Cars in Japan) that travels on elevated lines in order to ensure that sightseers get a great experience from having a comfortable ride with a luxurious interior free from homeless. The Business Class fares for tourists and upper class commuters would also cost many (perhaps a dozen) times more than a standard fare in order to subsidize the low-income commuters in order to ensure the financial security of the railway operator so that future generations can continue to enjoy the elevated signseeing experience on infrastructure maintained to certified pre-owned like-new condition. I bet that such a modern el (but with historic aesthetics) built to my high standards would still be way cheaper than tunnelling the Second Avenue Subway through ultra-hard metamorphic schist rock hundreds of feet underground. After all, even the economically much-worse-off Philly was able to completely rebuild the Market Street western elevated portion of the Market-Frankford Line (including the foundations of the pillars) in the 2000s to a modern concrete structure, though I'm not sure whether floating slab track or Sonneville Low Vibration Track was used or not. The lack of progressive wheel taper isn't a problem in Philadelphia's case because there are no substantially sharp curves on its elevated sections, so the wheel flages don't touch the tracks anyway. Perhaps Chicago's el's weren't demolished because the original builders went the extra mile to lengthen the transverse girders in order to be able to place the pillars on the sidewalk or place the els over alleys alltogether, both in order to not block horse and automotive traffic? That is unlike New York, where the pillars were placed in the middle of the street on most elevated lines presumable to save money on having shorter transverse girders.
I wish they rebuilt all els in New York, but with floating slab track, pillars relocated to outside of the curbside, and wheels with variable taper in order to prevent flage contact altogether just like with upgraded trains and bullet trains in Asia and Europe. That would enable New York to return the iconic aesthetics of its historic els while still ensuring a whisper quiet experience and giving a unique world-class sightseeing experience just like with Chicago's Loop. Unlike the CTA L however, my proposal would have a Business Class car in every trainset (just like with commuter rail in Asia, especially Green Cars in Japan) that travels on elevated lines in order to ensure that sightseers get a great experience from having a comfortable ride with a luxurious interior free from homeless. The Business Class fares for tourists and upper class commuters would also cost many (perhaps a dozen) times more than a standard fare in order to subsidize the low-income commuters in order to ensure the financial security of the railway operator so that future generations can continue to enjoy the elevated signseeing experience on infrastructure maintained to certified pre-owned like-new condition. I bet that such a modern el (but with historic aesthetics) built to my high standards would still be way cheaper than tunnelling the Second Avenue Subway through ultra-hard metamorphic schist rock hundreds of feet underground. After all, even the economically much-worse-off Philly was able to completely rebuild the Market Street western elevated portion of the Market-Frankford Line (including the foundations of the pillars) in the 2000s to a modern concrete structure, though I'm not sure whether floating slab track was used or not. Perhaps Chicago's el's weren't demolished because the original builders went the extra mile to lengthen the transverse girders in order to be able to place the pillars on the sidewalk or place the els over alleys alltogether, both in order to not block horse and automotive traffic? That is unlike New York, where the pillars were placed in the middle of the street on most elevated lines presumable to save money on having shorter transverse girders.
This is fantastic. I love all the history Mr. Arcara gave while narrating this. I also love the fact that all these clubs and so forth were sponsoring these trips. Priceless stuff.
Man, a subway ride in these times was probably 2 cent for one ride 😂😂😂
I was born and raised in NYC and never knew this train line even existed. Lol
Such incredible and amazing transit workmanship that should have never been dismantled 🫤
This is golden. The narration, beautiful. Zerega on the 6 being my area, glad to have seen some 6 train footage!
Are there any photos that show city line portion eny area
Absolutely fabulous collection that shows so much not only about the end of the 9th Avenue El, but of the area and everyday life in 1940. Priceless historical record. Thanks for sharing this!
I grew up in Fort Greene near Myrtle Ave in mid 70s to Mid 80s It looks like when I was growing up Myrtle Ave was clear of any L elevated trains it was only up on Broadway...but am I correct that it looks like that used to be overhead L trains back in the 50s and 60s?
The good old days may be gone but not forgotten Bonx,n.y.💯🇺🇸👍
You could tell that even those old trains at that time were very well-maintained you could tell because of all the surplus they had near the tracks where they divided they will always fixing them and they always look clean even though they old world
Wow. These old videos brings so many memories. New York City was a beautiful City back in the days.❤❤
Man, what a shame to let all of this go 🙁