BrooklynRail.net -   New & Updated web pages (Date Posted in Brackets)

NEXT TUNNEL TOUR:   Tunnel Tour on April 11th UPDATED!  (3.18.2010) The Horrors of Steam Powered Travel (from Harper's Weekly, 1865) NEW!  (3.16.2010)  Unexpected Connection: The LIRR's E.B. Litchfield and the Author of  "Atlantis: The Antediluvian World" NEW!  (3.11.2010)  Why the LIRR Wasn't Completed Before 1837?(PDF)  UPDATED!  (3.5.2010)  The Great Brooklyn Railroad And Land Development Fraud Of 1859 - 1861 UPDATED! (3.2.2010)  Tunnel Tour / Events Page NEW!  (3.2.2010)  Early Writings About The Tunnel By The American Society of Civil Engineers NEW!  (3.2.2010)  The Atlantic Avenue Tunnel Gets 4 Star Rating From The New Yorker Magazine's "Talk of the Town" UPDATED!  (2.24.2010)  The Closing Great Brooklyn Railroad And Land Development Fraud Of 1859 - 1861 (Greatly Expanded Text regarding:                                                The Circumstances Surrounding the Closing of the Atlantic Avenue Tunnel ) NEW!  (2.13.2010) Green Streetcar Track For Brooklyn? - New Greenscape Rail Construction Page NEW!  (2.9.2010) NBC News:  Secret NYC Subway Tunnel: Oldest in the World NEW!  (2.3.2010) CBS News "Secrets Of Brooklyn: Atlantic Avenue Tunnel" (video on right side of that page) UPDATED!  (2.1.2010) Updated Tunnel Page Section on : Major David Bates Douglass, the railroad's original Chief Engineer NEW!  (1.25.2010)  NY Times News Article: "President Obama Funding Streetcar Projects, Revises Transit Funding Rules" NEW!  (1.17.2010)  NY Daily News Article: "10 questions for a tunnel guide" NEW!  (1.13.2010)  References To The Atlantic Avenue Tunnel As Written In The Cosgrove Report (the book that inspired the Tunnel's discovery) NEW!  (1.10.2010)  Atlantic Avenue Tunnel Maps / Drawings / Surveys / Studies NEW!  (1.10.2010)  Early LIRR Rolling Stock 1830's - 1861 (pdf) UPDATED!  (12.29.2009)  Antebellum Brooklyn Cops NEW!  (12.24.2009)  Artifact Proves Folklore About "Bootleggers" In the Tunnel NEW!  (12.8.2009) Birds Eye Map of Atlantic Avenue Tunnel (1851) added to Tunnel Page  NEW!  (12.2.2009) 1851 Birds Eye Map of NYC / Brooklyn added to Historical Maps Page NEW!  (11.27.2009)  Buried / Abandoned Trains Found Beneath NYC Streets UPDATED!  (11.22.2009)  Tunnel Tale Author G.J.A. O'Toole Was Real Life CIA Spy Master NEW!  (11.22.2009)  "Bob Diamond's Ups and Downs Trying To Bring Trolleys Back" Brooklyn Heights Press, Nov 19th NEW!  (11.22.2009)  Pratfolio Pratt People: Bob Diamond UPDATED!  (11.22.2009) - New Pic & Video-  19th Century Folklore Surrounding The Tunnel: Brooklyn's Notorious "Smoky Hollow" Slum UPDATED!  (11.17.2009)  The Source 19th Century Folklore Surrounding The Tunnel: Brooklyn's Notorious "Smoky Hollow" Slum NEW!  (10.31.2009)  Is the Atlantic Avenue Tunnel Haunted?   (link to Brooklyn Eagle) NEW!  (10.28.2009)  Four Events That Led To The Creation Of The Atlantic Avenue Tunnel- The World's First Subway (PDF) NEW!  (10.20.2009)  The LIRR's Actual And Planned Through Routes (Brooklyn To Boston) Ca. 1844- 1847 NEW!  (10.12.2009) The Huffington Post Rates the Atlantic Ave Tunnel # 4 (out of 350) Open House NYC Attractions NEW!  (10.12.2009) LIRR - 1845 Report to Stockholders (1.25Mb PDF file) George B. Fisk, President of LIRR, 1845 UPDATED!  (10.12.2009)  The Truth Behind The Failure Of The LIRR's Brooklyn To Boston Route, Ca. 1844-1847 UPDATED!  (10.4.2009) Atlantic Avenue Tunnel Page:  New LIRR goes to Sea Section  - LIRR Steamboats UPDATED!  (9.30.2009) Atlantic Avenue Tunnel Page: Drawings & Engravings of Early LIRR Locomotives UPDATED!  (9.22.2009) Locomotive Roster from the beginning of LIRR to end of operations in the Atlantic Avenue Tunnel NEW!  (9.08.2009)  Red Hook Trolley Idea Picks Up Support: Velázquez Requests $10 Million  (link to Brooklyn Eagle) NEW!  (8.22.2009) Three different transportation studies for the Brooklyn Trolley Project NEW!  (8.22.2009) $10 million in Federal Funds to build the Brooklyn Trolley Project NEW!  (8.21.2009)  Williamsburg Courier Article: "Bring Back Trolleys: Candidate Bloomberg" (external link) UPDATED!  (8.12.2009) Atlantic Avenue Tunnel Page: Historic Photos & Engravings of W. Beard & T. Rogers NEW!  (8.09.2009) Mayor Bloomberg's Proposed Red Hook Streetcar Project (New Web Page) UPDATED!  (7.17.2009)  Information on the Locomotive in the sealed off portion of the Tunnel ( new 2nd paragraph) UPDATED!  (7.17.2009)  Steam Locomotives Found Buried in Unlikely Places Across the US NEW!  (7.14.2009)  Steam Locomotives Found Buried in Unlikely Places Across the US UPDATED!  (7.13.2009) Locomotive Roster from the beginning of LIRR to end of operations in the Atlantic Avenue Tunnel UPDATED!  (7.9.2009) Atlantic Avenue Tunnel Page: Drawings & Engravings of Early LIRR Locomotives NEW!  (7.6.2009)  Upcoming Tunnel Tour on August 16th UPDATED!  (7.6.2009) Atlantic Avenue Tunnel Page: Information on the Locomotive in the sealed off portion of the Tunnel UPDATED!  (7.6.2009) Atlantic Avenue Tunnel Page (Research Section): Watch the c. 1836 LIRR Locomotive (Hicksville) in Action UPDATED!  (6.25.2009) Atlantic Avenue Tunnel Page  (3 new historic articles / images) NEW!  (6.21.2009)  Buried truths in Brooklyn's Atlantic Ave. tunnel (Los Angeles Times) NEW!  (6.21.2009) Articles from Brooklyn Evening Star (1844):   "Tunnel Construction Overseer Murdered As Strike Called" UPDATED!  (6.21.2009) Atlantic Avenue Tunnel Page  (2 tunnel pages combined w/ new page index) NEW!  (6.18.2009) Circa 1989 BHRA Preliminary Streetcar Routes (From the BHRA Archives) NEW!  (6.5.2009) New 1860 Map of NYC Railroads added to Historical Maps Page UPDATED!  (5.26.2009)  NYC DOT Commish Eyes Streetcars For Brooklyn (new page w/ links to TTC pics) NEW!  (5.21.2009)  Atlantic Avenue Tunnel Historic Research Page:  "Could the Atlantic Avenue Tunnel Be Haunted? UPDATED!  (5.7.2009) Historical Maps Page (broken links fixed) NEW!  (5.7.2009)  Bob Diamond on the Leonard Lopate radio show (WNYC) UPDATED!  (5.7.2009)  CNN Program featuring BHRA NEW!  (4.29.2009)  NY Daily News Article NEW!  (4.22.2009)  Upcoming Art Event in The Atlantic Avenue Tunnel on May 16th: "RATART" UPDATED!  (2.20.2009)  The Tunnel Rats of Atlantic Avenue (New York Times article in .pdf format) UPDATED!  (2.16.2009) Atlantic Avenue Tunnel Page   NEW!  (2.15.2009)  The Tunnel Rats of Atlantic Avenue (New York Times article - external link) UPDATED!  (2.14.2009) The BHRA Trolley Fleet Roster Page - updated list of the trolleys in our possession, on loan and the others    UPDATED!  (2.14.2009) The BHRA Donation Page has been improved NEW!  (1.12.2008)  Courier-Life Article: City Probes Return of the Trolley NEW!  (11.14.2008)  Courier-Life Article: Obituary for Elsa Diamond UPDATED!  (11.12.2008) Atlantic Avenue Tunnel Page  w/ 2 new pictures UPDATED!  (8.27.2008) The Atlantic Avenue Tunnel will be featured again on the History Channel show "Cities of the Underworld" - airs on Tuesday September 02 (08:00 PM EST), and again on Wednesday September 03 (12:00 AM EST), The episode title is "New York: Secret Societies" NEW!  (8.6.2008)  Courier-Life Article: "Trolleys For Coney Island" NEW!  (7.29.2008) Blog posting (with photos) about a recent Atlantic Avenue Tunnel Tour (external link) NEW!  (7.29.2008) Pictures taken during a recent Atlantic Avenue Tunnel Tour (external link)      UPDATED!   (6.25.2008)  The Verrazano Rail Tunnel (The Brooklyn-Richmond Freight & Passenger Tunnel) UPDATED!  (6.25.2008) Atlantic Avenue Tunnel Historic Research Page  recently added:  "The Horror at Red Hook"a story involving the tunnel by H.P. Lovecraft UPDATED!  (6.25.2008) Atlantic Avenue Tunnel Page  w/ 2 new pictures   NEW!  (6.22.2008) YouTube Videos Made By Visitors To the Atlantic Avenue Tunnel (external link) UPDATED!  (5.21.2008) Updated Tunnel Tour Page - we now have improved directions w/ maps and closest subway stops. NEW!  (5.4.2008)  The "Support BHRA" Donation Page is finally up!  UPDATED!  (4.30.2007) Atlantic Avenue Tunnel Page  w/ 4 newly added newspaper articles from 1844 - 1936 NEW!  (4.22.2008)  Courier-Life Article: "Plunge into Brooklyn's lost subway tunnel" (external link) NEW!  (3.24.2008)  Movie trailer for documentary film about the tunnel: What's Behind The Wall (external link) NEW!  (3.24.2008)  Courier-Life Article:  "Lost Tunnel" makes a splash on the web UPDATED!  (3.24.2008) Upcoming Tunnel Tours  NEW!  (11.22.2007)  Courier-Life Article:  Lights, camera, action in tunnel UPDATED!  (11.21.2007)  BHRA VIPs page - a listing of some of BHRA's more famous friends. NEW!  (11.12.2007)  BHRA Coney Island webpage NEW!  (11.10.2007)  BHRA Coney Island Transportation Plan (2 MB PDF) NEW!  (11.10.2007)  BHRA Coney Island Roller Coaster (PDF) UPDATED!  (11.3.2007) Site Update - Broken Links and Missing Images Fixed. NEW!  (11.3.2007)  BHRA VIPs page - a listing of some of BHRA's more famous friends. UPDATED!  (11.3.2007) Delivery of PCCs from Buffalo.   This page documents how we acquired a fleet of PCC trolleys that were stored in Buffalo.  New Documentation added.  These Trolleys were stored in the Brooklyn Navy Yard.  If you know what happened to these trolleys, please contact us.   NEW!  (11.2.2007)  New Book Released On Little-Known NYC History, Bob Diamond Only Living Person Cited in Book.  Here is a PDF of the first few pages of Unexpected New York (w/ a letter from the author).  Also, here is a link to the the website for Unexpected NY. NEW!  (11.2.2007)  Hollywood Discovers The Atlantic Avenue Tunnel Story (PDF file)  (click here for larger format) NEW!  (11.2.2007)  Pictures of Cub Scout Tunnel Tour (external link) UPDATED!  (10.31.2007) Atlantic Avenue Tunnel Historic Research Page  recently added:  an article written by Walt Whitman about the tunnel, and a NY Times article from 1893. NEW!  (10.31.2007)  Bob Meets with Mayor Bloomberg  UPDATED!  (10.10.2007)   Link fixed to the Granville T. Woods Page - Inventor and pioneer of electric rail technology UPDATED!  (10.6.2007) Atlantic Avenue Tunnel Page  w/ Photos from Recent Tunnel Tours  NEW!  (10.6.2007)  Courier-Life Article:                                                   Inside Brooklyn's Lost Tunnel - Subterranean Thrills Await the Adventurous (1.7m pdf ) NEW!  (10.6.2007)  Courier-Life Article:                                                   City Rediscovers Lost Tunnel - Underground Railway Part of Historic Neighborhood Tour (.5m) NEW!  (10.6.2007)  NY_SUN_Article: Under The Streets Of Brooklyn - The World's Oldest Subway Tunnel (.9m) UPDATED!  (8.8.2007) Upcoming Tunnel Tours Page   NEW!  (8.7.2007)  Supporters of BHRA webpage UPDATED!  (8.7.2007)  Maps Page  - New Red Hook Alternative Route Map & Coney Island Route Map   NEW!  (8.7.2007)  1956 NYC Transit Press Release on the last Day of Trolley Service in NYC NEW!  (8.7.2007)  Why PCCs for Brooklyn? Now available in PDF format UPDATED!  (8.7.2007) Atlantic Avenue Tunnel Historic Research Page  w/ Recent Historical Research by Bob Diamond  UPDATED!  (8.6.2007) PCCs in Europe Page UPDATED!  (8.6.2007)  updated Streaming Video page with 2 new videos UPDATED!  (8.6.2007) Revised BHRA Staff & Contact Information page (7.4.2007)  Kansas City Star Article on Brooklyn Waterfront (Includes Pictures of BHRA's Trolley's on the Red Hook Waterfront)  (7.4.2007) Pictures of BHRA's Trolley's on the Red Hook Waterfront (external link) (6.14.2007)  New!  New York Post Magazine article: On Track to Better Transport   (6.14.2007) Revised BHRA Events and Tours page (6.14.2007) Revised BHRA Staff & Contact Information page (3.11.2007) Revised homepage with index moved from the bottom of the page, to it's own page.  BHRA Terminal icon now takes you to the web index (listing of all pages on the web site). (3.11.2007)  Brooklynrail Web Index - the complete index to the web pages of brooklynrail. (3.11.2007) Brooklynrail is up again!   The site is still under construction: We are working on fixing the dead links, and we will be adding new contact emails in the next few weeks.

Older Updates: UPDATED (4.17.2004)   News From around the Borough NEW! New York Times (1.10.2004)  The Trolley Guy's Last Ride (All 12 Feet of It)    NEW!  (Posted 1.08.04)  BHRA in the 1980s - Pictures of trolley #3 running on the streets of DUMBO Updated  (1.08.04)  Hyperlinked text added to BHRA History Page.    NEW!  Brooklyn Heights Courier article (Posted 12.31.03)  City Rips Up Dreams For New Brooklyn Trolley NEW! New York Daily News ( 12.22.03)  Dang, dang, dang goes the trolley NEW!  New York Post  (Posted 12.21.03, Updated 1.05.04)  Articles written about Arthur Melnick, the founder of the non-affiliated 'Brooklyn City Streetcar Inc.'  NEW!  Brooklyn Heights Courier (Posted 12.21.03)  Article by  the founder of the 'Brooklyn City Streetcar Inc.'  NEW!  Brooklyn Heights Courier article (Posted 12.09.03)  Trolley King: 'Don't Give Up On Streetcars Just Because City Did'     NEW! New York Daily News (Posted 12.08.03, Updated 12.09.03 )  Tracking trolley folly - Streetcar buff rails as rival revival plan rolls NEW!  Brooklyn Heights Courier article (Posted 12.07.03)  Tug-of-War Over Who Will Realize Streetcar Dream   NEW! New York Post article (Posted 12.06.03)  Brooklyn Trolleys Get the Hook NEW! The Brooklyn Papers article (Posted 12.06.03)  Trolley War - Who'll Put Streetcars Inside the Park?   NEW! New York Post article (Posted 11.17.03)   Getting on the Right Track in Brooklyn UPDATED (9.18.03)   News From around the Borough UPDATED (9.18.03)   BHRA's Green Initiative (recently added news articles at bottom) UPDATED (9.3.03)   Rehabilitation of PCC # 3303 UPDATED (9.3.03)   Pictures of PCC # 3299   UPDATED (9.3.03)   BHRA Rail Fleet Roster Page New!!  New York Daily News Article:  Soho in Brooklyn (8.15.03) New!!  Brooklyn Daily Eagle Article: Diamond To Have His Day in Court  (8.14.03) Updated!  New York Newsday Article (full text and images) : A Breached Trolley Rebirth (8.13.03)  Updated   News From around the Borough  Page (8.12.03) New!!  Brooklyn Heights Courier Article: He Found It, Now Trolley King Is Fined For Entering Tunnel (8.11.03) New!!  New York Newsday Article: A Breached Trolley Rebirth (8.10.03) Updated!   Project News & Updates Page with a project updates from March 2003 to Current (8.06.03) Updated!  News From around the Borough (8.05.03) New!!  New York Sun Article: City Derails Dream of Red Hook Trolley (7.22.03) New!!  Other News From around the Borough (7.22.03) New!!  New York City DOT Issues Letter of Revocation Clarification (7.09.03) New!!  New York City DOT Revokes & Terminates Consent Agreement, and Orders BHRA to Demolish Brooklyn Trolley Project. (6.30.03) New!!   Project News & Updates Page with a project updates from March 2003 to Current (6.30.03) New!!  Newly posted New York Times Article from 1997 (how it all started - back when times were good (with vintage route map)).  New!!   Carroll Gardens Courier Article: 'Rail' Trouble For Trolley King (6.16.03) New!!   Carroll Gardens Courier Article: "Trolley Gear Swept Off Waterfront" (6.3.03) New!!   Brooklyn Daily Eagle Article: "City Sends Crew To Seize Trolley Group's Material" (5.28.03) New!!   Project News & Updates - NYC DOT Scraps Brooklyn Trolley Project (5.27.03) New!!   Brooklyn Heights Courier Article: End of the Line for End of the Line for Trolley Project?  Property Owner Orders Group Out (5.24.03) New!!   What's Inside, the (almost) complete index to the web pages of brooklynrail.com  (the index is located at the bottom of the BHRA home page) (3.07.03) Updated   Streamlined and improved Rail Construction &  BHRA Rail Fleet Page Pages  (3.05.03) Updated    Granville T. Woods  page  -  revised section relating to recognition of Granville T. Woods contributions during the NYC Subway System's upcoming centennial celebration  (2.17.03) New!!   When Tug Boats Attack Page  (2.12.03) New!!   The African Presence in Transportation - A great article written by David Head  (2.12.03) Updated    Granville T. Woods page  -  new page background and newly posted Historic Newspaper Articles & Headlines (2.12.03) Updated    Granville T. Woods page - His inventions made New York's Subway system possible  (Text additions) (2.10.03) New!!    John Henry Page - The Man & The Legend - Facts, Fiction and Themes. Also the 1946 Animated Movie and the Original John Henry Folk Song  (2.07.03) New!!   North Korean Rapid Transit & Propaganda Poster Page - Pyongyang's Subways /Trolleys/ Trams/ Light Rail of Metro (2.05.03) New!!    Congressional History Of Railways In the United States (pdf) (published in 1908 and 1910).  All kinds of interesting stuff, including a planned Pacific to Atlantic rail link in Panama and a  proposed magnetically powered trans-continental national railway. Enjoy.  (2.04.03) Updated  Oddities, Curiosities & sort of relevant (but interesting) stuff (1.31.03) New!!   Frank Sprague Page- Electric Traction In Space Of Three Dimensions page - we acquired and scanned in Frank Sprague's  1931 Journal Series on electric traction.  Enjoy.  (1.28.03) Updated Historic Brooklyn Page with newly scanned in Brooklyn Trolley Photos (Peter Witts, PCCs, 6000 Series, etc). (1.24.03) New!!   Ridiculed Discoverers, Vindicated Mavericks; Weird Research,  Anomalous Physics & Other Weird Science page (1.23.03) New!!    Granville T. Woods page - His inventions made New York's Subway system possible  (Research documents courtesy of David Head) (1.22.03) New!!  Oddities, Curiosities & sort of relevant (but interesting) stuff page (1.19.03) New!!   The BHRA Aerial Photography Project  (Bob's Pictures of Pennsylvania Heavy Industry & the Surrounding Countryside) page (1.19.03) Updated Maps Page with new Atlantic Avenue Tunnel Map and  Brooklyn Bridge Park Area Preliminary / Conceptual Trolley Line Map (1.12.03) Restored Why PCCs for Brooklyn page (1.07.03) Updated Atlantic Avenue Tunnel Page and Rail Fleet page (1.07.03) New brooklynrail.com web site format.  We have switched from frames to a new HTML format.  Douglas Meehan wrote the HTML and  helped us out with the switch.  This new format should solve the navigation problems  Netscape and Mozilla users sometimes experienced.   (1.07.03) New Links Page (12.20.02) New BHRA Contributions & Support Page (12.21.02) New BHRA Goods Page (BHRA hats, shirts, etc for sale) (12.21.02) Updated Links Page (12.20.02) Atlantic Avenue Tunnel Underground Art Events Page (12.20.02)   BHRA Brooklyn Trolley Project Phase II Ribbon Cutting Ceremony  & Recent Events Page (12.15.02) New Streaming Video and QuickTime Movies  Page(12.10.02) New Page Format      -      (Newest Updates at Top of Page

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