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Cable car system under construction.
Union Square, Manhattan, c. 1880s.
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The cable house.
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Illustration explaining
how cable cars work.
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Early horsecar line.
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An “experiment”
using men instead of horse teams.
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Back at the “shops”
where the “power” was “maintained” for horsecar lines.
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A humorous illustration
of a Victorian rush hour.
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Trolley Station and passenger boarding island in
Downtown Brooklyn.
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A boarding island in Los Angeles, similar to Brooklyn. |
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Brooklyn’s First Trolley Car, this car
ran on the
Coney Island Avenue line, Brooklyn’s first electrified
“trolley” line (1890) |
A Late 19th century open car |
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A single-truck
car, similar to BHRA Car No.3, c. 1890s. |
Brooklyn Rapid Transit Co. #458 on 5th
Ave. at 59th Street, Brooklyn 1910 |
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Brooklyn Queens Transit #768 on the
Hamilton Ave. Line, picture taken Sept. 1935 |
Brooklyn Queens Transit #1117 |
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Brooklyn and Queens Transit 2000 series
car – BQT Car No.2504 on the Sumner Ave Line |
Article from the L.I. Star Journal (Feb 13,
1946) on the removal of trolleys from the streets of
Brooklyn and Queens |
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Brooklyn and Queens Transit 6000 series
car – BQT Car No.6045 on the Nostrand Ave Line |
BQT Car No.6064 on the Ridgewood Line |
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Brooklyn and Queens Transit 8000 series
car (the “Peter Witt”) BQT Car No.8149 Ocean Ave
Line |
BQT Car No.8292 |
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Brooklyn and Queens Transit Car No.8525
on Rail Fan Trip, Williamsburg Bridge Plaza |
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Brooklyn and Queens Transit PCC Car
No.1019 and Peter Witt Style Cars in downtown Brooklyn |
Brooklyn, c.
1940s. |
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Brooklyn Queens Transit Bus #1472, The
First Bus to Replace a Trolley (Flushing-Ridgewood
Line) |
Boarding Island – Brooklyn- Livingston / Bond Streets
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| Links to other webpages on Brooklynrail.net : |
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Historic Maps Page
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Before they were in Brooklyn – Historic Images of BHRA’s fleet of 16 trolley cars |
Historical Images of Brooklyn