Photos sent me by Nathan Gerstein. 1. at the 155th Street and 8th Avenue Ninth Avenue Elevated Statiion. 2. just north of the Sedgewick Avenue (The Bronx) Engine Facility.
Comments by Henryb Raudenbush:
Special thanks to Nate – the one at 155 St is especially interesting.
At a guess, this picture was taken near the north end of the station in late afternoon, looking eastward from the Manhattan el tracks to the NYC platform. I looked up this engine in the Edson & May book on NYC engines. Number 1130, class C-7 – noted on Page 54. Interesting is that this engine is noted as being retired in 1909. Since there seems to be third rail on the Manhattan track, the date of the picture is probably bracketed between 1902 and 1909. At that time, the 155 St station had two island platforms. The NYC used the east platform
And the Man
