That paving change makes an unmistakable demarcation line! My late father-in-law was a Yonkers kid, he probably knew exactly where it was.
More from the fan-trip, Nererhan Avenue Line (One may need additional work.)
But the middkle photo is at the south terminal of the “8” Riverdale Avenue Line. (The New York City lborder.):
Back to Manhattan, and it is 1937, and 555 is still unpainted to demonstrate that 551 - 600 are indeed aluminum. At 121st and Broadway, 555 is northbound, and Union Theological Seminary is on the west side of Broadway.
To the Brnx, the first streetcar that I actually ran. on the Bailey Avenue line.
The north terminal was at W 231 and Broadway, and previous photos show a second-hand car there.
Enhanced side-view?
Looking NE on Westchester Avenue, with the edlevated structure still used by the Lexington Avenue “6” train. Year 1939 home-built 651 was normally used on the “Pelhsm Bar Parkway.T” Tremont & Burnside Avernues Line, but here carries a removable plate X - 167th Street Crioxsxtowsn. Westchester Avenue is its eastern terminal. Eds are chanhged on the northbound track also used by Westchester Avenue “A” cars to Pelham Bay Parkway.
185 is at the intersection where 125th turns from going directly west to a nrthwest alignment. Third Avenue had a horsecar, then battery-car line that used the connecting street south-east to 110th Street, and then 110th to the East River. Note that the eastbound switchpoint has not been removeed, even in 1947, more than 20 years after the switch ceased being used.
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Interior of the 65th Street and Third Avenue Carhouse, main floor:
301 - 400 were built in the 3rd Av. & 65th St. Shop in 1936 - 1937. 301-390 were pole cars, mostly assigned to Yonkers, some to the “A” New Rochelle - Subway, and 5 or 6 to Ogden Avenue, The Bronx. 391 - 400 were Manhattan conduit cars, initially serving with some of the 101 - 200 cars on Broadway - 42nd Street, but beginning in 1948 replaced by the double-end Peter-Witt “Huffliners” and transfered to 3rd and Amsterdam (“T”) and 125th St St. Nich & B;way, (“K” for Kingsbridge).
At Amsterdam & 145th St., both the T and the K crossed the conduit & wire 149th St. Crosstown X. Connecting curves were used by the one-car, every 45-minutes B’way-145th St. line.
also posted on the Remembering the Third Avenue Elevated thread:
A Joe Franks picture, looking east at the Elevated’s Fordham Road Station. The Third Avenue Transit sweeper and relocated ex-Manhattan Streetcar are both on one od the two stub tracks that remain from the long-gone 3rd Avenue Bronx streetcar line, not on the Fordham Road tracks used by the X 207-Fordham Crosstown, and C Bronx and Van Courtland Park regular cars. Others assumed that the train of composites on the Elevated’s center track is a Through Express from 241 St. to City Hall, but both morning and evening Through Expresses operated on the local track of the correct direction, since they made all stops north of Tremont Avenue. Instead, it is morning Through Express equipment running light returning from City Hall to its regular lay-up location on the center track between Fordham Road and Gun Hill Road:
South end of the Southern Boulevard Line at 133rd Street and north end, on tracks shared by the “C” Bronx and Van Courtland Parks line, at Bronx Park Wesr and Fordham Road. 668 lost its oriignial trucks as applied to the 646-685 cars and now rides on trucks intended for the 626-645 Manhattsn cars, which got poles for Bronox service in April 1947, like 629 behind, now at Branford (www.shorelinetrolley.oorg). All these cars were built in 1939 and were the last new streetcars for New York City. (The Brooklyn PCCs came in 1936, and the second-hand New Bedford cars in 1947 for Queensboro Bridge.)
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There were incidents of catcher-ropes breaking in Brooklyn, old cars re-activated for WWII icreased riswersip and one line’s restoration. But 128. the entire 101-200, 391-400, and 6236-645 ex-Manhattan conduit cars received new trolley ropes.
More Third Avenue Transit photos:
A Southern Blvd. car on Boston Road, north of the intersection with Southern Blvd. appraching West Farms Car House:
381 operating as a Bailey Avenue car:
Different day, as a Boston Road car:
Two of the same car on the siding adjacent to the West Farms Carhouse:
140 on Boston Road near the West Farms Car House:
352 at Southern Boulevard and— E. 152nd St.? E. 162nd St.?
Ex-Manhattan 140 near West Farms Carhouse on Boston Road and ex-Ogden Avenue with bright sunlight and the elevated structure’s shadows maximizing contrast:
A much earlier posting on this thread does show 140 as a Manhattan conduit car.
Apologies for the duplicate photo. But here are three more… All three already had photos posted, but in different locations and even in conduit service in Manhattan. 114 and 391 were originally conduit cars. All three cars were homebuilt lightweightds. built 1935-1936.
On Boston Road looking north south of the intersection where the 2 and 5 on the elevated structure turn from Southern Boulevard to Boston Road
Further south, looking south, on Boston Road
And here the B stands for Bailey Avenue, not Boston Road. (TATS had 4 Bs, 2 Ts, 2 Vs, 2 Ss, 2As, and 7 Xs.)
Two more. One aside West Farms carhouse, with an odd sign on Westchster Avenue , the A line, but I suppose this operator’s assignment took him to the Tremont Avenue line, as well. Consequently, the defaced dash sign.
I’d heard of that hell-bound train, but not this.
“He came awake with an anguished roar/And prayed and prayed on that barroom floor/And his prayers and vows were not in folly/For he never rode that hell-bound trolley”
One technically good photo at Bronx Park West and Fordham Road, a Souther Boulevard car adjacent to the bus replacement of the Fordham - 207th St. Croostown. And one that could be better on 125th Street looking west.
Regarding the bend in 125th Street, Henry Raudenbush supplied this current map:
In the photo and my memory. La Salle went through to join 125th St. St. Nicholas Ave. is a through street, 11th -168th Street, but it has lots of curves.
Note the signs of the switch removed the horsecar-then-battery line that branched off 125th using Hancock Place (was at one time Manhattenville vAvenue) and St. Nicholas Avenue to 110th Street, then East to 1st Avenue
