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IN 1887 BROOKLYN, BATH & WEST END TRAINS
BEGAN RUNNING TO THE 39TH STREET FERRY
FROM LONG ISLAND RAIL ROAD JULY 1, 1903 C. R. 4.
THE 39TH STREET TROLLEY CARS TURNED ON LOOP TRACKS
FOURTH AVENUE WHEN THE SUBWAY WAS NEAR COMPLETION.
IN 1984
LOOKING EAST FROM FOURTH AVENUE
SOUTH BROOKLYN RAILWAY FREIGHT HOUSE COURTESY OF PAUL MATUS
SOME SOUTH BROOKLYN RAILWAY EQUIPMENT
WHITCOMB DIESEL ELECTRIC NUMBER 8 - PURCHASED FROM THE
U.S. ARMY - WAS PHOTOGRAPHED IN 1958 BY GEORGE ABERE, JR.
38TH STREET YARD IN 1984
ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
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| THE SOUTH BROOKLYN AND FLATBUSH RAILROAD COMPANY WAS CHARTERED SEPTEMBER 29, 1886 TO BUILD FROM THE BROOKLYN CITY LINE TO JAMAICA. A SPECIAL FRANCHISE WAS GRANTED JULY 11, 1887 TO BUILD A RAILROAD FROM NEW YORK BAY TO THE BROOKLYN CITY LINE. ON OCTOBER, 3 1887 THE S.B.& F.R.R. BECAME THE SOUTH BROOKLYN RAILROAD AND TERMINAL COMPANY AND WAS SOON LEASED TO THE BROOKLYN, BATH & WEST END. IT ALLOWED THEIR TRAINS TO REACH 39TH STREET FERRY. ON JUNE 30, 1897 THE LEASE WAS ASSIGNED TO THE LONG ISLAND RAIL ROAD. |
IN 1887 BROOKLYN, BATH & WEST END TRAINS
BEGAN RUNNING TO THE 39TH STREET FERRY
FROM LONG ISLAND RAIL ROAD JULY 1, 1903 C. R. 4.
THE 39TH STREET TROLLEY CARS TURNED ON LOOP TRACKS
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THE S.B.R.R.&T.CO. WAS BUILT IN A CUT, LATER KNOWN AS "CULVER CUT", AND PASSED UNDER FOURTH AVENUE, WAS IN A TUNNEL BENEATH FIFTH AND SIXTH AVENUES AND WENT UNDER SEVENTH AND EIGHTH AVENUES. IN THIS PHOTOGRAPH WORK HAS BEGUN ON THE NINTH AVENUE STATION IMPROVEMENT.
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FOURTH AVENUE WHEN THE SUBWAY WAS NEAR COMPLETION.
IN 1984
LOOKING EAST FROM FOURTH AVENUE
SOUTH BROOKLYN RAILWAY FREIGHT HOUSE COURTESY OF PAUL MATUS
SOME SOUTH BROOKLYN RAILWAY EQUIPMENT
WHITCOMB DIESEL ELECTRIC NUMBER 8 - PURCHASED FROM THE
U.S. ARMY - WAS PHOTOGRAPHED IN 1958 BY GEORGE ABERE, JR.
38TH STREET YARD IN 1984