| New York’s Elevateds 45 Mins #SRP-NYEL $39.95 Captures as many as possible of the antique cars in operation before the reequiping of rolling stock in the 1950s. Gate cars, many of them built in 1904 and 1905, plus glimpses of what was then considered modern: The R12, R14, R15 and the World’s Fair Blue Bird specials of 1964-65. BROOKLYN, THE BRONX, QUEENS, STATEN ISLAND, & NEWARK Detailed coverage of such oddities as the Polo Grounds Shuttle, the Dyre Ave line from rags to riches, and conversion of the Myrtle Ave from elevated to subway. Crossing gates still at work. Plenty of routine snow scenes plus full blown blizzards on the Flushing, Myrtle Ave and Brighton Beach lines. Color The Bronx: Pelham Bay, Jerome Ave, Polo Grounds Shuttle, Third Ave, White Plains, Dyre Ave, Putnam Div-NY Central Brooklyn & Queens: Myrtle Ave, Brighton Beach, Fulton St, Flushing, Canarsie, BMT-Bway Staten Island: Staten Island Rapid Transit Newark: Hudson & Manhattan Tubes, Newark City Subway. back |
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