Kamen Rider Posted January 23, 2013 Share #26 Posted January 23, 2013 I wondered that too. Especially in A Div school car, when I was at the Corona yard. They are right next to each other.If so, it probably would have been a long time ago, back before FRA rules became really strict. (Like when BRT and LIRR would interface). There were refences to a connection at Hunterspoint Ave when there was an inspection shed there, before Corona was built. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
8thAveExpress Posted January 23, 2013 Share #27 Posted January 23, 2013 BAT (Brooklyn Army Terminal) also has an old train in one of the buildings, in the outdoor area- Anybody can check it out. And if you find the right guy, he'll let you go in the train. I have a bunch of pictures. Here are a few random ones I have laying around, of an inactive train used during World War 2 by the Army: http://i.imgur.com/L3WUDqW.jpg http://i.imgur.com/nCodu90.jpg http://i.imgur.com/osNBglA.jpg http://i.imgur.com/fBo68k5.jpg http://i.imgur.com/mozcL72.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lilbluefoxie Posted January 23, 2013 Share #28 Posted January 23, 2013 One of these days I should head down there and grab some photos of the freight operations down there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
traildriver Posted January 24, 2013 Share #29 Posted January 24, 2013 BAT (Brooklyn Army Terminal) also has an old train in one of the buildings, in the outdoor area- Anybody can check it out. And if you find the right guy, he'll let you go in the train. I have a bunch of pictures. Here are a few random ones I have laying around, of an inactive train used during World War 2 by the Army: http://i.imgur.com/L3WUDqW.jpg http://i.imgur.com/nCodu90.jpg http://i.imgur.com/osNBglA.jpg http://i.imgur.com/fBo68k5.jpg http://i.imgur.com/mozcL72.jpg Interesting....wondering about what that train is/was used for, and what its history is.....? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kendell Posted January 24, 2013 Author Share #30 Posted January 24, 2013 I thought that was an smashed R62.... Any way are there still any remains Of the South Brooklyn Railway Or Cluver Shuttle? And does any one have a track map of the Cluver Shuttle at 9th Ave ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GojiMet86 Posted January 24, 2013 Share #31 Posted January 24, 2013 My input: From my understanding, the South Brooklyn Railroad is the one at 9th Avenue, and the yard at the 39th Street Terminal no longer exists. If you look on Google Earth, it's all a huge parking lot now. In 2010: In 2012: I thought that was an smashed R62.... Any way are there still any remains Of the South Brooklyn Railway Or Cluver Shuttle? And does any one have a track map of the Cluver Shuttle at 9th Ave ? http://www.nycsubway.org/perl/caption.pl?/img/maps/calcagno-1975-culver.gif Culver Shuttle: http://www.nycsubway.org/perl/caption.pl?/img/trackmap/sbknych.gif South Brooklyn Railroad: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
realizm Posted January 24, 2013 Share #32 Posted January 24, 2013 ^^ Oh wow, they dismantled the yard? Had no idea. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kendell Posted January 24, 2013 Author Share #33 Posted January 24, 2013 What are the grey lines and Letter Y on the cluver shuttle track map? Was those trackes used By the KK? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
8thAveExpress Posted January 25, 2013 Share #34 Posted January 25, 2013 Interesting....wondering about what that train is/was used for, and what its history is.....? I'm not sure, but when I'm there in 2 weeks I'll find out. BAT was used to store Army supplies. The 3 floors that I work on were used as death beds for wounded soldiers You can still see the outlines on the floor where the cots used to be. Off topic, this is where Elvis was deployed from when he joined the Army I found a video on youtube of the locomotive, but without any freight attached: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kamen Rider Posted January 25, 2013 Share #35 Posted January 25, 2013 ^^ Oh wow, they dismantled the yard? Had no idea. they sold the yard, and the tracks were reconfigred to run through it to a new connection to NYNJ Rail on first ave. What are the grey lines and Letter Y on the cluver shuttle track map? Was those trackes used By the KK? Y= yard. the other grey lines are Out of service tracks the shuttle didn't use. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kendell Posted January 25, 2013 Author Share #36 Posted January 25, 2013 So the mta wasted money building 2 platforms and tracks just so the SS couldn't use them. We're they ever used? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drag0nflamez Posted January 25, 2013 Share #37 Posted January 25, 2013 So the mta wasted money building 2 platforms and tracks just so the SS couldn't use them. We're they ever used?This is beyond dumb. The Culver Shuttle was the bit of the Culver Line that was cut of when a ramp was constructed from the IND South Brooklyn Line. The Culver Line at that point was a Dual Contracts structure, so had three tracks. So when the ramp to the earlier mentioned IND was opened, it was cut off and single tracked, so only one platform remained in use. The platforms were in theory built by the City, because Dual Contracts, and it was a three track structure where only one track was actually there. The Culver Shuttle started in 1954 when the connection opened, and back then the Transit Authority was a thing of it's own. EDIT: almost forgot, the platforms were used when Culver Line trains fed into 4th Avenue and therefore likely Broadway or Nassau. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kendell Posted January 26, 2013 Author Share #38 Posted January 26, 2013 No need to be rude.... Just wanted to know. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
traildriver Posted January 27, 2013 Share #39 Posted January 27, 2013 I thought that was an smashed R62.... Any way are there still any remains Of the South Brooklyn Railway Or Cluver Shuttle? And does any one have a track map of the Cluver Shuttle at 9th Ave ? If we are both refering to the first linked photo, it looks a lot more like an older commuter railcar than an R62, to me....... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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