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Elevated Railways of Manhattan by Eric Oszustowicz Soft Cover
The Elevated Railways of Manhattan by Eric R. Oszustowicz
Soft Cover Sealed copy
367 pages
Copyright 2014
Table of Contents
CHAPTER 116 The Steam Years (1871-1903)
16 The Early Years
zo Why Ninth Avenue?
21 The Addition of the Second, Third and Sixth Avenue Lines 26 Into The Bronx and Experiments in Electrification
CHAPTER 228 Electrification of the Elevated Lines and IRT Operation
CHAPTER 332 The Manhattan Elevated Improvement Project
and Services in 1915
32 Improving the Elevated Lines 34 The Area Near Cooper Union 42 Services in 1915 and the Introduction of the Composites
CHAPTER 444 The Final Elevated Expansions in The Bronx and Queens
44 The Bergen Cutoff
46 Services in Queens
49 The Final Major Bronx Expansion 52 The 1920s
56 1928 Rulebook Excerpts
CHAPTER 558 The End of the Manhattan Elevated (1930-1955)
59 The 34th Street Branch
6o 1937 Interborough Transit Company Route Map 62 The Sixth Avenue Line in Pictures
69 Northbound on the Ninth Avenue El from South Ferry 105 1941-1942 and the End of the Second Avenue El
1o8 The Second Avenue El in Manhattan
122 The South Ferry and City Hall Branches in Pictures
1TAPTER 6174 The Last Remnants of the Elevated Lines
174 The Polo Grounds Area
177 The Final Years of the Third Avenue El in The Bronx 18o Pieces of History and Effects of the Abandonments
CHAPTER 7182 The Stelter Photographs
CHAPTER 8202 The Tracks of New York, Number 3
218 The Track Diagrams of the Yards
CHAPTER 9222 A Closer Look: The Elevated System on November 1, 1937
222 A Chart of Services
228 Frequent, Dependable IRT Service
229 Car Assignments
231 Train Configurations
231 Motors and Trailers
232 Marker Lights
235 Speed Restrictions at Curves on the IRT
236 Signals on the IRT
CHAPTER 10244 The Rosters
244 Roster Explanations
246 Surviving Passenger Equipment
248 The Car Builders
318 The "Q Cars
319 Further Information Regarding the "Q" Cars 336 The Steam Engine Roster
336 The Steam Locomotive Manufacturers28 Northbound on Third Avenue-Canal Street to 219th Street
366 Work Equipment of the IRT Elevated Lines
Introduction
Many New Yorkers rushing through the streets of Manhattan today are completely oblivious to the fact that at one time there was an extensive elevated railway system that traversed most of the island from the Battery through Midtown, Harlem and on into The Bronx and later into Queens. From 1871 to 1903, hundreds of steam locomotives pulling coaches which were lit within by gas or candle fixtures would pass high overhead spraying steam into open windows and sending smoke streaming up the cavernous streets and avenues of Manhattan. This all changed in 1902 with the first electrification of these lines. The steam engines would completely disappear and would be replaced by electric-powered passenger cars. With trains literally one behind the other, the noise was constant. Those that live today in the outer boroughs or parts
of upper Manhattan are very familiar with the constant sound of subway trains passing overhead. This sound was once prevalent all over Manhattan and even more intense than today due to the extreme frequency of trains. Certain narrow downtown streets such as Pearl Street were shrouded in darkness by the elevated structure, even on the sunniest of days. The wide plaza at South Ferry was partially covered in darkness with a labyrinth of pillars supporting an elevated terminal above.
Without these elevated railways, it would not have been possible for New York City to develop as fast as it did. Development would have been delayed about 25 years until the first subways opened since there was no other way to move the massive crowds through the City. Partially due to the constant expansion of the underground subway lines and to a great extent real estate interests, the elevated lines that ran into southern Manhattan were all torn down from 1938 to 1955.
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