publictransit
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Streetcar and buildings in Ybor City, Florida from Florida Memory uploaded November 2013
Interior of a Birney one-man streetcar in Tampa, Florida from Florida Memory uploaded November 2013
Streetcar on Main Street in Jacksonville, Florida from Florida Memory uploaded October 2013
Intersection of Franklin and Lafayette Streets in Tampa, Florida from Florida Memory uploaded October 2013
Streetcar at Ballast Point Park in Tampa, Florida from Florida Memory uploaded October 2013
Streetcar on Riverside Avenue in Jacksonville, Florida from Florida Memory uploaded October 2013
St. R'y Switch Tender, Berlin (LOC) from The Library of Congress uploaded May 2013
Traning women for street R.R. [i.e., railroad] service Berlin (LOC) from The Library of Congress uploaded January 2013
Training women for street R.R. [i.e., railroad] service - Berlin (LOC) from The Library of Congress uploaded January 2013
Raised express track, 9th Ave. "L" (LOC) from The Library of Congress uploaded December 2012
9th Ave. "L" - Raised track (LOC) from The Library of Congress uploaded December 2012
Raised express track 9th Ave. "L" (LOC) from The Library of Congress uploaded December 2012
Fresh air outing (LOC) from The Library of Congress uploaded March 2009
Fresh air outing (LOC) from The Library of Congress uploaded March 2009
Yonge Street looking north, Toronto, ON, about 1890 from Musée McCord Stewart Museum uploaded October 2008
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St. R'y Switch Tender, Berlin (LOC)
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Raised express track 9th Ave. "L" (LOC)
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Moayad Hussain said:
Ok, for a moment I thought this it a photograph of a modern scene edited with Snapseed or something :)
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Art Siegel said:
Taken from same spot:
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Art Siegel said:
This picture shows the 1915 conversion of the center express tracks at the 14th Street Station to a "hump express" configuration, whereby express trains arrived at the station on a higher track than locals. It is taken from the east side of 9th Ave., looking northwest toward 14th St.
This August, 1915 New York Times article describes the resumption of express train service after a two week suspension to raise the tracks, which has been completed at the time of this photo.
select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F50816F6355A1573...
This photo from the 30's shows the finished station from the opposite side of 9th avenue, looking northwest:
picasaweb.google.com/116363262722377355677/NYC9thAveEl?no...
And this aerial photo from the 30's shows that the tracks were eventually enclosed and roofed over at 14th St.
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B-59 said:
Must be approximately this sight in this case:
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victor98_2001 said:
nice shot
Traning women for street R.R. [i.e., railroad] service Berlin (LOC)
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swanq said:
Typo in caption -- missing"i" in "traning"
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Arden said:
Thanks swanq for catching the typo. We will fix it.
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David Flett said:
Same problem that Britain had in the First World War. With so many men in the armed services women had to be recruited to do jobs that were normally reserved for men.