New York Elevateds
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| Producer | Sunday River Productions |
|---|---|
| Narration | Yes |
| Run Time | 54 minutes |
| Technical Details | Region Code 1, USA and Canada |
Two great rail photographers combine their talents and exhaustive research to bring the elevated trains of days gone by to your living room. From Frank Pfuhler Jr. & Ronald Schliessman. With every run past identified by map, the program captures as many as possible of the antique cars in operation before the re-equipping of rolling stock in the 1950s. The film features gate cars – many built in 1904 and 1905 – and glimpses of what was then considered modern: the R12, R14, R15 and the World’s Fair Blue Bird specials of 1964-65. Detailed coverage includes 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, as well as crossing gates still at work. In addition to many routine snow scenes, full blown blizzards on the Flushing, Myrtle Ave and Brighton Beach lines are shown.
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
Narration. Sunday River Productions programs may feature Color film, B&W film, Music, Dubbed Sound and still photos.
rickyfreni –
Originally released in 1994, this program covers the films of Mr. Frank Pfuhler, Jr, & Mr. Ronald Schliessman who were visiting the Big Apple in the 1950’s, & 1960’s.
Did you know that there are 476 subway stations in New York City?
There are locations including the stations at 7th Ave, 125th street, 149th & Grand Concourse, Yankee Stadium, 162 St & River Avenue, 155th St, Putnam Bridge, Jerome-Anderson, 167th St, Sedgwick, Harlem River Bridge, Bedford Park Boulevard, The Concourse Line’s independent Yard, 177th St near the Bronx Zoo, 180th street at Morris Park Ave, Bronx Park East, Whitlock Ave, St. Lawrence Ave, Westchester Square, Middletown Road, Croton Lake, Carmel, Brewster, Major Deegan Expressway, Van Cortland Park, 33rd & Rawson, 46th & Bliss, 82nd St at Jackson Heights, Broadway, Washington Ave, Wyckoff Ave, Metropolitan Ave, Williamsburg Bridge, Washington Plaza with electric buses, Court & Fulton St, Flatbush Ave & Times Plaza, Kingston Ave & St. John’s Plaza, Myrtle Ave, Turnbull Ave & East 106th St, the Manual grade crossings at 105th St before it was gone after 1973, Hinsdale, Pennsylvania Ave, Pitkin & Euclid Avenues, Hudson St, Greenwood Ave, Parkside Ave, Jefferson Ave, New Dorp (note the manual crossing gates & Telephone booth), Grant City, Oakwood Heights, and ends Orange St.
There are also winter scenes, cab rides, a handful of Semaphores, a look at the New Haven railroad on both passenger & Freight trains, a segment on the New York Central’s Putnam line with Alco RS-3s 8260, 8323, & 8262, & even a segment with the 1904-1906 cars in action before they were retired for good.